Joe Pickett is a Wyoming game warden. He is married to Marybeth Pickett, and he has two daughters, Sheridan and Lucy.

In the first season, Joe relocated his family to Wyoming for his dream job. Little did they know that the town was seething with corruption that would soon affect his family. He and Marybeth found themselves victims of local government officials and their underlings, resulting in the death of their unborn child.