Chris McPherson

Published Jun 18, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell upwards into a senior position despite his best efforts.

For reasons unknown, he enjoys analyzing box office receipts, giant sharks, and has become known as the go-to man for all things Bosch, Mission: Impossible and Christopher Nolan in Collider’s news division. Recently, he found himself yeehawing along to the Dutton saga on the Yellowstone Ranch.

He is proficient in sarcasm, wit, Photoshop and working unfeasibly long hours. Amongst his passions sit the likes of the history of the Walt Disney Company, the construction of theme parks, steam trains and binge-watching Gilmore Girls with a coffee that is just hot enough to scald him.

His obsession with the Apple TV+ series Silo is the subject of mockery within the Senior News channel, where his feelings about Taylor Sheridan’s work are enough to make his fellow writers roll their eyes.

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Life in Texas has been far from quiet for Rip Wheeler and Beth Dutton so far. But then again, was it ever going to be? These are two people for whom a relaxing evening apparently seems to be going to a bar and finding people to punch in the face, or set a raging bull upon. But Dutton Ranch*** ***has brought with it a new set of rules, and they, along with their boy wonder, Carter, are trying to figure out what normal life looks like when you’re from the original Yellowstone Dutton Ranch.

Ahead of this week’s latest escapades, Collider is pleased to exclusively debut a new sneak peek from Episode 7, “Den of Sin.” This week’s episode of Dutton Ranch sees a lavish 10-Petal celebration — as if the Jacksons would do anything subtly whatsoever — as Beulah commands the night with iron poise, while Beth and Rip navigate shifting loyalties, and Carter stumbles toward a breaking point.

The sneak peek in question sees Carter looking out of his element at the fancy shindig, when Everett McKinney comes over to offer a piece of friendly advice on how best to navigate parties where one isn’t comfortable. It’s a nice moment between two characters who we haven’t seen share enough screen time to date.

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

Dutton Ranch follows Beth and Rip as they try to build a future together far from the ghosts of Yellowstone after losing their ranch in Dillon, Montana. But Texas has brought its own dangers, including a ruthless rival ranch and a social world where old money, loyalty, and violence are never too far apart. The official synopsis reads:

“As Beth and Rip fight to build a future together — far from the ghosts of Yellowstone — they collide with brutal new realities and a ruthless rival ranch that will stop at nothing to protect its empire. In South Texas, blood runs deeper, forgiveness is fleeting, and the cost of survival might just be your soul.”

That has been especially complicated for Carter, played by Finn Little (Those Who Wish Me Dead), the boy Beth once found outside a hospital and more or less absorbed into her life through sheer Dutton audacity. Now, he is trying to get through high school, charm Beulah’s granddaughter and the heir to the 10-P, and find something resembling ordinary life while being raised by two people with a literal body count. The cast of Dutton Ranch includes Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone) as Beth Dutton, Cole Hauser (Good Will Hunting) as Rip Wheeler, Annette Bening (American Beauty) as Beulah, and **Jai Courtney **(Dangerous Animals) as Rob-Will.

Episode 7, “Den of Sin,” is written by Chad Feehan and Jacob Forman and premieres June 19, 2026 on Paramount.

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Christina Alexandra Voros

Jacob Forman, Hilary Bettis, Chad Feehan, Hayley Tibbenham, J. Todd Scott, K.C. Scott

Cole Hauser

Kelly Reilly

Seeking a fresh start beyond Yellowstone’s past, Beth and Rip confront relentless obstacles and a powerful competing ranch unwilling to yield control.