Vaquero mentioned Lonesome Dove. I’ve seen Lonesome Dove and all the prequels and sequels, and as good as Lonesome Dove is, I have to say “Streets of Laredo” is my favorite of the group. James Garner is excellent as Woodrow Call, but the guy who steals the show is Randy Quaid as John Wesley Harding. His character has the be the meanest ever (he rivals Bruce Dern at his best). And the stone cold killer kid Joey Garza is frightening.
I have seen all the McMurtry written ‘Dove’ stories and in order of importance to me:
“Lonesome Dove”
‘Streets of Laredo’
‘Dead Mans Walk’
‘Comanche Moon’(a huge disappointment, despite Val Kilmer)
‘return to Lonesome dove’ was bogus as was some of the other TV series.