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Previously on Sheriff Country.

It was her dream to rebuild it.

Bethelie, my sister.

What are you doing?

Ending our friendship.

Dad and Cassidy just broke up. Oh, you did? I'm fine. So was she. It was

I don't know what it was like for you when you got pregnant. I can say I do,

I don't. You never got that prom dance.

Can I make it up to you?

Thank God. Hey, I got here as fast as I could.

He's upstairs.

Oh.

Oh.

Okay. Got it?

I don't get it, Nick. You can handle drug dealers and bank robbers, but you

can't handle these cute little squirrels? Oh, they're like rats with

tails. Get it off! Get it off! Get it off! Okay, okay, okay.

There you go. Ow, damn it.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

Oh, no, let me see. No, no, I'm fine, I'm fine. Let me see.

Yeah.

I told you I'm fine. Cute.

Get out of here. Oh, come on. I just saved your life from that vicious

Thank you.

Okay.

Skye.

Camping?

Hey,

Hank. Rotation's got us paired up for patrol.

Let's go.

Still got five minutes.

I'll be in the car.

You'll probably need these.

I'm driving.

Hello.

We're on east side today. So if we start at Holland Road, we can do a full

patrol.

Where are you going?

Bubba.

Didn't you just eat a bagel? I'm carb loading.

What would you like? Let me get two blueberry and two banana nuts.

You want anything?

These preppers make a great muffin.

They're not preppers.

Okay, they're kind of preppers.

Don't get me wrong.

When the world ends, I will be right there in the bunker with them, eating a

banana nut.

Thanks. Keep the change.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

What if I'm having a thank you? Can we go now?

What is up with you today, Cassidy? There's nothing up with me.

I just want to get going. We're working. Neat side.

Heard you the first time.

Look at this city.

Red Dodge movement just flew past 3rd and Pine Street at a high speed. Edward

in pursuit, heading northbound.

Hank, slow down. I got him. We should disengage.

I got him.

Whoa. Whoa.

My car's cooked, y 'all.

Where are you going?

Hey, where's my frying pan? Not the little one, the one with the wooden

What are you doing?

This is what it looks like I'm doing. I am giving you my patented, here we go,

French toast.

Okay, Travis, thank you for the squirrel thing and the non -squirrel thing, but

I have to get to work.

Are you sure you don't want to play hooky?

I will make it with your wife. Okay. Excuse me. Get over here. You're not

hearing me.

Travis, you don't live here.

You don't live here.

This is not your frying pan.

It's my frying pan. You can't just come in here and make me French toast.

You don't live here.

Another time, then.

What about the 14th? I'm teaching infant CPR that night.

What about the 21st?

Oh, no, no. They need me at the fish fry.

To protect the skillet? Important job. They gave me a big spatula.

Oh, my God. I'm going to order my car on that note.

Keep your ringer on if you see a 707 area code. It's my buddy from Rec League

Baseball. Why? Why is your buddy from Rec League Baseball calling me?

Well, his wife works at Edgewater Memorial.

One of the nurses is leaving. They're looking at the other spot. So I gave him

your name and number.

Uh, okay. So you put my name up for a job?

What do you think about moving up here to Ashwater?

Uh, I just got that promotion, you know, at Dr.

Clay's office. I know, I know.

I hate this.

No, all the back and forth.

Yeah, no, I don't like it either, but it's not so easy to just drop

I'm not asking you to drop everything. You should have asked before you put me

up for a job.

I mean, what if I did that to you?

Well, I haven't. A job.

Oh, actually, that's my car. I should go.

Bye.

Okay, I'm going.

I have to go.

Call you tonight.

I'm out.

I got him. I'll swing him from the left. If you can keep up.

Hey, sweetie, did you see a boy run through here?

Sheriff's office, come out with your hands up.

Sheriff's office, I repeat.

Get out of here.

It's not broken.

Uh -oh.

Not completely broken.

We'll fix it.

Sheriff 1, Edward 9, prospect in custody. We are walking him back to the

vehicles now.

Nice work.

I was the one who got him. That's great, Hank.

Stay humble.

You guys go ahead and get him processed. We'll wait for the tow.

Did you close the trunk?

I thought you did.

Please, help us.

Father is Peter Sanders. The boy is his son, David.

And they're Barlow's.

You've never crossed paths with them? I mean, I've seen them in town at the

bakery stand, but I didn't realize they were like a group.

Yeah, they live out past the Edwards Ranch.

Five or six families have been in Edgewater forever. They're fanatical

their privacy.

The patriarch is Enoch.

