Dutton Ranch kicks off with drama, rivalry, and tough choices

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[music] This is Rip Wheeler just before he makes a gruesome discovery at the end of episode 1 of the new Yellowstone spin-off Dutton Ranch. All I could think about during this sequence was, dank, does trouble ever find this man. But he's also pretty good at dealing with it. [music] We'll get there. This new show didn't just feel like early season Yellowstone. There are some very specific callouts to season 1 of Yellowstone. And you know what? Let's just start right there. Subscribers know we don't like to fool around with a long, boring [music] preamble. We see Beth showing kindness to a horse. And compare that to the very first scene of Yellowstone. Of course, those [music] two scenes ended very differently. It's not fair this life. the second one for you is peace. But we're barely 30 minutes into episode 1 and Beth was fixing to show mercy to her horse herself. God damn it. Enter Dr. Everett [music] McKenna, who saves the day and the horse. And y'all, if writer Chad Feehan makes a habit of recreating Yellowstone scenes throughout season 1 of Dutton Ranch, I'm not going to be mad about it. Did you see any more callbacks or parallels? Let me know in the comments section below. I'd also like to know your episode 1 and episode 2 grade. I'm going with B+. Strong, but room for improvement. This video is going to quickly summarize episodes [music] one and two of Dutton Ranch with pit stops for critical details, references, [music] and quotes. During next Tuesday's episode of the Dutton Rules podcast, we'll have far more time to [music] unwrap the Big Onion. But there are certain things we need to talk about here, like why Carter [music] could be in big trouble, the truth about Everett's military background, Oriana's confrontation with her grandmother, and why Rip threw a body down a minehaft at the end of episode 2. But let's start with why Rip and Beth moved [music] to Texas in the first place. Long story short, lightning caused a fire that tore [music] through their ranch in Dylan, Montana, and it was just cheaper to move than to try to rebuild. It was especially tragic because Rip and Beth had found peace and it looked pretty good on him. Did you ever imagine that we could have this? No, I'm about this lifetime. The first 12 minutes of episode 1 were dedicated to the backstory. Who else saw the knife that Beth grabs as she and Carter are racing to gather [music] some important things before they split? If you know, you know. Comment below. Why South Texas? Well, I've called everyone I know. And Walker told me about an opportunity in Texas. Could Walker return in some kind of way? Very possible. But I'm a little bit worried about this show getting the full band back together. The first two episodes were filled with Yellowstone callbacks. Some similarities are fine, but repeated characters might start to feel a little bit cheap. [music] 6 months after the fire, everyone is in Texas and they're figuring it out with no drama. Welcome to Texas, honey. But then all at once, the Dutton start to cross paths with the owners of the 10 Pedal Ranch owned by Bula Jackson. Her [music] son, Rob Will, has just killed Wes, the ranch foreman, and he's high as a kite when he encounters Rip and Ribs foreman Azul at a gas station. Do I look like the sort of some [ __ ] He's a warning. Dang, that felt pretty good. Soon after that, Beth and Bula meet, and Bula tries to run a scam on Beth, who is [music] way too smart for that. Well, darling, I guess you'll just have to slaughter your steers elsewhere. Maybe I'll carve them myself. And then Carter, fresh off being used to buy beer for a group of high schoolers, [music] tangles with the cowboy that's about to beat up a girl at the rodeo, and he goes to jail, but he's cut free because the victim was a woman with some influence. Well, Carter, I'm Oriana. Oriana, we later learn, [music] is daughter to Rob Will and granddaughter to Bula Jackson. But she's not Grammyy's biggest fan. Some steel wrestler put his hands on my granddaughter. How does that look? Heaven forbid. Sit down. I'll stand. Sit down. I was [music] a little bit worried that actress Natalia Lin Lind would be this show's version of Land Man's Aninssley Norris. Kind of just annoying [music] eye candy, but that's not the case at all. The trailer does show her getting [music] undressed, but the former Goldberg star is terrific during this scene opposite Annette Benning. I think she'll end up being critical to the plot of season 1, [music] and I think she'll start to turn on family. If you watched last week's trailer breakdown video, you heard my theory that Carter is in the medical chopper. And now we know why that's [music] possible. He's dating the enemy's next of kin. I'm even more convinced trouble is coming Carter's way. After seeing the kid get his heartbroke, [music] not once, but twice in 90 minutes of television, he could be the Dutton Ranch version of Monica. We'll [music] see. Beth gives Bula the grizzly and Gucci nickname during a cattle auction. And everything we've seen from the old woman indicates that she's plenty [music] ruthless. By the end of episode 1, it's clear that she doesn't give a crap that her son just murdered her foreman in [music] an addictionfueled rage. Just want you to fix it. Clean it up like always. Like now. She's now behaving like a