1883 Season 1 Finale's Death Perfectly Mirrors Yellowstone Pilot Episode
Warning! SPOILERS for 1883.
1883 season 1's most tragic death not only serves as the perfect ending to the show but also mirrors the very first episode of Yellowstone. Set during the titular year, 1883 is a Western period drama that dives deeply into the origins of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. The show serves as the first spinoff prequel series for Yellowstone, and as the second series in Taylor Sheridan's Neo-Western universe. No wonder the finale of 1883 season 1 perfectly pays tribute to the pilot episode of Yellowstone.
In Yellowstone season 1, episode 1 “Daybreak,” the conflict between the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch and the Broken Rock Indian Reservation over a herd of cattle results in a shootout. One of the casualties is Lee Dutton, the son of Yellowstone protagonist John Dutton. Before burying his son, John takes Lee's body to a quiet, secluded spot on the property, and, once there, John holds his son's lifeless body and grieves under a tree.
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1883 perfectly mirrors this scene in 1883 season 1, episode 10 “This Is Not Your Heaven.” More than a century before John held his son Lee for one last time surrounded by the natural beauty of Paradise Valley, another Dutton patriarch grieved the loss of their offspring in that very same spot. In 1883, the same scene was repeated by Yellowstone Dutton Ranch founder James Dutton who grieved for the death of his daughter Elsa Dutton. There are plenty of differences in the circumstances of Lee and Elsa's respective deaths. Nonetheless, one key element is the same: both John and James lost not just their offspring, they respectively lost the son and the daughter whom they expected to carry on their
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