09/01/2025
Jimmy Herstrom (Jefferson White) is a new ranch hand at Yellowstone, and he's struggled to fit in with the more veteran workers, even if he does have the Yellowstone brand on his chest. While searching for a herd of cattle lost in the woods, a helicopter spooks Jimmy's horse, and he's thrown from it, leaving him battered, dirty, and now sure he's not cut out for this work. Just as he's contemplating his place on the ranch, he finds a forgotten calf stuck in the roots and bushes around a tree.
All on his own, Jimmy manages to tie the calf to his saddle and return it to the ranch, even managing a smile as he does so. His happiness doesn't last long as another, large ranch hand named Fred (Luke Peckinpah), decides he doesn't appreciate Jimmy's good mood and picks a fight with him. Fred easily knocks Jimmy into the dirt, but he's saved by Rip (Cole Hauser), who throws Fred to the ground and warns him to never touch a man with a Yellowstone brand ever again.
Fred doesn't get the chance to though, because after John suggests he fire him, Rip goes a step further and says that instead of the bus station, maybe Fred should be taken to the train station. It's the first mention of the sinister station, and it's quickly revealed there are no trains there. Lloyd (Forrie Smith) drives the unaware Fred to a large cliff overlooking a ravine, and before he knows what's happening, Lloyd shoots him and kicks him off the ridge. It's clearly not the first time it has happened and it won't be the last.
Jimmy Herstrom (Jefferson White) is a new ranch hand at Yellowstone, and he's struggled to fit in with the more veteran workers, even if he does have the Yellowstone brand on his chest. While searching for a herd of cattle lost in the woods, a helicopter spooks Jimmy's horse, and he's thrown from it, leaving him battered, dirty, and now sure he's not cut out for this work. Just as he's contemplating his place on the ranch, he finds a forgotten calf stuck in the roots and bushes around a tree.
All on his own, Jimmy manages to tie the calf to his saddle and return it to the ranch, even managing a smile as he does so. His happiness doesn't last long as another, large ranch hand named Fred (Luke Peckinpah), decides he doesn't appreciate Jimmy's good mood and picks a fight with him. Fred easily knocks Jimmy into the dirt, but he's saved by Rip (Cole Hauser), who throws Fred to the ground and warns him to never touch a man with a Yellowstone brand ever again.
Fred doesn't get the chance to though, because after John suggests he fire him, Rip goes a step further and says that instead of the bus station, maybe Fred should be taken to the train station. It's the first mention of the sinister station, and it's quickly revealed there are no trains there. Lloyd (Forrie Smith) drives the unaware Fred to a large cliff overlooking a ravine, and before he knows what's happening, Lloyd shoots him and kicks him off the ridge. It's clearly not the first time it has happened and it won't be the last.
