Walt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit. Walt Longmire is the charismatic, dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County. Widowed only a year, Longmire is a man in psychic repair that buries his pain behind a brave face and dry wit. Struggling since his wife's death and at the urging of his daughter, Cady, Longmire knows that the time has come to turn his life around. With the help of Vic, a female deputy new to the department, he becomes reinvigorated about his job and committed to running for re-election. When Branch, an ambitious, young deputy decides to run against him for sheriff, Longmire feels betrayed but remains steadfast in his dedication to the community. Longmire often turns to close friend and confidant Henry Standing Bear for support as he sets out to rebuild both his personal and professional life, one step at a time. I don't write many reviews, but I feel I have to for this series, it is so good. Longmire seasons one and two on Netflix has caught my attention and is totally absorbing. By that I mean I can really get into the characters and stories. The actors are all fully believable, the acting is superb, exquisite, the stories are original and well thought out and told in an interesting and absorbing way. Very often a film and story has defects that distract, the story is feeble, or improbable, the acting is faulty and obviously staged and weakly carried. Full disclosure; I am an engineer, degreed, knowledgeable, well-grounded and practical. I can spot false science and hocus-pocus arty schemes that the directors think they can get away with instantly. A story and its details have to be consistent and feeling real for me to enjoy it. I enjoy Longmire greatly for its intense feelings conveyed by the characters, great stories and real characters portrayed by the actors so much that I do not look at them as actors. They appear to be real. The complexity of each characters world is very convincing while not being too much to be confusing. Walt Longmire's quiet, brief comments and introverted character is refreshing in a world where every other story has its people gabbing away merrily and talking their heads off trying to spoon-feed the audience by explaining everything in words. The other characters are also very good at expressing themselves in short comments or phrases. The music is entirely on task and appropriate. It is complex and driving the story forward but at no time does it take over and interfere with the feeling or dialog, it supports it in the way it should with strength and attitude, but it does not overwhelm. Its attitude and balance is perfect. All in all I rate this series as absolutely first-class with no reservations, I thoroughly recommend it to all. I just finished watching the entire 6 seasons on Netflix and I can't believe that this show was cancelled. This show was very well written, directed and acted. This show had one of best cast of actors that I've seen in a long time and all did a fantastic job. I can only hope that a sequel will emerge where Cady Longmire is the Sheriff (with Walt as her mentor) or Walt just simply can't retire and the electors of the county want him back, just saying. I am 56 years old (born and raised in Montana) and I would compare Longmire to a modern day Gunsmoke and Bonanza. I can really appreciate that a couple of the actors in Longmire also played in Dances with wolves, thats the caliber of the cast. Thanks for 6 seasons, Walt, Vic, Cady, Henry, Ferg, Ruby, Jacob, Mathias, Malachi and the entire cast (over 700 for the 6 seasons) did a great job of entertaining us.
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