The Real Reason Omar Metwally's Role Has Been Reduced In Big Sky Season 3

While "Big Sky" aired its Season 2 finale on May 19, 2022, it was actually only a week earlier that ABC revealed that they'd renewed the show for a third season (via TV Line). With the show's future unsure, Omar Metwally approached showrunner Elwood Reid about a role he wanted to play. "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,'" Reid recalls. "I didn't know if we were coming back. I didn't know when we would come back" (via TV Line).

Metwally has been playing the role of Sam, an opinionated psychiatrist, in Brian Watkins' Lincoln Center Theater production of "Epiphany." Unfortunately for Metwally, shooting began a month earlier than usual for "Big Sky," and Reid was forced to write Metwally out since he was still committed to the play. But Reid is adamant that our favorite U.S. Marshal will return, telling TV Line that he's "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." We hope he returns soon.