Yellowstone' Season 5 is the Western at its peak. But is a downfall coming?

- SCB

"Yellowstone" is the biggest series on TV, massively popular even as streaming takes over and Hollywood goes through massive change

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In its fifth season it is one of the most reliably watchable series around, a Sheridan-specific cocktail of soapy melodrama, violence, romance and gorgeous mountain views that keeps viewers wanting more.

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Season 5 brings more same  stuffs, righting some of the messier narrative wanderings of the inconsistent fourth season and giving audiences what they wanted to know

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John against the world, daughter Beth (Kelly Reilly) against adopted son Jamie (Wes Bentley) and son Kayce (Luke Grimes) and his wife Monica (Kelsey Asbille) against their very bad luck.

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 On election night when Sunday's premiere picks up, when John easily wins the race for governor, which he only entered to spite Jamie

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and John is now stuck with a lot of duties where he couldn't care less about

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It's fitting that, for his gubernatorial life when dressed in a suit, John always wears a black tie, as if he's at a funeral for his rancher life.

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"Yellowstone"  remains the entertainment equivalent of a nice steak dinner – always good, always predictable

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No real need to stir with the formula – there is just the small clue that things are going stale in Season 5

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New characters are introduced, but they feel just a shade too repetitive of seasons past

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