Yellowstone is full of potential, but it often gets lost underneath a thick layer of manufactured drama

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"For a show that spends so much of its time weighing the consequences of the pain that humans can cause themselves, each other, and the world around them, Yellowstone can be pretty funny when it wants to be," Steve Greene says of the Paramount Network series, returning for Season 2 on Wednesday. "It’s one example of how, when the Paramount Network series hits pause on its tortured meditations on political power and leaden family drama, there’s a wealth of potential that lies just beneath the surface. Season 2 returns with a slightly better understanding of what it can do within its confines, but this is still a show with a mammoth to-do list. It’s a size befitting of the wide-open backdrop it’s set against and one that leads to a still-overstuffed drama of all kinds, even if more of it clicks after some time away."