Sheriff Country season 1 episode 5 release time, synopsis, and what to expect

“Expecting Trouble” – Pictured: Morena Baccarin as Sheriff Mickey Fox and Matt Lauria as Boone. Photo: Christos Kalohoridis/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
“Expecting Trouble” – Pictured: Morena Baccarin as Sheriff Mickey Fox and Matt Lauria as Boone. Photo: Christos Kalohoridis/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mickey and Boone need to protect a vulnerable witness who is supposed to be in witness protection. You will not want to miss Sheriff Country season 1 episode 5.

The whole point of witness protection is to keep a witness safe until trial. In a lot of cases, it works, but there are times when the criminals find out where the witness has been kept. After all, they’re not exactly going to stop just because a trail goes dead.

And so, Mickey and Boone will need to work together, with their time together coming to an end. Well, maybe. After all, it’s unlikely that Boone is actually going to leave Edgewater.

Expecting Trouble
“Expecting Trouble” – Pictured: Matt Lauria as Boone, Emma Sofia as Val Fulton and Morena Baccarin as Sheriff Mickey Fox. Photo: Christos Kalohoridis/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

What time will Sheriff Country season 1 episode 5 air on CBS?

Sheriff Country continues to take the 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot tonight, Friday, Nov. 14. There’s no need to change what is working, and there’s certainly a lot of love for this cop show. One of the great things about Sheriff Country is that the town is its own character, which Fire Country was never able to quite capture.

You can watch CBS in a few ways, including via YouTube TV and Fubo TV. Don’t forget that the network websites often make it possible to watch live.

What if you can’t watch the show live, though? The good news is you can catch up on Paramount+ (by the way, which also has a live option) on Saturday, Nov. 15. The episode should be available around 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT.

What to expect in Sheriff Country season 1 episode 5

Now for the episode itself, which will see Boone and Mickey working together. It looks like Boone arresting Skye is water under the bridge, although I really would be questioning why he didn’t try harder to find the real suspect when there were inconsistencies in the evidence. He really did get an idea and run with it, even though he didn’t really think it was Skye.

A high-stakes transport mission puts Sheriff Mickey Fox and Deputy Boone on edge as they race against time to protect a vulnerable witness.

It looks like he may be running from something in his past. When he answered the call to get the Oakland position, we learned that’s where he’s from, but in the promo for Sheriff Country season 1 episode 5, he shares that you can’t hide from your past. This is likely when chatting with the woman in witness protection who is being targeted, but he could also mean himself.

What has he been running from all this time? What brought him to Edgewater? It’s time to find out!

Sheriff Country airs on Fridays at 8/7c on CBS.

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