Touching Your Enemy is the fifth episode of the second season of Yellowstone. It first aired on July 24, 2019.
Plot summary[]
Jamie tries desperately to walk back a previous mistake; Kayce tracks down evidence; Monica and Martin attend a traditional Indian horse relay. - Source: zap2it
Synopsis[]
In a flashback, a young Rip comes to Yellowstone Ranch. Rip notices a horse loose in a field and goes to catch it. A young Beth, who primped for this moment in her room, intervenes. She tells Rip not to bother as the horse killed her mother. The conversation is contentious but ends with Beth encouraging Rip to watch her walk away. That night, in the bunkhouse, Rip shines an old ranch hand’s boots as he mocks him for falling in love with the farmer’s daughter and for being a “little orphan boy.” Rip erupts in anger and starts beating the man. Another cowboy, Lloyd, breaks it up and defends Rip. Rip goes to the barn to sleep but when he walks in he finds Beth waiting for him. Rip confesses he killed his family, and Beth confesses she killed her mother. Then Beth instructs him to kiss her.
In the present, Beth watches Rip ride up on a horse. She looks past him to Walker. She confesses to Rip that she believes that if she can touch the good in someone she can make it part of her too. Rip tells her there’s no good in Walker. Beth apologizes for what she did to Rip. He tells her she didn’t do anything, but she can anytime. Besides she never has to apologize to him. Then he rides off.
Beth walks into breakfast. Jamie, Kayce, and John are discussing finding the plane they believe dropped the hay that killed the cattle. Beth points out that John didn’t want them to discuss work at the dinner table. A contentious argument about the differences between dinner tables and breakfast tables ensues. Beth is mostly just angry that John is dictating what they discuss and walks out. The men resume their conversation. John tells his sons to continue their investigation as Jamie gets a text message from the journalist writing the exposé about his father. John informs Jamie that he’s lost the right to question him for a while.
John goes to see Beth in the kitchen where he asks her why she has to make such a big scene about everything. Beth finally says what’s really on her mind: why is Rip living in the bunk house and cleaning out horse stalls? John explains that it’s the ranch foreman who doesn’t live in the bunkhouse and that’s Kayce. Beth asks why Rip can’t sleep in the main house then but John says Rip wouldn’t want that. Then he points out that Rip’s living situation is something Beth can get past. Beth responds that Rip looks to John like a father. But John counters that he’s not Rip’s father, he’s Kayce’s father. Besides Rip’s not being punished, he’s making a sacrifice.
Monica takes her class to an Indian Relay practice on her physical therapist’s suggestion. The physical therapist, Martin, explains the ritual to the class. In the end, he invites Monica to the real thing in Wyoming.
At Yellowstone, Jimmy asks Lloyd if there’s any work he can pick up at the ranch. Lloyd tells him yes but he’s on salary so he won’t make more money for it. Lloyd informs him that if a cowboy wants extra money, he wins with things such as bronco riding and roping. Since Jimmy’s not good at any of those, he probably won’t win money at them though.
In the main house, Jamie and John are meeting with the new attorney general. Jamie gets a phone call and becomes distracted. Jamie tries to get his head back in the meeting but his phone starts buzzing again. John tells him to just answer it. Jamie excuses himself and finally picks up. It’s the journalist. She needs to verify some of his statements — before she talks to John. The discussion with John is news to Jamie. He tells the journalist he’s rescinding his permission to be quoted and won’t confirm anything. He threatens to sue if she mentions or quotes him. The journalist tells him she’ll have her legal department call and walk him through his options, or lack thereof.
Dan Jenkins is learning to use a gun from an expert. Jenkins gets into it. He drives home to find someone waiting for him in his driveway. Jenkins pulls his new gun on the man, a livestock agent, and the agent mirrors his actions. The agent shouts at Jenkins to drop his weapon. Kayce grabs Jenkins' gun from behind and drags him inside. The man who was training Jenkins earlier runs up and the livestock agent walks towards him. The trainer punches the agent and pulls his gun on him. At the trainer’s instructions, the agent throws him his gun and radio and cuffs himself.
Kayce informs Jenkins that the Duttons don’t want him dead, they just want to be left alone to continue living their lives as they always did. Jenkins isn’t having it. He wants to know what Kayce wants. Kayce gets to the point — Jenkins killed Yellowstone’s cattle. Jenkins is floored. He doesn’t know how to kill cattle. But he knows how to crush empires and he’ll crush the Dutton’s. While he talks, his trainer comes in, gun drawn. He approaches Kayce and Kayce engages. They fight and Kayce ends up holding a shard of glass to the trainer’s throat, Jenkins holds a gun to Kayce’s head, and the livestock agent, who managed to escape from own handcuffs, holds his gun to Jenkins’ head. Kayce grabs Jenkins and threatens him again. Kayce demands the truth. Jenkins reiterates that he doesn’t know how to kill cows but when he sees how much pain the loss caused the Duttons he wishes it had been him. Kayce and the livestock agent start to leave. As they go, Kayce suggests Dutton’s trainer go back to where he came from. The trainer refuses.
