Fans of Marshals that were upset with the show trying to introduce a new love interest for Kayce Dutton in Season 1 aren’t going to like this Season 2 update from Luke Grimes.
The Kayce Dutton-focused Yellowstone spinoff has already aired its first season, and soon, Season 2 will premiere on CBS. Much of the spinoff’s early storyline revolved around Luke Grimes’ character moving on after the death of his wife, Monica. There were a lot of fans that expressed their happiness about Kayce’s wife being killed off… but some of those same fans started complaining when the show’s writers started making Kayce move on a little too fast.
In Season 1’s fourth episode, titled “The Gathering Storm,” the U.S. Marshals found themselves helping a rancher who got into an accident up in the mountains. Through that rescue mission, they met the rancher’s daughter – named Dolly (played by Ellyn Jameson). Immediately, the series implied that there’s some chemistry between Kayce and the woman he’s met. Going by the timeline of the show, that all played out only a couple of months after Monica passed.
Obviously, fans don’t want Kayce Dutton to be miserable for the rest of his life. But they thought introducing a romantic interest that soon was a little too much. And to those fans… I hate to say this, but you might need to prepare yourself for more of the same from Marshals in Season 2.
In an interview with EW, Grimes says that the second season will see Kayce Dutton getting out and hanging with his crew more. The actor behind the beloved Yellowstone character also hinted at “getting out of his shell” and being lonely:
“He’s hanging out with everybody a little more. He’s going to the bar a little more. He starts to get a glimpse of his future and what he’s seeing seems very lonely. He’s gonna have to start seeking community somewhere. He starts to try to invest in his relationships with his teammates, and I think it gets him out of his shell in a good way.”
Lonely? Getting out of his shell? Yeah, I think it’s a safe bet for Kayce Dutton to end up with someone romantically by the end of Season 2.
In that same interview, Grimes was asked if Kayce would be more open to entering back into a relationship in the show’s sophomore season, and the actor didn’t say no. In fact, he said yes… as long as it’s done the right way:
“Yeah, I think so — obviously slowly and cautiously… (Showrunner) Spencer Hudnut and I have talked about: How we do that in the way that the audience allows it and doesn’t get upset by it? Some time has passed, and I think we have to put Kayce in some situations where you don’t blame him for wanting to open up that way.”
“It starts to kind of feel like a real person. It’s very confusing sometimes. He’s been in my life for a very long time. I want him to be happy.”
Will making Kayce Dutton happy make everyone watching unhappy? I guess we’ll see how that works out in Season 2. The first episode of the second season of Marshals is set air on Sunday, October 4.
