Yellowstone: Kill the Messenger

N.p. Fire and Ice Productions, 2017. Two Revised Draft scripts for Season 1 Episode 2 of the 2018-present television series, one dated 8/9/17 and one dated 8/12/17.

From the archive of crew member Chris Scher, with her name as a watermark throughout the scripts.

The long-running neo-Western series follows the trials and tribulations of the family-owned Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, the largest cattle ranch in Montana. In this installment, the Dutton family attempts to recover from the deaths of the eldest son and a brother-in-law. The episode originally aired on June 27, 2018, on Paramount Network.

Chris Scher has worked in American films from 1994 to the present. She was a propmaker, construction accountant/estimator/buyer, and carpenter on over 20 movies, including "The Last Seduction" (1994), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), "From Dusk Till Dawn" (1994), "The Horse Whisperer (1998), "Joy Ride" (2001), and others. She also performed the same work for prestige television dramas, including "The Bridge" (2014), "Ozark" (2017), and "Yellowstone" (2018).

Set in Montana, and shot on location in Darby and Helena, Montana, and in Park City, Woodland, and Springville, Utah.

8/9/17 Draft:

Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 8/9/17, noted as episode No. 102 and PRODUCTION DRAFT, with credit for screenwriter Taylor Sheridan. 64 leaves, with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on blue stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

Revised Draft:

Self wrappers. Title page present, dated 8/12/17, noted as episode No. 102 and Pink Revised Pages, with credit for Sheridan. 63 leaves, with last page of text numbered 57. Xerographic duplication on pink stock, rectos only. Pages Near Fine, bound with two gold brads.

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