Marshals: More Lessons from the New Yellowstone

Yellowstone was a classic American tv series. Family, loyalty, land, vengeance and violence in Montana. Frontier justice. Feels like we are going back to that time again. 

Kayce Dutton, one of the last of the Dutton family hopes for Pico Wiconi, Lakota Indian for “new beginnings” after his beloved wife’s death and the sale of the Yellowstone ranch. “Every days a test….”

He is recruited by his old Navy SEAL colleague Cal to join an elite Federal Marshal team tackling outlaws in the wilderness of Montana. “Gangs and cartels, race warriors. It might look like Gods country but devil’s running free out here.”

It’s an action packed new series and Kayce, a “Montana Rockefeller” finds out he can’t outrun his past but does his best to start over again and rebuild a new life of purpose which he slowly finds with his teammates. “Maybe the badge is a path to penance.”

It’s action packed, full of drama and serenaded by beautiful and spectacular nature. There are also many nuggets of wisdom and insight. 

“There will always be a snake. You can’t reason with it or hope it’ll back down. You gotta be more dangerous than it is….”

“Sometimes you gotta break the rules for the right reasons.”

“You find out who your friends are when you no longer have anything they need.” 

“Progress is a zero sum game in these parts.”

“Governments the windshield, rest of us are bugs”

All are certainly true. It’s the law of the jungle again. That is why the saying “One is None” rings so true these days. The lesson is to always operate as a team when possible. Individuals die in the jungle.

Kayce says: “It’s a hard living. You got to be all in to have a hope of success.” This is in reference to ranching but it’s relevant to everything in life. 

It’s a fun show to watch. Brings back some flavor of the old Yellowstone with a twist. There is also a reminder for all Americans as well enter our 250th anniversary from Chief Rainwater: 

“The Duttons fought and bled fighting for their way of life. You can hardly judge me for fighting for ours.” 

The enemy is at our gates and our way of life is at risk. If we don’t fight for it, we will lose it.