The Sheriff Country Season 1 Finale Wraps Up an Intense Story Just to Bring a Soapy Ending

Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0

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The Sheriff Country Season 1 Finale certainly gave Fire Country a run for its money when it comes to soapy storylines at the end, but we need to focus on the overall episode.

This quickly picked up from Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 19, with the reveal that Alec was in on the Emerald Eden plot the whole time.

He was the muscle, and I appreciate that it didn’t take too long to inform us how he ended up in the woods with Miranda.

At the same time, I appreciate that it didn’t take too long for everyone else to figure it out, although Mickey really does need to learn to trust Boone with information right away.

Boone Was Definitely Not the Jealous Jilted Man

As soon as Boone was rejected by Mickey during Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 18, I worried about the direction that the writers would take him.

Fortunately, they didn’t make him this toxic man who couldn’t handle being embarrassed by his confession.

The writing was always there to support him being a good man, but you just never know!

Of course, he did initially come across as the jealous jilted guy, as Mickey chose to side with Alec’s suggestions in the investigation.

This is where there was a huge flaw in the writing.

By this point, Mickey had worked out that Alec was Miranda’s guy, and she should have read Boone in right away.

They’ve had a friendship built on trust. After spending so much time together in their careers, she should have been able to get the information to Boone without Alec realizing it.

Instead, Boone was left hurt by Mickey’s actions, and while there was a sense of relief that Mickey knew she was being played by Alec, there was also deep hurt.

This has to have a knock-on effect throughout Season 2 of Sheriff Country, especially at the start.

We need to see that he now questions what she’s saying to him.

At least, he didn’t take it all to heart. As he watched Alec put the Post-It Notes in a pile similar to the rocks, he knew that there was something bigger going on.

He made it clear that this wasn’t jealousy. He does want Mickey to be happy, but he also wants to keep her safe, as any partner and any No. 2 would.

There’s a weight lifted once the two start working together again, but I just wish that Mickey had mentioned Alec sooner.

It was because of this that we found out just when Alec started working for Miranda (was the sacrifice worth it all?), and it goes all the way back to the Sheriff Country Series Premiere.

As I suspected, it was linked to his time working undercover in Edgewater, and I’m so glad the backstory wasn’t convoluted. There just wasn’t the time to get into it.

Sheriff Country Knows How to Get Into the Action

I’m also glad there was no time wasted on figuring out how to bring Alec down.

We didn’t need the potential plans to make it work, and we didn’t need Boone and Mickey to read DEA Deputy Director Eva Santos in on the whole situation.

I would have liked to see Santos’ reaction upon learning she had a dirty cop, but it wasn’t necessary to the overall story.

Just seeing Alec get played made me smile.

It’s amazing how quickly he fell for the idea that Mickey was a dirty sheriff. After all this time being with her, wouldn’t he have known that she’d be willing to play a game?

Sure, there was a question when he checked for a wire, but he had to know that there are other ways to listen in on conversations.

Something just felt off, and I thought Alec was going to figure out Mickey was up to something much sooner.

I think his figuring something out sooner could have made it a slightly stronger ending. There could have been more focus on the car ride to the airport and the tension along the journey.

Instead, we got a short action sequence that was fun but not quite as good as previous episodes.

Now, I will say that I had to check for the time that we were on when we found out Boone was shot.

My heart was in my mouth, worried that Sheriff Country Season 1 would end on some sort of major cliffhanger that I wasn’t ready for.

Do I think there could have been more mystery at first about whether he would make it? Sure!

However, we’ve seen Boone get through a whole night with people shooting at him, and he genuinely thought he was going to die then.

This finale didn’t quite hit the high note of the bottle episode, and so, the aftermath had to reflect that — and it did so well.

Did We Have to Get the Soapiest Ending Possible?

Now, we get to where Sheriff Country is giving Fire Country a run for its money when it comes to soap opera drama.

Just briefly, I’m not talking about Travis taking over the family company with Skye by his side. 

That makes the most sense, but I do think we could have had a few teases of this throughout the season.

What I’m talking about is the major cliffhanger at the end of the hour.

Santos has made it clear that Mickey can either work with her father or find some questionable material being leaked.

Naturally, Mickey doesn’t want to work with the man who put her safety and career on the line, but that threat leaves her no choice.

That part, I think, we all saw coming. 

After a whole hour without Wes Fox and with the way things ended between father and daughter on Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 19, they were going to be thrown back into each other’s lives.

What I didn’t see coming, and I just had to laugh about, was the reveal that Santos is Mickey’s mom.

Yes, the mom who died when Mickey was six.

Somehow, she managed to fake her death while in jail and work her way up the DEA.

Head-scratcher, much?

The funny thing is that as much as I have to roll my eyes at the soap opera ending, I’m here for it, because this series doesn’t take itself all too seriously, and we need lightness on a Friday night.

So with that, you can guarantee that I will be seated for Sheriff Country Season 2, and I’ll be here reviewing the episodes as soon as it returns! Will you join me?

Did you love or hate the ending?
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