Yellowstone features first lesbian kiss as Clara shares a tender smooch with a woman at the fairground – but some fans SLAM the show for ‘going woke’

 During season five episode seven, Jamie Dutton hatched a plan to impeach his father as Governor of Montana at urging of Sarah Atwood.

 However, the biggest moment of the night came when Clara, took part in the show’s first lesbian kiss.

Clara, played by Lilli Kay, kissed a woman wearing a cowboy hat while at the Montana State Fair.

Some fans slammed the Yellowstone for ‘going woke’ with the same-sex kiss via Twitter.

In the scene, Clara and the woman are seated on a blanket at the fairground surrounded by people during their tender moment. 

Clara is not the first lesbian character, according to Jezebel.com, with characters Beth (previously mentioning past threesomes) and also journalist Sarah Nguyen.

Some fans were less than impressed with the same-sex kiss, slamming the show for ‘going woke.’

‘I don’t have a problem with two women who want to kiss each other but why do you have to shove it in your face? What a turn off,’ one Twitter user wrote. 

Tender moment: Clara, played by Lilli Kay, kissed a woman wearing a cowboy hat while at the Montana State Fair

Another wrote: ‘Yellowstone just went woke with it’s first lesbian character and a kiss between two girls. It was only a matter of time. It’s Hollywood after all. Was nice while it lasted,’ another wrote.

One person wrote, ‘You ruined the best show on television,’ in a tweet shared. 

Meanwhile in the episode, at Sarah Atwood’s urging Jamie Dutton hatched a plan to impeach his father paving the way for him to be the Governor of Montana.

Sarah explained to Jamie that there would be lawsuits over how his father John Dutton [Kevin Costner], the patriarch of a powerful family, put the ranch land in a conservation easement that would end up bankrupting the state. 

Their opinion: Some fans were less than impressed with the same-sex kiss, slamming the show for ‘going woke’

Ambitious son: At Sarah Atwood’s urging Jamie Dutton hatched a plan to impeach his father paving the way for him to be the Governor of Montana on Sunday’s episode of Yellowstone

‘Your state will be on the hook for around four billion dollars in compensatory damages,’ Sarah [Dawn Olivieri] said. ‘That’s 10 percent of Montana’s GDP. The state’s going to go bankrupt.’ 

Sarah got up and whispered in his ear. 

‘Sounds like an impeachable offense to me,’ Sarah said. 

‘Yes it does,’ Jamie [Wes Bentley] said. 

Bad move: Sarah explained to Jamie that there would be lawsuits over how his father John Dutton [Kevin Costner], the patriarch of a powerful family, put the ranch land in a conservation easement that would end up bankrupting the state

Sarah reminded him that if the governor resigned or stepped down there would be a special election and that the Market Equities backed PAC would support Jamie’s bid for Governor. She urged him to go before the Assembly to demand John be impeached. 

‘This is your chance to become Governor,’ Sarah said. ‘And get our f***ing land back.’

Jamie confided in Sarah earlier back at his condo that he never wanted to be a lawyer but that it was what his father wanted him to be. He said he got accepted to Harvard without even applying. He said John applied for him.

‘My father hates me,’ Jamie. ‘My father hates me becoming the very thing that he asked, no, forced me to be.’

Family lawyer: ‘My father hates me,’ Jamie. ‘My father hates me becoming the very thing that he asked, no, forced me to be’

Jamie said he wanted his father’s approval. Sarah said his father was scared of him and that there was no future in raising cattle in the United States.

‘Tourism, that is all you have, ‘ Sarah said. ‘You can seize it or you can witness it.’

Sarah said she wanted to help him save the ranch.

The season five episode titled The Dream Is Not Me opened up with a flashback of a young Rip Wheeler [Cole Hauser] getting into a brutal fight with Rowdy [Kai Caster] a ranch hand who talked about being with Beth Dutton [Kelly Reilly].

Rowdy was hurt badly and asked Rip to get help. Rowdy first instructed him to tell everyone he fell off his horse or else Rip would get in trouble.

Rip rode to the ranch but came clean to John. He said he fought with Rowdy because he talked about Beth ‘in a way he shouldn’t.’

Flashback opening: The episode opened with a flashback showing a young Rip Wheeler telling John Dutton that he badly injured a ranch hand during a fight

‘He pulled his knife and I hit him in the head with a rock, too hard I guess,’ Rip said.

John, Rip and a doctor rode to check on Rowdy, but he was already dead.

‘Why didn’t you just tell me he fell off his horse?’ John said.

‘You said never to lie to you so I didn’t,’ Rip said.

‘Well you are going to have to lie now or you are going to prison,’ John said.

John said there was something he could do, but it would mean that Rip would have to stay on the ranch until the day he died. Rip said he never planned on leaving the ranch.

‘This ranch is the only family I’ve got,’ Rip said.

Back in the present day, Rip met up with John in the early morning to finish the cattle drive. Beth spoke to Monica Long [Kelsey Asbille] at base camp. Monica said she didn’t need to be treated differently because she lost a child. Beth confided in her that she did, too.

‘When I say that I am sorry Monica, I really mean it,’ Beth said.

‘Thank you,’ Monica said.

Monica told Beth that she was mean because she kept that information inside of herself.

‘I keep it inside because all the people knowing, it would hurt,’ Beth said. ‘Anyway that’s not why I’m mean. I was a real f***ing b**** before it happened.’

Thomas Rainwater [Gil Birmingham], the Native American leader, and Mo Brings Plenty met with US Senator Lynelle Perry [Wendy Moniz-Grillo] who told them that a pipeline had been approved and that one of the proposed pathways would be through the reservation. She told them she would not support it and would call a press conference to announce it. Thomas urged her to have the governor attend and also show his support.

Cattle drive: Back in the present day, Rip met up with John in the early morning to finish the cattle drive

 On the cattle drive, John’s ranchers told him that they found numerous stillborn bison on his property and John worried the disease might spread to his cattle.

The ranch hands took a break to go to the county fair. Rip told Beth that he might be gone for a year.

‘I won’t survive that,’ Beth said.

Beth said she would rent a suite at the nearest Hyatt and drive to him for happy hour. Abby was mad at Ryan that he didn’t tell her that he would be gone for a year.

‘Chasing a dream, I understand and I hope you catch it,’ Abby said. ‘I just wished that dream was me.’

Invite tourists: John looked around the county fair and Summer Higgins [Piper Perabo] said he looked sad and should invite tourists to see how the ranch operates

John looked around the county fair and Summer Higgins [Piper Perabo] said he looked sad. Summer encouraged him to invite tourists to his ranch to understand what he really does.

‘Because they have you pegged as a bunch of misogynist bigots who are ruining the environment and that’s not who you are,’ Summer said.

Summer thanked him for kidnapping her.

‘I didn’t kidnap you, I commuted your sentence to house arrest,’ John said.

‘At your house,’ Summer said.

John reached over and kissed her.

Yellowstone will return in two weeks for the midseason finale on Paramount Network. 

Yellowstone Season 5 is available on Stan in Australia.