Who is Dan Jenkins in Yellowstone?
The developer who learned the local rules too late · Rivals & Reservation
Dan Jenkins (The developer who learned the local rules too late) is a character in Yellowstone, part of Rivals & Reservation. Dan Jenkins arrived from California with capital, contempt and a subdivision plan — the first of the series' developers to discover that Montana's biggest ranch fights with tools no zoning board recognises. Hanged from a horse and left alive as a message, allied with the Beck brothers and then horrified by them, Jenkins completes a strange arc: from antagonist to fellow casualty, a man who came to buy paradise and learned the locals' rule — everything here is settled personally.
When does Dan Jenkins first appear?
Dan Jenkins first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 (“Daybreak”) of Yellowstone (2018–2024, Paramount).
Who is Dan Jenkins connected to?
Relationships already established when Dan Jenkins first appears — nothing from later episodes.
- John Dutton — The subdivision war
Which group does Dan Jenkins belong to?
By the time Dan Jenkins appears, Rivals & Reservation also includes Monica Dutton, Thomas Rainwater.
Who else is introduced in this episode?
- John Dutton — The ranch is the point. Everything else is negotiation.
- Beth Dutton — The wrecking ball in a cocktail dress
- Rip Wheeler — The brand on his chest is the whole biography
- Kayce Dutton — The son who keeps trying to leave
- Jamie Dutton — The lawyer son, kept and never chosen
- Monica Dutton — The conscience the ranch keeps wounding
- Lee Dutton — The heir apparent, for one episode
- Thomas Rainwater — The chairman playing the longest game on the land
- Lloyd Pierce — The bunkhouse's elder statesman, branded for life
- Jimmy Hurdstrom — The screw-up the brand actually saved
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