Joe Pickett is a suspenseful, hour-long crime drama set in an epic Western landscape. Joe is the new Game Warden in Saddlestring, Wyoming, a town as beautiful as it is corrupt. Joe and his young family get off to a rocky start in Saddlestring when a poacher steals Joe’s gun and threatens him with it – and when a shocking murder hits close to home. Based on the best-selling book series by C.J. Box.

Joe teams up with a reluctant Sheriff’s department to investigate a murder that hits too close to home. Marybeth, Missy and the girls move into a motel now that their home has become a crime scene. Joe follows a series of clues that lead him to a mysterious survivalist named Nate Romanowski who is arrested for the murder. But is Nate really the killer?

Joe teams up with his old friend Wacey Hedeman to search the mountains for two missing outfitters who might be the killers. Meanwhile, Nate Romanowski asks Joe’s wife, Marybeth, to be his lawyer. Vern placates Opal Scarlett and her sons, who are the most powerful and dangerous family in Saddlestring.

The town comes together at the Saddlestring Deer Days Festival, where Joe is treated like a hero for solving a double murder. But Joe and Marybeth both suspect the real killers may still be at large. Their fears lead them to the dilapidated trailer of a hermit named Clyde Lidgard. Wacey Hedeman announces his bid for Sheriff, pitting him against Sheriff Barnum. Vern Dunnegan takes some heat from Opal Scarlett and her boys.

After Ote Keeley’s funeral, Joe and Marybeth agree it’s too dangerous to continue investigating the murders. They make a deal to stop, but they both struggle to stick to that deal. On opening day of hunting season, Joe befriends a biologist from a nearby reservation who helps him analyze the mysterious scat left by Ote. Marybeth agrees to give Jeanne Keely legal advice and later agrees to represent Nate Romanowski. Sheridan makes a terrifying discovery in her backyard in the dead of night.

After his annual “budget meeting” with Saddlestring’s goat mayor, Joe investigates a grisly crime at Violet and Vivian’s emu farm. The powerful Scarlett family puts pressure on Vern Dunnegan to stop Joe’s investigation. Meanwhile, Marybeth comes up with a clever strategy to get Nate’s case thrown out of court. Sheridan reels after her midnight encounter with a dangerous stalker. Missy and McLanahan get closer.