Remember the bull Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip (Cole Hauser) bought at the cattle auction in episode 2? Well, consider him the first big Chekhov's Gun of Dutton Ranch.
Even though Beth has been hawking for big-name clients in Dallas, Rip is in a world of trouble when he finds a diseased cow abandoned on the ranch fields. If Yellowstone taught us anything, this is just the tip of a terrible iceberg.