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Yellowstone Nowhere Near Fixing Its Mistakes, With All Lights on Beth Again

Yellowstone Nowhere Near Fixing Its Mistakes, With All Lights on Beth Again
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Fans seem to be counting days before their most hated character finally gets killed off.

No matter how hard fans are rallying against Beth being the focus of all attention in every episode of Yellowstone season 5, the show has once again dedicated almost an entire episode to the femme fatale character.

Episode 5, which premiered this Sunday, has pretty much all of its action kept within the ranch, and Beth is once again the centerpiece of the story. Beth is dwelling on her past, even though her husband Rip assures her he only thinks about them today and tomorrow, not yesterday.

Then, Beth haters had to endure the "cringeworthy" scene of Beth and Summer fighting, only for it all to turn into an awkward family dinner that John insisted on happening.

Many people noted that the show keeps repeating the same mistakes, turning yet another episode into an "ode to Beth".

"Every episode doesn't need to be some creepy tribute to Beth. And that scene where she goes pouty tantrum status with Rip was just painfully dumb. Hopefully next episode focuses on the cowboy camping," Redditor Friendly_Ad5727 said.

Fans ended up frustrated with Yellowstone's reluctance to step away from Beth, adding that the show also fails to develop other characters properly. Summer, for instance, could have been "written so much better" if Yellowstone did not resort to portraying her as a "stereotypical environmental hippie that everybody wants to punch".

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With accusations of "lazy writing" brewing in the fandom, Yellowstone slowly approaches the middle of its fifth season. With nine more episodes to come out, the show has plenty of time to pivot from Beth, even though it currently seems that writers do not really want to do that.

New episodes premiere every Sunday. It's unclear whether season 5 will be the final one for Yellowstone, or if the show gets greenlit for more seasons by Paramount Network.