Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 12 'Counting Coup' REACTION!!

[@NikkiStevenReact]

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[@ecksearoh6283]

Separation is about them not killing Kayce's family not Jamie.

[@optix1012]

The key is in the episode title folks, when trying to understand what Kaycee did in the end with Mo. Counting coup is a tradition of Plains Indians warriors in North America where they gain prestige by intimidating the enemy in battle. The goal is to get close enough to the enemy to touch them without being killed or injured. Thats why he pistol whipped the assasin and held a gun to his daughter's head. He was Counting coup.

[@technofilejr3401]

Very good explanation. It was a loss of prestige for an enemy who could have ended you to just tap you on the shoulder. You know your continued breathing is not because of your own fighting prowess. It’s because your enemy chose not to end you.

[@r.e.tucker3223]

This is it.

[@ph1shstyx]

The big thing with this, because Grant was the point of contact and probably set everything up, if he reports what happened to his bosses, they're going to clean house on everything, which means Grant and his family as well, as Kaycee was able to track him down. By doing this, Kaycee guarantees that Grant will not tell his company or anyone about what happened, which means that Kaycee himself and his family will be in the clear.

[@hectorcartagena2870]

Beth telling Carter "sure you do" was my favorite scene in the whole series from her. She finally gave him a spot in her heart and was actually being a Mother to Carter. Loved it. ❤

[@Hellish-qx4eq]

Kaycee was following tribal native customs. You touch your enemy to prove your bravery. But he also used this to put an end to reprisals and further bloodshed.

[@technofilejr3401]

I love it when smug amoral characters get a reminder that nobody is untouchable.

[@cbyrne7609]

Rip is a badass, Kaycee is a badass, but Mo is the master... love that dude.

[@drk_hrs_of23]

It goes back to his vision. Mo was the one he asked for a favor from on the phone. To the lay person, threatening the kid was way overboard, but to killers, if you want to get his attention, there is only one way. Mo is the freaking way of this show. He's the wisest, calmest, I'll freaking end your bloodline if you cross me guy. Love that dude.

[@thephantompenance]

The deal was implied: Kayce leaves his family alone if the contractor leaves Kayce’s family alone. Also Kayce had to do it in front of his daughter, to show that sympathy for children will not stop him from taking revenge if he so chooses.

[@goeltrolden]

It was moreso to create mutual assured destruction. If his bosses knew that Kayce had not only found him, but gotten close enough to count coup, he would get killed along with his family, because his daughter was in the car. Kayce removed his family from the line of fire, by placing Grant's in the blast radius.

[@TylerHollywoodJB]

​@@goeltroldenYeah. Even the assassin answers to someone. And they're as disposable as any of the victims.

[@trottheblackdog]

"Twelve years in the Teams" means he was in the SEALs long enough to get high up and run some real dirty missions.

[@technofilejr3401]

And plenty of brothers who don’t have a problem getting their hands wet.

[@wakebacon8301]

"Counting Coup" is one of the most bad ass Warrior traditions. You strike your enemy without being touched in battle. The more you have, the higher your prestige is as a warrior amongst the Nations.

[@jtwhitt]

That horse was the one Lloyd was struggling to break and he was saying they should probably kill it because he was afraid of selling it to someone and having it kill them.

[@williamm4276]

The whole scene between Kayce and the hitman/contractor in the car where they're talking about separation meaning : Basically at the very beginning when Sarah contracted them, she was warned if this comes back on them they will spin it to make it look like it was Sarah and Jamie, and anyone involved or that knows anything would be taken out. Separation in this situation means the contractors have enough distance from the situation where they feel safe to not be implicated. Kayce said I'm trading my family for yours means you leave mine alone or I can touch you any time I want. Means don't touch me and I won't touch you. Find separation another way if you feel like you need to distance yourself from the assassination. 😎👍

[@technofilejr3401]

Exactly don’t mess with my loved ones and I won’t mess with yours

[@BostonAmy]

Why do you think Kaycee didn't just kill Grant? Would that just cause more blowback on the Duttons and put them in more danger? Or was it more personal, thinking about Monica and Tate, and trying to be a good man?

