Sheriff Country Spoilers: Showrunner Previews Season 2 Family Drama, Danger & Romance

Sheriff Country viewers know that the show ended with a huge bang last season and the fallout is going to be dramatic. Showrunner, Matt Lopez stated, “We come into the season like we’re shot out of a cannon!”

From what we have seen in the Sheriff Country Season 2 trailer, nothing could be closer to the truth. Let’s take a look at what’s to come this season.

5 Key Takeaways

• Mickey deals with the fallout from discovering Eva is her mother.
• The truth about why Eva disappeared will finally be revealed.
• Mickey is forced to work alongside her estranged father, Wes.
• Mickey and Boone’s buried romantic feelings resurface.
• Ben McKenzie arrives as Sheriff Jim Wade and could stir up trouble.

Mickey Reels From the Truth

Season one of the Fire Country spinoff, Sheriff Country, certainly left fans with their jaws dropped and on the edge of their seats.

Sheriff Mickey Fox (Morena Baccarin) learned that the better part of her life had been a lie when she discovered that Eva Santos (Rachel Ticotin) was not only forcing her to work with her father, Wes Fox (W. Earl Brown), but was a huge missing part of her past.

Mickey had cut ties with her father over his illegal actions that lead to his arrest. Once Mickey came face to face with the DEA deputy director, she was informed that she work with her father or she would face a career ending smear campaign.

When Wes joined them, Mickey was stunned to learn that she had come face to face with her mother who she had believed died years ago.

Eva’s Shocking Past Is Revealed

“We set a lot of motion in those last two or three episodes,” Lopez said with a laugh. “Our season premiere and our first few episodes are very much about Mickey dealing with the aftershocks, both emotional and I’ll say sheriff-related, of the last few big moves of the season — which, if you’ll recall included her finding out that her former sister-in-law, Miranda Fraley [Kelli O’Hara], was the sort of drug kingpin of Edgewater; finding out that a man she really fell in love with, Alec Kane [Wes Chatham], was Miranda’s enforcer and a dirty DEA agent who very much pulled the wool over her eyes; and then of course, in the last frames of Season 1, finding out that the somewhat adversarial deputy director of the DEA, Eva Santos, is in fact her mother, who she believed had been dead for 30 years.”

Lopez goes on to say, “viewers will not have to wait long for the origin story of how all of that went down, [why] Eva left their lives and how did it come to be that both Wes and Mickey believed that she was dead? It’s very emotionally rich terrain and I think audiences will be really happy. It’s not just a card turn for a card turn’s sake. It’s grounded in some really fantastic emotion.”

Mickey & Wes Face a New Threat

Mickey is trying to protect her town and now she has found herself having to work with the father she is trying to cut ties with while coming to terms with a mother who is forcing this action.

On top of all of this, Mickey is finding herself having to face her feelings for Deputy Boone (Matt Lauria). The man who finally confessed his feelings for her and almost died trying to help save her from her boyfriend.

“Boone starts off the season being a rock for Mickey. It’s kind of like Mickey and Boone at their best, when they are just an unbelievable support system for each other and crime-fighting duo.” That doesn’t mean these two will be just friend, Lopez says. “In fact, we will explore, are their feelings going the other way?” confirms the exec producer. “If you remember, Mickey told Boone, ‘Look, I’d be lying if back when we were partners…’ so we’ll see. We’re going to explore, are there still some embers there?”

Jim Wade Shakes Things Up

Baccarin’s real life partner, Ben McKenzie, will costar in the season opener, “Cyclone” as Jim Wade, another law enforcement officer who is close to Mickey and will certainly set off some sparks. Wade played a big part in Mickey’s daughter’s life and is the sheriff of one county over and I say, maybe they don’t see eye to eye on everything. Including how best to sheriff their respective towns.”