If you’re a fan of Yellowstone, you know that the Train Station is quite literally the last place you want to end up. The infamous dumping ground has been part of the show since day one, and now with the final episodes of Yellowstone’s fifth season scheduled to air in November on the 2024 TV schedule, the cast is giving a refresher about the location and its meaning. While all that is very fun and informative, it was Forrie J. Smith’s advice about how to just straight-up avoid the Train Station that got me.
In the lead-up to its highly anticipated premiere, the cast of Yellowstone sat down for a YouTube video to review a very general concept from the show: The Train Station. Many of them noted that if you watch the series, you should know what it is – as Cole Hauser said, “Everybody knows that the train station is, come on now.” However, Lloyd actor Forrie J. Smith decided to use some time to explain how to avoid it, saying:
You don’t want to go to the train station. Behave yourself. Mind your manners. Take care of your neighbor.
While this entire video is pretty entertaining, this bit got me. I love that he dropped this advice about how to avoid Yellowstone’s most brutal fate. It’s also just generally good life advice too.
I also can’t get over it, because the branded Yellowstone boys aren’t ones to avoid trouble, so it feels funny to hear one of the actors behind them give advice that their characters don’t necessarily adhere to. While the ranch has a code of conduct, and they’re very loyal and in a lot of ways good to each other, when it comes to outsiders, they’re not afraid to get messy. And they definitely don’t want to take care of their neighbors – especially the ones who are trying to take the Dutton’s land.