Yellowstone: Taylor Sheridan Didn’t Fix One Plot Hole Before Using It Again
Taylor Sheridan repeats an unresolved ranch lesson from Yellowstone in another project, while 6666 spin-off stalls amid fan frustration.
Taylor Sheridan has earned a reputation as one of television’s most influential modern storytellers by building the neo-Western universe through Yellowstone and its many spin-offs. However, even Sheridan’s most devoted fans acknowledge a recurring flaw in his work: the tendency to introduce seemingly meaningful ideas that are quietly abandoned.
He did the same in Yellowstone, only to repeat it in his directorial effort, Those Who Wish Me Dead. In the former, there is a storyline in Season 2 involving Tate Dutton and a horse. Tate convinced his grandfather, John Dutton, to buy him a horse named Lucky.
John agrees on one condition: Tate must take responsibility for feeding, watering, and caring for the animal, framing the horse as some sort of a lesson in maturity and accountability. However, we barely see any scenes of Tate and Lucky. Instead, Tate is kidnapped by the Beck brothers shortly afterward while tending to the horse, and Lucky effectively disappears from the series.
This repeated and abandoned pattern, especially in Western storytelling, risks undermining the emotional integrity of the narrative rather than enriching it. But this seems like a mistake that Sheridan loves repeating.
What is Taylor Sheridan’s Those Who Wish Me Dead About?
Those Who Wish Me Dead is a survival thriller directed by Taylor Sheridan and co-written by Michael Koryta and Charles Leavitt. The film is based on Koryta’s book of the same name.
The film follows a young boy named Connor, who witnesses his father’s murder and becomes the target of professional assassins. He escapes into the Montana wilderness, where he is protected by Hannah, a smokejumper haunted by past trauma.
Together with the help of his aunt and uncle and Hannah, they defeat the assassins, all the while running away from a deadly wildfire.
The film was released in 2021 and stars actors like Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal, Aidan Gillen, Nicholas Hoult, and more. The film is available for renting on Amazon Prime Video or Apple TV.
Yellowstone Star Gives Disappointing Update About Spin-off
Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone has spawned a massive universe with several spin-offs. But there is one spin-off that fans have long been waiting for: 6666. The first to be announced so far, there has been no news about the series. Moreover, there have been rumors floating around that it might be cancelled for good.
During an interview with the Daily Mail (via The Express), Yellowstone star Jefferson White, who portrayed Jimmy Hurdstram, admitted that he is not aware of any plans about the reported spin-off. When asked if Jimmy would be back, the actor replied that he didn’t know anything about it.
This acknowledgment has disappointed some fans who hoped future spin-offs would revisit unresolved elements from the flagship series.