Taylor Sheridan’s Biggest OG Yellowstone Mystery Finally Solved 7 Years After Paramount Cut It

One Yellowstone mystery has now been solved.

Created by Taylor Sheridan, the hit Paramount neo-Western premiered in 2019, with most storylines wrapped up by the series finale in late December 2024. One mystery the Yellowstone finale didn’t answer, however, is what became of the dinosaur bones Kayce (Luke Grimes) and his son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), discovered on their property back in season 1, episode 2, before they were stolen.

Speaking to RadioTimes, Grimes now reveals that there was originally a bigger plan for those stolen dinosaur bones that would have played out in the Yellowstone season 2 finale. Kayce was set to go on a solo adventure to recover these bones, but Paramount executives ultimately vetoed the idea, with Grimes guessing that it was because it was too far removed from the titular ranch. Check out his explanation below:

“Absolutely. I got a script where that whole thing came back around. It was the season 2 finale. There was a completely different finale. But, it’s basically the politics of the way that television shows work, when you have all these different producers, and you have a network and studio. There were a lot of notes about the original season 2 finale. It was finessed, and the dinosaur bones didn’t make the cut, unfortunately.

“I could probably tell you, because it doesn’t matter at this point… Basically, Kayce goes on this mission, he just kind of goes off on his own and starts hopping trains, and then he meets a guy who had stolen the bones. It was crazy. It was out of this world. But I think [studio bosses] thought, maybe, it took the story a little too far from the ranch. But I was excited to do it.”

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