Longmire

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There used to be a crime drama on ABC called Castle. The premise was a New York crime author was allowed to shadow the NYPD Homocide detective his novels were loosely based on. Long story short, he helps solve the crimes because of his analytical skills and they fall in love and continue to solve crimes together.

Until season four. In season four they started a new story arc where the cop's mother had been a legal aid lawyer who was defending minorities gratis and was about to sue the NYPD for official misconduct when she was brutally stabbed to death while being mugged in an alleyway (Not in Denver though).

After that EVERY episode was somehow connected to "Who Killed Beckett's Mother?" and was there a cover up and did the NYPD have her murdered to keep her from suing them (or to stop the Casino from opening).

And people started trying to frame Castle and Beckett or kill them because they were getting too close to the the truth. Does any of this sound familiar?

I don't remember the specifics because I quit watching but in the end they were able to implicate the person behind the murders in such a way that he couldn't come back on them. Then Beckett retired, married Castle and had perfect babies until the end of her days.

Anyway, that's what Longmire feels like to me.

 

[Smoke]

Jacob Nighthorse on Adam12 circa 1970

 

[Whit]

As an earlier post observed, the book series is much better than the show, at least in my opinion. My opinion may not count to anyone but me, but I’m OK with that. I’ve been wrong before…I think!

 

[Absalom]

As an earlier post observed, the book series is much better than the show, at least in my opinion. My opinion may not count to anyone but me, but I’m OK with that. I’ve been wrong before…I think!

I generally agree, although the show introduces some good and bad characters, particularly the Indians Nighthorse, Mathias, and Malachi, who aren‘t in the books but who I found very interesting.

And the author Craig Johnson has his ups and downs too. The recent volume “Depth of Winter”, where Walt goes to Mexico and basically reenacts Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch” to rescue his daughter, was pretty silly.

 

[Smoke]

And the author Craig Johnson has his ups and downs too. The recent volume “Depth of Winter”, where Walt goes to Mexico and basically reenacts Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch” to rescue his daughter, was pretty silly.

Based solely on my reading, I think Craig Johnson is a closet gun gun grabber who is writing to a target audience.

I don't hold him accountable for the constant references to firearms registration in the television series but he has sole creative control over the books and he references is repeatedly.

I also like the part of The Cold Dish where he talks about how a .45 ACP round will pick you up and throw you across the room AND put a hole in you big enough to drive a truck through.