There are so many ridiculous moments on “Yellowstone” that one would be forgiven for thinking they have no basis in reality. Well, that

isn’t entirely true. The season 2 premiere sees Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) and Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) let a bull loose in a bar to break

up a fight involving the bunkhouse’s ranch hands. It’s one of the sillier sequences in the entire series, and the best part? The “Yellowstone”

 

 

bull scene was inspired by a real-life event involving Forrie J. Smith, who was called out to a bar to stop a similar situation from escalating further.

 

In short, some bikers beat up a cowboy in a bar, so he got his revenge by setting a bull on them. Smith later recounted the story to Taylor Sheridan, who proceeded to write a similar scenario into his hit series. Sheridan has a reputation for being excessively controlling on his

 

 

shows (to the degree that he’s even gotten into physical fights with “Yellowstone” actors), but it’s also clear that he’s more than happy to collaborate with the casts and crews on his projects. Smith, with all of his experiences and cowboy wisdom, is a testament to that — and why wouldn’t Sheridan embrace his expertise, given that he has lived in actual bunkhouses and witnessed cattle causing carnage in bars? Without Smith on board, “Yellowstone” arguably wouldn’t be as entertaining as it is.

 

 

HBO’s 2018 miniseries “Sharp Objects,” which is based on Gillian Flynn’s 2006 debut novel of the same name, has an unforgettable ending — but what does it all mean? What does this story of generational trauma, violence, and abuse want its audience to understand, and, in terms of the narrative’s central mystery, who’s killing young girls and removing their teeth in the small town of Wind Gap, Missouri?

 

Let’s back up before we get to all that. The television adaptation of “Sharp Objects” was overseen by “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “UnREAL” veteran Marti Noxon, who served as the series’ showrunner, alongside the late visionary Jean-Marc Vallée, who also worked on the HBO series “Big Little Lies” and Reese Witherspoon’s film “Wild.” (Vallée passed away in 2021.) Led by Amy Adams as the protagonist Camille Preaker (in one of her best-ever roles), the show features incredible performances from Patricia Clarkson (as Camille’s sinister Southern Belle mother, Adora Crellin), Eliza Scanlon (Camille’s half-sister Amma), Chris Messina (Adams’ “Julie & Julia” co-star, who appears as Detective Richard Willis in the series), and Elizabeth Perkins (as Adora’s long-time friend and town gossip Jackie O’Neill), just to name a few.

 

“Sharp Objects” never shies away from the darkest, most reprehensible acts humans are capable of committing, culminating in a truly stomach-turning ending that was, honestly, foreshadowed all along. Here’s everything you need to know about the conclusion of “Sharp Objects.”

 

The story of “Sharp Objects” begins in earnest when Camille Preaker, a journalist living in St. Louis — though, in Gillian Flynn’s novel, she lives in Chicago — returns home to Wind Gap at the urging of her boss Frank Curry (Miguel Sandoval) to investigate some particularly grisly crimes. One Wind Gap girl, Ann Nash (Kaegan Baron), is already dead and was found in the town’s nearby woods the summer before Camille even arrives. Now, another girl around the same age, Natalie Keene (Jessica Treska), is missing. Tragically, Natalie does reappear during the show’s very first episode, “Vanish,” when her dead body is propped up just behind Wind Gap’s police station … and the body is missing most of its teeth.