Big Sky - Season 1

Rick's death, much like Cody's, gives the narrative a spark, and it makes you realize how few series out there raise the stakes like this so soon into a season. Again, another man out there needs to be caught, but getting rid of Rick is another major sign that Big Sky isn't playing it safe.

Big Sky - season 1

According to Atlas of Wonders, the only thing that was shot in Montana for the first season were the overhead shots of Helena, the capital of Montana where much of the story is set. As for the rest of the filming, they tell us that it was done in the Vancouver, Canada area, a major film hub where quite a lot of television productions take place.

The season 1 finale of ABC's twisty-turny finale ended on a pileup of a "to be continued" title card. The Kleinsasser family drama, which gave Dynasty a run for its money, ended in even more death.

The first thing I said when I was talking to David [Kelley] was, "I can't believe you killed off John Carroll Lynch, because he's such a great actor. You brought him back once with a head injury so there's no reason we can't bring him back again." It was a joke I had at first with the writers and David Kelley, and then once we got to the end, I was like, "Wait a minute." There's a lot of back story in the first season about his high school and all this other stuff, why couldn't he have a twin brother? What is his connection, if any, to the syndicate? How does Ronald know about this twin brother? That leaves open all kinds of possibilities for us. Given the language of Big Sky and the amount of characters and plot that we burn, planting those seeds is something that's really important for the show. Whether they all pay off, I don't know. If I had my druthers, they're going to.

A lot. This show has the ability to jump around in time to fill in gaps and to add more mythology to the characters. One of the things when I took over the show that David had left unanswered was the whole idea of the syndicate. What were they doing with these girls? What was Legarski and Ronald's plan with them? We never learned that. All we knew was that Jerrie and the other two girls were going to be taken somewhere and given over to the syndicate. So that's huge open territory for storytelling. Now that Scarlet has activated the "syndicate" to save Ronald, what use does the syndicate have for Ronald? There's a lot of open storytelling, there's a lot of fun unexplored story nooks and crannies we have left for season 2.

If you look at the last half of the season, they've been on a roller coaster ride. They've had no time to breathe with Jenny almost being killed by the Kleinsassers, to being rescued, to getting a phone call that Ronald's been captured, to finally catching this monster they've been chasing, and then Ronald escaping, and in the process, having Jenny shot and Cassie almost strangled. As the show moves forward in the second season, I promise you we will take a breath and process what that means, and they'll process what that means for their relationship together going forward. That's the heart of the show.

Absolutely. One of the things we want to be able to do with the show is tell a handful of long-term mystery arcs, story arcs that have their own stakes. We're going to do the same thing in the second season and, ideally, there's a case that's going to have a connection to a former colleague and friend of Jerrie's in season 2.

ABC has had a problem finding a successful TV series for its Tuesdays at 10:00 PM timeslot for years now. Will the Big Sky succeed where so many other shows have failed? Will the series be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.

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The Aggies (8-1, 5-1), ranked seventh in the FCS coaches poll, did not face Big Sky Conference's fourth-ranked Montana State this season but take on conference leaders fifth-ranked Eastern Washington and No. 22 Sacramento State to close out the season. 041b061a72