This story contains spoilers for Episode 4 of Dutton Ranch. You can stream it now with a Paramount+ subscription.
Dutton Ranch has its fair share of brutal scenes, much like Yellowstone did. So far, the most tragic and intense one came during Episode 4 of the spinoff, when Rip had to kill his cows because they’d been infected with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). Following that episode airing on the 2026 TV schedule and talk about how the show is made (which, yes, includes stories about snakes), a rancher opened up about how realistic this new spinoff is. They also mentioned that an element of this tragedy is “one thing the show gets right.”
