SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the ninth episode of “Dutton Ranch,” “El Padrino,” which is now streaming on Paramount+.
In a series filled with beloved characters like Kelly Reilly’s Beth and Cole Hauser’s Rip, as well as acting legends like Annette Bening and Ed Harris, it’s no small feat that Natalie Alyn Lind stole many scenes in the first season of “Dutton Ranch.”
The granddaughter of Bening’s matriarch Beulah and daughter of ne’er-do-well Rob-Will (Jai Courtney), Lind’s outspoken character Oreana kept everybody on their toes. Whether having men fight over her or busting Carter (Finn Little) out of high school to head to the bedroom, she was always in the center of drama. But in the season finale, two life-changing events happened: Oreana found out she was pregnant, and later watched her father bleed to death in front of her after getting shot.
Lind spoke to Variety about the final episode, saying that even reading the script for the first time made her emotional for Oreana.
“I was devastated,” she says. “As a fan of the show, I was not expecting the pregnancy whatsoever. I think it’s a really interesting tie-in, especially if you’re a fan of the original ‘Yellowstone’ and you know Beth’s background and how devastating that was for her. So the idea of Beth being a grandma, first of all, I was really excited about. I think it adds this maturity level to Oreana, and it has her completely rethink who she is as a person. Also, her dad had her really young, so that’s opened up an entire can of worms for Season 2, to see how that affects her and her entire family.”
