Summary
As we move into season two of Joe Pickett, the writers do a great job with the first episode of setting the stage for what’s ahead for the Pickett family.
This recap of the Paramount+ series Joe Pickett Season 2 Episode 1, “The Missing And The Dead,” contains spoilers.
Joe Pickett Season 2 picks up one year after the end of the first season. Marybeth and Joe are dealing with the anniversary of losing their unborn baby boy. As the couple struggles to cope, Joe sets out on a hunt for a missing person in the woods.
Joe Pickett Season 2 Episode 1 Recap
A mysterious man walks through the woods and sets his rifle sights on an animal only to turn it towards a hunter and pull the trigger, killing the hunter.
Joe picks up his new trainee, Luke, and throughout the ride, the young kid refuses to stop talking to the point that Joe is annoyed. The duo shows up at an orchard farm that elk have destroyed. Joe is worried about Marybeth as she hasn’t returned her text messages, so he leaves the kid and heads to check on her.
Marybeth struggles to get the kids together and off to school at home. She meets with Blair to discuss the estate plan, where Blair mentions her husband Frank has yet to return home from hunting. Marybeth continues to struggle since being shot and losing her baby leads her to daydream about it. Joe arrives to comfort her as she struggles with it being the one-year anniversary of the shooting.
How does Luke get the elk out of the school?
An elk is wreaking havoc on the school when Joe arrives to help tame the beast. Luke comes up with an idea he saw on TikTok to get it outside. We see him turn on “Kissed by a Rose” by Seal, which works. However, it leads to the elk destroying Joe’s truck.
Blair arrives to talk to Marybeth about Frank going missing, so she asks Joe to go and look for him. Joe begins the search in the woods and stumbles across a drunken man who said he was in the woods looking for the elk he shot. After finding it, the elk was already stripped by someone else. Joe asked if he had seen anyone, and he said he hadn’t.
What does Joe give the brothers tickets for?
Joe repeatedly asks for Caleb’s gaming license, but after giving him the runaround, Joe gives him and his brother tickets for failure to produce the license and for the amount of game they had on their site. Upon Joe leaving, the brother burns his ticket.
Joe Pickett Season 2 Episode 1 Ending Explained
What happens to Joe in the woods?
After dealing with the Grimm Brothers, Joe attempts to make his way back to his truck. However, one wrong turn causes him to be lost. His horse starts to feel something weird is bound to happen, and Joe gets hit by a bow. The person shooting continues and doesn’t stop. As Joe tries to pull the bow out of his leg, the horse goes wild, and Joe hits his head on a tree, which knocks him out.
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