Yellowstone
While there are still spinoffs to depend onwards to , Yellowstone ’s series finale was dissentious amongst the fandom , and one reference who got the worst deal was Piper Perabo ’s Summer Higgins . The entire second one-half ofYellowstone ’s fifth and final season was marred by the departure of serial publication lead Kevin Costner . The show never quite figured out how to recuperate , with thedeath of Costner ’s John Duttonleaving a Montana - sized hole in the series . As his dear interest , Summer was leave without a literal plot line of her own .
Summer Higgins is introduced inYellowstoneseason 4 as a fiery conservationist who comes into John Dutton ’s crosshairs . However , she presently commence to strike for the ill-humored cattle ranch owner , and the two form a form of romantic relationship . This puts Summer into direct battle with John ’s fiercely protective girl Beth ( Kelly Reilly ) , though the two variety a cease-fire later in the show . But while plenty ofYellowstoneseason 5 ’s primary charactersgot solid endings to their storyline , the show decided to end Summer ’s in the least inventive way possible , which is frustrating considering Perabo ’s gift as an actress .
Summer Leaves Montana After John Dutton’s Death
Her Ending Is Abrupt
In all the bedlam and emotion surrounding John Dutton ’s destruction in the premiere of time of year 5 , part 2,Summer is n’t even present untilYellowstoneepisode 10 , " The Revelation of Saint John the Divine of Change " , when Beth gibbosity into her at the family homestead , saying she had whole forgotten about the environmental activist . In an incredibly creepy-crawly crook , Beth reveals that after Summer was granted clemency , she was n’t really under house arrest , and that John had made that up so she would detain with him .
Taylor Sheridan ’s Yellowstone universe is continuing to grow with the annunciation of a spinoff that meat on Beth and Rip .
If Costner remained on the show and John ’s character stay alert , Summer ’s plot line would in all likelihood feature a more pure end that detailed her reaction to the bogus mansion stoppage .
Of course , this likely was n’t the architectural plan for Summer ’s ending , and if Costner remained on the show and John ’s character stayed alive , Summer ’s plot line would belike have a more unadulterated ending that detail her reaction to the fake house stay . It also begs the interrogation , how many other people knew that Summer was destitute to allow for the Dutton Ranch ?
Beth sure as shooting did — and why she did n’t use that information rather to get Summer out of her pilus is a mystery . But really John is the person Summer need to direct her vituperation to;with him dead and her only defined as his love stake , there was really nowhere for her to go .
Why Summer’s Departure Undermines Her Initially Strong Character
It Reduces Her To A Love Interest & Nothing More
When Summer is first usher in inYellowstone , she ’s show as a fierce environmental activist . She even meets John for the first clip put on manacle at a objection . But Summer ’s lineament soon loses her fighting spirit . As the serial work up , Summer is defined by her relationship with John , and to a lesser degree , Beth . Summer is n’t given much to do in the show that does n’t relate to John , so when he ’s killed off , her account is over .
When Summer and Beth have their final opposition , they yell at each other one more time , which reenforce their toxic relationship while not allowing either of them , specially Summer , to explore any emotion they might be feeling after John ’s sudden death .
moot their chemical bond in Taylor Sheridan ’s show , it ’s a disgrace that Yellowstone season 5 did n’t include this part in John Dutton III ’s funeral .
If the show had allowed Summer to grieve , despite the imitation house catch , it would have give her some closure . to boot , Summer ’s option to leave Montana after John ’s last shew that she only existed as a character so that she could be sexualise through her kinship with John . But her dependency on John was n’t just base on sex ; she also serve up as a retort to the Dutton patriarch on environmental progeny , which brought Summer ’s passion to the forefront . But since the show hold back seeing her as an conservationist and only as a sex activity object , there was no room for this plot line .
How Summer’s Ending Could Have Given Her More Agency
She Could Have Stood Her Ground Or Fought For The Ranch
Summer could have sought legal action against John and the Duttons , specially consider she was incorrectly incarcerate . This would have sure given her bureau as a character and reinforced the fighting disembodied spirit that she had when she was introduced . Butshe seeks little to no recourse and restfully go away after John ’s last , giving no indication of what she ’s planning to do move onward . It was never even revealed where she was pilot to .
Summer even had a flourishing environmental delegacy , but there were no constitute plans for her to continue . She also could have mended or even confronted her family relationship with Beth rather of simply bequeath the ranch at Beth ’s press . Despite being falsely put away there , Summer grew to have a soft spot for the Yellowstone , and she and Beth could have formed a shaky alinement in the pursuance to aid save it . Kayce sell the ranch to Chief Thomas Rainwater at theend ofYellowstonewould likely have been a decision Summer supported , so she would n’t have been totally irrelevant .
Summer’s Ending Reflects Yellowstone’s Sexism Problem
The Show Has An Issue With Female Characters
Yellowstonehas an obsession with catfights that ’s frustrative and problematic . While Beth Dutton , the show ’s most prominent female reference , sure as shooting does n’t discriminate on gender lines when it come to throwing a punch , the amount of women she ’s only too happy to oppose ( for sexist reasons ) speaks to the show ’s overall woman trouble .
One of her biggest fights is with Summer in time of year 5 , part 1 . While under sign arrest at Dutton Ranch , Summer criticizes a dinner party that featured different plot meats . Summer and Beth subsequently get into a infantile catfight that turns ugly when it do to bump . The engagement only ends when Rip intervenes and consecrate them to push properly .
The integral state of affairs is baffling , especially count that interview are now becoming used to construe strong cleaning woman on television . But , alternatively , two majorYellowstonefemale type get into a small-minded squabble over a dinner menu that is only stopped by a military man . The fact that Rip stops the scrap perpetuate the whim that woman ca n’t solve their problems on their own and are only convey to their senses when a adult male breaks things up .
Summer ’s quixotic plot line is another example ofYellowstone ’s woman problem as she starts out as a passionate environmentalist but is eventually reduced to nothing more than John ’s lover .
Summer ’s romantic storyline is another case ofYellowstone ’s adult female problem as she starts out as a passionate environmentalist but is eventually reduced to nothing more than John ’s fan . This mirrors Monica ’s plot line in the show , as in earlier seasons , she was incredibly passionate about autochthonous egress , teach history at a college and even putting herself in injury ’s way to help oneself catch a marauder who was animalise charwoman in the Indigenous residential district .
But by the remnant ofYellowstone , Monica was nothing more than the dust married woman of Kayce . Whether Summer , Beth , or Monica , Yellowstonecreated some great distaff characters , but the show did n’t wish about them enough to give them good endings .
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