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Walt Longmire Mysteries series (television adaptation)
2004 | Craig Johnson

Posted on 07/03/2017 10:49:37 PM PDT by Gene Eric

The anticipated final season 6 is expected to air this September, 2017. Originally launched on A&E mid-2012 — seasons 1-5 are available on Netflix.

Short list of cast
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Robert Taylor Sheriff Walt Longmire
Katee Sackhoff Victoria Moretti
Lou Diamond Phillips  Henry a.k.a Standing Bear
Adam Bartle Ferg
Louanne Stephens Ruby
Bailey Chase Branch Connally


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To: Gene Eric

I’m watching the second season. Now, I’m hooked. It’s too bad it’s coming to an end.

Anyone read the books? Are they good??


101 posted on 11/20/2017 7:29:44 AM PST by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: Gene Eric

Bout Freakin’ time!


102 posted on 11/20/2017 9:10:29 AM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: Chickensoup
Quite so. The problem though is that to survive, a TV show needs not just a sufficiently large and demographically attractive base of loyal, experienced viewers who are drawn to the characters, backstories and larger themes, but a show must also attract enough new viewers to offset natural attrition from its base. That requires that the show be comprehensible and enjoyable for novice viewers. I think that Longmire may have failed in that regard.
103 posted on 11/20/2017 9:40:14 AM PST by Rockingham
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes, but at the end of Season 3, Branch was shot by Barlow at their skeet shooting range next to the river.


104 posted on 11/20/2017 12:25:40 PM PST by Jemian (War Eagle!)
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To: Jemian

Right; I remember. The cliff-hanger to hold over to Season 4.


105 posted on 11/20/2017 12:32:15 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Freedom is not free; Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free". Richard Berkeley Cotten)
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To: Rockingham

I’ve heard gossip that there might be a spin-off with Cady as the main character.


106 posted on 11/20/2017 12:33:24 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Freedom is not free; Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free". Richard Berkeley Cotten)
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To: MayflowerMadam
Spinoffs make business sense because they offer a built in initial audience and a better shot at ratings good enough for renewal. That advantage though has a problem attached in that the spinoff may be so constrained by the prior show that it lacks newness and quickly becomes stale.

Do not mourn too much the termination of Longmire after six seasons. That is a success in the TV business and long enough to earn its main actors years of residuals. With a few exceptions, series TV shows have a lifespan of five to seven years, after which they exhaust their premise and lose audience interest and ratings. Even with a top notch staff of writers and free-lancers, it is hard to come up with seven years -- 154 episodes -- of a TV show without repeating old plots and dialog.

In addition to lingering plot lines, my major gripe against Longmire is that, like many detective shows these days, it developed a coziness with its major characters and had politically correct comments and plot points. The best detective and crime shows though are consistently based on sharp-edged plots that have the protagonist isolated and struggling with bad people, indifferent good people, and unreliable friends and allies. Get away from that too much and you end up with something that conveys no more sense of menace and human rottenness than an cartoon featuring the Scoobie gang.

107 posted on 11/20/2017 2:11:46 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

I was surprised that there was an equal balance, with whites and Indians both having some good and some bad folk. In a typical series in this PC world, the Indians would’ve been the victims about 100% of the time.


108 posted on 11/20/2017 2:17:26 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Freedom is not free; Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free". Richard Berkeley Cotten)
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To: MayflowerMadam

True, but, for me at least, Henry Standing Bear was a little too virtuous and good a friend to Walt to be fully credible. Detective novelist Raymond Chandler, the inadequately credited godfather of TV detective shows, would reject such a character as not realistic and as contrary to the isolation of the detective that is an essential part of his heroism.


109 posted on 11/20/2017 2:51:20 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

My favorite character is Mathias. Not sure why.


110 posted on 11/20/2017 2:55:13 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Freedom is not free; Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free". Richard Berkeley Cotten)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Mathias is superficially unappealing but at the core is a principled man.


111 posted on 11/20/2017 3:05:20 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Gene Eric

I’m really going to miss it. The lead cast is wonderful, the supporting cast is stellar and I love the themes of loyalty, honor, and duty that weave through every episode.


112 posted on 11/20/2017 5:11:26 PM PST by Melian ("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -Gimli)
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To: MayflowerMadam

He’s a hunk and he follows his code with honor and dignity. What’s not to like? I enjoy every scene he”s in.


113 posted on 11/20/2017 5:24:41 PM PST by Melian ("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -Gimli)
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To: Melian

So it’s not just me? He also has a regular role in the TV series, “The Son” — at least the first season.


114 posted on 11/20/2017 6:46:02 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Freedom is not free; Free men are not equal, and Equal men are not free". Richard Berkeley Cotten)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Lol, it’s not just you. And the best thing about this last season is that he has a much bigger role.


115 posted on 11/21/2017 7:44:12 AM PST by Melian ("Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens." -Gimli)
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To: Gene Eric

I know I watched the final season. I don’t want it to be the final season. Sad as I really enjoyed Longmire.


116 posted on 11/21/2017 2:01:51 PM PST by Engedi
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To: MayflowerMadam

Me neither. Sad it’s over.


117 posted on 11/21/2017 2:03:11 PM PST by Engedi
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