Will Tate Dutton die in Yellowstone?

Spoilers behind Yellowstone.

“1883” predicted the end of “Yellowstone” when chief Padaril (Graham Greene) told James Dutton (Tim McGraw) that his family’s land would return to the Indian people in seven generations. Ultimately, Yellowstone reveals that Tate Dutton (Bracken Merrill) is the family’s seventh-generation son, and the prophecy eventually comes true.

While the aforementioned “1883” scene suggested Tate would be at the center of a bitter land dispute, it turned out to be a peaceful deal. The fifth season of “Yellowstone” ends with Tate alive and well, but the same cannot be said for the other characters.

Meanwhile, the son of Monica (Kesley Asbill) and Casey Dutton (Luke Grimes) faced death as a child, facing Mother Nature, assassins and other nefarious threats. So, with that in mind, let’s take a look at the times Tate faced death and somehow came out of the event unscathed.

Tate has a rough childhood throughout Yellowstone, and his misfortunes begin early. In the season 1 episode “No Good Horses”, Casey leaves him in a sewer so he can chase down criminals. However, it turns out that the pipe is not a safe place for young Tate, as he comes face to face with a rattlesnake and must kill it with a rock. Tate shows no fear and easily defeats the reptile, but the scene emphasizes that danger can befall children in this series.

While confronting rattlesnakes is always life-threatening, Tate had a more direct encounter with death during the Season 1 episode “The Long Black Train”. The moment takes place during what is supposed to be a relaxing fishing trip with his grandfather, John Dutton (Kevin Costner), but ends with Tate falling into a river and nearly drowning. Fortunately, John acts quickly and saves the child before it dies. Still, it’s a close call.

Yellowstone Season 2’s most intense storyline features Tate at the heart of the action. The Datans find themselves embroiled in a blood feud with the Beck brothers, who want the family land and are willing to get their hands dirty to achieve their goals. This leads to them kidnapping Tate and leaving him with a neo-Nazi militia, which as bad as that sounds. Tate is eventually rescued, but suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder for some time afterwards, although he returns after spending some time with his grandfather.

Tate also comes close to death in the Yellowstone Season 3 finale when gunmen invade his family’s ranch and a shootout ensues. Monica Dutton and the ranchers manage to thwart their enemies and protect Tate—and their land—in the end, but the violent atrocities linger in the kid’s mind for a while, and it takes a while for him to recover from all the horror. .

“Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) is killed in the Yellowstone finale. and the family ranch is transferred to Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and the Broken Rock Preserve. However, Tate has one of the happiest endings as his family is left intact from all the violence that once threatened them, and the episode ends with them making a good and honest living selling cows.

Tate’s story ends with him at a cattle auction with his old man, before riding with his mom on their farm, watching their new cows being unloaded. This suggests that he will follow in his father’s footsteps and become a rancher, as it is made clear in the finale that he and Casey will have to work hard to keep their farm running.

No matter what the future holds for Tate, the Yellowstone Season 5 finale suggests he’ll be just fine. He also deserves a peaceful life considering he grew up in a hostile environment and was kidnapped by some unsavory characters.

“Yellowstone” is now streaming on Peacock.