Taylor Sheridan Makes Amends For Kevin Costner’s Worst Yellowstone Crime In Kayce’s Marshals

Marshals is Taylor Sheridan’s way of making up for Kevin Costner’s worst trait as John Dutton III in Yellowstone. Playing the Dutton family patriarch, Costner was the face of the neo-Western hit throughout the majority of its run on Paramount Network. While Yellowstone was an ensemble, with the rest of the cast getting their own storylines, John III was at its center — at least until Costner was involved in it. Even after John III’s death, the tragedy shaped the final episodes of the show.

As Kayce continues the Dutton legacy in Marshals, his story takes an unexpected turn with the death of Monica. This sets him down a brand-new path, joining the U.S. Marshals instead of living the quiet life that he always wanted with his family at East Camp. The CBS show hasn’t fully done a deep dive into the specifics of the tragedy, but it’s obviously an important incident for both of Kayce’s professional and personal arcs. Now, he is left to raise Tate on his own, which poses its own set of challenges