Let me say one thing: if you had come to me a decade ago and said that Kevin Costner's flagging career would be revived thanks to his role in a modern day western, I would probably have laughed and called you crazy.
Yet it happened. Costner's John Dutton will surely go down in the annals of TV history as one of the best characters ever.
Costner played Dutton perfectly: a doting father, a ruthless ranch owner and a man who is no stranger to violence. Unforgettable.
With "Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan has done something quite difficult: he made us care immensely about a bunch of characters of dubious moral standing.
For example, Kelly Reilly's Beth Dutton was, for the most part, a horrible person, yet you cared about what happened for her, cheered on her successes and commiserated her failures, even when said successes might have been on the wrong side of what's right.
That's because Reilly is a brilliant actress, and because she was given top-notch material to work with.
Cole Hauser, Luke Grimes, Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley...all brilliant.
Sheridan is a genius.
What a show. We won't see it's like again, that's for sure.
