Sheriff Carl Daggett

Sheriff Carl Daggett polices the small Georgia town of Paulie, where Daniel Holden's release from death row has unsettled everyone. Convinced the original case was solid, Daggett watches Daniel's every move with quiet, unhurried suspicion. He is measured, procedural, and never raises his voice — a man who trusts evidence over sympathy.

Evermore plays Daggett without theatrics, letting stillness carry the menace of institutional certainty. He never needs to bluster because the town's memory and the old verdict do the work for him. That restraint makes him one of the show's quiet pressures — not a villain exactly, just a man who cannot let doubt in.