Longmire, No Old West Saga

Longmire, No Old West Saga

by  EVELYN ALTHEIMER-FAIN on 07/27/12

In my way of thinking, the battle for Southfork and John Ross should have taken a bit longer. Then again, perhaps it is good to see that the Ewings will drop their in fighting to save family members and Southfork from outside threats.

Until Longmire, I had forgotten that not all Westerns are centered in the ‘Old West’, or that a good dramatic crime story doesn’t always occur in a metro area. Watching Longmire reminded me, and from what I seen so far of the series, it leaves me restlessly waiting for the next episode. Yeah, that last is a bit over the top, but although in Longmire the crime stories are familiar, it is the way their told that keep me watching. 

The series also reminds you that there doesn’t have to be a lot of super technology and dressed-to-the-nines characters to hold your attention or solve a crime.

Longmire is one of A&E new original series. I hope to see more of it. A&E new mini-series Coma comes to television on Labor Day, Monday August 3 at 9/8c. The Ridley Scott and Tony Scott production is a two-night event, and is based of author Robin Cook’s 1977 novel by the same name.

The brief summary:

A young female medical student, Susan Wheeler discovers that there is something sinister happening to the patient at Boston Memorial, and patients’ diagnoses with non-life threatening ailments are dying in unexplainable numbers in surgery. 

After the mini-series airs, check the “The Review” section of this site for my thoughts on this newest version of Coma.