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Big Sky's first five episodes have proven a hit with viewers who have been drawn into the detective drama and its many twists and turns. After ABC extended its first season to 16 episodes, there are now 11 episodes left to go until the finale. However, all of these will now air in 2021, with the show set to go on hiatus after its December 15 episode.
After that instalment, titled "A Good Day to Die," fans have six weeks to wait until they will get any more episodes of Big Sky. The release date for Episode 6 of the show has been set for Tuesday, January 26, 2021, when the as-yet-untitled episode will air in the show's usual timeslot of 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. CT on ABC.
Surprisingly for such a thrilling show, Big Sky has been paired for 2021 with two comedies. When the show returns on January 26, it will be preceded by Black-ish, moving to Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT and Mixed-ish at 9:30 / 8:30.
ABC has not released a synopsis for this upcoming episode, which will be available to watch on Hulu and the ABC website and app after it airs. However, Big Sky star Katheryn Winnick suggested in a GoldDerby interview that the current story, taken from the C.J. Box novel The Highway, of the girls locked in the storage container by Ronald (played by Brian Geraghty) and the events around the death of Cody (Ryan Phillippe) will be tied up very early into 2021.
She said: "Instead of taking a whole series or a whole season to have an open and end close of a case, we're trying to do it in half that time, or a series of eight and then move onto the next book right after that."
This should mean that in February the show should start adapting the second book in the franchise, Badlands, which sees Cassie (Kylie Bunbury) solving crimes in a booming North Dakota oil town.
Winnick also said of the upcoming episodes to the ladies of The View: "Not only is the storyline very suspenseful, and you don't know what's going to happen, it's a thriller from the core of it...It definitely will surprise you, and there is definitely a lot more shock coming up."
Grace actor Jade Pettyjohn, meanwhile, has teased that her character may come to a breaking point soon as her character's plans to escape are foiled time and time again.
She told TVLine: "No one's perfect or untouchable in that way, and Grace definitely takes a hit physically and emotionally, and she does navigate getting through that and still just coming to terms with the fact that she's kidnapped and has a completely debilitated leg [from getting shot with arrows in Episode 3]."
Big Sky returns on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 10 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. CT on ABC.
