Spencer Dutton (Brandon Sklenar) briefly appeared in Yellowstone, over 100 years after he was born, but he curiously wasn't in the prequel series 1883, and there's a simple explanation for that.

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for the Yellowstone Season 5 finale. Prior to the airing of Yellowstone's Season 5 finale, we weren't sure how the Dutton saga would end. This author called ...

Tim McGraw as James Dutton of the Paramount+ original series '1883' Emerson Miller/Paramount+ © 2021 MTV Entertainment Studios In 1883, James Dutton was portrayed by ...