‘Yellowstone’ producer addresses the controversial series finale: ‘This is always where we were going’

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Kayce sold it to Rainwater for a measly $1.25 an acre as a call back to what their ancestors sold it for many years ago. “My understanding is that this is always where we were going,” Voros said.

She added that thanks to the “Yellowstone” prequel series about the Dutton ancestors, such as “1883” and “1923,” the ranch going back to the Native Americans was “a premeditated destination” and there have been “clues” along the way. “I didn’t know until I got the scripts at the beginning of the season.

But [creator Taylor Sheridan] has always known where this story was going…he had always intended this ending for the land to go back to where it came from,” she said.

Costner left the show between the first half of Season 5 and the second half, which aired over a year later. Voros said that John Dutton would have likely died even if he had stayed. “I think Taylor always knew where the story ended.