“It was always going to happen, it just happened a little bit differently.”

“The absence was part of the ending,” Reilly tellsEntertainment Weekly.

It was always going to happen, it just happened a little bit differently."

YELLOWSTONE, from left: Kelly Reilly, Kevin Costner (Season 5, ep. 505)

Kelly Reilly and Kevin Costner on ‘Yellowstone’.Paramount Network / Courtesy Everett

Now, whenYellowstonereturns on Nov. 10, it will air its final episodes without Costner.

Plus, there are talks surrounding a next chapter for some of the characters in the flagship series.

It’s a real gift."