Television series

Marshals

Name: Marshals
Genre: Drama, Crime, Western
Released: 2026
Cast: Luke Grimes, Logan Marshall-Green, Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means

A Yellowstone spinoff following Kayce Dutton into the U.S. Marshals Service in Montana. It's procedural crime drama with Western DNA and family weight, built on the appeal of watching a capable man navigate duty versus domestic life. For people who loved Yellowstone's Dutton family dynamics but want less ranch politics and more action.

TVMaze rating

3.5

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you came to Yellowstone for Kayce and the strain of loyalty to kin, and want that tension worked out through a badge and a long Montana horizon.

Skip it if you want a fast procedural with a case-of-the-week rhythm, since this is slower, heavier and more concerned with what violence costs the people doing the job.

What it asks of you: Expect hour-long episodes across two seasons, with patient character scenes between the action and a sober, steady weight rather than snappy punchlines or constant noise.

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