1883
Summary
What go on to James and Margaret Duttonfollowing the events of1883 , and will they reappear in the subsequence series1923 ? author / director Taylor Sheridan has make quite an empire off the back ofYellowstone . Not only has the show run for five season as of 2023 , butYellowstonealso scored off two spinoffs with1883and1923 . The former is arguably the most acclaimed of the bunch , and followed James ( Tim McGraw ) and Margaret Dutton ( Faith Hill ) , as they set out with their child on a gruelling journeying along the Oregon Trail . While it was ab initio believed there would be a second season,1883was always planned as a miniseries .
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Viewers became very invested in both James and Margaret as characters , with McGraw and Hill deliver commit , soulful performances.1883ended in heartbreak for them both , as they make up in Montana take after the destruction of their girl Elsa ( Isabel May ) , where they base what would becomethe Yellowstone Ranch.1923picked up X later on , where James ' brother Jacob ( Harrison Ford ) and his wife Cara ( Helen Mirren ) face multiple crises execute the ranch . Neither James nor Margaret appeared in1923season 1 , and while there will be a second time of year to finish this chapter in the story of the Duttons , it seems unlikely either of them will come out .
James & Margaret Dutton Both Died Long Before 1923
James and Margaret Dutton first appeared duringYellowstone’sfourth season , during flashback coiffe in 1893 . This was a decennary after they finalise in Montana , with installment eight " No Kindness for the Coward " depicting James attacking a radical of sawhorse thieves while his crime syndicate prayed for him and his men ’s safe return . Jamesdoesreturn , but it turns out he ’s been shoot , with the first sequence of1923confirming - viaElsa Dutton ’s ghostly voiceover narration- that he become flat of that bullet shortly after . Elsa also reveals that Margaret wrote to Jacob to total avail her and her sons at the ranch in the consequence .
By the time he arrived , Jacob regain Margaret Dutton had suspend to death in a snow gallery , and the boy - John and Spencer - were closely starved to last . In the decade following Margaret and James ' going , Jacob and Cara would turn the ranch into a boom cattle conglomerate . By the time1923rolls around , they have to care with sheep herders trespassing on their lands and other threat which escalate to a full - blow range warfare . The grown John Dutton Sr ( James Badge Dale ) - James and Margaret ’s eldest son - is bourgeon dead during the former stage of this conflict .
WhileYellowstoneis usable to stream on Peacock , the whirl - offs1923andLawman : Bass Reevesare available on Paramount+ alongside1883 .
There’s Another Yellowstone Spin-Off James & Margaret Dutton Could Cameo In
While1923revealed what happened to James and Margaret Dutton , and seemingly substantiate they would not be part of this raw chapter , there is still a theory they will come along again in theYellowstoneuniverse . Among the several spinoffs in the works , Taylor Sheridan worked on theseriesLawmen : Bass Reeves . The show concentre on the fabled African - American U.S. Marshal who operated in the Old West . David Oyelowo play Reeves while the residue of the mold is made up of Dennis Quaid , Donald Sutherland , and Garrett Hedlund among others .
Historically , Reeves did n’t operate in the Montana neighborhood which is where James and Margaret settle down to progress the Yellowstone ranch . However , there are indications that Sheridan has plans to tie this Modern serial publication in with1883as the original title for the series was1883 : The Bass Reeves Story . It is not unacceptable to imagine that Reeves or other character in the show could cross path with James and Margaret Dutton , even if it would in all probability only be a cameo in a potentialLawmen : Bass Reevesseason 2 . It would be prissy to see a little more of these characters even if1923revealed their ultimate fates .
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