A YELLOWSTONE spinoff in which Kayce Dutton combines his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence.
s01e12
Yah know… I was happy just kinda riding along with this one. It kinda had a "just working out life" vibe to it.
One agent working out personal debt
KC realizing that he can't work 7,000 acres alone, let alone while having a full time job, his son isn't really into the legacy of having dirt that reminds him of his mom dieing
CityMouse not being happy in the wilderness
Estranged dad slowly learning how to communicate with daughter and accepting dating one of his tem
Ya know, just kinda living and doing the job and the balance. I was good with all of that.
Then they get the assignment of the week. I'm even really happy with how the show is shaking out at this point. Looks like they're doing a "warrant of the week" along with longer B-story line. Yeah, I can dig this. They go to serve the warrant and arrest the dirt bag: Cool 3 kids in the playground next to the apartment where things are about to pop off. And they just signal them to be quiet. What? They don't usher them out of harms way? One of the team doesn't get them out of there? Just leave them 20 feet from the front door, presumably with the bad guy in side and they always fire back at the cops. WTF?
Everything else this episode I was pretty good with. Kinda feels like they took a while to build a team report off-screen as well as on. Figured out a direction and feel for the show. I think with a few more episodes this could gel into a half decent show; really. Its just that one thing that got my hackles up.
But they have got to get a better tactical advisor for how these people handle *on mission* behavior and dialog.
by jim1961 posted 4 months ago
SgtSaint wrote:
Its like a writer watched and loved "Act of Valor" way too much. And like they have a list of approved phrases and a quota to use them.
The approved way to say 'yes' is "ooray senior chief". There's no "on it"... "you bet"... "got it boss". There's one phrase for that.
They have to say "the sandbox" and/or "down range" at least every 10 minutes.
The approved phrase for "no problem" is 'easy day'. Can't ever say 'sure', 'no problem', 'yeah I got this'
They have a list of cliche terms they think is how special operators talk. Its like listening to my GPS set to "SEAL Team Voice" and hearing the same term for a specific maneauver... "Exit right, and go down range in 800 meters"
I swear the writers scrubbed through "Act of Valor" and the "SEAL Team" series for phrases.
Too funny and too true.
by SgtSaint posted 4 months ago
s01e11
I was okay with the icey pond
I was okay with Cal talking like that because he was basically near frozen to death
I even liked that when the girls came to rescue them there was no talk, none of that cliche TV cop stuff of 3 warning... Bad guy had a gun on the good guys so just cap him in the head without hesitation.
But the dialog between the former SEALs is killing me episode after episode.
Its like a writer watched and loved "Act of Valor" way too much. And like they have a list of approved phrases and a quota to use them.
The approved way to say 'yes' is "ooray senior chief". There's no "on it"... "you bet"... "got it boss". There's one phrase for that.
They have to say "the sandbox" and/or "down range" at least every 10 minutes.
The approved phrase for "no problem" is 'easy day'. Can't ever say 'sure', 'no problem', 'yeah I got this'
They have a list of cliche terms they think is how special operators talk. Its like listening to my GPS set to "SEAL Team Voice" and hearing the same term for a specific maneauver... "Exit right, and go down range in 800 meters"
I swear the writers scrubbed through "Act of Valor" and the "SEAL Team" series for phrases.
by Andy_G1955 posted 4 months ago
In Ep 11, did anyone else notice that when they left the cabin at around the 33 minute mark, into the freezing cold...
... there was a thick weatherproof jacket hanging on the wall behind them .. DUMB !!
by adisirbu posted 4 months ago
Sorry, but the latest episode (1 x 11) was simply awful. There was a falling-through-ice scene where it was crystal clear the 'ice' was polystyrene, you could even see the markings on it. Kind of like a high-school play production. Flashbacks from SEAL mission badly realized, the 'Cal' actor acts... well, like a beginner actor and the plot is not interesting. I'm not a hater, but call me disappointed.
If you like series about US Marshals, I can definitely recomment 2 good ones, 'In plain sight' and 'Justified'.
by SgtSaint posted 5 months ago
To me… Feels like the difference between a paid streamer where you can say 'muthaf**ker' and show people killing and banging etc… and a broadcast show where you have to keep it in the realm of network censor standards.
