Beth & Rip’s Yellowstone Spinoff Could Have A Major Advantage Over The Original Taylor Sheridan Show

If everything goes according to plan, Beth and Rip’s Yellowstone spinoff could have a significant advantage over the original show. Created by neo-Western screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone ran for five seasons on the Paramount Network, with the last season airing in two parts. In Yellowstone season 5, part 2, Sheridan concluded the story by explaining what happens to the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, marking the end of the family’s shared time in the Paradise Valley. Still, despite the series seemingly ending in December 2024, many Yellowstone fans haven’t witnessed the end yet due to a frustrating release issue.

Beth and Rip’s spinoff might correct the issue for Sheridan fans, at least how it’s set up. In Yellowstone season 5, episode 14, “Life Is a Promise,” the franchise’s paramount Yellowstone power couple embarks on their next chapter. After Beth buys a ranch 40 miles west of Dillon, Montana, she moves in with Rip and Carter at the end of the season. It’s a picture-perfect ending for Beth and Rip despite spending years fighting for the Dutton Ranch, but their story isn’t over yet, and their next chapter could be even better than the original.

Beth & Rip’s Spinoff Could Have A Major Release Advantage Over Yellowstone

Beth And Rip’s Spinoff Is In Its Early Stages

The announcement that Yellowstone season 5, part 2, will be available on Peacock on Sunday, March 16, highlights why Beth and Rip’s spinoff could have one significant advantage over the original. Many fans still haven’t seen the final segments of the show due to it airing on the Paramount Network and being sparsely available to stream elsewhere. Despite most Paramount or CBS shows typically coming to Paramount+ within hours of their release, Yellowstone season 5 hasn’t received the same treatment because Peacock has the exclusive rights to stream the show, resulting from a deal that pre-dates Paramount’s streaming service.

Beth and Rip’s offshoot could avoid the release issue, circumventing Paramount’s deal with Peacock to steam the show exclusively. Rather than continuing as Yellowstone season 6, which would bind Beth and Rip’s story to Peacock as a continuation of the flagship, the couple’s spinoff is a new endeavor. That said, Paramount can produce the series as a separate entity, freeing it from the existing Yellowstone deal. As a new, independent entity, the Dutton-Wheeler offshoot could stream on Paramount+, making it accessible to fans on the same service where they can access most other Yellowstone stories (except, frustratingly, the original).

Beth & Rip’s Show Is Already Positioned To Top Yellowstone

Yellowstone’s Spinoffs Are Even Better

The fact that Beth and Rip’s Yellowstone spinoff might come to Paramount+ and move beyond a dated deal is just an additional asset of the offshoot. The Dutton family’s next Montana story has another significant advantage as a spinoff rather than continuing Beth and Rip’s story as Yellowstone season 6. While the original series is the most recognizable and iconic, Yellowstone’s prequels have arguably surpassed the quality of the original. Where Yellowstone can sometimes feel like a soap opera with its melodramatic tone and characters, Sheridan’s 1883 and 1923 are often more favored than the original.

Beth and Rip’s offshoot could incorporate the best of both worlds as a Yellowstone spinoff that centers on the original show’s characters. Yellowstone’s spinoffs have focused on new narratives from the past, looking back at different eras of the family’s time in the Paradise Valley and introducing new members of the Dutton family tree. With Beth and Rip’s story, Sheridan can channel the spinoff’s more serious, refined tones while centering on two of the franchise’s most beloved personalities.

Is Beth & Rip’s Spinoff Better Than Yellowstone Season 6?

Yellowstone Needed To End

Beth and Rip’s spinoff is doubtlessly better than the Dutton-Wheeler family continuing in Yellowstone season 6 for two reasons. First, as a Yellowstone spinoff, Beth and Rip’s story will likely receive the same treatment that 1883 and 1923 received concerning Sheridan crafting a unique, refined tale that stands alone from the flagship. Their unique story also gives Beth and Rip’s story a chance to surpass the original as a separate entity rather than continue the tone of the original series when many of its stories have reached their natural conclusion, at least for now.

The flagship’s conclusion is also why Beth and Rip’s story must stand alone. While it upset many fans to watch the Dutton family lose the ranch, the family selling the ranch to the Broken Rock Tribe was the story’s natural conclusion. We know this because Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone prophecy set up in 1883 foretells that the Dutton family would eventually relinquish the land to its Indigenous stewards. Therefore, with production complications and Kevin Costner exiting the series, leaving the show without John Dutton, it was time for Yellowstone to end its story and Beth and Rip to start anew.