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“Because of the timing of when the two shows were written and filmed, Monica’s death couldn’t be worked into the plot of Dutton Ranch Season 1, “but I would absolutely imagine that there’ll be some checking in on her brother and we just didn’t see it this year,” Reilly notes.

“I think it’s something that was a missed opportunity quite honestly,” she continues, “but we’re all both trying to start up these big shows. And I think we can see where there are gaps and we see where things needed to be fixed. And that’s what you get the opportunity to do in a Season 2. You get to go back and go, OK, we can do this one differently. We can make this better. We can take care of that. And I think we already have our list of things in all our individual minds: Christina Voros, Taylor Sheridan, our producers, our new showrunner [Benjamin Cavell]. So I’m looking forward to getting into that, and so we can make the best show we can.”

Reilly and Hauser have both previously expressed interest in working with Grimes again now that they’re all starring in their own Yellowstone spinoffs. Hauser tells TV Insider that addressing Monica’s death in Dutton Ranch is of interest, as is the chance to show a new side of Rip’s relationship with his brother-in-law.

“It’d be fun to see actually Kayce and Rip get along,” Hauser says, “have a scene where they’re actually happy together. I would absolutely love to see that and see it written and actually have some fun with him in some capacity.”