‘Big Sky’ Season 2 Episode 16 Recap, ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ — [Spoiler] Shot Tubb
The Big Sky Season 2 Episode 16 recap of “Keys to the Kingdom” reveals who shot Sheriff Tubb (Patrick Gallagher) in the ABC drama. Then readers find out what happened between Travis Stone (Logan Marshall-Green) and Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick). Plus, Ren (Janina Gavankar) joins forces with her brother, Jag (Vinny Chhibber), against their father, Veer (Bernard White), and Alicia (Constance Zimmer). Lastly, we’ll cover the love triangle between Cassie Dewell (Kylie Bunbury), Jerrie Kennedy (James Jesse Keitel) and Mark Lindor (Omar Metwally) in the Big Sky Season 2 recap.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers from Big Sky Season 2 Episode 16, ‘Keys to the Kingdom.’]
Travis tells Jenny that the Bhullars want to kill her in ‘Big Sky’ Season 2 Episode 16
Travis tries to warn Jenny that the Bhullars want her dead. However, she points out that he doesn’t know where the line is drawn. Travis admits that his CI, Kate, died because of him. Later, Travis tries to persuade Ren not to have Jenny killed.
‘Big Sky Season 2 Episode 16 recap: Mark Lindor, Jerrie Kennedy, and Cassie Dewell
The love triangle between Mark, Jerrie, and Cassie continues in Big Sky Season 2 Episode 16. Cassie wakes up to a homemade breakfast from Mark after he stayed the night. Then Cassie asks about his relationship with Jerrie, and Mark admits that he had a moment with her.
When Mark and Cassie walk in together things are a bit awkward. However, they jump into the missing Richard Ford (Dallas Roberts) case. Richard’s son died in Big Sky Season 2 Episode 14, and the father went missing in the following episode.
The coronors report came back on Wolfgang Legarski (John Caroll Lynch), so Mark has to go make a statement. Cassie and Mark comment that Scarlet and Phoebe are “still out there,” so it sounds like viewers might see them soon. Jerrie and Cassie follow a lead on Richard’s SUV. Then Cassie awkwardly asks Jerrie about the Mark kiss. Jerrie insists she’s fine with everything.
When Mark returns from the coronor’s office, he reveals that he’s found Scarlet. Jerrie and Mark head to Idaho together to track down Scarlet and Phoebe.
Jag and Ren’s suspicions grow about Veer and Alicia
Later in Big Sky Season 2 Episode 16, Ren talks to Jag about their father. They don’t understand why their father is cutting their drugs. Alicia reveals that she’s a lawyer and visits Sheriff Tubb’s office to accuse Jenny of harassing the Bhullars. She requests that the police department stop their investigation and points out that their warrant is all “made up.” Alicia threatens a civil lawsuit against the department.
The trucker, Bryce, finds Tonya (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) to get paid and offers to take other drug runs. However, while he’s there, Richard shows up to speak to the person in charge. He wants to speak to a Bhullar, but the truck driver scares him off. Meanwhile, Jerrie and Cassie discover Richard’s SUV. Jenny confronts the truck driver to try to get more information to prove the drugs are at the Bhullar ranch.
Ren gives Tonya a new coat and boots; however, while they are talking, Tonya realizes someone has moved a few things on her desk. Viewers know that it was the trucker CI who is working for Jenny. In the last few minutes of the episode, Tonya confronts Bryce about stealing a shipping manifest. When he claims to have no idea what she’s talking about, Donno comes out of hiding. Bryce admits that Jenny Hoyt busted him, so Tonya kills him and adds Bryce to the long list of people killed in Big Sky Season 2.
In another scene, Travis begs Ren to speak to her father because killing Jenny is not a great idea. He mentions the waitress in Seattle again and Ren gets suspicious. Later, Ren talks to Jag about forcing their father out of the business because he’s not making sound decisions. They change the shipping routes after finding Bryce was the CI and appoint Travis to work with Donno and Tonya.
‘Big Sky’ Season 2 Episode 16 recap: Who shot Sheriff Tubb?
In the Big Sky Season 2 Episode 16, Deputy Poppernak (J. Anthony Pena) informs Jenny and Cassie that someone shot Sheriff Tubb. The two women rush to the scene, and he’s alive but doesn’t look good. Sheriff Tubb stopped home to eat lunch and feed his cat. Richard shows up at Tubb’s house to ask who is the drug dealer in charge. He points a gun at Tubb, while the Sheriff tries to talk him down. While Richard is momentarily distracted by the cat, Tubb attacks him to grab the gun. Richard unexpectedly shoots Sheriff Tubb while the two men wrestle with the gun.
Jenny talks to the station to have the officers track down Richard Ford. Cassie, Jerrie, and Denise find a record of a text conversation between Richard’s wife, Mona Ford (Laurel Harris) and a dealer. When Cassie and Jenny confront Mona, she reveals that she texted someone when she needed more drugs. Mona can’t believe it was her fault that her son died.
In the last few minutes of the episode, Richard Ford pulls up to Travis at the Bhuallar ranch with a gun.
Big Sky Season 2 airs on Thursdays at 10 p.m. EST on ABC.
