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Q: On "Yellowstone," they didn’t use the plot about the bomb planted on the plane, so what happened to the bomb?

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Adam Thomlison / TV Media

Welcome to the thriving community of fans who are driven nuts by this apparent plot hole.

[Alert: What follows is a rundown of some of the plot of "Yellowstone" Season 2.] Kayce Dutton (played by Luke Grimes, "Fifty Shades of Grey," 2015) does indeed plant a bomb in the tank of a plane owned by the rival Becks in the second-last episode of the second season. However, the Duttons end up gunning down the Becks before they can ever get on the plane, so the bomb wasn't necessary.

Except, you know, it was still there, maybe blowing up the Becks' heirs or some unwitting sucker who bought the plane at an auction or — well, something.

But the show never referred to it again. A lot of fans have taken to the internet to complain about this plot hole (or else to argue that it's not a "hole" so much as a loose thread they may pick up later), along with some of the show's other supposed oversights.

For example, also in Season 2, Tate Dutton (Brecken Merrill, "This Is Us") is given a horse named Lucky. The episode is written in a way that suggests this horse will be significant and maybe even a metaphor for events to come. But instead, he's never referred to again.

Of course, in an intricately plotted show like "Yellowstone," one that's now in its fifth season, it's to be expected that some story points just go astray.

Indeed, it may be a marker of greatness. Having a plot hole or two puts "Yellowstone" alongside classics such as "Friends" (which never explained why Ross and Rachel acted like strangers in the first season but were later said to have known each other since high school) and "Miami Vice" (why did the vice squad spend so much time investigating non-vice crimes?), just to name a couple.

 

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