Back at Yellowstone, Kayce informs John it wasn’t Jenkins who killed the cows. John is surprised but accepts Kayce’s verdict. John tries to get Kayce to open up, especially about his service in the war. John mentions he also never talked about his war service. Kayce sits down and asks if John wants to hear a war story. Kayce tells John about going after a high-value target in Pakistan. During the mission, a man came out of a room shooting while using his wife and daughter as human shields. The soldiers froze until two of them were killed. So Kayce made a call — he killed the whole family.
That night, the sheriff is watching football when someone delivers a package. It’s a bottle of liquor with a note that says “Don’t forget who you work for.” The envelope also includes a bullet. The sheriff looks perturbed.
John, Beth, and Jamie watch a press conference in which the sheriff explains that the livestock agent who shot the teenager in the line of duty in last week’s episode was justified. He apologizes to the agent and the agency as a whole for not supplying back up to the officer more quickly. Beth wants to know how John got the Sheriff to say all that. John claims he didn’t.
Jimmy is trying to learn to do a maneuver on a horse in an effort to get good enough that he can win money at it. It’s not going too well. The cowboys and some guests all compete at the maneuver. Jimmy wants to compete too. Everyone knows he’s in trouble. Jimmy’s pleased with his performance but all the other cowboys destroy him in the competition. He protests that his horse is the problem. So one of the cowboys trades horses with him, and the cowboy still does significantly better with Jimmy’s horse than he did. Jimmy’s about to go again with the cowboy’s horse when Lloyd finally intervenes. He tells Jimmy to get off the horse. Rip commands Jimmy to follow Lloyd’s instructions. Rip tells Jimmy to pay up even though the cowboy doesn’t want to take his money.
At the main house, Jamie goes to see Beth for advice. He haltingly tells her what’s going on: He gave dirt on John to a journalist and now an article condemning John will be published. Beth walks out of the room to go tell John. Jamie shoves her against a wall to get her to stop so Beth kicks him and then drags him into John’s study by his hair. She demands Jamie tell John what he did. John gets Jamie up and instructs Beth to leave the room. John comments that he’s never seen Beth that angry — and that’s saying something. Jamie falls apart.
Trivia[]
First time that Brecken Merrill (Tate Dutton) did not make an appearance.
Quotes[]
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Cast[]
Opening credits[]
Starring[]
- Kevin Costner (as John Dutton)
- Luke Grimes (as Kayce Dutton)
- Kelly Reilly (as Beth Dutton)
- Wes Bentley (as Jamie Dutton)
- Cole Hauser (as Rip Wheeler)
- Kelsey Asbille (as Monica Dutton)
- Brecken Merrill (as Tate Dutton) - credit only
- Jefferson White (as Jimmy Hurdstram)
With[]
- Danny Huston (as Dan Jenkins)
And[]
- Gil Birmingham (as Thomas Rainwater) - credit only
Closing credits[]
Guest Starring[]
- Taylor Sheridan as Travis Wheatley
- Ryan Bingham as Walker
- Hugh Dillon as Sheriff Haskell
- Michaela Conlin as Sarah Nguyen - voice only
- Kylie Rogers as Young Beth
- Wolé Parks as Torry
Co-Starring[]
- Forrie J. Smith as Lloyd
- Ian Bohen as Ryan
- Denim Richards as Colby
- Jake Ream as Jake
- Adam Call as Trent
- Gabriel "Gator" Guilbeau as Gator
- Kyle Red Silverstein as Young Rip (Age 14)
- Forrest Smith as Young Lloyd
- Tom McCutcheon as Tom McCutcheon
- Mandy McCutcheon as Mandy McCutcheon
- Cade McCutcheon as Cade McCutcheon
- Matt Mills as Matt Mills
- Tom Foran as Tom Foran
- Luce Rains as Mean Cowboy
- Scout Smith as Student #1
- Geneviev Slater as Student #2
- Chase Palmer as Student #3
Uncredited[]
- Martin Sensmeier as Martin
- Ethan Lee as Ethan
Crew (and other credits)[]
Opening credits[]
- Casting by: John Papsidera, CSA
- Music by: Brian Tyler
- Edited by: Chad Galster, Evan Ahlgren, Gary D. Roach, A.C.E.
