Big Sky will be short of one of its series regulars in season three due to a scheduling conflict.
Executive producer Elwood Reid has confirmed that Omar Metwally, who plays US Marshal Mark Lindor, will appear in a reduced capacity in this new chapter.
"At the end of [season 2], Omar came to me and he had this opportunity to be in an off-season play. And I said 'sure'," the EP told TVLine.
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At the time, the show hadn't been confirmed for a new instalment yet, so Metwally went ahead and took a role in Brian Watkins' Epiphany at Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.
"I didn't know if we were coming back. I didn't know when we would come back," Reid continued.
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Then, the series was greenlit for one more season at ABC, with shooting beginning earlier than normal – "way earlier, a month earlier than when we were last year," as Reid put it.
Metwally was committed to the play at that point, meaning the showrunner was left with little choice but to cut the character from the first few episodes.
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"I had to write him out," Reid said, though he reassured fans saying that Lindor is "not dead, he's not gone."
"He may show up, in fact, at some point. But he's not in this first group of episodes."
Fans last saw Lindor (for now, at least) in the season two finale as he hung out with receptionist Denise (Dedee Pfeiffer) at the office while Cassie (Kylie Bunbury) and Jenny (Katheryn Winnick) were at the bar.
Big Sky returns for season 3 on ABC on Wednesday, September 21, while a UK release date on Disney+ is yet to be announced.
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