Sheriff Country’s Christopher Gorham On That Brutal Winter Premiere: ‘I’ve Been Shot On TV, But Nothing Quite Like This Before’

The violent “Sheriff Country” winter premiere takes place in the fictional world of Edgewater, but for Christopher Gorham, who plays Travis, the trauma felt all too real.

Friday’s episode of the CBS drama picks up right where the fall finale left off: The Edgewater sheriff’s office is under siege by the Barlows, a local separatist group that became enraged with local law enforcement after they took their leader, Enoch, into custody.

Much of the hour depicts brutal gun violence, with Mickey and Boone barricading themselves in a room while fending off bullet after bullet discharged from a slew of assault…