[@goeltrolden]

​@BostonAmy Grant was worth more alive than dead. Kayce made a really smart move Mainly because if Grant's bosses found out that Kayce not only found him but got close enough to count coup, then they'd clean house, and Grant's family would get culled too. By going straight to him and saying, this ends here, it's mutual assured destruction. Grant won't talk, Kayce's family are not and will not become targets in an effort to guide the investigation away from the firm he works for, like they did by removing Sarah. By killing her, they know it links her to John's murder, but it doesn't point to who she hired.

[@JonNo86]

Don't believe all the tabloid rumors. Kevin Costner never had a beef with Taylor Sheridan. Production on Yellowstone was delayed and he told them he was going off to make his dream movie Horizon. Paramount studios told him to come back for filming for 3 months and he said "uh no, I'm filming my movie, I'll give you 3 weeks." Studio came back and said fine, make it 1 week but we're cutting your pay. Costner came back and said well screw you all then, it's not even worth coming back and I have stuff to do.

[@matrikzdaclown7496]

He should've stuck with Yellowstone in my opinion. I just watched Horizon Chapter 1 and just go extremely confused with no explanation of anything that happened.

[@jesuischerie224]

@@matrikzdaclown7496 me too

[@matrikzdaclown7496]

@@jesuischerie224 What the hell is happening in that "movie/show"?!

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

​@@matrikzdaclown7496do you AND the other commenter here not understand that the Horizon Saga is going to be made in four different films!?? That's how the story will be told!! That would explain the way that they ended the FIRST one, with a LOT of stuff up in the air because the story will continue!! It's a four-part series done in 3-hour films for each part!! I'm pretty sure that ALL the hype around it has explained that BUT MAYBE you didn't catch it!?? Everything that I've seen or read about this situation is saying that Kevin Costner did everything that he could possibly do short of just giving up on his own project that he's wanted to do for many years just to satisfy the Yellowstone franchise and Paramount what weather is doing it!!! They didn't take into consideration covid or the strike delays that happened and did not adjust contracts accordingly!! You can't blame the actor that wants to move on with their life or do something in the time that they have between making Yellowstone if the company and the production apparatus did not account for these delays!! You Cannot expect actors to just bow down to your demands when they are unreasonable or against what the contract States!! Kevin Costner was not at fault at all in this situation as far as I'm concerned, and I think that I probably speak for a vast majority of anyone's opinion about it!!

[@cotybowman8825]

It's awesome to see the representation of counting coup. This is something most people may have never even heard of before. Mo, Rip, and Beth are the best characters in the show in my opinion.

[@TylerHollywoodJB]

"Isn't that bad luck?" "It is, until your luck runs out..." 😢

[@robertott9083]

I love the Dazed and Confused reunion with the Detective (Slater) and Rip (I can't remember his character name). Rip played that red headed football guy that drove the pickup truck. The deal Casey made was for the hitman dude to shut everything down or his whole family will be taken out.

[@williamroper5422]

Cole Hauser's character was named Benny. I'm usually pretty good with faces, but I did not realize that was Slater until someone pointed it out.

[@robertott9083]

@williamroper5422 it was filmed here in Austin TX. The red Maverick that the blonde drove in it was a friend of mine.

[@erikasmith8894]

That's right! Omg I love that movie. Takes me back to when me and my friends were seniors and got high and watched it in the theatres. Miss those days.😂

[@erikasmith8894]

@@williamroper5422 That actor who played Slater was in Black Mass with Johnny Depp. That movie is perfection.

[@andreachilton6037]

Slater (Rory Cochran) was also Speed in the original NCIS and Lucas in one of my fave films, Empire Records

[@NeptuneLady1957]

Colby's (Denim Richard's) death hit harder for me than John. Maybe because it was such a shock and John's was not because I knew Costner was out. Kayce was a beast in this episode.

