Did ‘Marshals’ Trailer Just Confirm Monica Dutton’s Fate? (VIDEO)
Someone important to Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) dies in Marshals, according to the official trailer released on January 23. And it seems like it’s going to be his wife, Monica, Kelsey Asbille‘s character from Yellowstone. We previously theorized this possibility, and sadly, the trailer hints that it could be true.
Here, we’re breaking down the Marshals trailer and more details from the Yellowstone spinoff.
Does Monica die in the Kayce Dutton Marshals spinoff?
The trailer for the CBS drama came out on January 23 and shows Kayce and his son, Tate Dutton (Brecken Merrill), watching as an Indigenous nurse covers a dead body. They’re in what appears to be Kayce and Monica’s home on the East Camp of what used to be the Dutton Ranch. The side table is covered in bottles of medication (see in the photo below).
“My family’s had this land for almost 150 years. The only thing I ever wanted was taken from me,” Kayce says in the trailer. Later on, when Brett Cullen‘s character asks if Kayce has a “Dutton agenda” and is looking for vengeance, Kayce replies, “The Yellowstone is gone. Same for most of my family. And as for vengeance, the day is still young.”
Asbille hasn’t been included in any casting announcements or teasers for CBS’s Yellowstone spinoff, premiering on Sunday, March 1. Previous teasers said that Kayce was looking for a fresh start and had skeletons in his closet, and showed him at a grave on what appears to be his land. Kayce saying that he lost the only thing he ever wanted heavily implies that Monica is gone. See for yourself in the Marshals trailer above.
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CBS changed the show’s title from Y: Marshals to Marshals in early January. The “Y” branding from the Yellowstone title will still be in the show’s logo moving forward.
In Marshals, with the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty, and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region’s war on violence.
When does the Kayce Dutton Yellowstone spinoff, Marshals, come out?
Marshals premieres on Sunday, March 1, at 8/7c on CBS. Here’s CBS’s Sunday primetime midseason schedule:
- 7:00-8:00 p.m. ET: 60 Minutes
- 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET: Marshals
- 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET: Tracker (#1 Series, new time period)
- 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET: Watson (new night and time period)
Is there a Marshals trailer?
The first Marshals teaser trailer was released on November 24. Before that, two short teasers said Kayce was “grappling with some skeletons I’d like to keep in my closet.”
Kayce is still wearing his wedding ring in the Marshals trailer, but he’s also seen mourning at a grave. This was one of the early hints that Monica might be getting killed off at the beginning of the series. Given that his voiceover in that shot is about losing his parents and brothers, perhaps it’s a grave he made for Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley), who was killed by Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) in the Yellowstone series finale, with his body being dumped at the train station. But the January trailer has us convinced that the grave is for Monica.
Kayce sold the Dutton land to Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham, who reprises his role in Marshals) in Yellowstone‘s final episodes. Kayce’s one condition was that he and his family could continue living on East Camp.
In a previous teaser from October 20, Kayce says, “I’m changing paths. I’m trying to find a new beginning.” He was still wearing his wedding ring in that video, implying that he and Monica were still together after Yellowstone ended.
The new footage also gives more looks at Kayce’s new fellow marshals, played by Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Logan Marshall-Green, and Tatanka Means. See the Marshals teaser below. And check out the previous teaser here.
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Who is in the Marshals cast?
In addition to Grimes, Marshals is bringing three Yellowstone stars into the fold for the CBS spinoff. There’s Merrill as Tate, Birmingham as Rainwater, and Mo Brings Plenty as Mo.
Merrill, Birmingham, Brings Plenty, and Marshall-Green, series regulars are Kebbel as Belle, Ash Santos as Andrea, and Means as Miles. Cullen will appear in the recurring role of Harry Gifford, head of the U.S. Marshals in Montana.
Marshall-Green plays Pete Calvin, a friend from Kayce’s time in the military.
Is Taylor Sheridan making the Kayce Dutton Yellowstone spinoff?
Taylor Sheridan created every show in the Yellowstone universe and wrote them all on his own. He’s not in the same roles for Marshals, but he is still connected to the series.
Spencer Hudnut is the showrunner and executive producer. Hudnut was previously the showrunner for CBS’s SEAL Team. Marshals is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios with Sheridan, along with David C. Glasser as executive producer for 101 Studios, as well as John Linson, Art Linson, Hudnut, Luke Grimes, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin, and Bob Yari. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
The first episode is written by Spencer Hudnut and directed by Greg Yaitanes.
Why is Kayce Dutton getting a spinoff?
Grimes himself was surprised by the development. The idea for Marshals was pitched to Grimes about four months after Yellowstone‘s final season wrapped filming, he told People, and he was confused at first about how there was more story to tell about his character when his and his family’s storyline was left in such a place of completeness and peace at the end of Yellowstone.
“We definitely wanted to make sure to give it a real story and make it interesting and make it believable,” Grimes shared, saying that “if it was just like, ‘well, he’s happy’ — we’re just going to watch him be happy? That’s not very cool. But I’ll say this, the idea that was pitched to me is very, very good and very interesting, and it really roped me in, and I think it will rope the audience in as well.”
Grimes added that “nobody wanted [Yellowstone] to be over” and that saying goodbye to Kayce was like saying goodbye to family. “I don’t think the fans wanted it to be over. A lot of us actors kind of didn’t want it to be over, and the studio and network certainly didn’t want it to be over,” he said. It seems that’s the prevailing reason why Marshals and the Beth and Rip spinoff are happening.
Stay tuned here as we continue to report the latest updates on this expansion of the Yellowstone universe.
Marshals, Series Premiere, Sunday, March 1, 8/7c, CBS
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