The previous installment of the series had 8 episodes.

The actor noted that he expects he will be saddling up once more as young John Dutton for Season 5, Part 2, following communications with the series creator Taylor Sheridan. He said:

"I did text Taylor [Sheridan, co-creator] a couple of months back and said, 'Hey man, I’ve loved working on the show so much'. He’s like, 'well we’ll be back'. I think we're going to do ten or so more episodes and wrap up the story."