Yellowstone finale divides fans as ‘disaster’ ending is compared to Game of Thrones

Yellowstone fans aren’t holding back about their thoughts on the Season 5 finale with many calling it a “disaster”.

WARNING: Contains spoilers to the Season 5 finale of Yellowstone

Yellowstone fans aren’t holding back about their thoughts on the Season 5 finale.

The supposed series finale episode that aired overnight drew mixed reactions from viewers, many of whom were unhappy with the way creator Taylor Sheridan ended the Dutton family’s story.

In the finale, Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) sold the ranch to Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birminghan), while Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) killed her brother Jamie (Wes Bentley) as revenge for their dad John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) murder.

Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser star in Yellowstone. Picture: Paramount

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“This #yellowstone finale is lazy writing,” a fan wrote on X while reacting negatively to the episode.

Another viewer declared, “It is official. Game of Thrones is no longer the worst final season of any tv show ever. Yellowstone has taken that award. What a disaster of a final season.”

A different fan added, “This entire half season of Yellowstone was completely worthless. Game of Thrones levels of terrible endings.”

“Worse ending Yellowstone or Game of Thrones. I know which one disappointed me more,” read another tweet.

The final episode of the series, also starring Kevin Costner (centre), drew mixed reactions from fans when it aired on Monday. Picture: Paramount

Somebody else said, “The last season of Yellowstone was awful and damaged the series’ legacy in a way we haven’t seen since the disaster that was the last season of Game of Thrones.”

“#Yellowstone might be the worst Television show ending of all time,” another fan said.

Someone else tweeted, “Yellowstone finale was a big letdown for me. Too predictable and Taylor Sheridan put himself in to many scenes when he was not an integral part of the family. Kevin Costner was Yellowstone and the day he left the show, it died with him. Too bad for a great series.”

“#YellowstoneTV finale was a letdown that never should’ve happened. Sheridan ruined the best series on TV,” another fan said.

The Game of Thrones finale also divided viewers in 2019. Picture: HBO

Fans say that ending was one of the worst ever on TV. Picture: HBO

A different viewer wrote, “I hated the ending of #Yellowstone. Watching the ranch be dismantled by the reservation Indians & them desecrating the graves of the Dutton family was disgusting. Beth & Rip in dusty Texas? Yeah, no.”

But there were other fans who said they enjoyed the ending.

“Farewell to one of the best series I have ever seen. Loved all of it and to think in the start I thought it was boring…” one viewer tweeted.

“When they say the perfect finale doesn’t exist – then you watch Yellowstone – well done!” another fan said.

Costner’s character was killed off in shock scenes midway through the season. Picture: Paramount

Someone else wrote, “I surprisingly enjoyed that finale. Shows should end leaving the audience wanting more. I actually it was time to end it. How long are we going to watch them fight over land? It ended before jumping the shark.”

Reilly’s performance as Beth in the final season also received praise, with many fans declaring she should be awarded for the role.

“Kelly Reilly deserves all the Emmys,” said one fan.

“If Kelly Reilly doesn’t win an Emmy this year it will go down as the WORST snub in the award’s history,” another viewer declared.

“Kelly Reilly was so good as Beth Dutton, I will miss her in this role,” a different viewer wrote.

Season 5 was supposedly the final season of Yellowstone. However, it was recently reported that stars Reilly, 47, and Hauser, 49, have closed deals to lead a spin-off show about their characters, husband and wife Beth and Rip.

In August, multiple outlets also reported that there’s a Season 6 in the works, but Paramount never announced or confirmed that.

Costner, 69, left after the first half of Season 5, amid rumours of a feud with show creator Sheridan, 54. The show dealt with his absence by killing John off, in a hit man attack that was initially staged to look like a suicide in the Season 5B premiere.

The Oscar winner weighed in on John’s death on SiriusXM’s The Michael Smerconish Program last month and revealed that he didn’t get a heads up about his character’s fate.

“I didn’t see it. I heard it’s a suicide. That doesn’t make me wanna rush to go see it,” he said.

This article originally appeared in New York Post and was reproduced with permission

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