The Beating

The Beating is the seventh episode of the third season of Yellowstone. The episode premiered on August 2, 2020.
==Outline==
Kayce searches for answers following a theft on the ranch, Jamie learns a shocking family secret, John issues a warning, and Beth takes matters into her own hands.
==Summary==
Some wranglers use dogs to herd cattle into a truck under the cover of night. As the commissioner of the Livestock Association, Kayce looks into the case. He finds the perpetrator at a sale barn in Billings, and goes to a trailer with his agents. They are shot at by the man inside, who is then killed by Kayce. He then sees a little girl inside the house by the dead man, who appears to be his daughter. 
John asks Beth if she wants to marry Rip. She says she's waiting for him to propose. She should make the proposal, John advises, as Rip is too respectful to ask for John's permission first. After Rip returns from a trip, Beth proposes to him, and he accepts. 
Wade Morrow and his son Clint walk into a diner where John is about to have breakfast. John subdues Clint when he attacks him from behind, and reveals that Duttons once employed Wade as a cowboy until he stole from them. 
Receiving a copy of his birth certificate at the archives to get his appointment approved, Jamie learns that he is adopted. He confronts John, and blames him for lying to him his whole life. John responds with an angry ultimatum, then explains that Jaime was three months old when his biological father beat his biological mother to death with a showerhead, and the Duttons took him in as their own. He says Jaime can go find his biological father and choose who he calls father. Jaime is touched and calms down.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
*Kevin Costner as John Dutton
*Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton
*Kelly Reilly as Bethany Dutton
*Wes Bentley as Jamie Dutton
*Cole Hauser as Rip Wheeler
*Kelsey Asbille as Monica Dutton
*Brecken Merrill as Tate Dutton
*Jefferson White as Jimmy Hurdstram
*Denim Richards as Colby Mayfield
*Forrie J. Smith as Lloyd Pierce
*Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater
===Recurring Cast===
*Boots Southerland as Wade Morrow
*Ian Bohen as Ryan
*James Jordan as Steve Hendon
*Jen Landon as Teeter
*Eden Brolin as Mia
*Q'orianka Kilcher as Angela Blue Thunder
*Brent Walker as Clint Morrow
*Hassie Harrison as Laramie
===Special Appearances===
*Craig Sullivan
*Sid Steiner
*Rocker Steiner
==Episode Deaths==
NA
==Music==
*The Valley by Charley Crockett
*Turtles All the Way Down by Sturgill Simpson
*Born Again by Tyler Childers
==Notes==
==Gallery==
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==References==
Category:Episodes
Category:Article stubs
Category:Yellowstone Season Three Episodes