Kayce Dutton is doing her thing Yellowstone spin-off, but all anyone can talk about is how his wife, Monica, seems to be missing Y: Marshals.
Yellowstonewhich premiered in 2018, introduced viewers to the fictional Dutton family, owners of Montana’s largest ranch. When the show debuted, Kayce (Luke Grimes) and Monica’s (Kelsey Asbille) marriage played an important role and their relationship continued to explore until the show is over in 2024.
The fictional couple ended their time on the show still together and raising their son, Tate (Brecken Merrill). Yellowstone fans weren’t ready to let go of their story, and neither was Grimes.
“The last day of shooting, I thought it was my last day as Kayce. It was over for me,” Grimes recalled in an interview with people in June “It was seven years of playing a person I’ll never see again, except to have the hat and the jacket in the closet. It wasn’t until probably three or four months later that everything started to line up for the (spinoff).”
The next stop in the Yellowstone universe is a spin-off starring Luke Grimes’ character Kayce Dutton. Yellowstone, which premiered in 2018, introduced viewers to the fictional Dutton family, owners of Montana’s largest ranch. After success at Paramount, creator Taylor Sheridan grew the world of Yellowstone with prequels 1883 and 1923. CBS ordered Y: (…)
Grimes didn’t expect to be so affected by his time like Kayce Dutton coming to an end.
“It was a much bigger life moment than I thought it would be,” he noted. “Trying to leave this show, it was hard. It was really hard, and I know this is going to sound weird, but it was kind of emotional. It was like losing a family in a way.”
Saying goodbye to the rest of the cast and crew was even harder. “No one wanted it to end,” Grimes said. “I don’t think the fans wanted it to end. A lot of us actors didn’t want it to end, and the studio and the network certainly didn’t want it to end.”
Later that year, Kayce got a second chance continue his story when CBS commissioned a spin-off titled Y: Marshals. Promotional videos have featured Kayce front and center, but Monica’s conspicuous absence has left viewers perplexed.
Keep scrolling for an explanation Y: Marshals — including the role Monica may or may not play:
The key players
Yellowstone introduced we to Kayce and Monica, who remained at the center of the show. After initially teaching at a local school on the Broken Rock Indian Reservation, Monica became a professor at Montana State University while enduring life with Kayce, who moved them back to the Yellowstone Ranch as a The past divides with Father John (Kevin Costner).
After John’s death, Kayce, a former US Navy SEAL, became the new owner and operator of the Yellowstone Ranch. Kayce and Monica ended the show alive, and together, earlier Y: Marshals checked them again.
The Gist
According to the official synopsis, Y: Marshalswhich opens in March 2026, follows Kayce as he leaves “herding life behind to join an elite unit” of the US Marshals as he “combines his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring justice to Montana, where he and his comrades must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense against violence in the region.”
In addition to Grimes, the show stars Arielle Kebbel, Ash Santos, Tatanka Means, Brett Cullen i Logan Marshall Green. The sneak peeks have shown Kayce talking about new beginnings, skeletons in her closet and past traumas, but Monica is nowhere to be found.
The first trailer for the show showed a wedding ring on Kayce’s finger, which could hint that he is still married, or a widower, after the events of the Yellowstone series finale. Asbille, meanwhile, has not been announced as a cast member Y: Marshals still and has not broken his silence about his future with the franchise.
What has been said
Before Yellowstone ended, Asbille reflected on Monica and Kayce’s future, telling The Hollywood Reporter in November 2024, “Oh, there are definitely (obstacles). I guess that’s part of marriage, the obstacles. That’s just life! But I think they’ve always been the endgame for each other. He’s been working and making a home with his family. Looking forward, so I hope they get that in the end peace”.
Grimes, for his part, showed support aa spin-off centered around the fictional couple.
“(Kelsey and I) keep saying if Taylor calls and it’s something she wants to do and it’s something she wants to write, we’d say yes,” she noted.
Since then, the actor has remained very tight-lipped about how Y: Marshals will address his personal life.
“We definitely wanted to make sure we gave her a real story and made it interesting and believable,” Grimes shared in June with People about Y: Marshals. “If it was like, ‘Well, he’s happy,’ are we just going to see him being happy? That’s not great. But I will say this, the idea that they came up with is really, really good and really interesting and I really liked it and I think the audience will like it.”
He continued: “There will be familiar faces. There will also be a lot of new faces, so we’ll see how that all feels. Coming back in a new set of circumstances will be (kind of) a transition.”
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what follows
Y: Marshals is released on March 1, 2026. Kelly Reilly i Cole Hauserfor their part, they lead their own spin-off entitled The Dutton Ranchwhich centers around Rip and Beth. Paramount is also expected to release The Madison, which will be set in the present day.
6666that will be released on Paramount+, will focus on the Four Sixes Ranch, while the prequel 1944 it is still in development among the creator Taylor Sheridan signing a five-year global film, television and streaming deal with NBCUniversal. It is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2029, after Sheridan’s television deal with Paramount, which runs until 2028, officially ends.