When Fred was sheriff, he warned me to give them a wide berth. Enoch Barlow,

Peter mentioned him. That's his father -in -law.

David is Enoch's grandson?

Yeah.

This could be a telegram.

Hi, David.

I'm Sheriff Mickey Fox.

This is Lieutenant Boone.

Hey, David.

You want to see how the radios work? I can teach you some codes.

Can I? Yeah, yeah. Go check it out.

Please have a seat. I understand that you're Enoch Barlow's son -in -law.

I'm married to his daughter, Ruth.

You mentioned in the car on the way here that you didn't feel safe. Can you tell

me about that?

Enoch's lost his damn mind.

I'm going to need you to elaborate.

Do you ever meet someone and the moment you look at them, you know that they're

going to change your life?

That was Enoch.

I was 20, going to work fast, and he gave me a job at the ranch.

Showed me the Bible, Scripture, and the Constitution. Those are his holy books.

That man changed me.

That all sounds very positive.

It was, until Enoch changed.

Ever since his wife died, he's been waking my kid up in the middle of the

to do military training exercises, live fire drills.

David is seven.

He's talking about a final showdown, but we have to be ready to fight.

Fight who?

How much time we got.

What does Ruth think about all of this? She worships her father.

She's all in. I knew I had to get him out.

Well, you didn't have to throw away in my car. You could have called us.

We're not allowed to have phones.

We're not allowed any contact with the outside world.

But the bakery stand, you guys go to town once a month?

Everybody's watching everybody.

Spying on each other.

I saw your trunk open and I knew I had to take my chance.

Enoch is not going to take this lying down, okay? They are going to come for

David and you have to make sure that we're as far away from here as possible.

I'll look into your allegations. In the meantime, is there somewhere you can

stay? Friends, family?

No.

You live at that ranch. They're your friends, your family, your everything.

You're not connected with social services, and I think you should also

lawyer about your parental rights just in the event this turns into a custody

issue. I don't have any money.

Enid controls all the funds.

Um, I know a lawyer who is willing to take on a pro bono case.

Hey, is that my mom?

They're in my office. And like I told you over the phone, his wife is not

that he's here.

I think you should talk to a lawyer.

So we're going to do this. We're going to pretend like this morning didn't

happen. As long as we're in this building, that is correct.

George. Oh,

he's here to consult with Peter and David.

That's great.

Oh, Mickey calls.

I come running.

I can ask.

Good, don't.

He was with my husband, Peter, and they were at a farmer's market in Austin.

I've been searching everywhere.

You must be rude.

They're here.

Peter is concerned that the ranch is not a safe environment for your son. Safe?

He's the one who kidnapped our son.

Ruth, I've worked my fair share of parental abduction cases.

And I have to say, this is the first one where the kidnappers ran straight to

the police.

Look, Peter and I have our issues.

And if our marriage is over, then fine. I guess I'll have to accept that. But he

can't just take our child.

No, but he can file for an emergency protective order. That's where I come

Please take a seat.

Look, I don't want to keep you from your son, but I need to understand how

things got to this point.

It's a ranch.

We grow vegetables. We raise cattle.

It's a good life. It's a simple life. What about the guns?

Is that what this is about?

Fine, we have guns.

Because my father thinks it's important for every family member to know how to

use a firearm.

All of which are legally obtained and used only for defense.

Defense against who?

Threats.

We'd like to see the ranch. Of course.

Anytime. Great. How about today?

Today's no good.

Look, my father's on a cattle drive. He'll be back late.

Ruth, until I see the ranch, I am duty -bound to pursue an emergency protective

order on behalf of your son.

Which means what, exactly?

That Child Protective Services will open a file, and they will determine whether

his living environment is safe or not.

Until then, he will be relocated to a safe house, and Peter will retain

Today sounds great.

That guy's going 49.

And a 45 zone.

Well, sure, let's arrest him. Maybe we can destroy his kid's sandbox while

at it.

If you got something to say, Campbell, just say it.

You're reckless.

That joyrider was a kid. He wasn't going anywhere. We didn't need to destroy

that little girl's play castle. We put it back together, didn't we?

Being a cop isn't about just busting heads.

It's about knowing when to listen.

That would make a great poster.

Know when to listen.

A field of sunflowers with a couple of bunnies really seeing each other. What

you think?

I think somebody doesn't know how to take feedback.

Oh, I think I'm...

Female partner is violent.

Copy that. Edward 3 en route.

Cancel that, Edward 3. Edward 9, we'll handle.

Why are we responding?

It's all the way across the house.

Can't see it from here, but there's a stream that runs in the south end of the

ranch. We used to go tubing on it when we were kids.

