'Yellowstone' Fans Debate Show's Most Absurd Moments, Share Crazy Examples

"Yellowstone" fans are, once again, finding ways to dissect the show as they wait for the series to return.

The rest of the fifth and final season will air starting in November, and it will represent the circle closing on the neo-Western from Taylor Sheridan.

The series premiered in 2018, and has been arguably the most popular show on TV ever since. However, no show is perfect, and all the time waiting for season five to return has certainly given fans plenty of opportunities to pick it apart.

A new viral Reddit thread is doing just that…..again.

Most absurd "Yellowstone" moments called out on viral Reddit thread.

A thread titled "Tell us your most sharking jumping moments from the show." is making the rounds, and it doesn't disappoint at all.

Soak up some of the best, funniest and easiest to justify reactions below and hit me with your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com:

  • For me it has to be Rip "retrieving" his Mom's ring.
  • With the caveat that I am one of those all in until the end, and I love some melodrama, the "Monica helping catch a serial killer" storyline absolutely sent me. Was bizarre beyond belief!
  • The scene where Monica takes her college group to a Native American rap concert.
  • Oh my god. Made me cringe so hard. F*cking field trip at like 7PM on a weekday.
  • And crying through it all for seeing reason?
  • Every scene with Monica. Every storyline with Monica.
  • John’s emergency ruptured ulcer surgery by a vet in a horse barn.
  • As a veterinarian I laughed and laughed and laughed and then really wished I had that mobile clinic trailer.
  • The brawl between Beth and Summer- specifically the moment Summer turned out to be a secret judo master or whatever. The fight was so stupid and over the top and that it had to end with Beth beating the vegan out of Summer was the cherry on top of the implausible sundae.
  • Same with the brawl between Kayce and Rip. I know Rip is a badass and all but Kayce is a decorated member of the US Special Forces. I’m guessing they train how to fight in hand to hand combat. Kayce should have pulled out some moves and whipped Rips ass.
  • The dude has two navy crosses and got whooped by a chubby ranch head......come on Sheridan!
  • Kayce in the ghillie suit.
  • When basically a commando squad came into downtown Bozeman with bombs and machine guns and was shooting people in the streets.
  • You have hit squads committing attempted murder and terrorism against government officials, and it's just kind of waved away the next episode. The amount of Federal firepower and legal ramifications of this would have been the storyline for like 5 seasons worth of shows. Instead it's not even mentioned when John runs for governor. I enjoy the show from an entertainment perspective but holy sh*t the writing and logic is bad. Game of Thrones is more realistic than this show.
  • When the governor tells John he has to step down from being livestock commissioner due to "controversy" over all the deaths in the raid but doesn't blink an eye at Kayce, the guy who led the raid, taking his place.
  • Kayce put a bomb designed to go off at a specific altitude in the Beck Brothers plane on season 2. And they drove to the meeting. So there’s still a bomb…waiting to hit altitude…and kill whoever was unfortunate enough to buy the Beck Brothers’ plane at their estate sale.
  • When Rip drove his truck right through that group of parked motorcycles.
  • Every time Beth talks.

I'll be the first to admit that I laughed at a lot of these responses, and I'm also probably the biggest fan of the show on the planet.

Why did I laugh? The answer is simple. It's because a lot of the points made are accurate. There are some absurd moments in the series from Taylor Sheridan.


I think one of the most absurd moments to me was when Kayce got in a shootout and had the rear sight on his rifle flipped down. The character is a former Navy SEAL with a Navy Cross. Yet, he didn't have his optics ready to rock and roll while engaging in a gunfight at close range? Not buying it.

Nobody with serious CQB or military training would make a mistake like that.

What's your most absurd "Yellowstone" moment? Let me know at David.Hookstead@outkick.com!

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David Hookstead is a reporter for OutKick covering a variety of topics with a focus on football and culture. He also hosts of the podcast American Joyride that is accessible on Outkick where he interviews American heroes and outlines their unique stories. Before joining OutKick, Hookstead worked for the Daily Caller for seven years covering similar topics. Hookstead is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.