Warning: This article contains spoilers about the season 3 finale ofBig Sky.
From the moment we met him, Sheriff Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles) seemed marked for death.
On ABC’sBig Sky,the body count is nothing to sneeze at.
Jensen Ackles.ABC/Anna Kooris
“Even halfway through the season, [I didn’t know] what was going to happen.
I only signed on for one season.
I was happy to play the part.
So, I thought, ‘How are they going to do this?’
I will say that I probably wouldn’t have had the restraint Beau did.
Even still, the line has really got blurred with him in those moments.
But pretty immediately that wasn’t the case.
Would you say that was your pivot or the writers or a combo of both?
I came in going,This guy is going to take a stab at win everybody over.
He’s going to assess the situation and stay in his lane.
He’s not there to mess things up and to be a tyrant and to make enemies.
He’s there to make teammates.
Jenny’s pushback in the beginning just gave Beau that much more drive to get her on his side.
He played the long game too.
He didn’t go overboard with it.
He tried to play it cool as much as he could.
So, if the show gets renewed, will Beau stick around?
Is there any word on that?
I have nothing to tell you on that end.
That’s above my pay grade.
Boom, moving on, season 4.
Anything can happen in this industry, and I wouldn’t be surprised by any of it.
So I’m prepared for whatever they decide to do.
We never do learn the full story of what drove Beau from Houston.
We get glimmers of it, and then Jenny pushes him on it here at the end.
Do you know what it is?
Yeah, he did.
Years ago there was a huge motorcycle gang shootout at a place called Twin Peaks in Texas.
A lot of people died, and there was some undercover agents that were involved in that.
And the lines got blurred and I saw red and I let my partner go in without backup.
Carla, Beau’s wife, is single now, for better or worse.
(Laughs) Yeah, she is.
There’s also some clear chemistry between him and Jenny.
If you were to come back, who would you like to see him end up with?
Or who do you think is the best person for him to pursue something with?
Personally, I’m a family man.
I’ve been married for almost 13 years.
I’ve got three kids.
There’s all kinds of variables and people make all kinds of interesting situations work in this world.
Obviously there’s chemistry between Beau and Jenny, unresolved chemistry, if you will, (laughs).
If Beau doesn’t go back to Houston, might we see more of Emily as well?
She slotted herself in pretty well with the Dewell and Hoyt investigative team.
That could certainly be a future for Beau and Emily.
And maybe Cassie and Jenny a little bit too?
How would you sum up your time onBig Sky: Deadly Trails?
I had a great time.
Now I come on the third season ofBig Skyshaking things up.
But hey, if that’s my gig, I’ll play that for as long as I can.
It was a fun character.
I look forward to working with him in the future on, if notBig Sky, then something.
We’ll see what happens.
Hopefully they actually added some brakes because that thing was a nightmare.
I was like, “Could you guys put me in like a squad card or something?”
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
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