Taylor Sheridan missed the ultimate "Ace Card" with the Costner exit...

​The biggest missed opportunity in TV history was not just replacing Kevin Costner with Bob Obenkirk the second he walked away.

Taylor Sheridan could have pulled the ultimate power move: the camera pans up in the Season 5 premiere, and it’s just Bob in a Stetson. No explanation, no "long-lost cousin" plot, just straight-up Obenkirk playing John Dutton like nothing happened.

​The funniest part is that half the audience wouldn't even notice. He’s got the gravelly voice and the "don't mess with my land" stare down to a science.

Instead of fighting Market Equities with a rifle, he’d just find a zoning loophole from 1974 and settle the whole war with a class-action lawsuit and a handful of burner phones. We were truly robbed of "Better Call John."