Warning: This article contains spoilers for Yellowstone Episode 513, “Give the World Away.”

There are only two episodes left Yellowstone Take up the mission and ride off into the sunset. In this week’s entry, the emotions, both good and bad, begin to overflow – and boil.

The penultimate episode, aptly titled “Give the World Away,” begins on the titular farm, where Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Rip (Cole Hauser) prepare to sell everything they own, from livestock to tractors Hoping to keep it a little longer. Beth also informs her husband that she is traveling to Texas to ensure that his loyal friend – the arrogant, stubborn horse trainer Travis (Taylor Sheridan) – doesn’t screw up the sale of their show horses.

Meanwhile, Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) visits the pipeline under construction and ponders the uncertain future of the Broken Rock Reservation. The leader tells Mo (Moses Brings Plenty) that there is nothing more he can do to stop the project, but hints that his people might band together to sabotage it. Mo warns that such an act would start a war.

Over in the Market Equities boardroom, Ellis and his colleagues are watching the news. News spreads across the country that Montana Governor John Dutton (Kevin Costner) has not only been assassinated, but was likely killed because of his opposition to the multi-billion dollar airport project. Ellis suggests I distance myself from Sarah Atwood (Dawn Olivieri), but it’s too late; Detective Dillard (Rory Cochrane) bursts in with a search warrant in hand, ready to turn the femme fatale’s former office upside down.

Jamie (Wes Bentley) also watches the news – from the same couch where he has spent the last three episodes – in which he shares some very distressing and personal details about his relationship with Sarah. Believing that Beth revealed the sensitive information to ruin him, he immediately calls her and threatens to reveal the family’s darkest secrets. But Beth has long since put all that behind her. She calmly reminds her stepbrother that she is determined to keep her last promise to him.

Following the opening credits, we speak to Kayce (Luke Grimes), who returns to Monica (Kelsey Asbille) after a “counting coup” in last week’s episode to make sure Grant Horton (Matt Gerald) isn’t after his family is here. He tells his relieved wife that he is finally ready to leave the Dutton ranch and all its baggage behind and move on with their life.

After their shortened stay in Texas, Teeter (Jennifer Landon), Walker (Ryan Bingham) and Ryan (Ian Bohen) also return home. Lloyd (Forrest J. Smith) tries to comfort the former – who is grieving the recent loss of Colby (Denim Richards) – by giving her his hat, while the latter hands Rip a fat check for the cattle they have in the Lone Star State have sold.

Rip also tells his friend that he should start looking for a new job since he won’t be able to afford to continue employing Lloyd and Carter (Finn Little) at Yellowstone until the assets are sold. Later that day, he also turns to Lloyd to stay. The old cowboy tearfully accepts, saying he is not ready to leave the home where he has lived for 43 years.

When we meet Beth, she has arrived at Bosque Ranch, where Travis immediately pisses her off. The trainer seems more interested in partying and hanging out with his bikini-clad roommates than selling Dutton’s show horses to the impatient Brazilian buyers waiting outside. However, he quickly redeems himself by not only putting on an impressive show for the customers, but also rigging the sale – with some bogus counteroffers – to the tune of $3 million.

While Beth disapproves of Travis’ frat boy lifestyle, she is able to look past all the debauchery and appreciate his special skills. She humbly asks the horse trainer to return with her to Montana to work his magic at the Yellowstone auction. He agrees to help for free, but not before getting into a bit of a fight with Beth in a head-to-head game of strip poker.

When Jamie finally stops sulking on the couch, he makes his way to the house of his former campaign manager/girlfriend/baby mama Christina (Katherine Cunningham), who we haven’t seen since Season 4. She’s just as surprised as we are that her ex has come forward after all this time. Jamie lies to her and tells her how much he knows about Sarah’s involvement in his father’s death.

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Christina doesn’t love Jamie, but agrees to help him in order to preserve her young son’s inheritance. She suggests that he call a press conference and announce that he is starting his own investigation into the deaths of John and Sarah. She also advises him to put his late father on a pedestal, deny any personal relationship with Sarah, and vow to support the people of Montana. Furthermore, she emphasizes that he must connect Atwood to his father’s murder.

Back at the Dutton estate, Beth informs Monica that the money they make at the auction will only buy them some time – there is no way to save the ranch from its financial troubles. Beth and Kayce also receive word that John’s body can be picked up at the coroner’s office. To save the grieving siblings some pain, Monica kindly offers to take on this difficult task for them.

Despite the sad and gloomy circumstances, the Duttons throw one hell of a pre-auction party with live country music, free BBQ, an open bar and lots of other social activities. As the party rages on, Kayce cryptically tells Monica that he has a plan to secure the ranch’s future. “I know in my heart it will work. And I know it’s the right thing,” he says as they slow dance.

We also meet again with Senator Lynelle Perry (Wendy Moniz), who quietly remembers John and Beth. The Dutton daughter plans a small family-only funeral for her father, but wants his former flame to be there. Beth soon performs another favor, this time to Teeter, who is now wearing Colby’s hat and crying in her late boyfriend’s bunk. The two head to a fancy tourist bar to get drunk and verbally trash talk the rich brothers from out of town who come to pick them up. Or as Beth puts it, “Cut them from tail to breastbone…metaphorically speaking, of course.”

The next day, before the bidding begins, John and Colby receive a long, warm farewell from the auctioneer. As Teeter runs away crying, we see recently sold Dutton machines being driven away on the backs of trailers. Beth comforts Carter, who wonders what he should do now that the horses are being sold. She gives him a warm kiss on the cheek and playfully encourages him to sleep in.

As the long, difficult day comes to an end, the Dutton siblings are sitting on a fresh $30 million. But even that astronomical sum apparently won’t be enough to save the ranch for more than about a year. Luckily, Kayce is cooking something. He asks Beth some hypothetical questions about a vehicle’s sales tax and how that would be different if the car was paid for based on its value rather than as a gift. Then the couple part ways.

But when Kayce drives off with Monica and Tate, Beth stops, says to herself: “Why didn’t I think of that!” and runs after her brother’s truck. When she catches up with him, she asks, “Who?” He answers confidently, “Give me a day, just to be sure.”

She gives him a kiss on the cheek and says, “You’re smarter than you look, little brother.” Monica wonders what the hell just happened and urges Kayce to fill in the blanks. “The only way to save this place: I have to give it away,” he says. And with that, the cowboy drives away as Beth sheds a bittersweet tear in front of the ranch’s iconic white barn.