“There’s a lot more on Rip’s shoulders this year,” Hauser tells EW.
John Dutton (Kevin Costner) has a hard time trusting people, and for good reason.
A lot of people have betrayed him.

Cole Hauser and Kevin Costner on ‘Yellowstone’.Emerson Miller/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
But if there’s one person he knows he can trust, it’s Rip (Cole Hauser).
And if there’s ever been a time when he’s needed to trust Rip, it’s now.
And that means he can’t always be around when the ranch needs him.
“He’s also putting more responsibility [on Rip] as someone who’s running the ranch.
He’s the governor, and he has lot of things going on in his own world.”
But, as Hauser puts it, Rip is going to be “wildly busy” whenYellowstonereturns.
Yellowstonereturns Sunday, Nov. 13 on Paramount connection.