John Dutton and his team exhume Lee's body and cremate it in a specialized horse-cremation chamber to prevent an autopsy from proving a third shooter was involved.
In a brutal rite of passage, Jimmy is duct-taped to a bucking bronco to "make him a cowboy".
This episode was nominated for an HPA Award for Outstanding Sound in 2018. [S1E2] Kill the Messenger
Rip Wheeler is dispatched to silence a drug-addicted medical examiner. After an intense confrontation, Rip stages the coroner's office to look like a suicide by oxygen explosion. Family Dynamics:
The second episode of , titled " Kill the Messenger " (originally aired June 27, 2018), centers on the Dutton family attempting to contain the fallout from the violent shootout in the pilot that killed Lee Dutton. Key Plot Features John Dutton and his team exhume Lee's body
meets with Governor Perry to perform damage control regarding the medical examiner's report.
struggles with his actions, eventually taking part in a Native American sweat lodge ceremony with Thomas Rainwater. Rip Wheeler is dispatched to silence a drug-addicted
and Rip go on their "official" first date, where they drink whiskey and watch wolves kill an elk.