- Production Designer: Cary White
- Director of Photography: Christina Voros
- Created by: Taylor Sheridan & John Linson
- Written by: John Coveny & Ian McCulloch and Taylor Sheridan
- Directed by: John Dahl
Closing credits[]
- Executive Producers: John Linson, Art Linson
- Executive Producer: Taylor Sheridan
- Executive Producer: Kevin Costner
- Executive Producers: David C. Glasser, Bob Yari
- Co-Executive Producer: Michael Friedman
- Co-Executive Producers: John Coveny, Brett Conrad
- Consulting Producer: Ian McCulloch
- Producer: Barry Berg
- Associate Producer: Brian Sherwin
- Unit Production Manager: Paul Moen
- First Assistant Director: Jason Altieri
- Second Assistant Director: Kether Abeles
- Music Supervisor: Andrea von Foerster
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Greg Liegey Jr.
- Local Casting by: Jeff Johnson
- Costume Designer: Johnetta Boone
- Key Costumer: Gina Aller
- Costume Supervisor: Paul Simmons
- Supervising Art Director: Yvonne Boudreaux
- Assistant Art Director: Shamim Seifzadeh
- Set Decorator: Carla Curry
- Property Master: Ian Roylance
- Department Head Make-Up: Greg Moon
- Department Head Hair Stylist: Tim Muir
- Second Second Assistant Director: Keith Marlin
- Script Supervisor: Rebecca Poulos
- Sound Mixer: Tom Curley
- Boom Operator: Knox White
- Stunt Coordinator: Jason Rodriguez
- "A" Camera Operator: Steven Finestone
- Supervising Location Manager: Charlie Skinner
- Location Manager UT: Dustin Daniels
- Location Manager MT: Mitchell Jarrett
- Key Assistant Location Managers: Zach Heine, Mark Weatherford
- Production Supervisor: Gus Gustafson
- Production Coordinator: Sue Smith
- Travel Coordinator: Morgan Asdel
- Production Controller: Dina Hernandez
- Assistant to Mr. Sheridan: Grace Morton
- Executive Assistants to the Linsons: Brian Bennett, Marlis Yurcisin
- Assistant to Mr. Costner: Glenn Kleczkowski
- Production Counsel: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter, Hampton LLP
- Manager of Marketing & Production: Perri Eppie
- Gaffer: Corrin Hodgson
- Best Boy Electric: Tim Reynolds
- Key Grip: Craig Sullivan
- Best Boy Grip: Alex Stein
- Location Coordinator: Mandy Roberson
- Construction Coordinator: Sammy Hammett
- Transportation Coordinator: Britani Alexander
- Dailies: Radar Mobile Studios
- Dailies Technicians: Daren Smith, Jeremy Neish
- DIT: Lisa Konecny
- Post Production Supervisor: Rajeev Malhotra
- Post Production Assistant: Dan Halprin
- Supervising Sound Editor: Jason King
- Re-Recording Mixers: Yuri Reese, David Esparza
- Additional Music: Breton Vivian
- Supervising Music Editor: Joe Lisanti
- Music Editor: Kyle Clausen
- ADR Casting by: Fabiana Arrastia
- Assistant Editors: Johnnie Martinez, David Reale, Brooke Rupe
- Visual Effects: Mammal Studios
- VFX Editor: Scott Anderson
- Main Titles Design: Elastic
- Executives in Charge for Paramount Network: Ted Gold, Lauren Ruggiero
- Rights and Clearances by: Entertainment Clearances, Inc., Cassandra Barbour, Laura Sevier
- Getty Images iStock by Getty Images Shutterstock
- Product Placement by: Stone Management, Inc.
- Product Placement Coordinators: Cat Stone and Adam Stone, Megan Soliah
- Production Financing Provided by: East West Bank
- Promotional Consideration Provided by: Ram Trucks, Coors Banquet, Diageo
- Courtesy of: Sony Music Entertainment
- Filmed/Taped in Utah Film Studios, Park City, Utah
Images[]
Videos[]
Episode guide[]
Yellowstone - Season 2 episodes | |||||||||
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01 - A Thundering | 05 - Touching Your Enemy | 09 - Enemies by Monday | |||||||
02 - New Beginnings | 06 - Blood the Boy | 10 - Sins of the Father | |||||||
03 - The Reek of Desperation | 07 - Resurrection Day | ||||||||
04 - Only Devils Left | 08 - Behind Us Only Grey |
External links[]
- Touching Your Enemy on IMDb
- Touching Your Enemy on the Paramount Network website