What Happened To Wes Bentley's Jamie Dutton On Yellowstone

Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) may not have physically appeared on the "Yellowstone" spin-off "Dutton Ranch," but his name has come up. This is pretty understandable. Beth Dutton's (Kelly Reilly) adopted brother was a main character on "Yellowstone" throughout the show's five-season run. With Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) busy on "Marshals," Jamie is the only Dutton child without a spin-off, so it makes sense that he would be referenced on these shows every once in a while. But what exactly happened to Jamie?

To put it bluntly, Jamie Dutton is dead. His body was dumped in the infamous "Yellowstone" Train Station – a remote area where the Duttons' dirty secrets are quite literally buried. Jamie ended up in the infamous body disposal ground courtesy of Beth and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser). This unfolded after years of animosity which came to a head when Beth found out that Jamie had a role in John Dutton's (Kevin Costner) murder. After that, his fate was sealed.

Jamie Dutton's path might just be the strangest out of all "Yellowstone" main characters. A political animal rather than a rancher type, he always seemed slightly out of sync with the other Duttons. As seasons pass, we discover that Jamie is adopted and that he once arranged for Beth to be sterilized without her knowledge or consent while helping her get a secret abortion. 

Because of his inability to be wholly accepted by his family, Jamie finds himself moving further and further toward antagonism until he finally crosses the ultimate line and becomes (kind of) complicit in Market Equities fixer Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri) arranging John Dutton's assassination. This ends up going very badly for him, as the other Dutton children are able to figure out the plot and Beth finally ends Jamie's life. 

Jamie's fate ends up being one of the worst things in the "Yellowstone" series finale, given that he didn't actually pull the trigger on John personally and his adopted father was already making plans against Jamie's own life. Still, at the end of the day, the story was at a stage where all the Duttons weren't going to ride into the sunset alive, and his exit made the most sense — not least because he was the most unlikely member of the clan to buy a ranch or join a special U.S. Marshal team for an action-packed spin-off show.