At This Point, Yellowstone is No Western, But Rather a Comedy

The work on the Yellowstone script started back in 2013 when the actor Taylor Sheridan decided to switch his career path and turned to writing screenplays instead.

Being inspired by living in rural parts of states such as Texas and Wyoming, he set the series in Montana. The show was pitched to HBO initially but was not picked up.

Only in 2017, Paramount greenlit the first 10 episodes of what would later be season 1.

A show that was set to be a neo-Western drama glued many Americans to their screens, as it felt both fresh for the current TV, and satisfyingly nostalgic.

With every other season, the show attracted more and more viewers, and people seemed to enjoy the dynamic scenes of the modern cowboys' lives and adventures.

However, not everyone takes the Yellowstone plot all that seriously. Even considering the fact that the series is obviously fictional, it's hard to believe how many things can happen in characters' lives in a matter of a single day.

Kill someone, blow up a meth laboratory, and existentially stare out towards the sunset? Easy. Commit a murder to protect the ranch? Yep, done that as well.

It almost seems like the characters are meant to be a bit overdramatic, which does not help in this case as well.

"It doesn't try to be realistic. It doesn't care about plot holes or dropped storylines. It's just meant to give western fans exactly what they want to see," Redditor LadyMRedd said, also comparing the writing for the show with cowboy fanfiction.

Many people seem to agree, saying they're enjoying Yellowstone for pure entertainment and nothing more. They argue that no show could balance all the drama and action without losing the quality of a script.

The writing may be basic, and the show may be really far from representing real life in Montana, but it still does what it is supposed to do. If it makes a viewer happy, with or without a few giggles, it's perfectly fine in the eyes of fans.