‘Yellowstone’ Season 5 Episode 5: Craziest Moments and Burning Questions, From Beth and Summer’s Bloody Brawl to an Unlikely Truce (2024)

Dec 4, 2022 6:00pm PT

• I think I’d be too sleepy to make it as a cowboy: They get on those horses so early!
  
• Has Beth been sitting, drinking and smoking all morning, crafting the perfect burn about Summer (Piper Perabo) to deliver to her father?
  
• John should just have his assistant Clara (Lilli Kay) pull the “Parks and Recreation” trick of scheduling all of his meetings for a day in the future that doesn’t exist.
  
• This is clearly not a boundary for Beth, but please don’t make sexual jokes to your father about him getting a [REDACTED]. I don’t even want to type it her words, let alone say them to a parent!
  
• Maybe not all environmentalists are bad and jaded, Beth? I know on “Yellowstone” they’re considered as evil as city slickers, Canadians and liberals, but maybe they just enjoy animals?
  
• Ah, so Summer is getting the villain edit this season. You can’t sneer about God’s impact on the land on “Yellowstone” and get away with it!
  
• Rip (Cole Hauser) is playing with fire by urging Beth to “put the crazy away,” but I get it. Look, Beth is clearly an icon, we have no choice but to stan, etc. But functionally, it would be pretty difficult to not be able to finish a conversation without her threatening to run away to Vegas and go see “Thunder From Down Under.”
  
• Rip’s tongue-in-cheek groveling to have Beth come on the trip is making me swoon. I just love love!
  
• “I guess that’s why I’m governor, and you’re under house arrest.” Wow, John, way to charm your sex friend!
  
• Why doesn’t Clara wear more comfortable shoes to the ranch? She’s very professional, but it’s a multi-terrain area! You can’t attend as many meetings if you roll your ankle.
  
• “That’s my only son.” Ouch! Jamie is obviously a weasel, but that’s way harsh, Tai.
  
• The idea that Beth can make it through a meal without saying something cutting is absolutely wild, John.
  
• This dinner spread looks great! Of course Summer can’t eat any of it.
  
• Ugh, Summer, we get it — they killed the animals for food. Not everything is a soapbox.
  
• Shoutout to a drunk Monica (Kelsey Asbille) for breaking the tension in this grueling family dinner. Unexpected!
  
• Damn, what a brutal scuffle! It was fun to see Summer get a few licks in, but it was no contest. A vegan winning a fist fight on “Yellowstone”? As if.
  
• Good laugh as Beth catches herself insulting Summer after their truce. Progress!
  
• This season is suffering from a severe lack of Teeter (Jennifer Landon).
  
• Does Clara get overtime for riding with everyone on The Gather? Sure, it seems like a great adventure, but hopefully it’s all billable hours!
  
• Beth’s pain at getting on the saddle: A wincing reminder of Summer kicking her square in the crotch the night before.

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