(L-R): Kelly Reilly as Beth Dutton and Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler in Dutton Ranch, episode 4, season 1, streaming on Paramount+, 2026. Photo Credit: Emerson Miller/Paramount+.

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the fourth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “Start With a Bullet,” which is now streaming on Paramount+.

Welcome back to another week at the Dutton Ranch, but instead of rip-roarin’ action, everyone is drunk and depressed. We’ve got sick animals, teen angst and trailer explosions. Can Rip (Cole Hauser) and Beth (Kelly Reilly) handle the latest catastrophe to hit the ranch? Keep watching to find out!

  • Whoa, Rip is going to kick the ass of J.R. Simon (Chuck McCollum), the guy who sold him the bull.
  • Holy moly, Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind) shouldn’t speak to Beth that way!
  • “That one has a pure heart. If you fuck with it, I will make your life a living hell.” Ah, welcome back, classic Beth!
  • Oh, interesting: Could a Beth-Oreana alliance be happening?
  • Beulah rolling the joint better than Oreana was a real flex.
  • Carter (Finn Little): Go to school, dude! That crappy work you’re going to go do sounds awful!
  • Ugh, don’t bother Everett (Ed Harris). He’s tired!
  • OK, I guess Beulah is trying to seduce him. That’s fine then — he needs a drink!
  • Is Dwight (Ray McKinnon) just taking advantage of Carter? He’s not doing too much!
  • Aww, sad! Don’t cry, Beulah! I like how she’s not just evil.
  • Dwight is creeping me out.
  • “You fucked her, you might as well feed her.” Sage dating advice from Beth.
  • Well, this might be the most depressing scene in the “Yellowstone” universe. R.I.P. cows!
  • Dwight owns a leopard? Is this a Joe Exotic situation?
  • OK, Dwight is definitely flirting, right?
  • Damn, that cattle broker forged everything? He will pay!
  • Oof, assaulted by Rip in your tighty whities? Embarrassing!
  • Only getting beaten up and having your trailer burned down? Seems like a relatively modest punishment from Rip. He had to kill so many cows!
  • Wow, is Rip near tears? This episode has been a lot!

Until next week, Dutton squad!