just finished rewatching yellowstone's finale and got curious about something - if these characters were real, who actually ends up loaded? so i dug into it and honestly beth absolutely crushes everyone else financially lmao. john dutton dies basically broke despite owning this massive ranch, kayce gets a modest setup with his family, but beth? she's got actual liquid wealth from her corporate finance jobs. like she worked at some serious firms managing huge assets. the whole ranch sale thing didn't really help her financially since proceeds went to debt, but her career earnings alone put her miles ahead. jamie was making decent money as montana attorney general but yeah, he didn't make it to the end anyway. it's wild how the show actually illustrates that real wealth isn't about land - it's about liquid assets and income streams. makes you think about how much of the dutton family's "wealth" was just tied up in property they could barely afford to maintain. anyone else notice how the show kinda critiques old money families that way? the power dynamics between gil birmingham's character and the duttons was interesting too considering how things played out. anyway beth definitely wins the retirement game by far.