1883 Ending Explained (& Future Yellowstone Shows Setup)

The 1883 ending tied up the 10-episode prequel series to Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western sensation Yellowstone and deftly set up more series in the franchise. 1883 tells the tale of how the Dutton family came to own the land in Montana that would eventually go on to become the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. The series centers on James Dillard Dutton (Tim McGraw), his wife Margaret (Faith Hill), their eldest daughter and show narrator Elsa (Isabel May), and Shea Brennan (Sam Elliott) the leader of the wagon train that the Duttons travel with to the American West, and is set over 135 years before Yellowstone in the franchise timeline.