They managed to keep the series interesting. They kept the main story line moving on and added other great side stories to it. I love it. I'm so happy Netflix took this show to finish it out because I would've been so mad that it was cut short. I want season 6 now!
shareBy far the worst season, they are going to have to do some revamping and get better writers and directors for the next season, I'm sorry but I have been following the show since day one and reading the books also and this was so far off-base I have no idea what they were thinking of. 5 years of hanging on to every episode and this was all about a golf course?
shareIt's the best season....hands down.
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This was definitely the weakest season by far. Became a soap opera with Walt becoming a huge whiner.
shareBut a very good soap opera.
latmfrh
I'm with you, it was a terrible season. There were times my head was spinning with all the (at times unnecessary) subplots. Hope the next one is less chaotic.
shareObviously very late here but yeah, Season 5 has really been chaotic and strange. I try to admire that the show isn't sticking with Walt being the same taciturn sheriff we started with, but he's much harder to like as a heroic figure. I'm curious how they will turn all this around.
I like the theory that it's concussion / brain trauma related, but still .... How is he supposed to overcome this?
At least it's interesting.
I am just glad that we made it to the fifth season and even got a sixth. As you may know, AMC cancelled it after three and the only reason we got more than that was because Netflix picked it up. I have a lot of issues with Netflix, both as a service and as a company, but I will always give them credit for doing that.
It's a shame the show had to end after six, though. The concept is such that I really think it could've run for 15 seasons. It's a procedural, not a drama that is dependent on a single story arc. There can always be a new case of the week.
Thanks for saying something. Not many people care anymore.
Seems like the writing lost focus in S.5&6, but it still might have been worth watching.
Seems like good dramas have to have a mix of stand alone episodes while maintaining a couple bigger stories that affect the main characters. The show just got too busy and distracted from me actually caring about the core group of individuals. I'm having a hard time explaining it, but I'm kind of just playing out the last couple episodes just to feel like I completed it.
That said, I was very taken with it the first few seasons.
I'm always happy to comment on Longmire. Thanks for commenting in the first place!
I turned my parents onto this show and they loved it. I think they've watched every season twice now.
If I ever felt the writing lost its way it was during the. . .
Henry as Hector storyline.
That felt like a bit of a shark jump to me.
It's a great show overall. Great vibe. Don't worry so much about the story arcs but just enjoy hanging out with the characters in their world.
Fair point about H&H jumping the shark, (although that's how I felt about the Irish mob. See? Too much stuff going on). The vigilante story, which they kept up for quite a bit, did seem out of character for such a thoughtful, stoic man of modest physical size. And Henry sure seems to know how to shake off all that emotional trauma. But maybe that's the difference between watching shows once a week and binge-ing them.
I do like the setting though. I find I am often taken in by movies and shows with natural landscapes