Yellowstone season 1 episode 1 son dies2/20/2024 ![]() ![]() The wolf was revealed to be Kayce's animal and spirit protector - but it's also possible that the wolf took baby John because the Duttons still haven't returned their land. While Kayce's visions in Yellowstone season 4 - as Kayce explains - refer to a different "end," the death of baby John also forces a reexamination of why a wolf followed Kayce and Monica whenever they made love. While magic doesn't exist in Taylor Sheridan's Neo-Western universe, the narrative may intentionally play into the idea of this promise holding profound weight both for dramatic effect and to tie the two narratives even closer together. In Sheridan's Yellowstone spinoff 1883, it was revealed that ranch founder James Dutton promised to release ownership of their Paradise Valley lands back to its original stewards after seven generations. Had Yellowstone season 5 not contained this tragic death, the seventh generation of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch would have welcomed its third member with baby John, which could be part of the reason why he died before being born. It's possible that this sudden loss for the Dutton family inspired John to put the ranch under a conservation easement, a legal maneuver which could spare the Duttons from any more bloody encounters - while ensuring that their gorgeous slice of Montana remains intact as well. Rather than seeing the ranch get divided up and gathering what remains to pass onto the next generation of Duttons, John realizes here that his legacy only matters if his family remains intact. Indeed, the decision flips John Dutton's role as the villain in Yellowstone, and it's possible that John is seeking a conservation easement precisely because of the unexpected loss of his unborn grandchild. As Beth tells John, they could lose the whole ranch - to which John replied that at least the ranch would still be whole. Under the terms of a conservation easement, the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch would be closed to any and all developments, whether by Market Equities, the Duttons, or the Confederated Tribes of Broken Rock. This is an unprecedented move for John, as a conservation easement would technically put the ranch under the care of the state as a protected habitat and ecosystem. Curiously, the biggest twist that follows the death of Kayce and Monica's baby is John Dutton - now the governor of Montana - seeking a conservation easement for the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.
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