Summer Slack Streaming - Big Sky: Deadly Trails - Season Three

Big Sky's third season was subtitled Deadly Trails, it was also a return to form following a so-so second season.

Created by David E. Kelley and based on The Highway series of books by C. J. Box. The series streams in Australia on Disney+. A little later too than the USA, as this third season wrapped up mid January. So getting it a little later on Disney, without reading spoilers was a bit of a miracle. However little heat about the series means, will there be a fourth season?

The season kicks off with a new mystery arc, new dangers. After encountering a mysterious man in the wilderness, a hiker falls off a cliff to his death. Investigating it as a missing person case because no body is found, Jenny and Beau question Sunny Barnes, proprietor of Sunny Day Excursions. 

Sunny vows to offer her assistance, but she's later shown bringing food to the mysterious man. Elsewhere, Tonya and Donno are shown running a diner, while Tonya has also started a real estate business. Using threats that she's still investigating their connection to the Bhullars, Cassie cajoles Tonya into selling her the ranch her late father coveted at a below-market price.

Jensen Ackles from The CW's long running Supernatual series joins the series three cast. As does Reba McEntire, J. Anthony Pena, Australian Luke Mitchell, Seth Gabel, Henry Ian Cusick, Anirudh Pisharody, and Madalyn Horcher.

Also Lyle Lovett & Darius Rucker were guest stars on an episode for the third season.

So the cast has grown, with some big ass names. Hello Queen of Country music, McEntire!

However will Ackles and  Reba McEntire be enough to get a fourth season of the David E. Kelley? As above there isn't much online about the show, the ratings grew with 7 day viewing totals, however will it be enough? Network TV in the USA seems to be culling a number of dramas in favour for reality or game shows.

ABC really only has Grey's and Station 19 which are kicking goals, so maybe it will get a fourth and final series in place of a new series to debut mid September this year.

I enjoyed this season a pile more than the hit and miss season two. Also the tighter, shorter episode run kept the series on track. I feel a 13 episode run should have been the case for the previous two seasons.

OK, up next week Young Rock concludes its third (and also maybe final season?), I should have finished You, season four Part I along with possibly one more binge. It's a big end to summer TV 2022/2023!