#the moment i see any casting news for emily and her mom i will tack it onto this post

[laurelwinchester]

Has there been any news about casting for Beau Arlen's daughter and ex wife? Curious to see who gets those roles the wife role especially

okay so i got this ask a few weeks ago and i was going to wait for the casting news to come out before i answered it, but some other big sky casting news has just come out so here's what we know so far.

first of all, beau's new bff deputy poppernak (played by j. anthony pena) has been upped to series regular. good for him. he's been there long enough.

second of all, no news on casting for beau's wife and daughter, but there was a big dump of recurring characters and a bit of plot info dropped by deadline today and his daughter (her name is emily, so very very close to emma, i hope he calls her ''em'' or ''emmy'' and the entire dean/jensen fandom just loses it) was mentioned.

one of the new characters is going to be avery (aka the tech dude beau's ex-wife is now married to, mentioned in beau's introductory episode during one of his many rambles, described in the article as ''well meaning'') played by henry ian cusick.

avery goes on a backcountry camping trip with his stepdaughter emily, ''charismatic outfitter'' sunny barnes and her son cormac (reba mcentire and luke mitchell) and some others (including characters played by anirudh pisharody and madalyn horcher) and something goes terribly wrong, leading to the trio's (jenny, cassie, and beau) ''most formidable mystery yet.''

so. no news on who is going to be playing emily. not even any news on how old her character is supposed to be. (i'm going to assume she's probably a teenager. i mean, the backcountry camping trip part leans teenager.) but we do know that jensen is likely going to have at least some scenes with henry ian cusick, which is definitely something to look forward to.

side note: the article made it seem like beau, jenny, and cassie have been a trio for awhile so i'm wondering if we're looking at a time jump here or if the author of the article just liked the drama of that ''the trio's most formidable mystery yet'' line. no hate, it's a great line. very scooby doo.

seth gabel is also joining as walter, a local recluse who lives in the montana wilderness. according to the deadline article, his ''unpredictable nature can make for menacing run ins with stray hikers.'' honestly so excited for him in this role. he is so good at being unhinged.

from the character descriptions and the small bits of plot details we were given here, it sounds like they're setting up an almost agatha christie-esque whodunit in the woods that jenny, cassie, and beau are going to have to solve. i, for one, am very here for that.

would also totally be down for a duet between beau and sunny. i can think of at least three ways to make this happen. one of them involves subterfuge and fun leverage reminiscent shenanigans. don't be cowards, big sky writers.

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