End Yellowstone arrived with the broadcast of episode 14 of the fifth and final season. Project Taylor Sheridan was born in 2018 and over the years of work has earned the love of fans. So much so that it became the most watched series on cable television in the United States. Now its outcome is known and decides what will happen to the ranch. John Daton and his family. What many didn’t expect was that the project would be directly related to the first of its prequels. 1883.
At the end Yellowstoneafter death John Daton His children are forced to sell the ranch. To prevent the land from falling into the wrong hands who could ruin the place, they decide to give it to those they know will take care of it. That is, to Thomas Rainwater and the Confederated Tribes of Broken Rock. They will annex the land into their local conservation area, ensuring it is protected from investors who want to develop it or build airports.
Casey meets with Rainwater at the beginning of the last episode and offers him the entire ranch, with the exception of a small section of Camp East for his family, in exchange for the same price as when his ancestors arrived – $1.25 per acre of land. It is curious that with this transfer both are fulfilling a promise made more than a hundred years ago and which neither of them knew about.
Key scene of the film 1883
It all comes back to the series 1883first prequel Yellowstone. The project continues James Duttonhis daughter Elsa and the rest of his family on a trip from the eastern United States to the west. At the final stage of the series Elsa She is mortally wounded during an attack by the natives, and her death seems imminent. Realizing that they would not be able to complete the journey, James She decides that her family will settle where she dies.
At a meeting with the tribe, the leader explains where to find the perfect valley so that Elsa can pass on to the afterlife. “As a child I hunted in this valley. Winters are cruel, but summers are rich. And the person who makes plans can prosper. You look like a man who makes plans,” he tells him. James He accepts the offer and informs him that they will settle there for the future. “But you must know that in seven generations my people will rise up and take it from you again,” the tribal leader assured then. The prediction before which James Dutton He didn’t deny: “Then you can keep it.”
Now for the end Yellowstonevoice Elsa He returns and explains how this distant conversation finally took place. “One hundred and forty years ago my father learned of the existence of this valley, and it is here that we remained for seven generations. My father was told that they would come for this land, and he promised to return it. This promise was not written anywhere. “It faded with his death, but somehow still lives on in the spirit of the place,” recalls the narrator, played by Isabel May.
Promise 1883 came true in Yellowstone. Exactly seven generations later, the lands of the Montana Ranch once again belong to those who inhabited them before the arrival of the Duttons. “People cannot take over wild lands. To take possession of them, they need to be filled with cement and buildings built. Underground them with houses so small that people can smell other people’s food. To sell them, they must be raped. Wild land, wild land, free land cannot be property. But some people pay dearly for the privilege of caring for her. They will suffer and sacrifice themselves to live on and with it, and hopefully teach the next generation to do the same. if they hesitate, they will find someone else willing to fulfill that promise,” he says. Elsa.
Source: Hiper Textual
