HAPPY TRAILS?

The Dutton clan rides off into the sunset in Yellowstone's final episodes

- KATE HAHN

"COWBOYS DON'T SAY goodbye. They say, 'See ya later," promised stoic ranch manager Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) in the fourth-season finale of Yellowstone. The contemporary Western saga about the rich Dutton cattle-ranching familyof which Rip was an honorary member even before he married his longtime love, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly)-ends its amazingly popular run with the second half of Season 5. "This year is about picking up the pieces and putting them back together and trying to move on," Hauser tells TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. "My storyline is totally different. Kelly's as well."

The most glaring change is the absence of Beth's dad, who is also Rip's boss and mentor. Oscar winner Kevin Costner, who played stern ranch patriarch John Dutton, is not returning for the final six episodes.