Sheriff Country is returning for season 2 — but is everyone from the cast coming back?
The town of Edgewater was originally introduced when Fire Country premiered in 2022 with inmate Bode (Max Thieriot) returning home and volunteering for the California Conservation Camp Program during season 1 of the hit show. By season 2, a backdoor pilot set up the world of Sheriff Country, which is centered around Sharon’s (Diane Farr) estranged sister Mickey (Morena Baccarin) as she solves crimes in town.
CBS was quick to renew Sheriff Country in December 2025 after its success on the network. According to a press release, Sheriff Country has averaged 7.6 million viewers and is “consistently a time period winner” for Friday nights at 8 P.M.
The first season wrapped up in May 2026 with a shocking episode that revealed Deputy Director of the DEA — Eva (Rachel Ticotin) — as Mickey’s mother who was presumed dead.
“We’re told in the pilot of season 1 that Mickey’s mother is dead and it’s quite clear she’s dead. She’s not part of the picture. One of the writers pitched it to me relatively early in season 1 [that she was secretly alive], and I dismissed it,” showrunner Matt Lopez exclusively told Us Weekly. “Over the course of the season, more and more writers started to get on board. I was a fairly late convert because I don’t want to just turn over a card to turn over a card. If it gives us really good story and reveals something about the characters we care about and it’s grounded in real human emotion then I’m interested.”
Lopez is excited to unpack that in season 2.
“It resets our family dynamic that’s at the heart of this show,” he teased. “And it addresses all the interesting character wrinkles that it gave us to play. We’ll see in the early episodes, Wes thinks he and Mickey are on the same page that they were both betrayed by this woman. Mickey isn’t as on board and in some ways you can make the case that Wes’ betrayal was worse. We’ll unpack all of this.”
He continued: “She hasn’t been part of the picture since Mickey was like 5 or 6 years old and who owes Mickey a bigger debt of gratitude? Wes believed she was dead and we will unspool that whole story of what went into that decision to essentially stage her death. It’s really fun and it’s got a lot of delicious turns to it.”
Looking ahead at the show’s future, Lopez said the return will “subvert expectations,” adding, “There is a time jump but then we will fill in like what happened in the scene that we didn’t see. The emotional aftershocks are going to last much more than an episode and we’ve set up this incredible dynamic where Mickey’s essentially barely speaking to her father and now their handler is the woman who Mickey has thought was dead for the last 30 years. It’s got a great sort of engine out the gate.”
Keep scrolling to see who is — and isn’t — returning in season 2:
Morena Baccarin
Maren Morris as Hazel and Morena Baccarin as Sheriff Mickey Fox. Darren Goldstein/CBS
There would be no Sheriff Country without Baccarin and her character, Mickey.
Christopher Gorham
Gorham’s character Travis will be in season 2 as the character balances Sheriff Country and Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage.
Michele Weaver
Weaver was missing from several episodes in season 1 amid her pregnancy. She has since returned and Cassie will remain a large part of the show.
Matt Lauria
Lauria is returning as Boone in season 2 as fans continue to root for him and Mickey as a couple.
W. Earl Brown
Season 2 will continue to explore Mickey’s difficult relationship with her dad, Wes (Brown).
Amanda Arcuri
After playing Mickey’s daughter, Skye, in season 1, Arcuri will have a larger role in the sophomore season.
Ian Quinlan
Quinlan is also being promoted from recurring to main cast for season 2.
Rachel Ticotin
Ticotin’s character Eva is presumably returning after revealing that she is actually Mickey’s mother.