[@erikasmith8894]

It was an unnecessary death.

[@kasandrahartshorn6268]

The thing about him countin coup on the assassin… he is making it clear to the killer that he knows. He knows it was him, he knows how, he knows who ordered it and why. He knows. He is making it clear that there will be no more tying up of loose ends in Kasey’s family. He showed the guy how easy it was for Kasey to find him and get to what is most precious to him too. This is all about ending the threat against the Duttons and counting coup… that’s his “you don’t get to question ot or change your mine because I own a piece of your soul now. Keep your word or lose your family.” I’m not surprised Mo is there for this. He has proven To Kasey he’s a good man in a crisis and he respected John.

[@andrewkim6037]

26:40 Kayce was essentially just making sure that John was the only target and that they wouldn't be coming after anyone else in the family.

[@Laochri]

That horse wasn't scared. It was a Mean Unbreakable A$$hole Stallion.

[@scottdarden3091]

Nikki is starting to have an impact on me! My eyes are sweating every episode like her 😢😢😢

[@BuckyBarnesNC]

Nikki and Steve! Don’t tell the others but I do work for a few real big reaction channels and tech channels on here but think yours is the best. Reel Rejects, Cosmic Wonder, Galaxy Geeks, IJustine, and more. I just have to say you’re my favorite channel. I grew up in California until I was 8 and moved to the Rocky Mountains with my Cowboy step father and mother. This show has brought up so many memories because if you look up the small town of Jemez Springs NM, and the Valles Caldera Preserve where my father and I worked on you’ll see. I actually grew up like this and graduated HS on an Indian Reservation called Jemez Pueblo/Jemez Valley HS, and did rodeo on the side with my barrel racing GF. I lived this life and I also went into the military OIF Army/Paratrooper/Intelligence. Now 39 and retired with my wife in NC, she and her friends always say you’re the real life Kayce. Then I say I use to be, my wife was able to contain that crazy part of myself 😂 and now I’m just some boring video/edit guy. Well I like you both because unlike many KZbin content creators you seem so damn kind and humble, I appreciate that. Keep the reactions coming and can’t wait for you both to do the spinoffs. Cheers!

[@BostonAmy]

There's something about Nikki crying that makes me cry all over again.

[@seecha8970]

I couldn't even get sad about Colby's death cause I was so enraged at how absolutely unnecessary of a character death that was. It felt like his death was so they could use the opportunity to "humanize" Beth and show her softer side. Which could've been done without killing a primary character, 2 episodes before the show ends.

[@magnusbruxo.794]

Just wanted to say Colby's actor had no clue his character was going to die. He had no plans to leave the show. So for all those trying to justify his death as making sense... no... It doesn't. TS just wanted to put Teeter on the 6666 show and didn't want Colby's actor there. Stop acting like TS isn't problematic. If you watched the rest of this season you know how big his ego is..... Pointless death.

[@knkiger]

RIP Colby! 💯

[@crystalpistey-lyhne3406]

Not Colby!😭😵‍💫🫣😱🥰🦮🐴🦬🌴🥰😙🌞🌈💝

[@williamfoster4710]

I think that's the first time I saw Steven get upset too

[@TheLegendOfOblivion]

I'm not a ranch hand, still a buckle bunny.

[@davidmyhra4931]

They did Colby dirty. This was the only death in the show that had no purpose.

[@corpsman5890]

It was to set up teeter going to 6666 show. And the actor that played Colby didn’t want to do the spinoff.

[@Hellish-qx4eq]

The actor playing Colby is directing and producing a movie in Dallas.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

@@Hellish-qx4eqHis name is Denim Richard's.

[@carlosrvra]

It was also to get our “heroes” to their lowest point. Not only are they losing the ranch, but one of their nicest dies, just after proclaiming love no less. Things can only go up from here, plot-wise.

