Sheridan's the Clint Eastwood of television.

To clarify, actors love working with Clint on films which he directs because he's known for doing scenes in a single take (or two) and moving on. Studios love it too because it's cheaper.

I really wish he could just play an asshole in everything, he's so good at it. Thinking all the way back to Sleepers, he was great in that too.

While it was a good show, I'm not sure where else they could have gone. I thought the finale was excellent in tying up loose ends.

There was a really good profile on him not too long ago where he was talking about that. He was asking for more money for Season 3 of SoA. BTW, I wouldn't call him a background character and he was a deputy, not the sheriff. He was a pretty major character the first couple of seasons and I remember him being featured prominently in the trailers with Charlie Hunnam when the show first premiered. Anyway, someone who he didn't identify said to him that actors like him were a dime a dozen and refused to give him a raise. He got killed off so he could get out of the show. I always wonder how that executive who told him that must feel today.

Yeah, his TV shows are good for what they are. He saw a niche that wasn't being served and he filled that, most if not all of his shows so far have been big hits. I do feel his true talent lies in screenwriting though.