Sixth-generation homesteader and devoted father John Dutton (Kevin Costner) controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. He operates in a corrupt world where politicians are compromised by influential oil and lumber corporations and land grabs make developers billions.
Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect, Dutton's property is in constant conflict with those it borders — an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and America's first national park.