I don't think people go to it out here anymore.

That kid can't be older than 15.

Do you hear that hum?

The fence is electrified.

Welcome to our home.

Come on.

Follow me.

We have a vegetable garden.

At the barn.

Heads up!

Whoa.

These kids look abused to you?

Well, we can line them up and check them for bruises.

That won't be necessary.

Just see what you can see over there.

Everyone gets three home -cooked meals a day.

The people here are happy.

The kids are happy. We've got nothing to hide. Great.

Then you won't mind if I take a look on my own.

Do what you got to do.

Hi. Can I listen?

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government

the people, there is liberty.

Are you prepared to die to defend your liberty?

We hope...

Hey,

young man, let me help you up. No, I got it. All right.

I'm Nathan.

Andrew Barlow. Guess you don't get many visitors up here.

Not many.

Mind if I ask, are you always armed?

Even at home? Yeah.

We got drone problems.

Now he's buzzing around.

Drones? Yeah. Who's flying drones all the way out here?

Feds.

Who knows?

Maybe even the sheriffs.

They've got enough fertilizer to grow food for all the edgewater.

Or blow half of it up. Yeah.

There's something else.

I had three bars when we pulled up at the gate. Now I've got none.

Same. Cell jammer? Most likely.

How are the kids?

The bedroom's locked from the outside.

And they were listening to this recording.

I don't know. It just seems off.

So what are you going to do?

You've seen enough. I'd like to come get my son now. Thank you for showing me

your home.

I'll let you know what I decide.

What more do you need to see? I'll be in touch.

It's not right, Cher.

It's not right to break up a family.

Easy.

Let him curl

Hey

I've answered calls to this house before. I know the people. I know how to

handle them. Give me five minutes.

And what?

I just sit here?

Yeah. That ain't happening.

Sheriff's office.

We're coming in.

You're useless.

Go ahead.

Throw the whole damn freak at me. All right. All right. Nobody's throwing

anything. Did you call her?

Hell yeah, I called the cops. Because you're mental.

Back up. I asked them to do.

One thing, get birthday candles.

And he forgets. And now it's ruined.

Whoa, okay.

Ma 'am, calm down.

I said calm down. I told you, she's crazy.

Back up.

Hey, let her go.

Cassie, what the hell? Don't let me go.

He's hurting me, Cassie.

He's hurting me.

She's my mom.

Travis, I decided to pursue the emergency protective order.

Great. I'll let Peter know.

Great. Can you remind him it only grants custody of David for five days?

Anything beyond that, the judge is going to have to sign off. Will do.

So, listen, Mickey, I know you don't want to talk about it. Yes, okay?

We had sex this morning. Travis, you're on speaker. But it wasn't just sex for

me.

I never do speaker. Yeah.

Look,

you don't have to explain.

If anything to me, I'm the one dating my wife, so... I don't know what I was

thinking. I just... There was a squirrel, and I hate squirrels.

I'm so curious where this is going. I called Travis to take care of it,

and... He took care of it?

Just a standard Tuesday morning. Oh, and this really pissed me off. Then he

tried to make me French toast.

That bastard.

I know. Like, he still lived there. Like, he never even left.

I hate being in a long -distance relationship.

Like, I really hate it.

Half her stuff is up here and half my stuff is at her place.

The whole thing sucks.

Well, maybe you should tell her how you feel. I tried.

Yeah? Yeah. Actually, I did something better. I...

I sent her resume to my buddy whose wife works at the hospital.

You put her up for a job?

Yes, so she can move up here.

Let's just say it did not go well.

Boone, have you ever even met a woman? No wonder she got mad at you. You didn't

even talk to her. You just went ahead and did it. I was trying to do something

nice. Yeah, like make French toast.

Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa. That wasn't me. I did not make the French toast. Okay, I

don't even like French toast.

And that's the, you know, this is how it's done. We were partners.

And I became sheriff and everything changed. And somehow things just got

You just made it really weird.

One tap too many.

Speaking of one tap too many. Oh, okay.

Trav, the squirrel. We're not going to talk about it.

I'm going to regret this for the rest of my life.

You almost took my damn hand off over a pack of stupid birthday candles. You

wait over there.

You and I are going to have a talk in the car. No.

I need to be here.

I need to be here.

Let her go. Cassidy, your mom is out of control. Hang, please.

Today's my sister's birthday.

My sister Zoe.

Damn it.

My sister Zoe disappeared 14 years ago. She went to a party one night and she

never came home.

32 years old.

32 years old today.

The candles are for her?

It's ruined.

It's all ruined.

