BIG SKY: DEADLY TRAILS

"There's lots of fun, flips and reveals, along with 'I can't believe they killed that person' kind of moments" in Big Sky's third season, says showrunner Elwood Reid, reminding fans that anyone can get offed in the Montana-set action thriller.

- lleane Rudolph

Sept. 21, 10/9c, ABC

After a hiker disappears, maybe new lawman Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) and undersheriff Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick) should watch their backs! 

Sheriff Beau Arlen Jensen Ackles

"In the first episode, we see a human side of Beau," Reid reveals. He left Texas to be near his daughter, Emily (Cree Cicchino), when her mom, Carla (Angelique Cabral), moved to Montana. "He really wants to be in Emily's life," Reid says, adding that both Beau's and Jensen's humor inspired a format tweak: "In addition to telling our main mystery, we're doing a [quickly solved] crime each week."

 

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