8.0/10761 votesLoading...#1 - Let It Be Him
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/16/2021
While knocking on doors and searching for clues, Cassie unexpectedly comes face-to-face with Ronald, which puts her in danger and triggers her memory from the pair’s prior meeting. Elsewhere, not feeling like she can trust her husband, Merilee makes a life-changing decision that puts both her and Rick’s fates into her own hands.
Director: Michael Goi
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.9/10824 votesLoading...#2 - A Good Day to Die
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/15/2020
Jenny and Cassie feel as if they're closing in on Legarski, but they are racing against the clock as he and Ronald are preparing to move the girls. Jerrie makes one last attempt to convince Ronald to let them go. Elsewhere, Cassie visits Merilee to question her about her husband and Ronald aggressively confronts his mother.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro
7.8/10721 votesLoading...#3 - I Fall to Pieces
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/2/2021
Cassie and Jenny work against the clock to find Ronald and prove Legarski’s guilt, calling on Grace to join their efforts and bravely help them in the process. Just when all the pieces start falling into place, Ronald’s emotions get the best of him as he makes an unthinkable decision, even for him. Merilee plays an unwilling and life-changing role in turning the case on its head on.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Annakate Chappell, Matthew Tinker
7.8/10714 votesLoading...#4 - The End Is Near
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/9/2021
Cassie and Jenny grow more suspicious of the circumstances with every visit to the hospital, while Ronald finds himself in a precarious situation thanks to a nosy paperboy. With his back against the wall, Ronald will have to address his inner demons and decide just how far is too far.
Director: Hanelle M. Culpepper
Writer: Morenike Balogun
7.7/10411 votesLoading...#5 - Are You Mad?
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2023
Jenny, Cassie and Beau uncover the truth about the Bleeding Heart Killer, but before justice can be served, chaos breaks out. Avery's involvement with Tony's crime family escalates to a standoff; Emily and Denise are put in grave danger; and despite her recent revelations, Sunny's family ties continue to pull apart. As Cassie, Jenny and Beau work to clean up the mess, the killer is still on the loose, ensuring no one is safe.
Director: Ben Hernandez Bray
Writer: Annakate Chappell, Jason Wilborn
7.6/10465 votesLoading...#6 - Duck Hunting
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2022
The investigation for the killer continues as Jenny and Beau confine the campers to the campsite in an effort to unravel their lies. Cassie and Cormac’s romance heats up, leading Cormac to confess his parents might not be as innocent as they want others to believe.
Director: Blackhorse Lowe
Writer: Sharon Lee Watson, Ryan O'Nan
7.5/101,315 votesLoading...#7 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2020
While on a road trip to visit her boyfriend in Montana, Danielle Sullivan and her sister Grace are kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote part of the highway, setting off a chain of events that leads private detectives Cody Hoyt and Cassie Dewell to team up with Cody’s estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt, to search for the sisters. But when the investigators discover these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, it’s clear they’ve stumbled onto something much bigger than them all.
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: David E. Kelley
7.5/10541 votesLoading...#8 - Bitter Roots
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/11/2021
When Scarlet gets an alarming call that her sister is missing, Ronald realizes just how twisted his situation has become and must decide his next move. Meanwhile, Cassie, Jenny, Gil and Rosie find themselves in a whole mess of trouble on the ranch, forced to face off against the worst of the Kleinsasser bunch. But this team is tough and even the strongest family trees can fall.
Director: Alonso Alvarez
Writer: Elwood Reid
7.5/10436 votesLoading...#9 - Catch a Few Fish
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/19/2022
Jenny works to find Travis before he reaches a dangerous point of no return. Ren and Jag find a new familial bond and decide how to handle their father now that he's crossed a serious line. Cassie changes the course of her quest for justice forever.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Elwood Reid
7.5/10584 votesLoading...#10 - Carrion Comfort
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/2022
Jenny and Beau investigate the bloody murder of a woman in her own backyard that turns into quite the family affair. Back at the Sunny Day Excursions, Buck grows increasingly suspicious of Sunny while Avery and Emily continue to question the disappearance of the missing camper. Cassie and Cormac discover something unimaginable out on the trail. Tonya and Donno accept a deadly proposition.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Dominique A. Holmes, Ryan O'Nan
7.5/10523 votesLoading...#11 - Come Get Me
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/2/2022
When shocking new evidence surfaces from the “Bleeding Heart Murder Case,” Jenny and Beau team up with Cassie and achieve a major breakthrough. Buck struggles with his moral ambiguity, and cracks begin to form in his and Sunny’s marriage.
Director: Tori Garrett
Writer: Annakate Chappell, Christine Roum
7.5/10462 votesLoading...#12 - That Old Feeling
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/18/2023
With Denise and Emily's lives on the line, Jenny and Beau are determined to bring the Bleeding Heart Killer to justice, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, Cassie uses her connections to pin down their possible location; and Sunny makes a fiery decision that will change her family forever, but will it all be enough to save the ones they love?
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Elwood Reid, Brian McCauley Johnson, Dominique A. Holmes
7.4/10879 votesLoading...#13 - The Big Rick
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/1/2020
Still on the search for the missing girls, Cassie grows more suspicious of Legarski after a threatening conversation between the two. Meanwhile, Grace manages to make headway on the girls’ quest for freedom. Merilee pleads with Legarski to open up emotionally before it’s too late, and Helen finally confronts Ronald about his increasingly strange behavior.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: David E. Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro
7.4/10560 votesLoading...#14 - White Lion
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/27/2021
Cassie and Jenny hear that a body has been discovered on the Kleinsasser ranch and, fearing the worst, Jenny takes the investigation up a notch, but the Kleinsassers have a plan of their own. Meanwhile, Cassie teams up with Lindor to follow a hot lead on Ronald, who, suspicious that his whereabouts have been revealed, decides to do some damage control—or perhaps just damage.
