Yellowstone Season 2 ‘Premiere’ Recap: Beth Plots to Ruin Both Jamie and Dan — Plus, John Collapses

Yellowstone Season 2 ‘Premiere’ Recap: Beth Plots to Ruin Both Jamie and Dan — Plus, John Collapse

The second season of Yellowstone on CBS debuted on Sunday, and Beth was right out of the gate.

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She not only found a gorgeous former rodeo queen to compete with Jamie for the AG post, but she also devised a cunning plan to bankrupt Dan and, in the process, make boss Bob stinkin' rich.

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(Looking a little bit richer?)The story: They purchase a large tract of land, place a conservation easement on it,

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and then receive funding from the government to keep it uncultivated. To put it briefly, Schwartz & Meyer acquires landlord status without ever leasing a single square foot. For her part,

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Beth gets to encircle Daddy's land with a massive moat."On the bright side, cancer is not your diagnosis." John, speaking of which,

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looked for trouble during "A Thundering." Initially, he created further tension between Kayce and Rip by having his son approve the hiring of Cowboy,

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a day laborer, instead of his current foreman. (Not that the rivals didn't band together to let loose a bull—yes, a real bull—at the bar where the waiters had been sat down.)

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When Dan made fun of Lee and threatened the developer, saying, "You ain't gettin' cut down [from the noose] next time...

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