Yellowstone “A Knife And No Coin” Episode Recap: RIp’s Branding Flashback, Jamie Impeaches John, and Beth Goes To War With Jamie
From revealing flashbacks to government legal action to blackmail, here is everything that happened in Yellowstone's "A Knife and No Coin".
- Yellowstone season 5, part 2 is full of twists and conflicts that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats, wondering who will survive in the end.
- The episode “A Knife and No Coin” reveals a flashback where John and Rip establish a bond, with Rip being branded as an official member of the Dutton family.
- Jamie files articles of impeachment against his own father, Governor John Dutton, sparking a war between Beth and Jamie as they threaten each other’s secrets and the future of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.
Yellowstone‘s “A Knife and No Coin” is filled with so many twists and turns, as it not only establishes the main conflicts that will drive Yellowstone season 5, part 2 but also leaves many wondering who will survive till the end. A neo-Western drama, Yellowstone follows the Dutton family and other supporting characters who get involved in a series of conflicts with the Yellowstone National Park and the Broken Rock Indian Reservation. The show primarily follows John Dutton (Kevin Costner), though his character may not appear in season 5, part 2 since Kevin Costner announced he was leaving Yellowstone.
Yellowstone season 5 turned up the drama, as John Dutton was sworn in as the Governor of Montana despite not wanting the position. Monica (Kelsey Asbille) almost died in a car accident while on the way to the hospital, though sadly, her unborn baby did not survive. John’s adopted son Jamie (Wes Bentley) engages in an affair with Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), a representative from Market Equities who manipulates Jamie into going against his father for the benefit of the company. All these vital story threads ultimately lead to the events of Yellowstone season 5, episode 8, “A Knife and No Coin”.
Rip’s Branding Flashback
John Offers Monica And Her Family A Home On The Ranch
Jamie Impeaches His Own Father
At a press conference, John introduces Broken Rock Reservation Chief Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham), and announces that he firmly supports Rainwater’s cause to stop the construction of a pipeline, promising to use all his powers as Governor to help. After John’s introduction, Rainwater then gives his speech in which he expresses his strong opposition to the pipeline’s construction as it will negatively affect his tribe’s well-being. However, Rainwater’s speech is cut off when news breaks out that Jamie Dutton had filed articles of impeachment in the legislature against his father, Governor John Dutton, for violating several state laws such as reckless spending that cost Montana billions.
John tells the press to continue focusing on the pipeline and ignore Jamie’s impeachment charge against him before returning to the capital. John’s assistant Clara (Lilli Kay) believes that John will overcome this impeachment charge since he didn’t do anything wrong and that he will continue his role as Governor. John, however, is not convinced because regardless of whether or nothe did anything wrong, he believes that his enemies in the legislature will use Jamie’s impeachment as an opportunity to get rid of him. Therefore, John tells Clara that it’ll take a “menace” to win his fight against Jamie.
Beth Goes To War With Jamie
Meanwhile, after getting into another fight with Summer (Piper Perabo), Beth (Kelly Reilly) turns on the news and discovers that Jamie will be impeaching her father. Furious, Beth goes to Jamie’s house and breaks in. When Jamie confronts Beth and tries to get her to leave, she hits Jamie over the head with a rock though luckily he is not too badly injured. Beth threatens Jamie with pictures she took of him disposing of his biological father’s body at the train station and says that if he does not resign from his position tomorrow, he will show these pictures to the sheriff and have him arrested for murder.
However, Jamie fights fire with fire by telling Beth that their father has been using the train station to dispose of the bodies of his enemies for decades, something Beth was unaware of. Jamie threatens Beth saying that if she exposes the pictures, he will inform the sheriff of all the bodies John has disposed of at the train station, destroying both John and the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. At a standstill, Beth leaves and informs her father of what happened between her and Jamie. Beth then suggests that Jamie should be taken to the train station as well, but John does not give a response.
Sarah and Jamie Go On The Offense
