Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 12: Colby’s Demise, Defined

This text accommodates spoilers for “Yellowstone” season 5, episode 12.

There is a scene within the “Yellowstone” season 5 episode “Cigarettes, Whiskey, a Meadow, and You” the place Emmett Walsh (Buck Taylor), an aged rancher, dies peacefully after serving to John Dutton (Kevin Costner) throughout a soul-enriching trek into the hills and prairies. John refuses to mourn him, although, as Emmett dies the way in which a cowboy ought to. It is also one of many uncommon deaths on “Yellowstone” that comes throughout as real looking. Colby Mayfield’s (Denim Richards) demise in season 5, episode 12, “Counting Coup,” has the same impact, however his is extra tragic than previous Emmett’s.

Colby dies after being trampled by a horse whereas saving Carter (Finn Little) from the aggressive steed. Whereas the rancher’s ultimate moments are heroic, some viewers may deem his demise pointless, particularly since he is a background character whose most significant storyline — a romance with Teeter (Jennifer Landon) — simply began discovering its groove. Nonetheless, “Yellowstone” director Christina Voros instructed The Hollywood Reporter that Colby’s demise wasn’t alleged to create meaningless shock worth:

“In a world of very high-stakes drama, this demise comes as a shock as a result of it is so easy and it is so grounded on the earth through which all these characters work that it is profoundly tragic as a result of there is not any enemy right here. It is the chance of the job.”

Plainly Colby’s demise was supposed so as to add extra authenticity to “Yellowstone” amid an outlandish season of homicide and mayhem. That mentioned, the creators additionally hope that it portrays grief from a novel angle.

John Dutton getting whacked infuriated some “Yellowstone” followers, however the character’s violent life-style all the time put him prone to being taken out this manner. The identical might be mentioned about Sarah Atwood’s (Daybreak Olivieri) stunning assassination in season 5, episode 11, as she was as corrupt as they arrive. Colby Mayfield’s demise hits tougher as a result of he was a good-natured rancher with a blossoming romance and his complete life forward of him — and that is alleged to be the primary takeaway from his passing, based on Christina Voros:

“[Colby] had a love in his life; they had been planning. There was a future forward of them. So it has a really completely different influence, I feel, than the homicide of John Dutton, as a result of it occurred as a result of he was doing what he is meant to be doing. It did not occur as a result of somebody was out to get him or as a result of he did something incorrect. He was making an attempt to guard Carter and did what he thought was the proper factor, and it was a freak accident.”

No matter how one feels about Colby’s demise, it’s completely different from the violent send-offs many of the characters on this collection obtain, and it highlights the risks of working with horses. Moreover, it is one more “Yellowstone” season 5 second that means all bets are off heading into the ultimate episodes, so viewers can in all probability brace themselves for extra stunning surprises.

New episodes of “Yellowstone” premiere Sundays on Paramount Community.