Not ruined, Ma. Look.

Some of your cupcakes came out real nice.

You don't care.

You never cared.

You're more useless than he is.

Yeah, sure. I'm Euclid. And you're a nutcase. Shut up, whatever your name is.

Mom, have you posted any flyers lately?

I have.

I'm the only one looking for her.

My sweet girl.

Happy birthday.

Give us a minute.

Please.

Sir.

You got somewhere where you can sober up?

Somewhere where you two won't be together?

My brother's place.

I'll drive you.

Okay.

I think about her every day, Mom.

Every day.

No, you don't.

You gave up on her.

You forgot about her.

Peter, David, this is Stephanie.

She's with Social Services. She's going to take you to the safe house.

Only the three of us will know its location.

You'll be there for a few days.

Hi, David.

Or should I say Deputy David?

Deputy Boone is going to drive us.

I bet he could use a partner.

It's your uniforms.

He's been taught not to trust the uniform.

It's okay, buddy. You can take it.

There you go. Good man.

Come this way.

Thank you.

The order's on your desk. You just need to sign it. Okay, thanks.

And I'm sorry about this morning. I overreacted.

I'm not sorry about this morning.

Travis.

What we did was fun, maybe even a little bit great, but it was a mistake.

Why do you say that?

Look, I've been thinking about you ever since our dance.

Travis, listen to yourself.

Our homecoming dance, where we went to high school, what you're feeling is

nostalgia. That's all. So you're telling me you haven't been thinking about us?

Mickey. I might be crazy.

But I think we should give it another shot.

No. Why not? No. That is a bad idea.

You're on the rebound.

I went out with Cassidy for two months. I don't think having sex with my wife of

20 years qualifies as a rebound.

Ex -wife.

And why'd you have to date her at all? Of all the women in Edgewater, you go

with my deputy?

Because she was open with me.

Because she let me in.

When she was having a bad day, she'd just tell me about it. And with us, it

always the firewall.

I agreed to go to counseling.

That wasn't easy for me. Mickey, you agreed to go to counseling after I moved

out. I had spent months and months asking you to go, and you said no. You

stopped fighting for me, Travis.

I'm sorry.

I'm at Dave's.

Sheriff Fox, this is Burke up at reception.

I think you better get up here. Coming.

Oh, my God, is that... You knocked, Barbara.

Deprive me of my family, Sheriff.

I'm here for my grandson.

Where's my grandson?

You've been named in an emergency protective order.

You cannot see David for the next five days. I didn't vote for you, Sheriff,

I do not consent to your authority.

I'm sorry you feel that way, but the law applies to everyone, like it or not.

Is David here?

He is at an undisclosed location.

Oh, that was a mistake.

Take a look at where you are.

You don't come in here and threaten me.

If you want to have a conversation like two adults, I'm happy to do that.

Otherwise, you can see yourself out.

Can we go into my office?

Dropped off your mom's boyfriend.

Said he's going to try to work it out with her tomorrow.

And to tell you his name is Kenny.

By the way.

I finally got her to lie down, so just give me a few minutes.

I get it.

Grew up in a house full of drunks.

Cleaned up my fair share of broken glass.

She loved cars.

Loved, maybe.

I never know what tense to use.

So what happened?

I already told you.

She went to a party one night. She never came home.

Did you look into it?

I was 15, Hank. No, I mean when she became a deputy.

I read the sheriff's report.

And? And nothing.

She's another missing person in a county with more than its fair share.

Okay, well, what about the initial incident report?

Sometimes the first deputy on the scene... There was no scene, Hank.

She just disappeared.

Okay, well, missing person database.

You ever try that? Why do you care about this?

I don't, but you...

Clearly do.

So I don't get it, Kimball.

You're a sheriff's deputy. You can get answers.

What if I don't want answers?

Do you ever think about that?

We're caught, Hank.

We know how these stories end.

And if I don't know, then maybe Zoe's still out there.

Alive.

Happy.

Maybe hope is better than answers.

That's dumb.

Idiotic.

Actually, look, I don't know you that well, and I sure as hell don't know your

mom. But you gotta give that woman some closure.

Even if what you find on the other side is bad, you gotta pull that string.

You owe it to her, Cassidy.

And you owe it to yourself.

I, uh, picked these up on my way here.

I'll be in the car.

Please have a seat.

I prefer to stand.

Your grandson is safe.

He's the subject of an emergency protective order. From his family.

It's not a grant of custody. It's a pause button.

Child Protective Services will now have five days to conduct an inquiry.

They're going to go to the ranch. They're going to talk to your daughter.

