Filming the last season of yellow stone left his cast in search of giving their best until the last camera finished recording, as Kelly Reilly remember.

Speaking to PEOPLE, Reilly, 47, who plays Beth Dutton on the hit western drama series, says the show’s cast specifically intended to “lay it all out” to yellow stoneThe final episodes.

“There were times when we would all just look around and appreciate the moment, the beautiful day, or the situation that had just happened… and you’d say, ‘Well, this might be the last time we get to do this.’ So there was a savoring,” the star shares of the show’s return to filming, which took place in May. “Certainly for me, and I really felt this with a lot of cast members who wanted to put it all out there this year.”

Reilly continues: “It was like, ‘Let’s give it our all and let’s give these characters and the series the ending they deserve.’ And the fans, because people have gone on this adventure with us.”

The final episodes debut on November 10. almost two years since the midseason finale. Reilly says not being able to give fans a season each year was “difficult” for the cast. “But anyway, we have these six episodes, these last six episodes to finish this chapter of yellow stone and they are quite epic and complete,” he shares.

When fans last saw yellow stonetheir characters were immersed in the turmoil that was brewing at the Dutton ranch. Beth was right in the middle of it all while her father, John (Kevin Costner) the right hand of ) helping to preserve the ranch. With responsibilities on that front, conflicts with his brother Jamie (Wes Bentley) and outside forces, as well as increasing responsibilities to her husband Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) and his pseudo-adopted son Carter (Finn Little), Reilly highlights the “pretty emotional” final episodes to come.

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“There was a real mentality of doing something together that felt important,” Reilly says of his and the cast’s work. “And I think we feel that way this year with this show, being the end of this chapter, the end of this story, this saga, this moment in time in Dutton’s story… we felt really protective about delivering the “It will be the last season, I hope for the best.”

Ultimately, Reilly acknowledges that there was a “change of gratitude to be back, to be working” with his castmates when they returned to Montana to conclude season 5. (Costner did not return to the show due to scheduling conflicts.)

“Our industry has taken such a big hit… everyone coming back to work has been a very different experience. So there was a huge amount of gratitude and not taking for granted that we’re all going to get back to doing what we all love to do.” , even when the circumstances were not always perfect, or difficult, but we were happy to see each other and be back where we know this place, we know each other, I think there was a lot of feeling of returning home, but. last.”

yellow stone returns Sunday, November 10 at 8 pm ET/PT on Paramount Network. All five seasons are streaming on Peacock and Paramount+.