Sheriff Country

Previously on Sheriff Country...

Someone asked me

why I wanted to be sheriff.

Truth is, I don't. I want to be

sheriff of Edgewater.

You can't be carrying around oxy, Brandon.

Skye, you're moving back in with me.

She can't be around this kid.

Are you even drug testing her?

She has been clean for four months now.

He's gonna bring her down with him.

Travis, where are you?

I heard the news. You're really going legit?

Weed's legal. -I want you to move in with us.

I'd like a chance to be a sister again.

A better sister.

It's you, isn't it?

Punch approached me

about the job, but I did not say yes.

Did you say no?

What's this?

It's my letter of resignation.

Brandon. I get to his house, he's on the ground.

And there's blood and a knife, and he was dead.

You have to do exactly as I say.

You're gonna have to do it on your own.

Just tell them the truth.

(twigs snap) -(rapid footsteps)

* *

What if it's your husband?

What if he followed us?

And miss his stupid softball game?

It's probably just a raccoon.

Help me! -(screams)

Please call the police. They're gonna kill my friends.

Please. They're gonna kill them.

* *

I'm here for you, Skye.

Look, you're not a suspect.

They're just processing evidence.

I know you've had a long night.

Cassidy's at the scene.

We'll find whoever did this.

Boone is gonna ask you some questions.

Just tell them the truth and you'll be okay.

She's been in that interrogation room too long.

You're the damn sheriff. Why don't you go in there?

I can't be involved in a case where my daughter is a witness.

It's a conflict of interest, Dad.

And for the record,

you've asked me that three times now.

I'm inquisitive. It's my nature.

We never should've brought her here.

She should be in my truck, headed out of town.

It's a witness statement.

She's gonna be home in an hour.

Boone is a good cop.

Oh, the guy you fired?

Th-That's who you're trusting right now?

I didn't fire him. He resigned.

Oh, well, you accepted, so...

Effective in two weeks.

Until then, he's number two in the department

and the best person to be leading this investigation.

Yeah. You hope.

You missed.

And that's when you found Brandon?

What happened next?

I screamed, I think.

I ran o-- I ran over to him.

The knife was in his back.

I pulled it out. I-I thought I was helping.

Hey. Hey. -There was so much blood.

And h-he-- he was dead.

Brandon was dead.

(crying) -It's okay.

It's okay, honey. You're doing great.

Your-your dad's right, Skye.

You're doing fine.

(softly): Yeah. -Now,

y-you said Brandon was dead when you found him.

How did you know? You didn't call 911.

She panicked, Boone. -It's just a question, Travis.

How did you know Brandon was dead?

Lucky.

I knew because of Lucky.

It's our dog.

When Skye was little, he got hit by a car.

Skye found him.

When someone's dead...

you can tell.

At least I can.

Now, Skye,

you said you grabbed the knife. Yeah?

What did you do with it?

I dropped it

and then I-I ran home.

And I-I told Mom what happened.

She brought me here.

Th-That's it.

My ex-husband used to call decaf

"the taste of betrayal." -WES: Thanks, Gina.

Until I get to Costco, I'm afraid that's all we've got.

Mm.

You know, she's gonna be fine, Wes.

Mickey knows what she's doing.

Hell, I know.

So, what's eating you?

Mm.

When I lived on the mountain, I was in charge.

Any problems I had--

with the neighbors, with the law--

I took care of it my way.

Now... -Now you live in town

and you feel helpless

because you promised Mickey you'd live by her rules.

Well...

...I didn't exactly promise.

Hmm.

Hey, Mick.

She's doing fine. We're almost done.

She told me about the knife.

I-I think she just touched it because she panicked.

(stammers) -Mickey.

I believe her.

So it's not just me.

It's not just you.

Have you eaten?

No.

Huh. 'Cause if there's anything I picked up

from riding around in a car with you for two years,

it's when your blood sugar's low.

Really?

'Cause all I learned from you is a bunch of garbage

about how the early-2000 Oakland Raiders

were better than the 49ers.

Garbage?

This is what's known as a historical fact.

Sorry, Sheriff.

I know it's a bad time, but a case came in.

There's someone in your office. Think you might want

to talk to him. -MICKEY: All right.

Give me a minute.

Tish. I'm-I'm so sorry.

I can only imagine what you're feeling right now.

He had his problems, Mickey, Brandon,

but, but h-he didn't deserve this.

Who killed our brother?

You have any suspects? -Not yet.

We're just starting our investigation.

The deputies are still at the scene.

We heard Skye got brought in.

I brought her in.

She's the one that found your brother's body.

Deputy Boone is talking to her right now.

She's a witness.

Look, as a mom, I promise

we are going to find whoever did this.

I'd like to speak to Deputy Boone, please.

Of course.

Take a seat. As soon as he's available.

(door opens) -MICKEY: Ethan, right?

Deputy Chang said that you refused to go to the hospital?

Yeah. They're gonna kill my friends.

Uh, let's start at the beginning. Uh...

what are your friends' names? -Seth and Jay.

We go to Piedmont State.

It's our summer break, so we were just looking

for something to-to do, so...

So you thought you would spend the summer trimming some bud,

making some money, sampling the merchandise

until the growers who hired you refused to pay.

Right? And then, when you called them on it,

let me guess, they roughed you up.

They put us in chains.

They beat us.

And-and they kept us in pens.

Th-They gave us something to-to make us work,

some kind of drug.

They said if we tried to escape, they'd kill us.

All right, now, Ethan.

These men, how many were there?

Three? Three? I-I don't know.

Whatever they gave us messed with our heads.

Can you tell me their names? What they look like?

Uh, no names. They...

But they had beards. Tattoos.

Half the men in this town.

How did you manage to escape?

Last night they drove to, uh...

...Barstow to do a deal.

They locked us up

and tied our wrists with these yellow nylon cords,

but I chewed through my cords and I got free.

But they dosed us so hard, I was seeing stuff.

Animals.

Crazy stuff.

And I couldn't free Jay and Seth,

so I just started running.

Ethan,