While episode 8 of Yellowstone meted out justice through the barrel of the gun, it was at the dinner table where the story’s emotional action took place.With Kayce, Monica, and Tate out of the lodge, John is once again alone. Last episode, he more or less ordered Beth, Rip, and Carter to move in and make his dinners less lonely—even though once dinner starts, John immediately regrets having anyone there, preferring to eat in peace. Put a laugh track over the dinner scenes and Yellowstone is basically a sitcom.But the dinner table does have meaning. Throughout the seasons, the occupants of the table have served as something of a barometer for John’s neediness. As his sole character drive remains keeping the ranch in the family, his greatest struggle has always been keeping the family in the ranch. When the dinner table is full, John is content, believing in the continuation of the family, the land. When the dinner table empties, he gets especially melancholy, drinking, riding across the ranch by himself. His attempts at filling the table by bullying his kids into living at home seem to underscore his character’s own conflict: his actions are never quite aligned with his intended ends.Read More: The Best Gifts for Yellowstone FansIn episode 8, we get a small window into where all this dinner table business came from—and what may be driving John tha… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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