When Kayce returns home, Monica asks him if he’ll stay if she lets him keep whatever he’s hiding from her a secret. They agree Kayce did the right thing and cover up the mercy killing.Īfterward, Kayce and Rainwater go to a sweat lodge together. Later, the tribal police and Rainwater arrive. ![]() When Kayce hesitates, Monica tells him to do it and turns away. She demands the truth, but as Kayce starts to tell her, a trailer explodes as they drive by and they skid off the road.Ī badly burned and injured man begs Kayce to kill him. After all, he was fine being a broke horse trainer until both of their brothers were killed a week ago. Kayce says he needs to provide for the family. Monica overhears the conversation and as they drive to pick up Tate, she asks him why he wants to leave them. The man tells him to get his bags packed and get ready to go. Meanwhile, Kayce calls his former SEALs commander and tells him he’s thinking about rejoining. In order to protect Kayce from further issues stemming from the medical examiner’s actions, John dispatches his ranch hand and heavy, Rip (Cole Hauser), to take care of him. Rip deletes the forensic reports about the killings off of the ME’s computer, chokes him until he’s unconscious, and then starts a fire to make it look like the ME killed himself. Unfortunately, the only person Rainwater and the chief of police know was nearby when Long was gunned down is Kayce and they suspect Kayce won’t take their side against his family. With the news that Long was killed execution style, Rainwater sees an opportunity - if Lee wasn’t the shooter, the killing could be the end of John Dutton and his pesky ranch. ![]() Then, the medical examiner unexpectedly releases Long’s forensic report to the tribal police. They agree to keep their mouths shut about what they saw. Through some elaborate machinations, John reaches both the Bureau of Land Management agents who witnessed the return of Lee’s body. In addition, they need to make sure no witnesses will speak out about Kayce riding to the ranch with Lee’s body. ![]() Jamie wants to dig up Lee’s body and cremate it in order to eliminate some of the evidence. Jamie and John quickly deduce that Kayce had something to do with Long’s murder, although Kayce refuses to admit to anything. The governor promises to hold back the forensic report for a week to give Jamie time to make the problem go away. And that will lead investigators to start looking for the person John’s covering for. So when the forensic details are discovered, it’ll look like a cover-up on John’s part. The case has already made the national news and is being framed as a racially motivated killing. Further, Long’s death looks like an execution. But forensics shows that the bullet that killed Lee severed his spinal cord before he died, In other words, he wouldn’t have been able to use his hands to fire a gun. They’ve learned something worrisome.Įveryone was under the impression that Lee and Kayce’s brother-in-law, Robert Long, killed each other. The deaths of Lee and Kayce’s brother-in-law are the catalyst for most of the action in Yellowstone‘s second episode “Kill the Messenger.”Īs the episode begins, Jamie is summoned to the governor’s office. Photo: Kevin Lynch/Paramount Network Yellowstone, Season 1, Episode 2 recap: “Kill the Messenger”
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