Mix in walking a line between people that never watched Yellowstone, and devoted fans so how much rehash is too much for devoted and how little is too little for those that don't know 5 years of backstory.
The cross talk between the vets isn't great. It sounds like it was written by civilians that think they know how vets/special-operators talk. But honestly the same could be said for every medical show where the doctors all know every rare disease, or the police dramas where every cop also has a law degree. I don't think this show's failures are unique to this show: Its endemic of all Hollywood
by scushman posted 5 months ago
It is Sheridan without all the over used swearing and misogyny I like it better. It is fine for a cbs ncis style show. Not great but low budget. Cinematography is nice.
by 2368296283592_1 posted 5 months ago
Man... this is bad. The stories make little to no sense, they constantly re-iterate how awesome they are and they must mention they were seals about every 4 minutes. The way they've dealt with the part between Yellowstone and this show feels easy and cheap. The personal stories of the new cast are meh and predictable. I'm baffled that Sheridan was actually involved in this, this is nowhere near his usual level of writing. The whole thing feels rushed.
by SgtSaint posted 7 months ago
s01e01
First episodes always have to shoe-horn in a lot.
Backstory in case someone didn't watch Yellowstone
Update - what has happened since the backstory
Character intros
Show premise
Then after all that... The actual episode story
So, as first episodes go... Not too shabby. At least good enough to keep watching. Plenty good enough to go in my rotation with NCIS, Law & Order, FBI. And maybe a bit more family acceptable for households that wouldn't put Yellowstone on in front of their kids but would put on the Chicago One franchise, NCIS franchise etc. I think they're trying to walk a very thing gray between the two audiences.
by SgtSaint posted 7 months ago
Tater Tots wrote:
Knowing it's a network show, it already can't be very gritty or violent.
This is what concerns me the most about it. SEAL Team. The Unit. and other shows have all fallen because of this. You can't want to make a gritty show where people swear, die and bleed... then get told by the network and the sponsors "We can't have all that swearing, killing and bleeding."
Tater Tots wrote:
I know I'm assuming a lot from a trailer, but trailers are supposed to be the great
I've seen plenty of sh*t movies that had great trailers because all the good stuff was in the trailer and the rest of the movie was junk. And the reverse where a show was great but the trailer was junk because they rushed the trailer to market before any of the good stuff was even filmed.
Not a spoiler because its in the trailer: but I'll tag it anyway. Clearly the whiney annoying wife has been killed and that's a big part of his motivation. I'm good with her being gone. And they can take out her counterpart/twin on Landman as far as I'm concerned. I just hope we don't have 70% emotional trauma over it in every episode. This doesn't need to be the Starfleet: Academy of the Yellowstone franchise.
scushman wrote:
I hope it is more like NCIS and less like Taylor's typical crap - sexist and stupid
For the reasons above I bet its 50:50. But its still a Sheridon show so I think you should expect it to lean more that direction. If you want more NCIS-ish then check out FBI and the new spinoff CIA.
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Yah know… I was happy just kinda riding along with this one. It kinda had a "just working out life" vibe to it.
One agent working out personal debt
KC realizing that he can't work 7,000 acres alone, let alone while having a full time job, his son isn't really into the legacy of having dirt that reminds him of his mom dieing
CityMouse not being happy in the wilderness
Estranged dad slowly learning how to communicate with daughter and accepting dating one of his tem
Ya know, just kinda living and doing the job and the balance. I was good with all of that.
Then they get the assignment of the week. I'm even really happy with how the show is shaking out at this point. Looks like they're doing a "warrant of the week" along with longer B-story line. Yeah, I can dig this. They go to serve the warrant and arrest the dirt bag: Cool
3 kids in the playground next to the apartment where things are about to pop off. And they just signal them to be quiet. What? They don't usher them out of harms way? One of the team doesn't get them out of there? Just leave them 20 feet from the front door, presumably with the bad guy in side and they always fire back at the cops. WTF?
Everything else this episode I was pretty good with. Kinda feels like they took a while to build a team report off-screen as well as on. Figured out a direction and feel for the show. I think with a few more episodes this could gel into a half decent show; really. Its just that one thing that got my hackles up.
