First full Dutton Ranch trailer confirms Yellowstone John Dutton’s subplot in ‘heartbreaking’ new scenes – but it’s Annette Bening’s ‘grizzly in Gucci’ we should watch out for

Paramount releases the first full trailer for the highly anticipated Yellowstone spinoff, Dutton Ranch
Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser reprise their roles as Beth Dutton and Rip Wheeler, with the show following their move to Texas
Debuts on Paramount+ on May 15

Saddle up: the first full trailer for Yellowstone spinoff Dutton Ranch has been released, which you can follow below.

Now closer Farmer than Yellowstone in the Taylor Sheridan universe (which also takes place in Texas), Dutton Ranch clearly trying to get a clean break from Yellowstonea complicated past. But as we can see in the new clips, the spirit of John Dutton (Kevin Costner) haunts his daughter.

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In our first look at the heartbreaker Dutton Ranch scenes, Beth confesses that she misses her father, and Rip replies that they have “taken the best parts of him with us.”

There’s no doubt this sets up the nine-episode series for an ongoing John Dutton subplot… but are we already overlooking the most exciting part of what’s to come?

Annette Bening’s Beulah Jackson could be a Yellowstone villain for ages in the first Dutton Ranch trailer

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As the official Paramount character synopsis explains, “Seen at odds with the Beth Dutton character in Dutton Ranch teaser trailer, Beulah is the powerful, charming and cunning manager of a large ranch who believes in the power of family legacy.”

Now let’s add this to the show’s overall synopsis. “Rip Wheeler and Beth Dutton stake everything on a new life in South Texas, but the promise of building a future far from the ghosts of Yellowstone quickly collides with new realities and a rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire.”

Put two and two together and we’re left with the assumption that Beulah runs the rival ranch in question… and judging by the above, that’s not playing nice in her vocabulary.

Not only is Annette Bening an incredible actress, but I can’t remember the last time I saw her play an out-and-out villain. If I had to face her in a farm fight, I’d be more chicken than cow, that’s for sure.

This is of course fantastic news for Yellowstone fans to whom John Dutton’s legacy is being passed on Dutton Ranch. But if we’re going to fully explore Beth and Rip’s new story, it needs to be out with the old and in with the new.