Sheriff Country‘s Michele Weaver revealed the lengths she went through to cover her pregnancy on the show.
“You all appear to love seeing clips of me hiding my belly last season … so here you go!! 😂,” Weaver captioned an Instagram video on Wednesday, June 10, of her on set of the hit CBS series. “That is what happens while you film until 38 weeks pregnant!!!”
Weaver, who plays Cassidy, previously took to social media in May to deal with why she hasn’t been in recent episodes, writing, “People keep asking if I used to be written off. Nope .. just had to go away to have a baby.”
She continued: “I’m back next week! Don’t miss tonight’s episode! When you think what’s going to occur next… trust me.. you don’t.”
During an April episode of the hit CBS series, Cassidy was finally in a position to solve her missing sister’s case. That involved Cassidy getting kidnapped by a serial killer who got away with murdering women for years.
While Mickey (Morena Baccarin) saved Cassidy just in time, the deputy asked for some time without work. The ultimate scene showed Cassidy and her mother driving off in her automobile while healing from their loss.
The network previously renewed Sheriff Country for season 2 — with Weaver expected to reprise her role as Cassidy. Sheriff Country also stars Baccarin, Christopher Gorham, Matt Lauria and W. Earl Brown while Amanda Arcuri and Ian Quinlan were promoted to series regulars for the second season.
Concern about Cassidy’s future comes after Sheriff Country‘s predecessor, Fire Country, received backlash when budget cuts led to Billy Burke and Stephanie Arcila‘s exits.
“It’s a hearth show. Anyone can go at any time,” showrunner Tia Napolitano told Us Weekly in October 2025. “But by way of losing people, we’re also adding some really fun guest forged. It’s a revolving door of individuals from Sharon’s past and latest faces which might be exciting to bring conflict and secrets and twists and turns.”
Napolitano teased how the show can have to balance “really spicing it up” while still walking a “high-quality line” of paying tribute to the loss.
“What we’ve done is basically thread the needle of honoring — especially Vince — because Gabriella is gone, but she’s gone to a pleased and successful life. She’s still on the market. But we actually walk this line of honoring Vince while also finding hope slightly quickly,” she noted. “Looking forward, the theme of the season is rising from the ashes and recovery.”
Napolitano continued: “How do you recuperate from something like this? And we’re really going to see everybody rise to the occasion, in celebration of Vince, of his life and in honoring the sacrifice that he made.”
After speaking with Us, news broke that Napolitano was leaving the show as well. It was announced in March that Eric Guggenheim will probably be taking up for Napolitano. In keeping with Deadline, Guggenheim is coming on board after previously serving as showrunner of Magnum P.I. and coshowrunner of Hawaii Five-0.
Sheriff Country returns in fall 2026.