Kayce Dutton is back, and he appears to be alone.
Luke Grimes, who became a fan favorite while portraying the youngest biological son of Kevin Costner’s John Dutton in “Yellowstone,” gave viewers a first look at Kayce in action in the first trailer for “Marshals.”
Released on Friday, the sneak peek at the upcoming CBS series showed Grimes’ Kayce sleeping alone after suffering an unspecified tragedy. He is also shown visiting someone’s grave.
The last time fans saw Kayce was during the series finale of “Yellowstone” in Dec. 2024. He had sold off the Dutton family’s Montana ranch and was looking forward to embracing a fresh start with his wife, Monica (Kelsey Asbille), and their son, Tate (Brecken Merrill).
Asbille’s Monica, however, was mysteriously absent from the newly released “Marshals” trailer, while Absille’s name has been notably missing from the official cast list for the latest “Yellowstone” spinoff.
“Yellowstone is gone, same for most of my family,” Kayce says in one cryptic scene from the trailer. “As for vengeance, the day is still young.”
Meanwhile, “Yellowstone” stars Gil Birmingham (Chief Thomas Rainwater) and Mo Brings Plenty (Mo) have been confirmed to be returning alongside Grimes for “Marshals.”
The Post has reached out to Asbille’s reps for comment.
Scheduled to premiere on CBS on March 1, “Marshals” will follow Grimes’ Kayce as he joins a specialized group of US Marshals tasked with protecting Montana.
“With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana,” reads an official logline for the upcoming neo-Western series.
It continued, “Kayce and his teammates — Pete Calvin (Logan Marshall-Green), Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel), Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) and Miles Kittle (Tatanka Means) – must balance the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence with their duty to their families, which for Kayce includes his son Tate (Merrill) and his confidantes Mo (Brings Plenty) and Thomas Rainwater (Birmingham) from the Broken Rock reservation.”
Although Grimes admitted that he was initially hesitant to reprise his role as Kayce after the character’s “perfect” ending at the conclusion of “Yellowstone,” he was drawn back in after showrunner Spencer Hudnut pitched him a “very, very good” idea.
“He has his dream life now, so now what does he do?” Grimes, 42, told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2025. “I think we left him in a perfect place.”
“Then the new showrunner, Spencer, called, and he had an idea that was very, very good,” he continued. “And that was it. I was like, ‘Ok, that makes sense. And that opens up a whole new world for him, and we get to see him be a different Kayce than we’ve ever seen.’”
But “Marshals” isn’t the only spinoff from creator Taylor Sheridan to premiere this year.
“The Madison,” another “Yellowstone” offshoot starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell as Stacy and Preston Clyburn, releases on Paramount+ on March 14.
Described as a “profound love story channeled through a deeply personal family drama about resilience and transformation” and Sheridan’s “most intimate work to date,” that neo-Western series will follow the Clyburns after they relocate from New York City to the Madison River valley of central Montana.
