--- title: "Marshals" year: 2026 kind: "series" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/marshals" fi1m_id: "marshals" imdb_id: "tt36849871" tmdb_id: 290856 wikidata_id: "Q134416903" fi1m_score: 44 critics_score: 40 critics_reviews: 4 published: "2026-09-24T20:28:14.217850+00:00" updated: "2026-09-24T20:28:44.777989+00:00" region: "US" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Marshals (2026) Created by Spencer Hudnut · MPA TV-14 · Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure ## Identity Marshals - **Canonical:** https://film.one/tv/marshals - **Type:** Series - **Fi1m ID:** marshals - **IMDb ID:** tt36849871 - **TMDB ID:** 290856 - **Wikidata ID:** Q134416903 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36849871/, https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/290856, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134416903 **Fi1m score: 44** · Critics 40 (early) from 4 reviews *In a sentence:* A Yellowstone spin-off in which the most interesting man on screen is, once again, not a Dutton > Spencer Hudnut moves Kayce Dutton from the ranch to a Marshals task force and finds a procedural where a saga used to be. Luke Grimes and Gil Birmingham do good, quiet work; the cases around them could belong to any network cop show. ## Synopsis Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) has left the family ranch and taken a badge with the US Marshals in Montana. He works out of a small task force with Pete Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green), Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel), Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) and Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means), chasing fugitives across the state a case at a time. His son Tate (Brecken Merrill) comes with him. On the Broken Rock reservation, Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and Mo (Moses Brings Plenty) have their own dealings with federal law and their own reasons to keep it at a distance. Kayce wants a job that is his and not his father’s; the first season’s thirteen episodes give him a warrant a week and a reservation next door. ## Review Spencer Hudnut’s *Marshals* takes Kayce Dutton, the quiet son from Taylor Sheridan’s *Yellowstone*, and gives him a badge, a truck and a case a week. The tagline calls it a new era of Yellowstone. What it is, in practice, is a competently made American crime procedural with a famous surname attached, and the surname does most of the work. The first season runs to thirteen episodes. Luke Grimes was always the stillest thing in the parent show, and he is still good at it here. He plays Kayce as a man who would rather not speak and does not trust anyone who speaks easily, which is a workable centre for a cop show if the cop show is willing to be quiet with him. Logan Marshall-Green’s Pete Calvin is the one who fills the silence, and the scenes with the two of them in a vehicle, one talking and one not, are the closest the series comes to a voice of its own. It is a decent double act, and not, over thirteen hours, a substitute for a story. The story that does hold is on the Broken Rock reservation. Gil Birmingham’s Thomas Rainwater has spent years being the most measured man in Sheridan’s Montana, and he still is; he speaks slowly, says less than he knows, and the directors keep the camera on him longer than on anyone else because they have plainly worked out that he can carry it. Moses Brings Plenty’s Mo stands at his shoulder. The question of who polices the reservation, and on whose authority, is the one place the series seems to care about the answer. We sat forward each time the show went there, and slumped back a little each time it left. It leaves often. The Marshals’ cases are the weekly business and they are ordinary: a fugitive, a warehouse, a stand-off, an arrest before the credits. Seven directors are credited across the season, four editors and three cinematographers, and the effect is of a rota rather than a hand. Eric Leach, Thomas Yatsko and Christopher Faloona shoot the plains and the low sun well enough, as anyone with that landscape would, and then the show goes indoors to the rooms Maria Caso has dressed as a federal office, and the light goes flat and the coverage goes standard. Brian Tyler, who wrote the music for *Yellowstone*, shares the score with Breton Vivian, and the strings swell where a series of this kind always swells. Somewhere in the middle episodes we realised we had stopped listening to the dialogue and were watching the weather behind it. That is not a compliment to the dialogue. Arielle Kebbel’s Belle Skinner, Ash Santos’s Andrea Cruz and Tatanka Means’s Miles Kittle round out the task force, and each is given a job description in place of a character; Means in particular has a presence the scripts do not use. Brecken Merrill’s Tate is on hand to remind Kayce, and us, that there is a family to be worried about. Seven writers are credited, and the lines are functional, the kind that tell you the plan and then tell you the plan has gone wrong. The genre has done this better. [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified) put a US Marshal back in the state he grew up in and made every case a conversation about the man; *Marshals* puts one in Montana and makes every case a case. Against *Yellowstone* itself the comparison is stranger. That show was often absurd and always sure of itself, and this one is neither; the rows here happen in offices, at normal volume. Most critics have landed near where we have, and the one dissent so far argues that the show is still finding itself, which may be true. If you followed the Duttons to the end and want to know how Kayce is getting on, there is an evening or several here, with a 12 certificate and nothing in it to frighten anyone. If you did not, the series gives you little reason to start now, and Birmingham deserves a show that has one. *Fi1m score 44, published 24 September 2026.