2 Years Later, This Divisive ‘Yellowstone’ Villain’s Death Still Feels Completely Earned

Following the back half of Yellowstone's fifth and final season, which wrapped in 2024, the series continued to exceed expectations and blow our minds. In the episode “Three Fifty-Three,” a fight breaks out between lovers Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) and Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), one that forces the latter to leave the adopted Dutton behind. But things go south quickly for Sarah when she is tracked down by the same people she hired to kill John Dutton (Kevin Costner), who, in turn, kills her while she’s on the phone with Jamie. Though Jamie cries, all we can think, looking back on the show now, is that Yellowstone was better off without her.