Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2’s Shocking Death Takes the Show to a Whole New Level

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 starts with major twists, including a key death, and it sets up a way for a few characters to step up as the sci-fi series moves forward. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is a TV show that knows death well. After all, when the subject matter is kaijus, a high death toll comes to be expected.

In Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2, episode 1's ending, a shocking character dies. No, despite seemingly sacrificing himself at the end of season 1, Kurt Russell's Lee Shaw is alive and well in the Apple TV sci-fi series. That said, another character connected to Monarch does not face the same fate, and it might come as the perfect upgrade for the show.

Cate goes against what everyone is saying when she decides that, no matter how dangerous opening a portal to the Axis Mundi might be, it is worth doing to bring Shaw back. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters season 2 quickly teaches her a lesson, as the portal ends up awakening Titan X, the show's new kaiju, who comes out of the portal on Earth.

As soon as it arrives, Titan X already kills someone, as Natalie Verdugo is fatally struck by one of the monster's tentacles. The character, who was played by Mirelly Taylor in both seasons of the Apple TV series, served as the Deputy Director of Monarch. In season 1, Verdugo was the figure of power, trying to apprehend Shaw. Now, there is an opening at Monarch.