'Yellowstone' season finale review: 'The Unravelling Pt. 2' sets the stage for a blockbuster second season
Recap of 'The Unravelling Pt. 1':
In 'The Unravelling Pt. 1', director and creator Taylor Sheridan delved into the backstory of one of the ranch's more mysterious characters: Rip (Cole Hauser). Presented to the audiences as a machismo cowboy with a sunburnt face and impeccable beard, his undying loyalty to John (Kevin Costner) and the Yellowstone ranch was always intriguing and, as it turned out, so was his past.
A flashback to 1997 shows a then-teenage Rip cowering away as his drunken, violent father murders his family. A burst of courage sees him pick up a pan and go to town on his old man, killing him in the process. John then discovers him hiding away in one of his barns and takes him in as one of his own, with Rip promising the Dutton patriarch his life in return for the kindness.
