Yellowstone
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It makes for some delightful father-son bonding.
Just take this exchange:
Kayce: Youre not supposed to be riding, neither.
John: He said no driving.
Never mentioned nothing about horses.
Kayce: I promise you, horses are on the list of things you shouldnt drive.
John: You got shot; youre on a horse.
Kayce: I only got shot twice.
John: Well, then, you win the getting-shot-least award, Kayce.
I dont know what to tell you.
Between these lines and his visit to the bunkhouse last episode, is John becoming … funny?
Otherwise, the drop in quality from the first episode to the second is stark.
If Half the Money combined character drama and action to impressive effect, Phantom Pain has little of either.
John calls him out on breaking his word about rodeoing.
Going with Travis to where cowboying was invented in the hopes hell finally grow up and learn responsibility.
He resists at first and almost abandons him multiple times for his insolence and ingratitude.
(Even Rip himself readily admits this, immediately explaining to John that Carter is like him.)
Theres some value in showing us the ways Rip connects to Carter.
You dont deserve it, and you never will.
More broadly, focusing on a kid we barely know can only provide so much entertainment value.
And I appreciate thatYellowstonehas let her and Rip actually be happy together instead of forcing a relationship-threatening conflict.
Lets hope future episodes better balance his story with the larger narrative.
Does he really feel the need to constantly mention to everyone, Im doing this for me?
Does the skull holding up construction belong to the father being buried during the 1893 flashback?
Great delivery from Weaver: I am never early, and I am never late.
I am the constant your time adjusts to.
Travis is played by series co-creator Taylor Sheridan!
(Its so much less fun than it sounds.)
Beth basically just told Rip, We have a kid now!
