“Marshals” Episode 7 Recap: Kayce Entertains A New Romance
on Apr 12, 2026
Yellowstone‘s Sequel Show Marshals Is On A Roll
After the hit show Yellowstone ended, we never knew if we’d ever get more of sole remaining Dutton brother, Kayce’s story. But thankfully, not long after the series ended, it was announced that Kayce would get his own show on CBS titled Marshals.
The show follows Kayce and his son Tate navigating the loss of his wife, Monica, and forging a new path for them both. After reconnecting with an old Navy SEAL buddy, Pete “Cal” Calvin, played by Logan Marshall-Green, Kayce joins his team of US Marshals.
Familiar characters like Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and Mo (Mo Brings Plenty) return in this new show as confidants to Kayce, especially now that Monica is gone.
Despite the pushback of Kayce’s hiring by Chief U.S. Marshal Harry Gifford (Brett Cullen), Kayce uses his knowledge of the area and his gut instincts to prove that he is a vital member of the team, which consists of Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos), Belle Skinner (Arielle Kebbel), and Tatanka Means (Miles Kittle).
Episode 7: “Family Business”
Episode 7 aired on CBS on Sunday, April 12 at 8 PM ET, and will be available for streaming the next day. Titled “Family Business,” the episode begins with a federal judge, her husband, and children, are nearly killed with a car bomb.
The Marshals team is tasked with protecting them, and also figure out the people behind it.
Cal, Belle, and Miles stay with the family with Andrea and Kayce hunt down the suspect, who the judge sent to prison many years ago and is seeking revenge.
While spending time protecting them, the team figures out that Judge Ayers’ “family business” isn’t as squeaky clean as one might think. They all has unresolved resentment towards each other, beginning with Blake, who resents his wife for always putting work first. Fallon, their daughter, resents her mom because she is not allowed to attend a music festival.
Suddenly, shots ring out and since they are clearly not safe in their home anymore, they must move locations. The team decides to take Judge Ayers back to Marshals HQ and to take Blake and Fallon off the grid to Kayce’s house.
Kayce and Andrea had the suspect in custody when the judge and her family were shot at, so clearly they had the wrong guy. The duo then get saddled with watching Blake and Fallon while the rest keep digging.
The team goes back to the judges’ house to look for more clues and discover fake passports hidden in the walls. They look into Blake, who said he ran a charity which supplies medical supplies overseas. Turns out, he actually helps smuggle guns to revolutionaries in Equatorial Guinea. So now we know that he is the target and not his wife.
As the Marshals put the pieces together, we see Blake escape from Kayce’s home to meet up with the people who tried to kill him and his family. Instead of a civil meeting, they of course kidnapped him. Thanks to his wife being a judge, she signed off on warrants to track them down. Turns out, they are Delta Force operatives that conveniently live near Kayce.
Kayce and Andrea approach the men and Blake and despite Andrea reminding Kayce that the higher ups will want the suspects alive to interrogate them. In true Kayce fashion, he goes in alone, without backup, and kills everyone to save Blake.
Although their family is safe, Fallon asks Andrea and Kayce if her dad is a monster. She asked the right people because Andrea’s dad, who was a police officer, and Kayce’s dad were both murdered because of their jobs.
“No father is perfect,” Kayce tells her.
The Action-Packed Episode Turns Romantic
The episode title “Family Business” also comes into play throughout the episode as we delve into the romantic lives of each team member.
Earlier in the episode, Cal saw Belle’s husband kissing another woman in a parking lot. He wrestled with how to tell her the entire episode until she finally asked him what was going on and why he was being so weird. Reluctantly, he told her and she wasn’t surprised. In fact, she told Cal that her husband is supposed to be more discreet.
She explains that her undercover work put a strain on their marriage, so now they have an agreement that they can each see other people in secret, and at the end of the day, they are staying “together” for their son. After more drinking, Cal and Belle share a kiss, but Belle pulls away and says it’s a bad idea. Fans have been waiting for this moment all season, and it’ll be fun to see what happens next between them!
When it comes to Kayce, he is paid a surprise visit by Dolly Weaver, the woman whose father Kayce helped save in the helicopter crash in Episode Four. They go for a ride around his property, fulfilling her flirty request from the end of Episode 4 to show her around, when her father, Tom Weaver, arrives and offers to cook dinner. There, he asks to buy Kayce’s property, which Kayce believes Dolly was in on and why she was being so forward with him. She claims she had no clue and tries to kiss him, but he pushes her away.
At the bar, Kayce is conflicted because on his ride with Dolly, he felt like he was betraying Monica, which is something actor Luke Grimes has talked about in interviews. Andrea assures him that Monica would not want him to be alone, and that she’d want him to be happy again.
Belle asks Miles about his love life, remembering that they had bumped into his ex-girlfriend a few episodes ago. He admits that he has feelings for someone, but because she isn’t from the reservation, it makes things complicated for him. As a traditionalist, he feels he should marry within the reservation. But Belle convinced him to just go for it, even though she didn’t know who the girl was. Turns out, it’s the bartender, Maddie! As viewers, we know that Maddie is actually Cal’s daughter, but only Belle knows.
He walks right up to her and asks her out, to which she says yes. She commends him for asking out his boss’s daughter, and after a few seconds, he finally realizes her connection to Cal!
All this took place at their usual bar, which is always paired with a country singer performing, something we particularly enjoy. This episode featured Adam Sanders, who won Taylor Sheridan’s singing competition series The Road.
Tune in Sunday, April 19th for Episode 9, which will feature country singer Riley Green!
