Which Marshals – As Yellowstone’s Kayce-centered spinoff Marshals heads into season 2, the season 1 finale’s raid-driven teases of deaths leave fans scanning the cast list. Here’s who’s confirmed to return—and which characters’ futures hang in the balance.
The season 1 finale of Marshals landed like a warning shot—especially after a raid left key characters’ lives hanging in the balance. Now. as the Yellowstone universe expands again with a return for season 2. the question fans can’t stop asking is simple: who actually comes back after the deaths the finale seemed to hint at?.
Marshals returns on CBS, with Luke Grimes reprising Kayce Dutton. The Paramount Network show Yellowstone premiered in 2018 and ran until it ended in 2024. and the spinoff is now centered on Kayce as he trades ranching life for an elite assignment. The official synopsis sets the tone: Kayce leaves “ranching life behind to join an elite unit” of the U.S. Marshals, “combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL” to bring “range justice” to Montana. It also frames the cost of the job—“the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.”.
In addition to Luke Grimes, the series stars Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means, Brett Cullen and Logan Marshall Green.
So, who’s returning after the season 1 finale’s death and cast-exit tease?
Luke Grimes
Kayce is coming back—there wouldn’t be Marshals without Grimes.
Logan Marshall-Green
Cal’s life was left up in the air in the season 1 finale following a raid.
Arielle Kebbel
Kebbel’s Belle was also part of the raid that teased a shooting.
Ash Santos
As of the season 1 finale, Santos’ character Andrea was considering a move out of Montana.
Tatanka Means
Miles will be back when the show returns for a sophomore season on CBS.
Brecken Merrill
Tate, a.k.a. Kayce’s son, is expected to return after the season 1 finale put his life in danger.
Mo Brings Plenty
Mo will be back in season 2 of the Yellowstone spinoff.
Gil Birmingham
Gil Birmingham returns as Thomas Rainwater, who played a large role in season 1.
What makes the lineup feel so tense is how directly the season 1 finale appears to have set the stakes around a single breaking point: the raid. With Grimes confirmed to return as the show’s core. the cast list that follows reads like a mix of answered survival and looming uncertainty—each character tethered to the moment the finale turned violent and personal.
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