Yellowstone Season 5 Episodes 1 And 2 Recap: Governor John Dutton

In the first episode of Season 5, "Yellowstone" patriarch John Dutton becomes governor. John doesn't want the job, hates politics, and crushed his son Jamie's dream of becoming Montana governor to save the ranch. In other words, Season 5 is the same Dutton family we've grown to love (and hate), depending on the episode. John is only two hours into Season 5, and he's made just about everyone angry because he won't give into politics. More enemies are coming for the Dutton family this season, and they're going to war. John's former girlfriend, Senator Lynelle Perry (Wendy Moniz-Grillo), warns him, "You could be a really great leader John, but you're a sh****y politician because you won't play the game."

But Governor Dutton's main job seems to be breaking up fights between his daughter Beth and son Jamie. The two Dutton siblings have been at war since they were teenagers, but with dad in office, they all have to work together. 

In an interview with Deadline, Kelly Reilly compared the siblings to tigers. She explained, "It goes against every fiber in Jamie's body to do what he's being asked to do. Is it awful? He is like a prisoner in this family, and I think at any opportunity, Beth will remind him of that in her most eloquent way." By eloquent, she means Beth will brutally humiliate Jamie.