‘Yellowstone’ Meets ‘NCIS’ in First Teaser for Kayce Dutton’s Return in ‘Y: Marshals’

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Luke Grimes is back giving it the old yeehaw in the first action-packed glimpse of Y: Marshals, the upcoming spin-off of Yellowstone. CBS just dropped the first teaser for Y: Marshals via EW, and it’s basically Kayce with a proper law enforcement badge instead of the cow police, and it looks all the more exciting for it. The teaser doesn’t show much, just Kayce on horseback with other Marshals keeping an eye on a train, but you hear his voice talking about looking for a new beginning, which feels exactly right after where Yellowstone left him.

When we last saw him, Kayce wanted rid of his Dutton legacy, and space to carve out a new life free from the burden of the name for himself and his family. But let’s be real — peace has never really been an option for him. With John Dutton dead and the ranch coming apart, it makes sense that Kayce would get pulled into something bigger. Maybe the ranch was too full of ghosts, maybe the world outside needed someone like him more. Either way, him joining the Marshals feels like a natural fit.

Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Monica Dutton (Kelsey Asbille) sitting in a truck on 'Yellowstone'

Is Taylor Sheridan Involved With ‘Y: Marshals’?

No, he isn’t. Sheridan is an executive producer on the show but will have no creative involvement whatsoever. Some fans were worried it might lose that gritty Sheridan edge, but the teaser already shows Kayce chasing down a car on horseback, so it doesn’t look like they’re holding back. If anything, the procedural format might just give them more excuses to throw Kayce into danger every single week, with the same kind of high-stakes action we’re used to from Yellowstone.

The cast is a mix of familiar and new faces: Rainwater (Gil Birmingham), Mo (Moses Brings Plenty), and Tate (Brecken Merrill) are all back, while Logan Marshall-Green, Arielle Kebbel, and Ash Santos join in. It looks like the show is setting up another blend of family drama and law-and-order storytelling, but with Kayce front and center this time, which is a good thing, because he was always the best character away from the deplorable yet inexplicably popular Rip and Beth (Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly).

Y: Marshals hits CBS in 2026, and if the teaser is anything to go by, Kayce’s not done riding into trouble anytime soon. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.