
It’s been a little over a year since we bid farewell to Yellowstone, the flagship Paramount series that launched Taylor Sheridan into the cultural zeitgeist. About the same amount of time has passed in-universe as we catch up with Kayce Dutton on the upcoming sequel/spinoff Marshals. Critics watched the first three episodes of the neo-Western police procedural before they hit the 2026 TV schedule, so what are they saying about the next iteration of Dutton?

Here are 5 quick things to know if you want to watch Marshals but never watched Yellowstone.