[@UnholyKat]

No it wasn't. The horse was out of control, people die in farm accidents

[@deadlyice2042]

Basically kayce made sure the guy and the company never come for him and his family ever

[@CodeMonkey76]

Would recommend looking up Counting Coup and how it was used. Often was used as an alternative to outright battle. If one tribe could infiltrate an enemy tribe and 'count coup', then it would deter a full battle where lives would be lost. Counting Coup was getting close enough to show that you could have killed them if you wanted to, but you didn't.

[@hollytg]

What kasey did was ensure that the professional killers would not come back to kill his family as away of making sure that they were not implicated in John Dutton’s death

[@KevinN-df8eo]

Jamie's "do you know who I am??" moment with the detectives worked out as well for him as it usually does for anyone stupid enough to say it in real life.

[@cjbunker8889]

in a nutshell....kacey told grant i can do exactly what you are contracted to do and can do it on a bigger scale!....it ends here!

[@ericrakestraw664]

Lloyd warned Rip that the black horse was bad and should be put down in an earlier episode. I can't believe that Nikki, a horse lover, didn't catch on that something bad was going to happen.

[@jrleon9699]

Travis is a regular character but the actor is Taylor Sheridan

[@brandyroman8018]

Colbys death hit me harder than Johns honestly. And at first I tried to think if there was a third death maybe they did it for impact on Teeter and Ryan. But no if that's really what it was supposed to be it should have been Lloyd. I wish it just didn't happened at all.

[@dudlEEk]

lol, Rory Cochrane was amazing in this episode. 😁

[@maddskillz1982]

Love the Yellowstone reactions, but recently it’s been difficult to watch. My mother died almost 2 weeks ago and Yellowstone was one of her favorite shows, so much so that she actually enjoyed watching your reactions with me. She looked forward to your reactions to the prequel series also, but now she gone and it feels wrong watching without her

[@D_Red_Bulls]

i feel like this one hit harder than Johns death... since we actually had to experience it... with John it was already done

[@chaz5229]

I LOVE Rory Cochrane's part in this. It may be small...but I've always been a fan of his ever since he played pothead Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused...so....again...small but I LOVE IT!!

[@tommattie1240]

Grant killed Sarah to cover his tracks. Kayce let Grant know that he knows everything about him, and his family too. So, if you come after mine, I come after yours. Then he "Counted Coup" which was taking a piece of Grants soul (I think).. That way, no matter where he goes, Kayce will be able to find him.

[@alexpaleale]

I'm gonna miss watching these reactions! Such a wonderful show. Sure, it's got its ups and downs, but damn it's so good!

[@NikkiStevenReact]

We miss watching Yellowstone. Luckily we are enjoying 1883 and will watch 1923 after that so the journey keeps rolling

[@margaritasarsenova432]

@@NikkiStevenReactcould you please consider watching Landman and Special Ops lionesses? It’s also very good and made by Taylor Sheridan

[@TheDweller0690]

Here’s the other answer. “Getting separation” means they can’t be tied to the hit. Cassie had no way of knowing that when they hit the woman to “get separation” that it was enough and that they weren’t going to come after the rest of the Duttons family. So to make sure Cassie is “trading his family “ for the hit man’s as an agreement saying you don’t come after anymore of us I won’t kill you and yours. At least that was my interpretation. And then the ritual stuff that others have explained.

[@shonquesanders4232]

FYI Teeter is the daughter of The Micheal Landon from Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven ect…Her name is Jennifer Landon.

[@Brimstone-Gaming]

that has only been repeated in EVERY episode of theirs...I am pretty sure they know that

[@sandimcalisterblood2675]

Most senseless death in this show.😢

[@ronniebots9225]

Not realy. There was always a spinoff series planned called "6666" with Jimmy and Teeter and this sets up her not having a reason to stay. I think Colby was doomed no matter the Costner/Dutton outcome.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Yeah, losing him was very out of nowhere

[@ToddFSnyder]

I highly recommend watching - Stories from the Bunkhouse (Ep. 42) on the Yellowstone youtube channel after this episode.

