User Reviews

It doesn't have to be believable people; it is a TV show. The characters are all over the top and that's OK for a summertime adult soap opera. It looks like season 2 will be more exciting than the first season. Over the top fights, ridiculous cowboy games, billionaire hedge fund guys, cattle vets who double as ER doctors, mad Indians and sexy politicians. Oh, good lord, does Kelly Reilly own every scene she is in?

I'm from UK and just found Yellowstone on Paramount this week. It's the best thing on tv for many a year.Totally hooked

This show has threatened to ruin a couple of my friendships, because so many people told me to watch this show and that I would love it, so when I didn't love the first season, I was afraid of what was going to happen. Luckily, nothing happened and we're still friends, but it was a real worry of mine. With that said, I was still intrigued by the second season, and I wanted to see if the shoe would be able to gain some momentum. This first episode back has some very strong moments, but there are so few memorable and important parts to this.

There's a lot going on in this, and for some reason, it didn't feel like any of it actually had the intended impact. It feels like everybody is against John Dutton at this point, yet the episode is not really interested in really featuring him a whole lot. Kevin Costner barely appears in this entire episode, and it kinda feels like Dutton himself isn't even bothered by any of this incoming damage, so why should we be? There's also a clear lack of direction at play here, and that's not this episode's fault in particular, but a problem with the entire show. I don't really know where they want it to go, and a lot of their storylines feel so temporary. The main familial struggle is pretty much put to the side in this episode, and Jamie barely plays a role either. The big arc of this episode is this new cowboy (simply named "Cowboy") who has appeared at the ranch and is interacting with the other cowboys, and while that storyline is entertaining, and features an outstanding scene featuring a bull in a bar, it's not enough to really get me excited for what's to come this season. I'm really looking for something to interest me, but the show is constantly pulling its punches and it never feels like it's willing to commit 100% to its narrative, probably because it doesn't have a clear one yet. Hopefully, they find their footing very soon, because I'm kinda starting to get really bored with its nature.

"A Thundering" is a dull start to this new season, and fails to really get me invested, despite my hopes for the season's new direction. The real problem is that it lacks clear direction and this episode doesn't manage to put anything into focus, mostly because of its little use of any Dutton family member.

The protagonist collapses on his farm and a whole bunch of BS starts spewing out!

BS 1: How the hell did that VETERINARIAN saw an ULCER on X-Ray!?

BS 2: RUPTURED ulcer?! That's a first.

BS 3: "He'll bleed out in 20 minutes." From an ulcer!? Girl, you have at least THREE MONTHS for that to happen. People with gun-shot wounds to the HEAD take hours to bleed out.

BS 4: "My anesthesia's for cattle. It'll kill him and I don't know the ALGEBRA to reduce the dose". So she gives small calves and grownup cows THE SAME dose!? What did she finish? Veterinarian courses for total idiots?

WHY OH WHY couldn't it be just appendicitis?

Why do they have to show the blood and guts? It doesn't add to the story. It distracts from the story. I had to turn the channel for a few minutes. It was disgusting.