A new era for the Yellowstone universe arrived with the release of Marshals in March. Despite becoming the franchise’s most divisive entry yet, the pedigree helped turn it into one of the year’s biggest streaming and network TV hits. Marshals averaged an impressive 25.24 million viewers within 35 days of its premiere, making it the most-watched broadcast TV series of 2026. With numbers like that, a renewal was inevitable, and it wasn’t long before Paramount and CBS announced their decision to bring back Kayce Dutton for another round of crime-fighting. Production got underway almost immediately in Park City, Utah, and a newly released teaser now offers the first glimpse of what’s in store for the next chapter.
For the uninitiated, Marshals follows Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes), the youngest member of the Dutton family, whose story appeared to reach a satisfying conclusion in the original series. The spin-off charts a new path for the former Navy SEAL as he leaves the Yellowstone Ranch behind and joins an elite team of U.S. Marshals dedicated to protecting the people of Montana. Kayce’s transition hasn’t been he’s already seen a major personal loss with the death of his wife, Monica (Kelsey Asbille), a creative decision that didn’t sit well with some fans. However, the tragedy gives Kayce’s personal journey fresh emotional stakes with a couple of potential love interests already being teased.
Marshals Season 1 wrapped up with several loose threads, and Season 2 looks set to waste no time picking up where things left off. The finale, in particular, left the fates of Belle (Arielle Kebbel) and Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) uncertain after the pair were ambushed by gunmen working for criminal mastermind Tom Wheeler (Chris Mulkey). Both actors have since been confirmed to return, guaranteeing they survived the attack. The new teaser, which you can watch here, hints at greater dangers ahead for Kayce. The opening sequence sees the ranger held at gunpoint as a heated exchange ensues over the infamous Dutton legacy, before he swiftly launches a counter-attack. Later, he’s seen in a horse-and-car chase that ends in disaster for the other party. Elsewhere, the trailer also features the return of a couple of other cast members, including Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham).
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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When Is ‘Marshals’ Season 2 Releasing?
The new Season 2 trailer arrives barely two months after the Season 1 finale, showing that production is moving quickly toward an early return. With Season 1 receiving a divisive response from fans, the pressure is now on the next chapter to win over a broader portion of the Yellowstone audience.
Paramount+ has not announced an official release date, but given the pace of production, new episodes can realistically arrive this fall. Additional cast members are also expected to join the series, with details likely to be revealed in the coming weeks. Alongside the previously confirmed returning cast, Ash Santos is expected back as Andrea, while Brecken Merrill will reprise his role as Kayce’s son, Tate Dutton. Ahead of the new chapter, Paramount recently announced a DVD release for Season 1, set to hit shelves this summer. Stay tuned for more updates.
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