{"id":350206,"date":"2026-06-13T13:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=350206"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:26:47","slug":"yellowstones-dutton-ranch-kills-surprise-character-in-gruesome-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/13\/yellowstones-dutton-ranch-kills-surprise-character-in-gruesome-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellowstone&#8217;s Dutton Ranch Kills Surprise Character in Gruesome Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Yellowstone<\/em>\u2018s <em>Dutton Ranch<\/em> spinoff introduced a twist by killing off a surprising character in a gruesome death.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the Friday, June 12, episode of the hit Paramount+ series, Chet (<strong>Hart Denton<\/strong>) was encouraged by Rob-Will (<strong>Jai Courtney<\/strong>) to hunt revenge for his firing. Chet decided to search out Joaquin \u2014 and even shot him within the hand \u2014 before Miguel (<strong>Berto Col\u00f3n<\/strong>) got the prospect to take the ranch hand out.<\/p>\n<p>Before his death, Chet worked at 10 Petal and was made a foreman before being demoted and fired by Rip (Cole Hauser).<\/p>\n<p>Yellowstone initially introduced viewers to the Dutton family in 2018. The Paramount Network show got here to an end in 2024, expanding its universe with Luke Grimes\u2019 CBS show <em>Marshals<\/em> and <em>Dutton Ranch<\/em>, which premiered in May.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dutton Ranch<\/em> has introduced some latest characters played by <strong>Annette Bening <\/strong>and<strong> Ed Harris<\/strong>. Other newcomers include <strong>Courtney, Natalie Alyn Lind, Pablo Raba, J. R. Villarreal<\/strong> \u2014 and <strong>Marc Menchaca<\/strong>\u2018s Zachariah.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Menchaca weighed in on whether the deadly twists on the show had him frightened about his character Zachariah\u2019s fate, telling <em>Us<\/em>, \u201cIt\u2019s all the time a possibility \u2014 and I even have a reasonably good track record of claiming bye bye on a show.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Emerson Miller\/Paramount+<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Menchaca poked fun at his bad luck on screen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy wife [<strong>Lena Headey<\/strong>] made a death reel for me for my birthday this last 12 months. It was about 10 minutes and it didn\u2019t even have all my deaths,\u201d he quipped. \u201cSo I used to be a little bit bit [worried].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI used to be like, \u2018They could take me out so I higher get on everybody\u2019s good side.\u2019 Hopefully it won\u2019t occur but the way in which things are actually, you get these scripts just a little bit bit before. Then you definitely start going through and also you\u2019re like, \u2018Is it gonna occur next scene?\u2019 Thankfully it has not [yet].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Filming <em>Dutton Ranch<\/em> allowed Menchaca to attach together with his roots.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You may have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI grew up that life. I just took from ranchers that I worked for,\u201d he shared. \u201cI desired to be a team roper once I was a child and it brought my childhood back to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Menchaca teased what&#8217;s yet to come back, adding, \u201cObviously there\u2019s going to be tension. It definitely creates tension and we&#8217;ll discover that there are some things in regards to the 10 Petal which might be unbecoming of a rustic boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Dutton Ranch<\/em> airs Fridays on Paramount+.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellowstone\u2018s Dutton Ranch spinoff introduced a twist by killing off a surprising character in a gruesome death. Throughout the Friday, June 12, episode of the hit Paramount+ series, Chet (Hart Denton) was encouraged by Rob-Will (Jai Courtney) to hunt revenge for his firing. 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