They're going to talk to Peter.

And then they'll make a determination on what's in David's best interest. And

who better than the government to decide what's in a child's best interest?

You know, I met you once.

I don't believe so.

You wouldn't remember.

I was nine. I went tubing with my friends, and we wandered onto your

back then. There was no fence. Yeah, there was no need for one.

I sprained my ankle.

That was you?

You fixed me a splint.

Told me you'd been a combat medic.

Yeah, during the first Gulf War.

Yeah, you fixed me up and made sure I found my friends again.

That's how I remember you.

But what I saw up there at the ranch, all those guns and the locks on the

it's like you're gearing up for war.

Let me ask you, Sheriff.

Have you ever answered a single call at the ranch?

Now or any time since you've been in this office?

No.

I'm a man of peace.

I'm merely protecting my family.

From who? Not from me, not from anyone here.

From the government.

I'm not the government.

You wear their badge.

The house where David is staying, I very much appreciate the address.

You can't have it.

Then I'll say goodnight.

Mr. Barlow, look, there's a process.

You may not like it, but if you're as smart as I think you are, you will

it. The moment you start taking matters into your own hands is the moment you

lose your grandson forever.

Look, I may wear this badge, but it's not who I am.

I'm a daughter. I'm a mother.

I grew up in this town, just like you.

I believe I've seen your mind, Sheriff, and you've earned my patience.

We'll see the process through.

Enoch Barlow?

Who the hell are you?

Donald Kavanaugh, FBI.

This is Treasury Agent Mary Buckner. Mr. Barlow, you're under arrest for

violation of the United States Internal Revenue Code.

Why wasn't I notified?

You're being notified now.

Turn around.

Wait, you can't do this. Thank you, Sheriff. We've got this.

You've sown the wind, Sheriff.

Now you shall reap the whirlwind.

You come into my jurisdiction.

Into my station.

You arrest the suspect. The least you could have done is given me a heads up.

There wasn't time for that. We've been surveilling the Borlo compound for

Drones. The Bureau has been concerned for some time about his violent

Not to mention his huge stockpile of weapons.

So you arrest him for tax evasion?

Agent Buckner's idea.

Um, the tax charge allows us to take Barlow off the board now while the

builds a weapons case.

We could have moved on the ranch. But not without risking confrontation that

would make Waco look like a day at the beach.

While we observed Barlow coming into your office, we saw our chance.

Yeah, never mind the kind of blowback it creates for us. That's not our concern.

No, it's ours.

Sheriff Fox.

We just need to hold him here for a few hours. A dozen federal agents are en

route to transport him to his arraignment in San Francisco tomorrow

Is there an office where we can set up in the meantime?

You can grab a desk in the bullpen and kindly get the hell out of my office.

It's just for a few hours.

Quit in time, Campbell.

Stop trying to impress people.

Just doing my job. Maybe you should take note.

Hey.

A couple of guys are going to go grab a beer later.

Want to join?

That sounds kind of fun, actually.

Actually?

But I got something I need to work on here.

Next time?

Suit yourself.

Oh, Hank.

Let your muffins in the car. Oh, too slow.

Not to add to your list of worries, but we just got a call about a big street

takeover out in Dogtown.

There are 18 cars in both lanes.

Great. Right at the end of what?

Send Ted.

Have him take three or four units just to be safe.

Copy that.

Uh, by the way, thanks.

For?

I'm going to call Nora.

And? And not assume anything, not submit a resume, and definitely not make a

French toast.

Thanks, Lou.

Good luck.

Hey.

I drove halfway home. I had to turn around.

I know things ended badly between us, but I'm in a different place now.

Travis. Let me finish.

I think you're in a different place, too.

I'm sorry.

People don't change.

No?

Then how'd you make peace with your dad?

What convinced Boone?

To stay in Edgewater or mend fences with your sister Sharon. You think old

Mickey could have done any of those things?

People do change.

And this morning was not a mistake.

The only mistake was me not fighting for you five years ago.

Well, I'm ready to fight for you now.

I love you.

Always will.

Just let me know.

Hey, you. Hey.

I've been thinking about you.

You make it to work on time?

Yeah. It was a good traffic day, shockingly enough.

How about you? How's your day going?

Good.

So listen.

I'm sorry I didn't check in with you about the hospital job. I should have

you first.

And I guess I got excited about the idea of not being long distance anymore.

Look, I don't want to pressure you in any way.

I just want you to know, when it comes to us, I'm... All in.

I want you to move up here, Laura.

I want to be your husband, for real this time.

I won't say yes too fast.

Did you people not pay your power bill?

What the hell?