ABSOLUTE SH0CKER IN THE ‘MARSHALS’ FINALE: KAYCE DUTTON’S S0N IS KIDNAPPED BY A TOTALLY UNEXPECTED ENEMY!

Marshals season 1 ended with not one but two major cliffhangers.

During the episode, which aired Sunday, May 24, Chief Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) was the target of repeated attacks, and when Kayce (Luke Grimes) brought him to East Camp for protection, the violence followed.

As Kayce’s son Tate (Breckin Merrill) and Rainwater hid in the cabin, Mo Brings Plenty and Kayce were both on the defense as the ranch was invaded. Kayce took a bullet, but his Marshals teammates arrived just in time for backup. Cal (Logan Marshall-Green), Belle (Arielle Kebbel), Andrea (Ash Santos) and Miles (Tatanka Means) helped defend the ranch, but not before Tate got involved and killed one of the attackers to defend Rainwater.

In the aftermath of the attack, Tom Wheeler (Chris Mulkey) offered to take Tate to Texas to go fishing, which sounded like a reprieve to Kayce, who agreed. The final scene of the episode, though, revealed that Wheeler isn’t actually the ally Kayce thought he was.

Before Wheeler and Tate boarded his private plane for Texas, one of Wheeler’s henchmen arrived to tell him, “It’s handled.” It was the same man who was on the screen moments earlier threatening Cal and Belle while they were on an investigation.

The man pulled up in his pickup truck as Belle and Cal got ready to barge into a trailer. Through the window, they saw a man was dead inside. As the truck pulled away, two gunmen were revealed and opened fire on them. The screen cut to black before showing how Belle and Cal responded to the surprise attack. (See the scene here.)

The scene with Wheeler, though, confirmed that he was the one to make the call to take out Belle and Cal, which comes as a major twist after fans have gotten to know him all season long as a rancher and friend interested in buying Kayce’s land.

Andrea’s fate is also up in the air after the finale. She accepted the job in Washington, D.C., but she didn’t seem overly excited to leave given that the team hasn’t figured out who has been attacking Rainwater.

Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton, Ellie Jameson as Dolly Wheeler and Chris Mulkey as Tom Wheeler in ‘Marshals’.

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Marshals was renewed for season 2 just days after it premiered in March. According to CBS, 20 million viewers tuned in to the premiere episode.

“YOU gave us @marshalscbs season 2, thank you!” Kebbel wrote in an Instagram post after the news broke. “Finding out on the plane from NY to Austin is a moment I’ll remember forever.”

The Marshals season 1 finale can be streamed on Paramount+, and its slated to return for season 2 in the fall of 2026.