{"id":646504,"date":"2026-05-16T10:17:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646504\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T10:17:13","slug":"dutton-ranch-series-premiere-recap-beth-rip-get-involved-in-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/646504\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutton Ranch Series Premiere Recap: Beth & Rip Get Involved in Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSPOILER ALERT:\u00a0This post contains spoilers from the two-episode series premiere of \u201cDutton Ranch<\/a>,\u201d \u201cThe Untold Want\u201d and \u201cEarn Another Day,\u201d which are now streaming on Paramount+.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYellowstone\u201d fans, rejoice! We\u2019ve missed the primetime soap since it wrapped in 2024. Sure, we\u2019ve had \u201cMarshals,\u201d but given that it\u2019s more of a procedural, \u201cDutton Ranch\u201d is going to carry the torch for our Western dramas. Notably, the show stars the two \u201cYellowstone\u201d breakouts, as Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprise their roles as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler. <\/p>\n

\n\tAt the end of \u201cYellowstone,\u201d the lovebirds, along with their adoptive son Carter (Finn Little), moved to a small ranch near Dillon, Montana, where they could focus on the land and not have the responsibilities of the Dutton name. Yet within just a few minutes of \u201cDutton Ranch,\u201d their property has burned down, displacing them to the fictional town of Rio Paloma six months later. But drama is sure to hamper their fresh start, given the cast includes icons such as Ed Harris and Annette Bening. Let\u2019s dive into the two-episode premiere with stray thoughts and burning questions.<\/p>\n

\n\tEpisode 1: \u201cThe Untold Want\u201d<\/p>\n

I like Beth\u2019s riding gear! New look. Meanwhile, Rip is sticking to his classic style.<\/p>\n

Damn, it\u2019s always easy to forget how gorgeous the \u201cYellowstone\u201d-verse shows are. I could just zone out and stare at the wilderness all day. Shout out to veteran director and DP Christina Alexandra Voros for her great eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m never going to let this go.\u201d Uh oh \u2014\u00a0a Dutton should never say those words!<\/p>\n

Wow, that fire got out of control fast!<\/p>\n

Carter looks like a grown man. Puberty hits hard!<\/p>\n

The score\u2019s nods to \u201cYellowstone\u201d proper sound pretty good.<\/p>\n

Rip\u2019s save-the-cat moment is rescuing that cute little calf. Sweet!<\/p>\n

Time jump! I\u2019m enjoying this economy of storytelling.<\/p>\n

Wow, Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) is a mustache-twirling villain right from the jump!<\/p>\n

Whoa, Rob-Will killed Wes (Nakoa DeCoite) over looking into fudged tally books? Seems excessive\u2026<\/p>\n

What baggage does Rob-Will have? He was nearly crying while confronting Wes!<\/p>\n

Ugh, Rob-Will is doing coke. Shorthand for spiraling out.<\/p>\n

Why is Chet (Hart Denton) so OK helping Rob-Will with his dirty work?<\/p>\n

Welcome to the show, Beulah Jackson (Bening)! Your wardrobe is already fantastic.<\/p>\n

Oh, Rob-Will is Beulah\u2019s son, and she\u2019s the new John Dutton. Got it.<\/p>\n

Azul (J. R. Villarreal) seems super sweet. I like him.<\/p>\n

With love to Carter, I don\u2019t need to see him flirting in high school. Stick to the adult drama!<\/p>\n

Rob-Will, don\u2019t be mean to our BFF Azul!<\/p>\n

Courtney is doing a great job of making Rob-Will absolutely unbearable! I hate him!<\/p>\n

Ah, that Rip punch felt great.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny to see Beth not get what she wants! Give me 100 more scenes of her arguing with Beulah.<\/p>\n

Fun fact for \u201cReal Housewives\u201d fans: the bartender Carol is played by Morgan Wade, Kyle Richards\u2019 close \u201cfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Could it be that Ed Harris\u2019 character, Everett McKinney, is the older man version of Beth? This introduction makes it seem possible!<\/p>\n

Wow, Beth not being able to shoot the horse \u2026 character growth alert!<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like racist assholes.\u201d Wow, has Rip gone woke?!?<\/p>\n

Ugh, this girl is just using Carter to get beer? Boo!<\/p>\n

Beth\u2019s instinct was right! Love that they saved the horse.<\/p>\n

Carter went right into Rip mode, beating up this abusive dude. But something tells me it won\u2019t go as well for him in Texas\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI miss him.\u201d Beth, reminiscing about her father, who received the pettiest death on television<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An actual love interest for Carter? Interesting! Welcome to the show, Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind).<\/p>\n

Whoa, a shower scene with Rip and Beth? It\u2019s been a while since they\u2019ve had some intimacy. Good on \u2019em!<\/p>\n

With a brother like Rob-Will, poor Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) is going to be so busy as his family\u2019s fixer.<\/p>\n

Where does Beulah\u2019s family ditch corpses? Do they have their own \u201ctrain station\u201d equivalent?<\/p>\n

Rob-Will, what a lazy place to bury a body!<\/p>\n

\n\tEpisode 2: \u201cEarn Another Day\u201c<\/p>\n

Rip, don\u2019t keep murder secrets from Beth. She\u2019ll sniff it out of you!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t you just hate it when the body you shoddily bury gets up and walks away?<\/p>\n

\u201cGod loves cowboys.\u201d Can I buy a cross-stitch of that on Etsy?<\/p>\n

Whitney (Olivia Rose Keegan) seems like she\u2019s going to get things done in the search for Wes. Hopefully, they don\u2019t kill her, too!<\/p>\n

Nice Dwight Yoakam needle drop. I wish this show had as much country music as \u201cYellowstone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uh oh, Oreana is trouble! How old is she, exactly? She shouldn\u2019t bring beer to a high school!<\/p>\n

Chet is such a dork. Bringing a branding iron to a fistfight? Lame!<\/p>\n

All of that meat looked great. Should we DoorDash some steaks?<\/p>\n

Man, Beulah is ice cold!<\/p>\n

Fun trivia: Marc Menchaca, the actor who plays Zachariah, is married to Lena Headey. Small world!<\/p>\n

Ugh, Oreana has a boyfriend?!? Poor Carter is going to become an incel at this rate.<\/p>\n

The fact that so much Spanish is spoken in this show makes it feel authentic. I\u2019m glad the creative team didn\u2019t shy away from it!<\/p>\n

Oreana is Beulah\u2019s granddaughter and Rob-Will\u2019s daughter?!? Whoa!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny how much has happened to Carter that Rip and Beth haven\u2019t heard about. He was in a jail cell just hours ago!<\/p>\n

Aww, I like how Everett is just a kind, country-singing cowboy vet. Let\u2019s keep him around!<\/p>\n

Zachariah has a hell of a mustache. Respect.<\/p>\n

Wait, what\u2019s in the freezer?<\/p>\n

Oh, Wes\u2019 body. Grim!<\/p>\n

\n\tUntil next week, \u201cDutton Ranch\u201d faithful! Watch a trailer for the rest of this season below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILER ALERT:\u00a0This post contains spoilers from the two-episode series premiere of \u201cDutton Ranch,\u201d \u201cThe Untold Want\u201d and \u201cEarn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[229316,88,160234,92],"class_list":["post-646504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-dutton-ranch","tag-entertainment","tag-trending-tv","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}