[@TheLegendOfOblivion]

Beth's character is awesome in these last final episodes.

[@ellissmithjr6599]

I know you guys are later planning to watch the series 1883... In the series it mentions to what happens to Yellow Stone in the future And When 👍😎.

[@Head-ck4hu]

The ranch was in a trust. Uncle Sam isn't owed a dime.

[@jimbartholomew4469]

This episode was so heartbreaking

[@MrRyguy2112]

Damn they pulled a G.O.T. on us!

[@technofilejr3401]

Jamie’s little tirade about his rights definitely put a target on his back. He was almost screaming “I’m doing some dirty stuff I don’t want you to know about” in the cop’s face.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Yeah, for a really smart dude that wasn’t a smart move.

[@dudlEEk]

also, Kayce is fucking awesome when he locks in. 👍

[@digitalsoldier-1742]

ME: Medical Examiner. Think Quincy after The Odd Couple.

[@blindshooter11]

I watched season 5 on peacock but it only had half a season, where can I watch the rest?

[@randyg.1836]

I'm curious. How many boxes of tissues have you all gone through with this show?

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Lots 😂😂

[@ppeakshadow]

They had to kill Colby to give Teeter a reason to go down and be on the 6666 show, which she is - Denim Richards (Colby) is an opera singer and has his own production company, he prolly didn't need to continue on in the franchise

[@NeptuneLady1957]

No, they did not have to do that!

[@peteradams7457]

The deal was you don't keep coming after my family and I'll leave yours alone.. That's what KC deal was

[@PaulGibson-v3f]

Counting coop he warned him and a contractor like him knows that his life is now Kaycee's to take at any time Spec war has rules so the contractor knows he is dead if he tries anything

[@p.d.waltman9451]

This is where not seeing the prequel series hurts you a little - as counting coup was in that as well. I almost feel like you should watch 1883 before you watch the last Yellowstone episode.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

we were 4 episodes into 1883 by the point in our Yellowstone viewing - we've been done with Yellowstone since the finale aired.

[@cy8125]

I have been watching The Godfather for the first time. I am not sure about this final season and I am still on the first Godfather movie, but I am struck by all of the similarities. Is Taylor a Godfather fan, because there are a lot. The lawyer adopted son, the shooting of the Don by the car, the loyal and devoted man that provides the “muscle”, and even the character of the youngest son wanting to not be a part of the family business and developing his relationship with a woman he wants to be honest with.

[@aarontodd72]

He is going to count coup

[@calebcicero7727]

Hi there! I was just curious if you guys plan on watching Reacher season 3?

[@yashnigam1901]

He traded the safety of his family for kayce's...🌀

[@Rknowles813]

Colby dying and Teeters reaction was incredibly sad..

[@xxluchianxx]

23:50 her saying that she always believed in him 😂😂😂 she left him, what, two or three times??

[@marissanorth85]

He didn't believe in himself before.

[@tigerpinky]

heartbreaking episode.

[@haroldyoung8174]

He was protecting him and his not Jamie

[@alienanxiety]

Wasn't Colby trampled repeatedly by a horse in a stream?

[@PeterParker-fx9dl]

Yeah, but I think this time he got a full force kick to the chest. Probably enough force to kill him. I'm just guessing though.

[@lfkk4640]

Jimmy did what I always do. It is better, for me anyways, is working through the pain. Plus Beth bringing in Carter was cool. Colby was this episode.The actor I hear was very close to Kevin. F TS.

[@alienanxiety]

I have a hard time believing this elite assassin force would be so inept to leave all those physical traces, that the coroner would be so inept not to notice that on a death of a governor, and that Kayce wouldn't have killed the guy who organized the hit on his father.

