Beth Dutton’s Replacement Already Exists In A Totally Different Taylor Sheridan Series, And One Line Proves It

If you’re missing Kelly Reilly’s Beth Dutton in Yellowstone, she has a replacement character in another Taylor Sheridan show. The Yellowstone screenwriter emulated John Dutton’s (Kevin Costner) daughter in the cast of Landman, which is gearing up for season 2. The series premiered alongside Yellowstone season 5, part 2, offering fans of the neo-Western saga a new series to watch as the Dutton family closed out the final chapter of their original series. While it has since come to light that Beth and Kayce (Luke Grimes) will have respective spinoffs, Landman was an immediately popular Yellowstone replacement.

Various Landman characters have a counterpart in Yellowstone, with some of Taylor Sheridan’s fan-favorite character traits crossing over between his shows. Billy Bob Thornton’s Tommy Norris is like John Dutton, helming the operations for M-TEX oil in West Texas the way John ran the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch in Montana. Akin to generations of ranchers in Yellowstone, the oil business is a family business. While Sheridan’s Beth Dutton replacement isn’t Tommy’s daughter, Ainsley (Michelle Randolph), Rebecca Falcone is sometimes a spitting image of Beth. With Kayce Wallace officially returning for Landman season 2, she can expand the character with her counterpart’s best qualities.

Rebecca Falcone From Landman Is Reminiscent Of Yellowstone’s Beth

Rebecca Is M-Tex’s Liability Attorney

For an array of reasons, Rebecca Falcone channels Beth Dutton’s energy in Landman. The characters share a bitter mean streak. In Beth’s case, this comes from her tumultuous upbringing. While we don’t yet know what makes Rebecca tick, she has a similar duality to Beth, balancing her keen ability to be cruel with high-achieving and likable qualities. While we get to know Beth from the get-go in Yellowstone’s series premiere, we don’t understand what makes her personality so complex until Yellowstone season 3, learning that Jamie (Wes Bentley) signed off on Beth’s unwanted hysterectomy when she confided in him.

Hopefully, we get a deeper look at Rebecca, too, as Landman continues, and a line in the show’s first season proves that Rebecca is Beth Dutton’s spiritual successor. In Landman season 1, episode 4, when advising on Tommy’s deposition for M-TEX, Rebecca ends her spiel against the opposing counsel with a familiar line. After making a convincing series of threats, Falcone tells the other litigators, speaking of the theoretical lawsuits she will file against them if they don’t comply, “When this is over in seven years, you will be disbarred and I will hang our law degrees over my fucking toilet.”

Beth Delivered Rebecca’s Toilet Threat To Willa Hayes In Yellowstone Season 3

Beth Makes The Threat In Yellowstone Season 3, Episode 9, “Meaner Than Evil”

Rebecca’s threat to Landman is a huge reminder of Beth. Beth Dutton makes an almost identical threat to Willa Hayes (Karen Pitman) in Yellowstone season 3. To be fair, the Market Equities CEO had just acquired majority ownership of Schwartz & Meyer, using the leverage to fire Beth. Willa tells Beth that the company has plans for the land her former employer acquired in Paradise Valley, threatening Beth’s way of life, which she is desperately trying to protect. Hayes then tells Beth to give her a call “after the sting fades,” prompting one of Beth’s best Yellowstone quotes.

Beth tells Willa Hayes that, “When all this is over… I’m going to hang your diploma above the toilet in my guest house.” Beth makes the threat even more humiliating than Rebecca’s, proving she’s the original, implying that Willa’s diploma isn’t reputable enough to decorate her primary residence and will be relegated to her guest house. Reflecting on Beth’s quote proves how similar the women are in their execution of heavy-hitting business negotiations. Beth and Rebecca’s biggest difference is that, despite popular misconceptions, Beth isn’t a lawyer, despite her sharp instincts for legal matters, having earned her degree in finance.

How Taylor Sheridan Can Make Rebecca More Like Yellowstone’s Beth Dutton In Landman Season 2

Monty’s Faith In Rebecca Indicates She’s A Trustworthy Person

Kayla Wallace confirmed her Landman season 2 return on Instagram, meaning Rebecca will continue to bring Beth Dutton energy to West Texas. Like Beth, Rebecca is an overachiever with a tendency for cruelty. However, Beth has qualities that Falcone, at this point, lacks, and Landman season 2 is likely to fill out the character with a bit more depth. As we witness more of Beth’s motivations as her story unfolds throughout Yellowstone’s five seasons, Beth shows that she is profoundly capable of love and compassion, further offsetting her unforgiving qualities. We see glimmers of this complexity in Rebecca in Landman season 1.

When Rebecca goes to Patch Cafe in Landman episode 4, running into Tommy’s wife, Angela (Ali Larter), and daughter, she intently listens to Angela’s story about the bust and why she and Tommy divorced. When Tommy has to attend to something urgent, Rebecca kindly offers to drive Angela and Ainsley home, choosing to be curious rather than cruel about Angela’s jealousy toward her. Landman season 2 can create more moments like this to expand Rebecca’s softer side, complementing her more grave character aspects, helping us understand why we should care about the litigator who often has it out for Tommy.