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Old and New West

Longmire 5.01: “A Fog That Won’t Lift” Episode Review

By David Cranmer

September 26, 2016

Season 5 opens in an outpouring of emotion with Cady Longmire (Cassidy Freeman) imploring, “Please don’t leave me, Dad!” Her father, Sheriff Walter Longmire (Robert Taylor), is writhing in his own blood, shot at home by an unknown assailant.  He’s not laid up for long though. Not since the old Gunsmoke days, when Marshal Matt…

Dark Reservations by John Fortunato

Dark Reservations: New Excerpt

By John Fortunato

October 16, 2015

Dark Reservations by John Fortunato is the debut mystery in the Joe Evers series about the Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent (available October 13, 2015). Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent Joe Evers still mourns the death of his wife and, after a bungled investigation, faces a forced early retirement. What he needs is…

11 Must-See Thrilling Movie Scenes

By Jon Land

October 8, 2015

Join author Jon Land for his 11 must-see thrilling movie scenes, and after you've read and watched, comment for a chance to win a finished copy of Strong Light of Day, Jon's 7th mystery featuring Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong, which is due in stores on October 13, 2015!  1) True Romance:…

TBR Confessions: Once-Cops, Outrage, and Lies

By Eric Beetner

September 28, 2015

RECENTLY FINISHED: Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen. I've been on a bit of a tear with Ken Bruen lately. This was the ninth Bruen novel I've read this year. Granted, Bruen tends to write short novels so it's really only like three “regular” novels, but I love Bruen's stripped-down style so much I feel like…

Longmire 4.10: Season Finale “What Happens on the Rez…”

By David Cranmer

September 25, 2015

Time has run out for Henry (Lou Diamond Phillips). With Gab (Julia Jones) temporarily safe with the Medicine Woman (Tantoo Cardinal), the Crow elder sends Henry packing straightaway to clean up. His truck is literally a bloody mess and the station wagon that Gab borrowed from her friend Mandy (Tamara Duarte) needs to be returned.…

Longmire 4.09: “Shotgun”

By David Cranmer

September 24, 2015

“You build my gallows high,” Robert Mitchum famously said in the noir classic Out of the Past. Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) can certainly identify and maybe, just maybe, think Bob had it kinda easy. In the first three minutes of the penultimate episode to season four he has plenty of trouble brewing. Another woman was…

Longmire 4.08: “Hector Lives”

By David Cranmer

September 23, 2015

Up to this point Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) has been more or less harmlessly inserting himself into the lives of residents on the Reservation who have asked for Hector’s help, believing the avenger is still alive and leaving notes for him at a rock outcropping. But Henry may now be taking it a…

Longmire 4.07: “Highway Robbery”

By David Cranmer

September 22, 2015

Travis Murphy (Derek Phillips), former stooge of Branch Connolly, and recent pathetic soul attempting to convince Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) that he would make a good sheriff’s deputy, stumbles upon a highway robbery: one man dead, shot in the head, and another named Jerry Napek (David Dean Bottrell) crawling along the shoulder of the road…

Longmire 4.06: “The Calling Back”

By David Cranmer

September 21, 2015

First day on the job and Zachary’s (Barry Sloane) first case is from the eyewitness accounts of two “If you see something, shoot something” hunters who had seen a partially clothed, terrified Native American woman running through the woods. The new deputy’s questioning and general approach seem to annoy The Ferg (Adam Bartley) who, while…

Longmire 4.05: “Help Wanted”

By David Cranmer

September 18, 2015

I had guessed it right when the camera lingered on Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) reading John Steinbeck’s classic Of Mice and Men in the previous episode that the book would make a reappearance. As “Help Wanted” began, I was puzzled for a moment though. . . was Longmire leading a book club consisting of a…

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