Over the course of the first four episodes of Sheriff Country, Boone undermined Mickey as much as he could. It made it easy to hate him and want him to move to Oakland.
However, even he realized he had gone about everything the wrong way, and Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 5 finally saw Mickey get the apology she deserved.
There were also lessons for Mickey and Cassidy to learn, which gave us more insight into these two characters.
Boone’s Apology
In many cases, apologies come too little, too late, but Boone’s was right on time.
While dealing with a difficult case that involved a pregnant woman with a hitman after her, Boone realized that part of him didn’t actually want to leave Edgewater.
The problem for Boone is that a lot of moves have already been put in motion, and it’s not like he can back out of things.
It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t want to leave, nor does it matter that he realizes he needs to apologize to Mickey for everything he did up to that point.
He had undermined her at every step, and seeing the woman in witness protection call him out on everything he did made me smile.
I’ve got to ask how it took him so long to figure it out, but then, I’m just reminded that he’s a man.
He couldn’t see that following the evidence didn’t work as the sheriff of a small town, and now that he is starting to see it, he realizes there is goodness in a community.
I am a little confused with the end of the episode, though, as Boone’s wife turns up.
He hasn’t once mentioned he has a wife, and even Mickey is shocked.
It’s clear his wife has been in Oakland this whole time, suggesting he always planned to move back there.
So why would he want to take a sheriff’s position in another city now?
Has he been going back and forth to see his wife?
I’m really hoping that Sheriff Country clears all of this up with Episode 6, because right now, I just have way too many questions that I wasn’t expecting to get.
In a way, this is a good thing.
I keep telling people that Sheriff Country Season 1 hasn’t played out the way I expected, and that we’ve had some great moments that have broken tropes and moved away from soapy drama.
There is a risk this new reveal could lead to drama, but it also offers some hope we’ll get to know Boone a little better, because I’m sure this man isn’t leaving!
Mickey Speaks Up
I find parts of this episode funny on a character development level.
When it comes to the job, Mickey has no qualms about speaking up.
Whether it’s for an innocent person in the town, or it’s to get answers in a case, she has always done and said whatever has been needed.
This is the allure of the series, because she is the sheriff of a town that she grew up in, so she knows the people, and they know her.
Yet she does have an issue with speaking up when needed, as we saw in Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 4.
While she was hurt as she worried about how to prove Skye wasn’t a murderer, she lashed out at Travis, and it’s clear that a lot had been unsaid for a long time.
Throughout this episode, Mickey is struggling to hold things in on both a personal and professional level, as she refuses to tell Skye and Wes that she doesn’t want them to leave her home, and she refuses to tell Boone that she wants him to stay.
The case of the week became much more than something for Mickey and Boone to solve.
It became a chance for Mickey to realize that you can’t leave things unsaid.
All Val wanted was to get to Mexico, be safe, and see her mom again with her daughter, but everything was working against her.
The more she spoke out, the more Mickey realized she needed to do the same.
Of course, with Skye and Wes, it was a little easier, as they’d had some great moments to bond and discuss life, so they had already decided that they wanted to stick around with Mickey.
You don’t always get what you ask for, though, and Mickey learned that the hard way.
It was important to show this because otherwise, there can be the misconception that asking means you start to expect to receive, and that’s not how life works.
Plus, seeing Mickey’s confused look as Boone told her that he couldn’t stay was priceless.
It didn’t make sense in her head for Boone to say no, and here he was, turning her down, and I couldn’t help but chuckle.
Sheriff Country has managed to combine drama with humor at just the right level, not just through Wes’s one-liners and sly comments.
Each character has a personality and can bring an element of entertainment to the episodes.
Cassidy’s Growth
While the first four episodes gave us a chance to get to know a little about Cassidy, Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 5 really stepped it up, and now I can see why she is so upfront with Travis and why she stands up for herself.
With Mickey away, Cassidy is in charge, and just as you’d expect, things don’t quite work out.
It’s here that we get our latest Fire Country crossover, as a fire in the bathroom leads to Manny showing up, and he offers a few words of advice about being given a chance and proving yourself worthy.
The best part of the advice is that it wasn’t for Cassidy to prove herself to others, but about proving it to herself that she is worthy, and that’s exactly what she does.
Sure, it takes a while to figure out who started the fire, and she’s kicking herself for not seeing it earlier.
The fire was started by a woman in a hoodie, who was doing her best to get Cassidy alone so she could cry for help.
This woman had been beaten by her husband, but her husband wouldn’t give her a moment’s peace to speak with Cassidy.
Despite it being clear to us throughout Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 5 that this woman was trying to get Cassidy’s attention, Cassidy was overwhelmed and struggling to meet Mickey’s expectations.
In the end, she sees through it, and as much as I would have loved for Gina to step up and help from the beginning, Cassidy needed to learn how to handle the precinct her own way, and this was the only way she could learn.
Cassidy isn’t the first, and she won’t be the last, to try to do it the way her boss does. We’ve all been there at work, but in the end, she figured it out and got the woman to safety.
It’s these types of stories that are making me stick around for Sheriff Country.
They are raw, and they are honest, but on top of all that, they offer more character development in the space of five episodes than shows that have been on the air for 20 years have failed to manage.
Now, I just want to know a little more about Gina.
There is always one character who is overlooked and only pops in from time to time, and Gina is that character, but it’s clear there is far more to her and her connection to this town.
Overall, Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 5 continues its streak of bringing fresh drama with entertaining storylines and deeper character development, and I have faith that Episode 6 will answer the new questions I have.
Sheriff Country airs on Fridays at 8/7c on CBS.
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