‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff ‘Y: Marshals’ Trailer Appears to Hint at the Status of Kayce Dutton’s Marriage to Monica
The trailer for Y: Marshals, CBS’ Yellowstone spinoff, appeared to address where Kayce and Monica’s marriage stands.
In the official first look, which premiered on Monday, November 24, Luke Grimes‘ reprises his role as Kayce Dutton, who finds himself lost after the events in the Yellowstone finale.
“I fought every day to get out of the weight of Yellowstone. I’ve lost my teammates, my parents and even my brothers,” Kayce says in a voiceover as clips showed him going to a makeshift grave for a loved one.
Kayce hints that he wanted to start fresh. “Sometimes good men have to do bad things,” he adds. “But I am trying to find a new beginning.”
“I fought every day to get out of the weight of Yellowstone. I’ve lost my teammates, my parents and even my brothers,” Kayce says in a voiceover as clips showed him going to a makeshift grave for a loved one.
Kayce hints that he wanted to start fresh. “Sometimes good men have to do bad things,” he adds. “But I am trying to find a new beginning.”
Gil Birmingham makes a quick cameo as Thomas Rainwater to remind Kayce of who he really is, adding, “Duttons are all born with a killer’s instincts but you are not a killer, Kacye. You are a protector.” (Kayce’s son Tate was seen played by Brecken Merrill in a blink-and-you-miss it moment.)
The sneak peek shows no other glimpses of the Dutton family members such as Kelly Reilly as Beth or Cole Hauser as Rip, who have their own spinoff show on Paramount. There has also been no word on whether Wes Bentley will appear as Jamie Dutton.
The biggest absence, however, has been Kelsey Asbille, who played Kayce’s wife, Monica Dutton, on Yellowstone. She hasn’t been announced as a cast member on Y: Marshals yet but Us spotted a wedding ring on Kayce’s finger, which could hint that they are still married — or he is a widower — when the series premieres on March 1, 2026.
“We definitely wanted to make sure to give it a real story and make it interesting and make it believable,” Grimes, 41, shared in June to People about Y: Marshals. “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.”
He continued: “There’s going to be some familiar faces. There’s going to be a lot of new faces too, so we’ll see how that all feels. To go back into it in a new set of circumstances is going to be kind of transition.”