In the first moments of "Yellowstone’s" long-awaited Season 5B premiere, it was revealed that John Dutton is dead. While it looks like a suicide, it’s heavily implied that it was a murder and that Jamie’s girlfriend-of-sorts, Sarah Atwood, is behind it, because the Dutton sibling inquired about it. So, with all that in mind, I couldn’t stop thinking about Jamie’s reaction to the news of his father's death and Wes Bentley’s tragic comments regarding how his character is impacted by John's opinions of him.
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00:00One quote I wrote down when I was re-watching it was in episode 5, I believe, John says,
00:05I've got one child I miss, one child I pity, one child I regret, but that girl I envy.
00:10Which I thought was really interesting.
00:12And I was wondering how those, John's opinions of his kids,
00:16how does that impact Jamie, especially as we're going into 5B?
00:19I think John's opinions of, in particular, Jamie is,
00:24it's a big motivator in his life in the sense that he doesn't get any
00:27money from John and he's just desperately looking for it.
00:32And it's confusing for him because he's done everything asked of him,
00:36including change who he is as a fundamental human being.
00:40And so, you know, that fuels Jamie in every scene.
00:44Definitely.
00:45And something I'm really interested in about Jamie is,
00:48it feels like his loyalty is almost his downfall.
00:51Like he's loyal to a fault.
00:52And we see that in the last season with how Sarah is treating him.
00:56So I was wondering if you could talk to me a bit about why you think Jamie's that way
01:01and how it could, and if he'll ever break out of that cycle.
01:05That's a good question.
01:06And it's something I couldn't decide if this was,
01:10if his loyalty being his detriment, is that something just inside of him?
01:15Or is that a coping mechanism when you're, when you are being someone you're not,
01:20who you're not really, you're not really are,
01:21you're leaning on the people who are telling you who you are.
01:24And John's that person.
01:26And so, you know, I think he's lost without that.
01:30I don't think he really, you know, I don't think I've ever been able to find him outside of that.