Luke Grimes And ‘Marshals’ Cast Talks Season 2 of The Hit TV Show

Taylor Sheridan expanded his TV universe with Spencer Hudnut with Marshals. The second season is currently airing on CBS and Paramount+ with plenty of twists and turns, keeping audiences on the edge of their seats. Within the Yellowstone universe, this is probably my favorite spin-off yet! I had the pleasure of visiting the set and speaking to the cast about the second season. I chatted with Luke Grimes, Mo Brings Plenty, and Gil Birmingham.

Throughout my time on set, one of the biggest things that stood out to me was how much care goes into each level of the series. From the production design to the set design to the costumes, each layer of this show and attention to detail is so vital in making it work. I loved hearing stories about how they use specific Indian designers to care for the horses used on the set and the stunning locations used. It makes you appreciate the art more than just watching it on the TV.

Luke Grimes and Marshal’s Cast Talks Season 2 of the hit TV Show

Ricky Valero: Kayce has always been caught between his Dutton family legacy and his connection to Broken Rock, but in Season 2, he’s also trying to figure out how to be a father to Tate while carrying the weight of everything that’s happened. Do you see this season as Kayce finally breaking away from the cycle he grew up in, or is he starting to realize that no matter how hard he tries, he can’t escape it?

Luke Grimes: That’s a good question, man. You know, someone asked me recently in the press, like, “What would actually make Kayce happy?” What would end all of his drama for him? And I had to think about it for a second, and I think the thing is that as long as there’s, like, evil around, and long—as long as there are bad things happening, and he can’t be happy. And, you know, in a certain point in Yellowstone, you think he’s riding off into the sunset, and he’s got his 300 pair and his wife, kid, and his 5,000 acres, and maybe that’s going to be it.

But I think the beauty of this character is that it’s just not on the table for him. And at the end of the day, he has this calling to sort of help people, and he’s got this skill set and this calling that he didn’t ask for really. So even though the sort of drama of his family of origin is gone, all these things that sort of seem to be tying him down are gone. Like the thing that really is his need to make the world a better place.

Valero: Discussing Season 2, we’ve watched Mo and Rainwater stand together through so much. What would be harder for each of them, losing the fight to protect Broken Rock or realizing that the two of them no longer agree on protecting what actually matters?

Mo Brings Plenty: It would be having the inability to protect Broken Rock, first and foremost, because then people can disagree and we can always agree to disagree. As long as we’re doing the right thing for the tribe, that’s what matters the most. So it would be more heartbreaking to experience that.

Valero: Kayce has always had a complicated place between the Dutton family and Broken Rock. Do you think Rainwater and Mo see him as someone who can truly help protect their community, or will his badge inevitably create distance between them?

Gil Birmingham: I think Rainwater sees Kayce as always on that fence of understanding the world he lives in, especially coming from a SEAL in the military. There’s a certain psychological shift that makes them a warrior in that regard. But then when you actually see or learn the history, I think that’s what he got exposed to with Monica. Everything you’ve been told about the Native world has all been a lie, and now you see how different and how unequal it is.

So I think he’s got the skills, which he’s still doing with Marshals, and then when he can, he’ll utilize those. But he has more leeway because of the way he sees the world, and maybe that’s a bit of a saving grace, you know, because it’s not what society would deem socially acceptable, but society’s lying all the time.

Marshals Season 2 airs weekly on CBS and Paramount+.