CBS won\u2019t be without its biggest moneymaker this year, as the network breaks with its own tradition by bringing this series\u2019 second season back to viewers in the same year the first season aired. And while the franchise this show is set in has done this once before, back in 2022, it\u2019s definitely not the norm, as most seasons have ample time between them before returning to air, often leaving fans frustrated with the long wait.<\/p>\n
It seems safe for fans to get excited about the next season of Marshals, yet another Yellowstone spinoff<\/a> airing its second season later this year. The series takes place after the events of Yellowstone, focusing on Kayce Dutton as he joins the U.S. Marshals in an attempt to bring range justice and his unique brand of protection to Montana. Alongside his unit, which is made up of Pete Calvin, Belle Skinner, Andrea Cruz, and Miles Kittle, Kayce struggles to balance his duties of service against his duty to his family.<\/p>\n Can Marshals Hold Up to Yellowstone?<\/p>\n According to reviews of the first season, the answer is a resounding no: Marshals has garnered a paltry 42% from critics and an even more dismal 26% from casual viewers, with a consensus that the show is just a thin rewrite of any other procedural drama set in a rugged landscape. Critic Josh Rosenberg says<\/a>, \u201cKayce\u2019s life is now a kind of TV show that you\u2019ve seen countless times before. It doesn\u2019t have the same artfulness behind it, and the pacing barely leaves time for sweeping shots of the Montana valley or reflection of any kind.\u201d If you\u2019re already a fan of Yellowstone, it wouldn\u2019t be a stretch to assume that you\u2019d find something to enjoy about Marshals, but it\u2019s seemingly nothing to write home about.<\/p>\n General audiences, however, are struggling to find redeeming qualities in the series. \u201cI want to like it. I liked Kayce\u2019s character a lot, but the rest of the cast here makes it feel like a CSI episode,\u201d said one viewer<\/a>. Another followed up with<\/a>, \u201cYeah, the women characters in particular are written to seem tough, but it just sounds shallow and obnoxious. I find this is the issue with most of the women characters in Sheridan shows.\u201d And while Taylor Sheridan is merely an executive producer on Marshals, the show has his fingerprints all over it, even if it\u2019s unable to live up to the lightning-in-a-bottle moment that was Yellowstone. But there\u2019s always the chance that things will pick up in the second season, which is set to air this fall.<\/p>\n