CBS’ Fire Country spinoff Sheriff Country should change its name to Sheriffs Country in Season 2, which will features two Sheriffs, Morena Baccarin‘s Mickey Fox and Sheriff Jim Wade, played by Baccarin’s Gotham co-star and real-rife husband Ben McKenzie.
CBS announced last month that McKenzie will guest star in the Season 2 premiere of Sheriff Country, which airs on Oct. 9. During a press event for the new season today, Baccarin let it slip that McKenzie will be returning for more.
“He’s here now, he comes back, spoiler alert,” she said from the Toronto set of the cop drama series.
So far, McKenzie has been locked in for two episodes, with more appearances likely.
“I was giddy actually, it was really fun to work together,” Baccarin added. “I like saying that last time we worked together, he was the boss, and now I’m the boss, so it’s better. But it does make me very happy.”
McKenzie was the lead of Fox’s DC drama Gotham where he and Baccarin met; on Sheriff Country, she is No.1 on the call sheet.
Baccarin spoke about working her her spouse.
“I live a very lonely existence here in Toronto, I’m just literally working every single day and going home to a very empty house — not that you need to feel sorry for me, I’m very grateful for it,” she said. “But it’s been really lovely to go to work together, take the same car, go home, talk about it, have dinner; I feel very spoiled. And his part is very fun. I think people are going to get a really real kick out of it. It’s not what you would expect for the two of us.”
McKenzie’s casting announcement listed Sheriff Wade as a neighboring sheriff who is called in to assist Mickey (Baccarin) and has a few secrets of his own.
In a recent interview with Deadline, Sheriff Country executive producer/showrunner Matt Lopez revealed more details about Wade’s history and dynamic with Mickey.
“He and Mickey came up together. They’re roughly the same age, but he’s been sheriff a lot longer than she’s been sheriff,” he said. “When we first met her in Fire Country, she wasn’t even sheriff yet. She’s only been sheriff for a couple of years, whereas he’s been sheriff for 10 years. So even though they’re the same age, he’s got more seniority. She leans on him for advice and so on, and they go way back.”
While McKenzie and Baccarin’s characters on Gotham became romantically involved and ultimately got married in the final season, do not expect the same trajectory on Sheriff Country.
“We’ll find out that they share a long personal history,” Lopez said. “That’s not to say romantic because it’s not, but he was instrumental… He’s [Mickey’s daughter] Skye’s godfather. We find out like he’s been a key part of Mickey’s life, and and then in recent years they’ve been less contact. But now in Season 2, work and life are going to throw them back into each other’s lives.”
Baccarin spoke about Mickey steering clear of relationships in Season 2.
“Well, given that my last boyfriend didn’t work out so good for us, I think Mickey’s feeling a little burned at the moment, it’s all about getting her life back on track,” she said. “I know that there are plans to have some sort of love interest, but I think a little bit further in the future for Mickey.”
While romance may not be in the cards for Mickey and Wade, Baccarin and Fire Country star Max Thieriot teased a new Fire Country-Sheriff Country franchise couple.
“I’m gonna drop this bomb but only hint at it. There may be some cross-show…”
“Crossover love,” Baccarin interjected.
“…that takes place this season as well,” Thieriot continued. “So I’m not gonna say who those two people are, but there might be something there that everybody’s gonna get to see.”
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