{"id":462726,"date":"2026-05-23T02:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462726\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T02:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T02:54:14","slug":"sheriff-countrys-finale-rejection-was-so-chill-even-matt-lauria-did-a-double-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/462726\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff Country’s Finale Rejection Was So Chill Even Matt Lauria Did a Double Take"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we first got to know Nathan Boone on Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 1<\/a>, he resigned after losing the sheriff position to Mickey. <\/p>\n

It certainly set the tone for how we viewed him over the next few episodes, but then things started to shift.<\/p>\n

He soon proved that he was the guy you would want by your side in a firefight, and that he was the man who would take rejection on the chin.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

The Sheriff Country Season 1 Finale proved that he would stand up for what\u2019s right, and he doesn\u2019t mind getting his hands dirty when it\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n

However, there is sure to be some hurt feelings about how everything went down, and it\u2019s something Matt Lauria<\/a> talked about with TV Fanatic as we looked into how great Boone is as a friend and partner.<\/p>\n

TV Fanatic: What was it like filming the finale with all that action?<\/p>\n

Matt Lauria: Emotionally exhausting. It was obviously high-octane, with a lot of Boone flying across the screen. That was me, by the way!<\/p>\n

Not a stunt double?<\/p>\n

No, that was all me.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

What was that like getting to do your own stunts, because I know they tend to shy away from that, so you don\u2019t get hurt.<\/p>\n

That was definitely within my wheelhouse. My stunt double, Derrick Barnes, is absolutely incredible, but that was something that I could do.<\/p>\n

We do rely on stunt doubles for a lot of stuff.<\/p>\n

And Boone is tested over and over again. How much more can he take?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lot of eating and swallowing bitter pills.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

As you know, when we\u2019ve chatted before, I\u2019m on Mickey\u2019s side of the debate over whether Boone and Mickey should be together. I\u2019m not the biggest fan of a boss and a subordinate being together.<\/p>\n

That being said, if you were both deputies, the chemistry is there, and I love that!<\/p>\n

But Boone handles that rejection so well. He\u2019s disappointed but not toxic, so can we talk about how great that is?<\/p>\n

So, you\u2019re saying no Bookey?<\/p>\n

Can we knock Mickey down to deputy with you? I actually think she needs to stay single for a while, though.<\/p>\n

Haha, yeah! That was some heavy stuff.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

But Boone has a lot of great character. It\u2019s an unimpeachable character.<\/p>\n

It was very unlike Boone to pop in that way, and he regrets it. He probably feels embarrassed about it, and he alludes to that with Mickey after burning her with those feelings.<\/p>\n

Boone is a professional and respects protocol, so he would never blur the lines between sheriff and deputy without extenuating circumstances that brought it out of him.<\/p>\n

I think that\u2019s what I love about Boone. He takes it on the chin. She\u2019s said what she\u2019s said, and now he\u2019s moving on. There is no animosity. There\u2019s no disrespect.<\/p>\n

These guys are incredibly close. They rode together in a car day in, day out for two-plus years.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

He has devoted himself to backing her as his number one and taking the role of her number two very seriously. He\u2019s a person she can depend on.<\/p>\n

And with so much trust, how is he feeling about everything that went down with Alec?<\/p>\n

He knew she wasn\u2019t being forthright with him. She was disrespecting him in front of this other guy, who he knew was a crummy dude.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a hard thing when you have these two alphas together like this.<\/p>\n

He knew she was being hoodwinked by this guy, and he feared for her safety and her station. She could end up sabotaging her position, so there\u2019s a lot on the line.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

When she confirmed that Alec was the guy they were after, was there a bit of relief?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if it was relief. More of \u201cwhat else is on the table?\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re so close. They\u2019ve relied on each other, and they were knocking on death\u2019s door together during the siege. They are in each other\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

At any given moment, they could die. So, there were questions about why Mickey would lie to Boone.<\/p>\n

So, I don\u2019t think it was relief.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

And look at what happened at the end with getting shot! He had to eat spoonfuls of you-know-what for two episodes straight to end up shot by the dude!<\/p>\n

I was so glad we didn\u2019t end Sheriff Country Season 1<\/a> with that as a cliffhanger. I stopped the show to check the timer count and make sure you would survive!<\/p>\n

They did an incredible job!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not all tied up in a pretty little bow. Now they have to confront its complexity.<\/p>\n

These two have a very complicated relationship. They\u2019ve been through a lot.<\/p>\n

\"Sheriff (Steve Wilkie\/CBS )<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve now got to deal with all of that. I\u2019ve read the first episode of Sheriff Country Season 2<\/a>, and it\u2019s not like we pick up vaguely remembering some of what went down.<\/p>\n

We actually have to deal with it, such as the love of Mickey\u2019s life dying (or who she thought was the love of her life) after lying to her, the mom stuff, there\u2019s so much.<\/p>\n

But Boone\u2019s got a lot of integrity, and he\u2019s not going to get toxic or fussy. He\u2019s got a lot of respect for Mickey, so he takes what she says and moves on.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s got this other lady with whom there\u2019s some incredible chemistry, and he is very interested in law enforcement dudes. We\u2019ll see where that goes.<\/p>\n

\"\" (Darren Goldstein\/CBS)<\/p>\n

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.<\/p>\n

Over to you, Sheriff Country Fanatics! What\u2019s your take on the end of the season, and are you as excited as I am about where things are headed for Boone and Mickey?<\/p>\n

Interviews like this take time and care \u2014 and we hope it shows.
If you liked hearing from me, please comment or share the article. That\u2019s how we keep conversations like this going.<\/p>\n

\"Sheriff<\/a><\/p>\n

Nathan Boone doesn\u2019t get toxic when it comes to rejection on Sheriff Country, and it\u2019s something we chatted with Matt Lauria about. <\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

After learning that Alec was actually a dirty DEA agent, Mickey had to figure it out on the Sheriff Country Season 1 Finale. <\/p>\n

\"Sheriff<\/a><\/p>\n

Mickey thought the worst thing right now would be the DEA investigation, but Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 19 upturns everything. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When we first got to know Nathan Boone on Sheriff Country Season 1 Episode 1, he resigned after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282],"class_list":["post-462726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}