But they have got to get a better tactical advisor for how these people handle *on mission* behavior and dialog.
Its like a writer watched and loved "Act of Valor" way too much. And like they have a list of approved phrases and a quota to use them.
The approved way to say 'yes' is "ooray senior chief". There's no "on it"... "you bet"... "got it boss". There's one phrase for that.
They have to say "the sandbox" and/or "down range" at least every 10 minutes.
The approved phrase for "no problem" is 'easy day'. Can't ever say 'sure', 'no problem', 'yeah I got this'
They have a list of cliche terms they think is how special operators talk. Its like listening to my GPS set to "SEAL Team Voice" and hearing the same term for a specific maneauver... "Exit right, and go down range in 800 meters"
I swear the writers scrubbed through "Act of Valor" and the "SEAL Team" series for phrases.
Too funny and too true.
I was okay with the icey pond
I was okay with Cal talking like that because he was basically near frozen to death
I even liked that when the girls came to rescue them there was no talk, none of that cliche TV cop stuff of 3 warning... Bad guy had a gun on the good guys so just cap him in the head without hesitation.
But the dialog between the former SEALs is killing me episode after episode.
Its like a writer watched and loved "Act of Valor" way too much. And like they have a list of approved phrases and a quota to use them.
The approved way to say 'yes' is "ooray senior chief". There's no "on it"... "you bet"... "got it boss". There's one phrase for that.
They have to say "the sandbox" and/or "down range" at least every 10 minutes.
The approved phrase for "no problem" is 'easy day'. Can't ever say 'sure', 'no problem', 'yeah I got this'
They have a list of cliche terms they think is how special operators talk. Its like listening to my GPS set to "SEAL Team Voice" and hearing the same term for a specific maneauver... "Exit right, and go down range in 800 meters"
I swear the writers scrubbed through "Act of Valor" and the "SEAL Team" series for phrases.
... there was a thick weatherproof jacket hanging on the wall behind them .. DUMB !!
If you like series about US Marshals, I can definitely recomment 2 good ones, 'In plain sight' and 'Justified'.
Mix in walking a line between people that never watched Yellowstone, and devoted fans so how much rehash is too much for devoted and how little is too little for those that don't know 5 years of backstory.
The cross talk between the vets isn't great. It sounds like it was written by civilians that think they know how vets/special-operators talk. But honestly the same could be said for every medical show where the doctors all know every rare disease, or the police dramas where every cop also has a law degree. I don't think this show's failures are unique to this show: Its endemic of all Hollywood
First episodes always have to shoe-horn in a lot.
Backstory in case someone didn't watch Yellowstone
Update - what has happened since the backstory
Character intros
Show premise
Then after all that... The actual episode story
So, as first episodes go... Not too shabby. At least good enough to keep watching. Plenty good enough to go in my rotation with NCIS, Law & Order, FBI. And maybe a bit more family acceptable for households that wouldn't put Yellowstone on in front of their kids but would put on the Chicago One franchise, NCIS franchise etc. I think they're trying to walk a very thing gray between the two audiences.
Knowing it's a network show, it already can't be very gritty or violent.
This is what concerns me the most about it. SEAL Team. The Unit. and other shows have all fallen because of this. You can't want to make a gritty show where people swear, die and bleed... then get told by the network and the sponsors "We can't have all that swearing, killing and bleeding."
I know I'm assuming a lot from a trailer, but trailers are supposed to be the great
I've seen plenty of sh*t movies that had great trailers because all the good stuff was in the trailer and the rest of the movie was junk. And the reverse where a show was great but the trailer was junk because they rushed the trailer to market before any of the good stuff was even filmed.
Not a spoiler because its in the trailer: but I'll tag it anyway. Clearly the whiney annoying wife has been killed and that's a big part of his motivation. I'm good with her being gone. And they can take out her counterpart/twin on Landman as far as I'm concerned. I just hope we don't have 70% emotional trauma over it in every episode. This doesn't need to be the Starfleet: Academy of the Yellowstone franchise.
For the reasons above I bet its 50:50. But its still a Sheridon show so I think you should expect it to lean more that direction. If you want more NCIS-ish then check out FBI and the new spinoff CIA.