Director Christina Voros dives into the highly anticipated return of the hit Paramount Network series to reveal how they kept John Dutton's fate a secret (there were code words), how it propels everything forward and how the cast "shouldered the weight of [Costner's] absence in such a bold and beautiful way.

This post contains spoilers for "Yellowstone" Season 5 Episode 9, "Desire Is All You Need." Thank you for your service, John Dutton. In the first episode of the second half of Season 5, it was revealed that the Dutton family patriarch,

How did the show handle Kevin Costner’s exit? Did it send John off on a trip? Did it kill him? Did it find a different way to write around the Costner-shaped hole in the story?