There are bad days at work, and then there are “lost in the freezing woods with a prisoner and no truck in sight” days that make you question everything that led to this point. The Yellowstone universe has never been especially kind to Kayce Dutton, but this week’s new episode of Marshals looks determined to make his new career path feel even more punishing than ranch life. Snow, a dangerous transport, and an old cabin waiting in the distance? Sounds peaceful. Surely nothing deadly and dramatic will happen there.

Collider is excited to exclusively debut a new sneak peek from Marshals Episode 11, which airs this week on CBS before streaming on Paramount+. The clip features Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton and Logan Marshall-Green as Pete Calvin as they escort a prisoner through the snowy woods, only to realize they are lost and can’t find the truck. That is not ideal under any circumstances, but it feels especially bad when the only shelter nearby appears to be an old cabin, which is basically television’s way of saying, “Please enjoy this extremely tense second location.”

The new episode continues the back stretch of Marshals Season 1, as Kayce’s work with the U.S. Marshals keeps pulling him into danger beyond the Dutton Ranch. After years of trying to outrun the violence tied to his family name, Kayce is now dealing with a different kind of threat, one that comes with badges, fugitives, federal pressure, and a team that keeps finding itself in the worst possible places at the worst possible times.

The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.

You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.

You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.

You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.

You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.

The cast also includes Arielle Kebbel (John Tucker Must Die, The Vampire Diaries) as Belle, Ash Santos (American Horror Story, True Story) as Andrea Cruz, Tatanka Means (Killers of the Flower Moon, The Son) as Thomas, Brett Cullen (Joker, Ghost Rider) as Harry Gifford, Brecken Merrill (Yellowstone, This Is Us) as Tate Dutton, Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone, The Revenant) as Mo, and Gil Birmingham (Wind River, Hell or High Water) as Thomas Rainwater.

The good news for Yellowstone fans is that Marshals is already coming back for more. CBS renewed the spin-off for Season 2 after its record-breaking premiere, so we know that Kayce’s new chapter isn’t being treated as a one-and-done extension of the franchise. With Season 2 already locked in, Marshals has room to keep building out Kayce’s life beyond the ranch, his bond with the team, and whatever fresh hell the job throws at him next.

Marshals airs new episodes on CBS and streams on Paramount+. Check out our exclusive sneak peek at the episode above and tune in on Sunday at 8 PM to find out what happens.

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CBS

Christopher Chulack, Greg Yaitanes

Spencer Hudnut, Tom Mularz, Dana Greenblatt

Logan Marshall-Green

Luke Grimes