The tension exploded in a performative fistfight for alpha status in season 2, when Kayce was asked to take Rip’s job. Still, Kayce will always be John’s son, a fact that it seems has irked Rip. While Rip worked hard and remained loyal, Kayce has had a more prodigal son arc, disobeying John, marrying a woman from the reservation, moving out, shirking ranch life, etc. Both men have silently competed for John’s fatherly approval. Tate Be a Thing?įirst, we have to remember the “rivalry” between Rip and Kayce. We’re not sure how likely this matchup will be, but we have to respect the theory. Why the series is spending time on this relationship, fans are theorizing, is to set up another generational clash, this one between the series’ young sons, Carter and Tate. Carter wants to be like Rip, not like Lloyd. After Rip beat down Lloyd, Carter seemed to have a revelation: if the choice is between the alpha and the beta, Carter wants to be alpha. Carter, however, seemed to lose respect for Lloyd, who he felt was mischaracterizing his own situation. Him.”Ĭarter had become more friendly with Lloyd over the last two episodes, when Lloyd compared the two of them to outcasts and showed Carter how to rope. But it was in the aftermath of the fight that had fans reeling: after Rip stepped in to end the fight, he walked off up the hill, trailed by this comment from Carter-“I know what I want to be when I grow up. In episode 6 ( recap here), the showdown between Lloyd and Walker finally went off.

The characters we’ve come to love have also soured, over-performing their roles in a drama series that-so far-is heading nowhere.įans, however, are theorizing that we’re only setting the table for future showdowns.

In place of the larger threats to the Yellowstone and the Dutton family, we’ve mostly seen interpersonal drama and melodramatic tensions between minor characters.

Season 4 promised lots of rolling heads, and while we’ve gotten a number of fist fights and shootouts, their consequences haven’t been fully felt: the attack on the Duttons remains mostly unaddressed, and the reservation’s interest in that menace also seems to have waned. It’s been a disappointing Yellowstone season thus far.

Friends season 4, episode 6 cast