The final minutes of Marshals Season 2, Episode 3, “Sky Falling,” packed an emotional punch for several core characters.
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But while Kayce (Luke Grimes) was at home with Tate (Brecken Merrill), and Belle (Arielle Kebbel) was comforting Cal (Logan Marshall-Green), Andrea Cruz (Ash Santos) was left to face her trauma alone.
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When we last left Dre, she was sleeping at the office, cowering in fear on the couch, and tearfully reading the case file on her father’s murder.
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In an interview at Decider’s Manhattan studio, Santos explained that this is just the start of a “very introspective” journey for her character.
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“It’s not until she’s at work in Episode 3 that she’s seeing the effects of the Cleggs, the kidnapping, and Garrett, too.
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There’s just been a lot of trauma in such a short amount of time for her that she’s forced to now process and deal with,” Santos reflected.
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“She’s not comfortable going back to her own place.
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She doesn’t feel safe even sleeping there by herself, so she sleeps in the team room at the Marshals’ offices, and showers there, and nobody knows.
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It’s so sad.
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When Spencer [Hudnut, showrunner] told me that, I was like, ‘Wait, what? Oh my gosh, that’s heartbreaking.'”
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In honor of Marshals‘ highly anticipated Season 2 return, Santos spoke with Decider about Season 1’s success, Dre and Belle’s friendship, how Cal’s cancer will impact the team, the investigation into Dre’s past leading her to New York, her thoughts on a Dutton Ranch crossover episode, and more.
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Read on for Part 1 of our interview, and stay tuned for Part 2, which is packed with exciting Season 2 teases.
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Though Sheridan-verse is such a success, I feel like Marshals took a bit of a risk as the first post-Yellowstone spinoff, especially killing Monica right out of the gate and introducing this new family to Kayce.
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But you guys had huge ratings, and Dre in particular really won people over.
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What was your reaction to the warm response the show received?
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You hope for it, but you spend long enough in this business that you just don’t know.
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It was nerve-racking, because Yellowstone was a drama, and Marshals is more of an action show and technically a procedural.
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But we didn’t realize how hungry people were for this type of show set in this world.
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We get a lot of people who tell us, “Oh my gosh, this is our favorite show.
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On Sunday night we put it on.
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A husband and wife can sit down and watch it, and you don’t have to change the channel when the kids come in the room.”
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It’s got enough of everything you need.
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So it’s crazy.
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Three episodes in, it’s clear that Season 2 is digging much deeper into these characters.
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We get the sense when Dre freezes in front of that basement that she’s still wrestling with the traumas of Season 1.
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I don’t think she realized how much it affected her until Season 2.
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With Garrett passing away, then all the drama with Tate, and helping Kayce, and deciding if she’s gonna leave or stay
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— I think now that the dust has settled, she is realizing.
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It’s not until she’s at work in Episode 3 that she’s seeing the effects of the Cleggs, the kidnapping, and Garrett, too.
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she → ’ → Cleggs
There’s just been a lot of trauma in such a short amount of time for her that she’s forced to now process and deal with.
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she → force → that
And she’s not comfortable going back to her own place.
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she → ’ → place
She doesn’t feel safe even sleeping there by herself, so she sleeps in the team room at the Marshals’ offices, and showers there, and nobody knows.
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nobody → feel → offices
It’s so sad.
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It → ’ → ?
When Spencer told me that, I was like, “Wait, what?
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Oh my gosh, that’s heartbreaking.”
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that → ’ → ?
Belle goes apartment hunting with Andrea.
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She calls her out on sleeping in the office, looking into her dad’s death, and freezing in front of the basement.
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How will their friendship deepen in Season 2?
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And what do they get from each other in this male-dominated field that’s so essential?
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It’s a really unique type of friendship, because they very quickly in Season 1 learned that they could lean on each other and they could trust each other.
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