[@carlosrvra]

Oh… they’re the ALDI of hit squads. They don’t do the immediate family research, so they pick the method of death that NO ONE (except Jamie) in the Dutton family would buy, then after they do a BAD job & someone figures out it WAS murder, they kill the client??? Their Yelp reviews must be terrible! 😅 As for Kayce not killin’ the guy, he wasn’t trying to start a war with a hit squad. He wanted to guarantee the safety of his family. He WANTED to kill Grant, but showed restraint for the sake of his family. Ultimately, Sarah & Jamie are responsible for the murder; Grant was just a tool.

[@JL-lg9gn]

Forever waiting on more Ted Lasso.. two Yellowstone reactions since the last Lasso one 😮‍💨 yes I’m impatient 😂

[@beast-xr6qk]

Nah team Jamie all the way its only so much shit ya gonna take in life

[@CDubya77]

Shield Fan checking in. Loved this show... then the second half of season 5 happened. Costner leaving sucked the life from this show. Lots of connections to The Shield. Yall should watch that next.

[@PeterParker-fx9dl]

We definitely need their reaction to The Shield.

[@keithcharboneau3331]

Medical examiner

[@Brimstone-Gaming]

this was a sad episode

[@realtorjames33]

Somebody tell me WHY they felt the need to kill off Colby... Like I said. The closing down of this epic series was complete trash. The only thing that could have been worse was turn it into a musical with Trans and rainbow flags all over the property

[@Hoenhime344]

the jamie hate needs to stop.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Never. He’s the most fun character to hate on this show.

[@bikerinbeta]

Jamie told Grant "I know it was you who killed my father. I am not going to touch you, in return, you leave us alone" because they were tying up loose ends. Thats why Sarah got taken out because she was a risk of exposure to them

[@DirtyEmpire85]

Jamie? Seriously? Dude, wake up

[@bikerinbeta]

@DirtyEmpire85 Fair. Lol. Kayce*

[@DirtyEmpire85]

@@bikerinbeta 😆

[@Mainecoonlady.]

There was no reason in the story line to kill Colby. That was just Sheridan being an a$$hole. It serves no purpose at this point in five seasons, to take out major characters. We knew Costner wasn’t coming back. I’ve done a lot of research to know there were issues. Costner did not like the governor storyline. He was an executive producer. Because Sheridan had so many shows, he couldn’t keep up. Then the writers and actors strike. Costner was notified when they were going to film part 2 for season five. He then scheduled filming his Horizons around the Yellowstone schedule. This meant planning over 500 cast, crew, location, sets, costumes, etc. Then … Sheridan couldn’t meet his original schedule. Costner could not stop the Horizons production that was already in motion. He offered to come back for a week to film his demise properly but Sheridan and Paramount said NO Thanks. They still owe Costner like $300K+, contractually.

[@erikasmith8894]

Colby's death was so unnecessary!! Poor Teeter! They professed their love to each other and this shit happens?!!😩😭😭

[@jasonlane1528]

So Jamie who had nothing to do with his father being killed and had nothing to do with his girlfriend getting killed needs to die? For being weak? The way that family has shredded him for decades?

[@NikkiStevenReact]

Nailed it!!

[@iuripaiva5988]

Colby's death was sad because was completely unnecessary to the story. Taylor Sheridan didn't know how to end several characters in this series.

[@jwt210]

Colby's death was so unnecessary.

[@antideology]

Watching the comments from you two idiots is truly embarrassing.

[@bettysmith4666]

Then why watch? There's a big ol' internet out there with plenty for you... doesn't have to be this. 🤷‍♀️ They may even enjoy your negativity too. 😉 Hope your day gets better...

[@shellythecab7417]

Somebody woke up on the asshole side of the bed this morning.

[@NikkiStevenReact]

You’re lovely. Thanks for the comment!!

[@Ajushi08]

Casey means as long as you don’t further attack my family anymore consider us square! Make yourself scarce and disappear otherwise I might wake up tomorrow morning and change my mind. The guy threatened his family that means including his kids it’s why he acted cruel to the guys daughter in the back seat. If someone threatened your family including kids what would you do!?