'The fights are another level': I asked the cast of The Madison what to expect from the season 1 finale — and their answer is giving me Yellowstone flashbacks

Maybe we can bridge the two shows together after all

19 Mar 2026, 10:00 · TechRadar

Features By Jasmine Valentine published 19 March 2026

Sorry, but I just love these two together (Image credit: Paramount)

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Guys, I've got a bone to pick with you. I know we're only halfway through new Taylor Sheridan show The Madison — with episodes 1-3 now available to stream on Paramount+ — but I fear it's been written off far too quickly.

Even before it was publicly released, I knew many fans would be disappointed by how far removed it feels from Yellowstone. If anything, it's much more akin to Netflix smash-hit Virgin River, which means the soap opera vibes are laid on thick.

Granted, the move isn't going to be for everyone, particularly after The Madison was incorrectly reported to be a direct Yellowstone spinoff when it was first announced.

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But the similarities to Yellowstone and the Dutton Ranch are more obvious than you might think. In fact, with episodes 4-6 still to go (releasing on March 21), the two shows might feel even more like sisters thanks to the "next-level fights" the cast is promising.

'The stakes just get higher and higher'

"I think it's more of the same, but I mean that in the best way," Patrick J. Adams, who plays Russell, tells me when I ask what we should expect from The Madison episodes 4-6.

"There's no big bad corporation coming for us in the end. This is about the family moving through these feelings and the process of grief and transformation... how much can we trust each other, how much we want to rely on each other. How comfortable do we want to become in this environment?

"I think the stakes just get higher and higher as we continue to process these really big feelings and try and figure out what kind of family this is going to be at the end of it all."

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