Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 7 Recap: A Breakdown of the Final Moments of Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 7 – In “The Dream Is Not Me,” the seventh episode of Yellowstone Season 5, the upbeat vibe of the springtime gathering has dissipated. When a major brucellosis outbreak is caused by stray buffalo from the National Park on the Duttons' ranch, John Dutton (Kevin Costner) is forced to lease acreage so that his herd can have access to winter grazing land.
Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), realizing the financial toll this disruption will take on Yellowstone, desperately looks for a new source of income to save her family from ruin. In order to get Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) to leave the ranch and his wife for up to a year, he convinces a few of the Bunkhouse boys, including the smitten Ryan (Ian Bohen). After realizing that Ryan will be away for an extended period of time, country singer Abby (Lainey Wilson) ends their relationship.
Bad news received by Gil Birmingham's Thomas Rainwater and Mo Brings Plenty's Mo Brings Plenty in town may have far-reaching consequences for the Broken Rock reservation. Meanwhile, Sarah Atwood drives a wedge between Jamie Dutton's (Wes Bentley) estranged father and himself (Dawn Olivieri). At first, she reassures Jamie that he is on the right track with his efforts to modernize and evolve Yellowstone and that John's outdated methods are the ones that need to be abandoned.
Second, Sarah warns that putting Yellowstone under a conservation easement might be a “impeachable offense,” since it would give Market Equities grounds to sue Montana for a bad-faith contract, which would likely lead to the state's insolvency. Jamie agrees with her and is prepared to petition the state legislature to vote on impeachment. When John sleeps, he needs to keep his mind active.
In case you missed it, here is the conclusion and summary for Episode 7 of Season 5 of “Yellowstone.”
Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 7 Recap
Since it was originally announced that Yellowstone's fifth season would be divided into two parts of seven episodes each, I spent the duration of tonight's episode expecting a climactic conclusion. I didn't remember there was still one episode left before the two-week hiatus until the promo for it popped up. In spite of this, I thought “The Dream Is Not Me” was a fine choice for a midseason finale, and it would have been done in a hurry.
Even though the episode doesn't address some of the show's most important storylines—like the conflict between Jamie and Beth—the fact that I would have accepted it as a mini-climax for the season speaks much. Is she still hatching plans to abduct his kid? What about Sarah Atwood, though? But if you can get past Yellowstone's offbeat pacing, you'll be rewarded with some intriguing plot twists that, at least in my opinion, deserve the show's full attention. It will be interesting to see how the second half of this season pans out.
In season four, for example, multiple episodes appeared like the end of the Lloyd-Walker conflict, but it continued going. It's often hard to discern when a plotline is ended on Yellowstone. Parallel to Jimmy's tiresome trip to the Four Sixes and back. Even now, the branding from the previous show has carried over into this week's episode.
A couple of weeks ago, it would have been unthinkable to see Summer assisting with calf vaccines. Even if she still goes on annoying rants about how marriage is all about men exerting dominance over women, it is encouraging to see her open mind. Although, it would be out of character if she suddenly stopped being unpleasant.
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I think the final exchange between John and Summer in “The Dream Is Not Me” was the first time I fully understood their budding romance. Having spent time at the ranch, she now has a better grasp of the locals and their way of life, and she is wise to advise John to overcome his initial mistrust and open the property up to visitors.
It's possible that she's just parroting Taylor Sheridan's thoughts when she says things like, “They have you pegged as a bunch of misogynist bigots who are ruining the environment, and that is not who you,” because Sheridan obviously has feelings about the media's treatment of this large section of the country.
though Summer is steadfast in her vegetarianism, it is appropriate for this episode that she helps other people recognize these people for the human beings that they are. Although the two characteristics aren't necessarily incompatible, they often seem to be in Yellowstone.
However, this week's big rancher drama isn't the continuation of the branding. The ranch hands suspect brucellosis after seeing several dead buffalo calves in one pasture and learning that some buffalo from the park had been transferred there.
It's remarkable how rapidly things have escalated; if the state really does kill the entire herd if they find the disease in just one cow, then they'll have to lease land in the south to quarantine half of the herd. Rip, in his capacity as ranch manager, will be in charge of the relocation, and he will be joined by Jake, Teeter, Ryan, and Walker.
Beth gets involved because she worries her father won't see how unsustainable his company model is once he hears the price tag for his idea. She learns from the Four Sixes warehouse that instead of selling John's animals, he would be wise to enter the beef business. Along with the journey to Colorado, this event sets up a potentially new narrative trajectory for the show.
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This season has seen its fair share of peaceful intervals on the ranch, but there has been a recurring theme of how short-lived that peace is. These joyful, celebratory occasions, such as the spring gathering, are increasingly fleeting and tinged with sadness.
An unknown, scary, and soulless future looms on the horizon, hastening the demise of the old way of life. It's present during the county fair in this episode, especially considering that half of the characters will soon be leaving Montana. While Colby and Teeter will be separated, at least Beth will join Rip in Colorado and remain in a luxurious hotel within driving distance.
Unfortunately, Ryan and Abby will as well, right when their love was beginning to blossom. It's heartwarming to watch Ryan give Abby an honest explanation for why he can't stay with her: cowboying is his lifeblood, just as music is hers.
Most of the ranch staff is unaware of Jamie's presence, but he is the other dark cloud hanging over the ranch. It didn't take much for him to fall for Sarah's manipulations; he'd harbored hatred toward his father for a long time and wasn't supposed to study law. Even if Jamie wants to fuck over the man who loves the ranch more than anybody else, he still really loves the ranch.
Both he and John feel a responsibility to keep the area safe, but they approach the task in different ways. Sarah implies that tourism is the only thing they have going for them; even if this is not the case, it is understandable that Jamie would take this at its value.
After she and Ellis visit John's office to negotiate the conservation easement, she even succeeds in convincing Jamie to take more drastic action against him. This may be grounds for impeachment if a legal struggle with Market Equities leads the state into bankruptcy.
In the event that John resigns as governor, Sarah assures Jamie that she will do everything in her power to help him win a special election and take over the position. At the end of the episode, he is practicing his speech to Sarah before he addresses the assembly to impeach him.
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It's a lighthearted way to wrap things up, especially considering that John's departure from office is not inconceivable. (If there is anything he wants, it's a way out of it.) The season's core tension—that the ranch and its problems appear to have no legal or financial way out right now—has injected drama even to the more leisurely moments. In one week, we will know if there were any actual explosions.
