History Series / Yellowstone

** In the season 4 finale, [[spoiler:Caroline Warner]] finally LampShades why everyone else has failed to get the Dutton's land: they all expect to deal with people who are generic rednecks. They don't expect someone like Beth; a highly intelligent, ruthless and scheming person who is able to derail their plans.
** Other enemies, such as the Beck Brothers, who use violence and murder don't realize that the Duttons are just as capable of doing the same and almost always get caught flat-footed.

*** She states that Europeans brought slavery wherever they went. This statement is not only false, since only a few European countries were involved in the slave trade, but also seems to imply that slavery did not exist in the Americas before Europeans arrived. It is rather strange that a professor of American history would not know that slavery was common among the Maya, Aztecs, and last but not least some Native-American tribes.

*** She states that Europeans brought slavery wherever they went. This statement is not only false, since only a few European countries were involved in the slave trade, but also seems to imply that slavery did not exist in the Americas before Europeans arrived. It is rather strange that a professor of American history would not know that slavery was common among the Maya and Aztecs.

** In season 5, Montana Attorney General Jamie Dutton watches a man bump into his secretary with coffee and jokes, "That's called battery!" However, in Montana, "battery" is not a crime. There is assault, aggravated assault, and assault with a weapon. This instance is odd since this very distinction comes up in season 4 when John Dutton tries to tell a woman who assaulted a cop that she's actually charged with "battery" rather than "assault," only for her lawyer to correct him and confirm that the charge is officially termed "assault."

On May 5th, 2023, Paramount [[https://deadline.com/2023/05/yellowstone-end-final-season-sequel-series-matthew-mcconaughey-premiere-date-paramount-1235357050/ annouced]] that ''Yellowstone'' will end with its 5th season in November 2023, and will be replaced with an as of writing untitled SequelSeries.

* GutturalGrowler: John Dutton has a particularly low and gravely voice that is different from Kevin Costner's normal speaking voice. Flashbacks reveal that this isn't just a product of age. He's always had a gravely voice.

* ProductPlacement: The Duttons own a lot of Yeti coolers, Dodge Ram pickup trucks, Carhartt jackets, and Polaris [=ATVs=].

** The ToughLove way new ranchers on Yellowstone are treated (which often crosses the line to bullying) [[RomanticizedAbuse is always justified as being necessary to make competent ranchers]]. However, Jimmy only becomes a successfup rancher ''after'' he leaves Yellowstone to work at a ranch in Texas, where they treat him much better. And while Rip's TrainingFromHell turned him into the badass he is today, it still left him emotionally crippled, and he has essentially turned himself into the Duttons' slave. Once again, this is never discussed, and the Duttons continue their way of doing things without any change.

* TheRez: The Broken Rock Confederation of Tribes lives on a reservation that is plagued by poverty. Monica is reluctant to take a more lucrative teaching job at the local college because it would mean one less teacher at the reservation. Conflict between the reservation and Yellowstone Ranch drives the show's plot.

* GreyandGrayMorality: No one in the show really provides a moral compass. John Dutton himself is more closer to a VillainProtagonist than anything else.

* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Something of an EnforcedTrope in the RatedMForManly world of Yellowstone Ranch. Rip is the toughest bastard among the wranglers, and he enforces his authority by kicking the shit out of anyone who crosses the line. When John asks Rip to step down as a leader of the wranglers in favor of Kayce, Rip has to fight Kayce in full view of the rest of the workers and lose the fight so that they will accept Kayce as the new boss.

** The RatedMForManly and ToughLove way new ranchers on Yellowstone are treated (which often crosses the line to bullying) [[RomanticizedAbuse is always justified as being necessary to make competent ranchers]]. However, Jimmy only becomes a successfup rancher ''after'' he leaves Yellowstone to work at a ranch in Texas, where they treat him much better. And while Rip's TrainingFromHell turned him into the badass he is today, it still left him emotionally crippled, and he has essentially turned himself into the Duttons' slave. Once again, this is never discussed, and the Duttons continue their way of doing things without any change.

** Rainwater calls President Obama a hypocrite for visiting the Standing Rock reservation and then two years later "trying to run a pipeline through it." But the Dakota Access Pipeline was built and is owned by a private corporation, not the federal government. Though Obama was criticized for not doing enough in the final months of his presidency to prevent the pipeline's construction, he had no hand in building it and was politically opposed to it. It was President Trump who signed a memorandum that allowed the pipeline's construction through the reservation to be completed.

** In season 5, Montana Attorney General Jamie Dutton watches a man bump into his secretary with coffee and jokes, "That's called battery!" However, in Montana, "battery" is not a crime. There is assault, aggravated assault, and assault with a weapon. This instance is odd since this very distinction comes up in season 4 when John Dutton tries to tell a woman who assaulted a cop that she's actually charged with "battery," only for her lawyer to correct him and confirm that the charge is termed "assault."
** In season 5, there is a subplot hinging on whether a woman will "press charges" against Beth for aggravated assault. Jamie talks her out of it by reading from her police report, and the matter is dropped. However, private citizens don't determine whether someone will be prosecuted for a crime. They simply file a police report, and the district attorney makes the decision. So with the report already filed, Jamie would should have had to convince the district attorney not to prosecute.

** As Governor, John makes several decisions and has assumptions about political office that would probably get him impeached in RealLife. He fires his environmental advisor after one meeting, citing bad advice (which was actually sound) and poor character (for not introducing himself sooner). A Governor can't just do whatever they want, at least without getting into legal trouble. He also assumes that the fact he doesn't know the advisor's name is his fault, when as the new Governor, ''John'' should be introducing himself to everyone, not the other way around. They were working there before he did.

* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Jamie and Monica never interact with each other despite being siblings-in-law. They do have a brief scene together in Season 1 where Jamie introduces Monica to the president of Montana State, but that's it.