Sadly, it seems as though won’t be returning with a second season anytime soon. The show was written as a ten-hour-long limited series and creator Taylor Sheridan has made it clear that the finale marks the end of the story for James, Margaret and Elsa Dutton.
Following the finale, which was broadcast in February 2022, he told Deadline: “We wanted to make a 10-hour movie that ended, and that’s what we did,” adding, “For me, as a storyteller it feels close ended.
The “different era” Sheridan was speaking of turned out to be a separate Yellowstone spin-off, 1923, which was set in the era of the Great Depression and starred Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.
Paramount + clearly had other ideas for 1883 and had counted on a second season. Taylor explained: “W]hen they read the last episode of 1883, I don’t think they digested what had just happened, even though I made it quite clear from the very beginning.
‘I said, ‘There is no Season 2.’ They’re like, ‘There better be a [expletive] Season 2 because we already picked it up.’ I’m sitting here going, ‘Guys, everyone is dead.‘”
Taylor went on to create the secondprequel, , which was released in December 2022 and was renewed for a second season in February this year.
While the Dutton’s won’t be returning in a second season of , fans can look forward to another prequel that is currently in the works. Keep reading for more details.