Director: Christina Alexandra Voros
Writer: Morenike Balogun, Elwood Reid
7.4/10588 votesLoading...#15 - Love Is a Strange and Dangerous Thing
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/18/2021
Cassie and Jenny leave the Kleinsasser women to forge their own path, ridding themselves of their ranch troubles and heading back home. Along with Jerrie and Lindor, they finally get to see Ronald behind bars, though he quickly strips them of any satisfaction by leading them on a wild goose chase, straight into the arms of the syndicate. A brutal battle ensues, clearing a path for Scarlet and Ronald to escape, but while they run off into the sunset Jenny risks her life to save Cassie’s. Is this the end for our dynamic duo? Only time will tell.
Director: Michael Goi
Writer: Annakate Chappell, Matthew Tinker, Elwood Reid
7.4/10374 votesLoading...#16 - The End Has No End
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 12/16/2021
Jenny and Cassie trade stories on recent run-ins with Tonya, leading Cassie to confront her about working for Ren. Having left the ranch—and Wolf—behind him, Ronald revels in his newfound freedom, but old habits threaten to derail his plans. Elsewhere, the kids receive advice from an unlikely source, Travis is finally honest with Jenny and, later, Cassie receives devastating news
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10653 votesLoading...#17 - Do You Love An Apple
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/2022
It’s been a few months of relative peace, but all that’s about to change when Sunny Barnes and her family set up Sunny Day Excursions just outside of town. Cassie is called in to investigate a missing backpacker. Beau and Jenny track a murderer.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Elwood Reid, Sharon Lee Watson
7.4/10586 votesLoading...#18 - The Woods Are Lovely, Dark and Deep
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2022
When disgruntled realtor Tonya calls the police on a squatter living in one of her homes, Jenny arrives only to discover a shocking connection to her past tied to the case. Cassie and Beau work to track the still-missing backpacker. Beau’s daughter Emily takes a campground investigation dangerously into her own hands, but has she stumbled upon a story far more nefarious than she could have imagined?
Director: Kelli Williams
Writer: Kyle Long, Christine Roum
7.4/10541 votesLoading...#19 - Flesh and Blood
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/2022
After discovering Mark’s body in the woods, Cassie enlists Jenny’s help to solidify her suspicions that he was, in fact, murdered. Meanwhile, Tonya and Donno set up camp hoping to find Luke and Paige, and Sunny is feeling the pressure of all those watchful eyes looking for her missing campers.
Director: Lisa Leone
Writer: Benjy Steinberg, Sharon Lee Watson
7.4/10514 votesLoading...#20 - The Bag and the Box
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/2022
Jenny and Beau are on the hunt to find the killer of a decorated veteran. Cassie closes in on the Barnes family, all while getting closer with Cormac. Tonya and Donno devise a plan for their own best interest.
Director: Laura Nisbet Peters
Writer: Kyle Long, Jason Wilborn
7.4/10449 votesLoading...#21 - Where There's Smoke There's Fire
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2022
Jenny and Beau investigate the mysterious death of a rookie smokejumper while Cassie picks apart Walter’s story, convinced something isn’t adding up. Emily finds herself at Dewell and Hoyt while trying to keep busy, and Sunny and Buck work to put themselves back together after Walter’s arrest, leading her to reveal her biggest secret to Cormac and testing his allegiance in the process.
Director: Keith Powell
Writer: Kyle Long, Brian McCauley Johnson
7.4/10439 votesLoading...#22 - A Thin Layer of Rock
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2022
Jenny and Beau investigate the untimely death of a groom. Cassie enlists the help of Denise and Emily to unravel the lies surrounding Walter and Sunny Day Excursions. Sunny makes an unlikely alliance to save her family.
Director: Ben Hernandez Bray
Writer: Dominique A. Holmes, Jason Wilborn
7.3/10800 votesLoading...#23 - Unfinished Business
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/8/2020
Unsatisfied with the investigation now that the girls' disappearance has made headlines, Cassie and Jenny take things into their own hands, tapping into their individual strengths to make headway in the case. Meanwhile, Legarski attempts to keep cool, but Ronald takes a different approach to protect himself. Still captive, Danielle and Jerrie tend to Grace, who makes a painful decision in an attempt to save them all.
Director: Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Writer: Annakate Chappell, Matthew Tinker
7.3/10744 votesLoading...#24 - The Wolves Are Always Out for Blood
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/26/2021
Jenny and Cassie officially team up to track down Ronald. Merilee struggles with the fact she didn't truly know her husband. Helen learns about her son's deeds.
Director: Mark Tonderai
Writer: Maria Sten
7.3/10526 votesLoading...#25 - Nice Animals
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 5/4/2021
Cassie, Jenny, Jerrie and Lindor work to get things back on track when the motel is reduced to rubble and both the Kleinsasser and Ronald cases not doing much better. At the ranch, Cheyenne seizes an opportunity to shift the family power dynamic in her favor and all it will take is the truth.
Director: Michael Goi
Writer: Jonathan Shapiro, Elwood Reid
The Best Episodes of Big Sky
Every episode of Big Sky ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Big Sky!
Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"Let It Be Him" is the best rated episode of "Big Sky". It scored 8/10 based on 761 votes. Directed by Michael Goi and written by Jonathan Shapiro, it aired on 2/16/2021. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Good Day to Die".