After 'Yellowstone' and a twist of fate, Luke Grimes rides again as Kayce in 'Marshals'

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This story contains spoilers for the pilot of “Marshals.”When the curtain came down on “Yellowstone” last year, Kayce Dutton had finally found his happily-ever-after.The youngest son of wealthy rancher John Dutton (Kevin Costner) had secured a modest cabin in a mountainous region where he could reside in secluded peace with his beloved wife, Monica (Kelsey Asbille), and son, Tate (Brecken Merrill), far from the turbulent dysfunction of his family.“Kayce found his little peace of heaven, getting everything he ever wanted and fought for,” said Luke Grimes, who plays the soft-spoken Dutton in “Yellowstone.”Grimes reprises the role in CBS’ “Marshals,” which premiered Sunday.But in the new series, Kayce’s serenity has been brutally shattered, forcing him to find a new path forward after an unimaginable tragedy.The drama is the first of several planned spinoffs of “Yellowstone,” which became TV’s hottest scripted series during its five-season run.

And while some familiar faces return and events unfold against the magnificent backdrop of towering mountains and lush greenery, “Marshals” is definitely not “Yellowstone” 2.0.In “Marshals,” Kayce joins an elite squad of U.S.Marshals headed by his Navy SEAL teammate Pete Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green).

The drama combines two distinct brands — the gritty Western flavor of “Yellowstone” with the procedural genre, a flagship of CBS’ prime-time slate.During an interview at an exclusive club in downtown Los Angeles, Grimes expressed excitement about dusting off his cowboy hat and boots, though he admitted to having initial concerns about whether the project was a fit.“I had never watched a procedural before, so I had to do some homework on what that was,” Grimes said hours before the gala premiere of “Marshals” at the Autry Museum of the American West in Griffith Park.“And I just couldn�...