* ## Straight answers **Is Marshals worth watching?** *Marshals* is worth watching only if you followed *Yellowstone* to the end and want to know how Kayce Dutton is getting on; we scored it 44. Luke Grimes and Gil Birmingham do good, quiet work, but the weekly cases could belong to any network cop show. Newcomers to the Duttons will find little reason to start here. **How long is Marshals, and what is it rated?** *Marshals* is rated TV-14 by the MPA in the US. It is a drama and crime series. **Where can I watch Marshals in the US?** *Marshals* is streaming on Paramount+, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel and Apple TV in the US, and it is also available to buy from Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. Availability is checked daily; the links above go straight to each service. **How violent or frightening is Marshals, and is it suitable for children?** *Marshals* carries a UK 12 certificate and there is nothing in it to frighten anyone. The cases run to fugitives, stand-offs and arrests, handled at the moderate level of a network procedural, and the rows happen in offices at normal volume. It is fine for teenagers, and dull rather than disturbing for younger children. **How does Marshals compare to Justified?** *Marshals* is the weaker series by some distance, and [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified) is the one to choose if you have not seen either. Both put a US Marshal back in familiar country, but *Justified* makes every arrest an argument about the man, while *Marshals* makes every case a case. Only Yellowstone completists need the Montana version. **What should I watch after Marshals?** After *Marshals*, try [*Justified*](https://film.one/tv/justified) (2010, Fi1m 87): A US Marshal goes home to Kentucky and every arrest becomes an argument about him. Then [*Wind River*](https://film.one/film/wind-river) (2017, Fi1m 76): Sheridan’s own reservation crime story: cold, spare and about something. ### Reviews we read (4) - **Variety**, Alison Herman (40/100, inferred): Herman finds the series a workmanlike, cookie-cutter procedural that largely lacks the distinctive panache of Yellowstone. She praises the Broken Rock storylines and Gil Birmingham’s gravitas as more compelling than the generic crime plots. [Read](https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/marshals-review-yellowstone-spinoff-cbs-1236672925/) - **The Hollywood Reporter**, Angie Han (30/100, inferred): Han finds the series too reliant on Yellowstone lore to give Kayce a compelling identity of his own. She praises the supporting cast’s chemistry, especially Logan Marshall-Green as Calvin, but says the show offers newcomers little reason to care about the Duttons. [Read](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/marshals-review-cbs-yellowstone-luke-grimes-1236516313/) - **Collider**, Michael John Petty (7/10): The critic finds the spin-off promising as it develops an identity beyond Yellowstone, despite some growing pains. He praises Luke Grimes’s performance and the chemistry with Logan Marshall-Green, while noting that some dialogue needs fine-tuning. [Read](https://collider.com/marshals-review-yellowstone-spin-off-taylor-sheridan-kayce-dutton/) - **/Film**, Joe Roberts (25/100, inferred): Roberts finds the episode an unsuccessful imitation of True Detective rather than a successful installment. He singles out the near-copying of its undercover motorcycle-gang storyline, down to the gang’s name and a bald, bearded character. [Read](https://www.slashfilm.com/2142150/marshals-episode-6-best-storylines-tv-history-true-detective/) ## Details - **Created by:** Spencer Hudnut - **Creator:** Spencer Hudnut - **Director:** Christopher Chulack, Guy Ferland, Greg Yaitanes, Gonzalo Amat, John Erick Dowdle, Darren Grant, Ruben Garcia - **Writer:** Tom Mularz, Dana Greenblatt, Spencer Hudnut, Jim Adler, Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., Maggie Schroeder, Mark Semos - **Cinematography:** Christopher Faloona, Eric Leach, Thomas Yatsko - **Editor:** Orlando Machado Jr., John M. Vitale, Jason Cherella, Amy Fleming - **Music:** Breton Vivian, Brian Tyler - **Production design:** Maria Caso - **Producer:** Sandra Nebel - **Cast:** Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton; Logan Marshall-Green as Pete Calvin; Arielle Kebbel as Belle Skinner; Ash Santos as Andrea Cruz; Tatanka Means as Miles Kittle; Brecken Merrill as Tate Dutton; Moses Brings Plenty as Mo; Gil Birmingham as Thomas Rainwater - **Certificate (MPA):** TV-14 - **Release (the US):** 1 March 2026 - **Genres:** Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure - **Trailer:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGKuQa6ulEQ ## Where to watch in the US - Paramount+: streaming - Amazon Prime Video: add-on, uhd - The Roku Channel: add-on, hd - Apple TV: add-on, uhd - Amazon Prime Video: buy, uhd - Apple TV: buy, hd *Checked 2026-09-24.* Also available in: AR, AT, AU, BE, BG, BR, CA, CH, CL, CO, CZ, DE, DK, EC, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, ID, IE, IS, IT, LT, MX, MY, NL, NO, PA, PE, PH, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SG, SI, SK, TH, TR, UA, US. Add `?region=XX` to this URL for another country. ## If you liked this - *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87: A US Marshal goes home to Kentucky and every arrest becomes an argument about him — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md) - *Wind River* (2017), Fi1m 76: Sheridan’s own reservation crime story: cold, spare and about something — [Fi1m page](https://film.one/film/wind-river.md) - *Dark Winds* (2022): Navajo Tribal Police in the 1970s; the reservation strand this show keeps abandoning - *Mystery Road* (2018): An Aboriginal detective in the outback; the same dust, better silences - *Hinterland* (2013): Welsh rural policing where the weather does the acting, which we mean kindly --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/tv/marshals