Monday, June 04, 2012

Longmire is A&E's Most Watched Series Premiere to Date

Robert Taylor, Longmire (A&E)

If you watched the premiere of Longmire last night on A&E, you were among the 4+ million that did. Based on characters created by crime novelist Craig Johnson, and starring Robert Taylor as Walt Longmire, sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming, it was the cable network's most watched series premiere to date.

We watched it ourselves and while we basically enjoyed it, we're a bit torn about Taylor as Longmire. (The rest of the cast is spot on.) Maybe it was the writing, with Longmire trying to balance dealing with the death of his wife — a year ago! — while taking on the trials and tribulations of his day job, but he came across to us as not portraying the strength that we've imagined within the character … having read three of the books in the series. Basically he came off as kind of wimpy. (It's OK to grieve, but the tear on the boot scene was cringe-worthy.) We'll definitely give the series a few more weeks, but we don't intend to stick around if Longmire doesn't develop — and develop quickly — into a more watchable character.

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