woman who is so busy worrying about her power stronghold that she's willing to ignore big events that undermine her. She's cracking. And I think we see that during the end of her fight with Oriana when she storms out frustrated. You have to be perfect if you want to take over running this ranch. I pray to God that I don't that I never turn into you. You grow the up. Eat your dinner before it gets cold. I've created this graphic to show the important 10 [music] Petal Ranch characters, including family and crew. Missing are two important people that I think will play roles. First, Rob will and [music] Waqen's father is mentioned with the insinuation being that he and Bula are divorced [music] and he leaves the ranching to her. Got to believe he'll return at some point because the missing father always returns at some point. The second is Oriana's mother. We know that Rob Will is her dad because of a text exchange. We also know that Rob Will is the way he is because of a pretty brutal childhood. It's past time he addressed his demons. Demons that you helped create. Did mom run away? Did they kill her off? Both seem possible at this point. The cast at the Dutton Ranch is relatively thin with just Azul and the fresh out of prison Zachariah joining Beth, Rip, [music] and Carter. I'll cautiously add Everett as an ally, too. But something tells me he may be closer to Bula than he's letting on. We meet Ed Harris's character about [music] 30 minutes into episode 1. So set your ass down. Come again, old man. You heard right. [clears throat] I te the gold girl. Notice that cowboy is the same one whose butt Carter kicks. Soon after, he shows up to help Beth with a horse injured in a car crash. As he sings Linda Ronstat's Old Paint, [music] he prepares to put the horse down, but Beth convinces him to try to save the horse first and it works. We get more from Everett in episode 2 when he helps Beth find [music] an alternative slaughterhouse near San Antonio and then shows up to sing with the road finalist Cassidy Daniels at a local bar. I think it's important to know that Everett knew the couple that owned the ranch [music] before Rip and Beth and he thought highly of them. His military record is [music] also important. That hat says US Naval Hell 3 Seaw Wolves and that's a real helicopter battalion. I love this about the Yellowstone franchise. Taylor Sheridan and now Chad Fihan are paying tribute to [music] lesserk known military heroes by forcing us to do the research. I suggest you do that research [music] on Wikipedia or wherever. They were the Navy's only dedicated attack helicopter squadron and they kicked some [music] major butt during the Vietnam War, but also suffered many casualties. I went ahead and linked to a video [music] from the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation in the description. If you really want to dig in, you should never take that hat off. Only at the dinner table. The last 15 minutes of episode 2 are really important. That's when the Oriana Bula fight happens. And [music] for some reason, her family drama caused her to pull away from Carter, thus confusing the poor kid [music] and leading us to a lesson in women as taught by Professor Rip Wheeler. Well, you don't do anything, you don't say anything, you just listen. She says something nice to you, you listen. She says something mean to you, you listen. And if you don't know what the she's talking about, you listen. Hopefully, that kid has someone else in his life to talk to. Later, we see the dead Foreman's wife packing up to leave after she filed a police report, accusing the 10pal ranch of a cover up. The strangest thing was watching Rip play Ally Tabula by throwing Wes's body into that old minehaft. Earlier, he discovered the body on his property and unbeknownst to Rob Will, dug it up. What? [music] But he's right there. He kept the body in a freezer for a day and then at 3:00 a.m. the next night, he destroys the evidence. But why? Why wouldn't [music] Rip just call the cops like any normal American citizen? Let's remember a few [music] things about Rip. First, he's a man without any real identity, and in this town, he doesn't have an ally at the local police station. His whole mysterious persona will put a big old target on him when bodies start showing up on his property. Second, [music] as wise to the world as Rip is, he's had a relatively insular childhood and young adulthood. [music] I mean, he learned to do things in a certain way. So, it makes perfect sense that he'd create his own version of the train station in Texas. Finally, [music] there's this scene. This life here is going to work, isn't it? We'll make it work. This show is about finding peace and [music] happiness for Beth Dutton, and the discovery of a dead body on their brand new ranch is going to forever disrupt the chance of that peace. To a certain extent, [music] every husband tries to protect his family's heart. Rib's actions are extreme, but on character for a man who views himself as protector first and foremost. Longtime subscribers know I like to list important songs [music] used at the end of these videos. This week we had Ed Harris singing Old Paint [music] and at the end of episode 1, Charles Wesley Godwin's Willing and Able. Episode two provided Cassidy Daniels singing her new song, Heart-shaped [music] Necklace. I'm Billy Dukes for Taste of Country. Thanks for watching and thanks [music] for subscribing.