Yellowstone’s Marshals Teases Multiple Main Character Deaths
Yellowstone‘s Marshals just raised the stakes with an explosive cliffhanger that teased potential onscreen deaths of multiple main characters.
During the Friday, October 25, episode, Kayce (Luke Grimes), Andrea (Ash Santos) and the rest of the team came together to help Cal (Logan Marshall-Green) track down a fugitive. They are able to find him but a shooting escalated the situation. The criminal was bleeding out as Kayce and Andrea found him — but he was still able to pull the trigger on a bomb that exploded while the duo were still inside.
The CBS series ended with a “To Be Continued” message after previously hinting at multiple main characters not making it. Season 1, which aired earlier this year, ended with Cal and Belle (Arielle Kebbel) seemingly at risk.
Marshall-Green, 49, and Kebbel, later reflected on the twist.
“After reading that big cliffhanger, I should have asked myself if Belle survives! But the truth is that I’m so used to Belle being in precarious situations almost every episode,” Kebbel told The Hollywood Reporter in May. “And even though both Belle and Cal are there, it felt in that moment that, because Cal is in front, he’s the one in more in danger. I’m behind him, based on where we ended the episode. So when I read it, my head went to, ‘What’s going to happen to Cal?’”
Looking ahead, Marshall-Green made it clear he had no plans to leave the show, adding, “I love employment! I love steady income, and I love more than anything this crew and this cast. I could easily see myself making this show for many years.”
He continued: “Now — where is the story juiciest, now that we’re dealing with a subject matter like cancer? I don’t wanna sugarcoat it. I don’t want kid gloves on. I don’t want a safe approach. I want Cal to go through it, because I think that is the duty to these men and women who come back from uniform.”
Marshall-Green had faith in the show’s creative team.
“And maybe there’s a way, with the advancement of treatments, to have both worlds. But really, in the end, it’s about what stories are left to tell,” he continued. “That’s up to Yana Grebenyuk Spencer [Hudnut] and the writers, and also Luke [Grimes]. Luke’s been playing this role for a long time. But I think I can speak for everybody when I say that we love coming to work, and, boy, do we come to work. The first season was a grueling shoot.”
Marshals airs on CBS Sundays at 8 p.m. ET before streaming the next day on Paramount+.
