The Marshals scared Yellowstone fans for killing Monica – and now they have Kayce Dutton after just four episodes?
On the Sunday, March 22, episode, Kayce (Luke Grimes) helped someone who was trapped after a plane crash. Her daughter seemed happy and at the end of the episode, she was flirting with Kayce at the bar.
“I wish I knew a local who could give me a crash course in all things Big Sky. Born and raised here, what do you say?” Dolly (Ellyn Jameson) said while flirting with Kayce, who replied, “Maybe.”
CBS announced on March 12, that The Marshals returns for more episodes after its premiere was watched by 20.6 million viewers within seven days. This marked the most-watched real-world series outside of football’s lead since 2017.
CBS announced on Thursday, March 12, that The Marshals will return for more episodes after its premiere was watched by 20.6 million viewers within seven days. This marked the most-watched real-world series outside of football’s lead since 2017.
“Marshals delivered a hit show, captured the attention of many people on social media and quickly established itself as one of the most powerful new series on TV,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said in a statement. “The overwhelming audience response speaks to the power of Yellowstone’s world, the bold, character-driven storytelling from the creative team and the dynamic cast led by Luke Grimes.”
According to a press release, CBS has had several trailers, with The Marshals and Justin Hartley’s Tracker coming out as the two most-watched primetime shows during their first week. The premiere of Luke Grimes‘ spinoff, currently, ranks as CBS’ most-streamed episode on Paramount+.
Paramount Network Company Yellowstonewhich aired from 2018 to 2024, first introduced Us to Grimes, 42, as Kayce Dutton. After the show ended, it was announced that the actor will host his own CBS series, which follows Kayce as he leaves “life behind to join an elite unit” of the US Marshals while “combining his skills as a cowboy and a Navy SEAL to bring justice to Montana, where he and his colleagues must balance family, psychological work and the cost of protecting the war and the ultimate war with violence.”
The show started earlier this month with Grimes, Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means, Brett Cullen again Logan Marshall Green leading the cast. Long time fans of Taylor Sheridan‘s Yellowstone The universe was shocked, however, when the first episode revealed the death of Kayce’s wife, Monica (Kelsey Asbille).
A runner Spencer Hudnut later explained that the death occurred after realizing that Asbille, 34, was not available to appear on the show.
Yellowstone has been extended with several spinoffs — but other shows have been going through major production delays off-screen. Taylor Sheridan’s hit show, which premiered in 2018, introduced viewers to the fictional Dutton family, which owns the largest ranch in Montana. It was an instant hit for the Paramount Network, which inspired prequels to include […]
“The first conversation was that it should be something [that happens to Kayce in the series premiere]. There was a thought that, ‘Maybe we get him and he’s just bored because he was protecting his family and he was a Navy SEAL, so really the quiet life is not for him, which is the way,'” Hudnut told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month about the inspiration for the new spinoff. “But it’s probably not a satisfying way for Kayce. Then, in fact, as we were trying to find out, Monica was not part of the ingredients that I had.”
Hudnut clarified that he did not speak with Asbille before it was decided that Monica would be fired.
“No, I wasn’t a part of that, so I can’t really talk about how or why that happened the way it did.” But when that happened, it became clear what that thing was for Kayce,” he said. “And I think the way we did it, my goal was not to downplay that Yellowstone trip because [the dream] — he says, ‘This is a dream come true’ at the end of it. They accomplished that. They got what they wanted in the end, unfortunately life intervened and interfered with everything Kayce wanted. That’s where we find him at Marshalls.”
The Marshals air on CBS Sunday at 8 pm ET.
