Taylor Sheridan’s Billion-Dollar Paramount Departure

In the penultimate episode of Yellowstone, horse trainer and trader Travis Wheatley, played by Taylor Sheridan, tries to up the price for a horse he’s putting through its paces. He sets the starting price at $2 million, but just as his Brazilian buyer is about to bite, Travis tells him that his other buyers (whom Travis has wholly invented) are willing to go to $2.1 million. “You didn’t say ‘other buyers,’” the Brazilian objects. Wheatley counters, “Well, when you go shopping for a house, do you think you’re the only one fucking shopping?” Suddenly feeling the heat, the Brazilian bids $3 million, and he has himself a (pricey) deal.