After watching the Season 3 finale of “Big Sky,” fans such as @abadritual took to Twitter largely echoing the same question: “is Jensen coming back for another season of [‘Big Sky”]?? There were, however, other viewers who simply assume by the open-ended conversation Beau has with Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick) towards the end of the episode that his return is inevitable — if the show is renewed. “So Jensen’s new deal is that he will be back on season 4 if [the] show gets renewed. Right !?” tweeted @DemonChloe. Jensen Ackles, for his part, is open to Beau’s return.

“If there’s a contract in place and that’s where they tell me to go, then that’s where I go,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “But I had a great time there and if that was it, and they end up bringing me back for a couple of episodes just to wrap up my story, or if they bring me back full time or they could easily get rid of me in one fell swoop with Jenny going, ‘Beau left, went back to Houston, and that’s it.’ Boom, moving on, season 4. Anything can happen in this industry, and I wouldn’t be surprised by any of it. So I’m prepared for whatever they decide to do.”

Lewis & Clark County needs a sheriff, and it’s obvious that fans are hoping “Big Sky” brings Beau Arlen back for Season 4 to fulfill that role. For now, we wait and see — and keep our fingers crossed.