Walker shows up in Dillon - a location that is, at minimum, two-and-a-half hours away from the ranch, which supposedly borders the edge of Yellowstone National Park in Montana (via Google Maps). But Walker doesn't actually return to The Yellowstone Ranch on his own. Kayce, however, couldn't bring himself to kill Walker - whose only crime, to be clear, was being rational enough to get upset when Rip made him an accessory to murder against his will - a misstep Rip and Lloyd discover in Season 3, Episode 9. Walker unwittingly "stole" Lloyd's girlfriend (because that's how sentient female humans work), and the latter has been unable to keep his jealousy and anger at bay ever since.Īfter Lloyd breaks the "no fighting in the bunkhouse" rule in Episode 4, Rip and John ultimately decide the two should work their issues out by pounding the crap out of one another until "it's finished," and John tells Rip to "make an example out of the last man standing." If that all sounds exquisitely melodramatic and unnecessary, it's because it is, and the violence Rip demonstrated when he "had" to make an example out of Lloyd was difficult for many fans to swallow.Īs viewers will recall, Kayce ( Luke Grimes) was supposed to take Walker "to the train station" (aka kill him) in Season 2, after the singer saw Rip help Jamie cover up a murder. Smith's Lloyd Pierce, has butted heads with one of the other ranch hands, an unwilling captive of a cowboy named Walker (Ryan Bingham). Throughout Season 4, another beloved character, Forrie J. And yet, there are bounds when it comes to what audiences are willing to accept with regard to the often criminal, inevitably violent actions Rip feels he must take in order to defend the Duttons and their ranch.
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