Nov 11 (Reuters) - Actor Cole Hauser has listened to a

number of fan theories about the final episodes of the American

neo-Western TV series "Yellowstone" - and is not afraid to tell

them they're wrong.

"This show and what they think this season is going to be -

everybody has their opinion of it," said Hauser, who plays a

ranch foreman named Rip Wheeler.

"And to be quite honest, none of them are right," he added.

Even some cast members were in the dark about the ending, as

the team behind the show redated scripts to preserve it.

Season five was split into two parts. The final six episodes

that will wrap up the show began airing on the Paramount Network

on Sunday for U.S fans, and premiered in Britain on

Monday.

After its debut in 2018, "Yellowstone" became the top-rated

scripted show in the United States and spawned two spinoff

series.

The show follows the Dutton family, owners of the largest

ranch in Montana, the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, often dubbed

"the Yellowstone." Stars include Kevin Costner, Luke Grimes, and

Kelly Reilly.

The story centers around family drama at the ranch, the

bordering Broken Rock Indian Reservation, and Yellowstone

National Park.

In "Yellowstone" season five, part 2, the power struggles

for expansion continue.

The final episodes will be without the show's main star,

Kevin Costner, who played patriarch John Dutton, and announced

his exit from the show in May 2023. The cast called his

departure both energizing and disheartening.

Reilly, who plays Beth Dutton, found that the media's spin

on Costner's exit was full of "untruths."

"The way that Taylor (Sheridan) has ended this season is the

way he always intended it to. ... So, there was a small pivot

that it had to happen sooner, but it then energized us

creatively," she said.