‘Marshals’ Trailer Appears to Confirm Monica’s Shocking Death in Kayce Dutton ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff

The official trailer for Yellowstone spinoff Marshals appeared to confirm the death of Kayce Dutton’s wife, Monica, previously played by Kelsey Asbille.

The first Yellowstone sequel series may already be shooting itself in the foot weeks before its premiere. Y: Marshals is the first of several spinoff shows set to continue the story of Taylor Sheridan’s hit neo-Western series after its finale in 2024. Luke Grimes returns as Kayce Dutton, who takes a job with the U.S. Marshals in hopes of starting a new chapter of his life. Several key Yellowstone characters are set to return alongside Kayce Dutton in Y: Marshals, including Gil Birmingham’s Thomas Rainwater. The spinoff is almost certainly hiding several other exciting cameos from the original show, but one character is conspicuously absent. The latest trailer teases this character’s tragic fate–and it could be a miserable mistake that will doom the new Yellowstone spinoff before it even begins.

So far, Kelsey Asbille has not been confirmed to return for the upcoming Yellowstone spinoff. With the series premiere on March 1, her absence becomes more glaring by the day. At this point, it is clear that she isn’t part of the show’s main cast, but even a guest appearance seems off the table as the premiere gets closer. While her absence would be bad enough, the latest promotional material for Y: Marshals suggests that the show is going to make the matter even worse.

Will Y: Marshals Kill Off Monica Dutton?

CBS released a first look at the series on Friday, which shows Kayce (Luke Grimes) in mourning following a personal loss. While Yellowstone fans know Kayce’s father, John (Kevin Costner), died in the Paramount Network show’s fifth and final season, a scene in the Marshals sneak peek has Kayce and son Tate (Brecken Merrill) watching a body be covered up in their home. A moment at the end of the trailer shows Kayce with a woman — who is presumably meant to be Monica — in what seems to be either a flashback or a dream sequence. Asbille doesn’t make an onscreen appearance, which comes after Yellowstone fans previously assumed her character could be written out in the spinoff series.

The trailer implies that this loss is what pushes Kayce to start over as a Marshal. Yellowstone fans know that there is only one death that would push him this far. Y: Marshals is most likely about to kill off Monica Long-Dutton in its series premiere. Judging from the promotional material so far, the character will die off-screen sometime between the events of the Yellowstone finale and the Y: Marshals premiere. Audiences shouldn’t expect Kelsey Asbille to reprise her role, either. If this is the case, the upcoming Yellowstone spinoff may be making a mistake from which it will never recover.

Yellowstone Is Making a Major Mistake With Y: Marshals