![]() Still, like John, he carries on, because he believes in his mission to bring justice to a place that most of America has forgotten about. Add in the painful, ongoing murder investigation of his wife, and Walt simply can't catch a break. Walt deals with murders, navigating the bounds of his jurisdiction with that of the local Cheyenne tribal reservation, and dealing with the effects of an influx of drugs has had on the county's citizens. The violence on Longmire can be shocking at times. As a result Walt, like John, must often compromise his own values or confront the reality that by clinging to his stringent code, he may be missing out on a better way of getting his job done, as often demonstrated by Vic and Henry. But the world he lives in, and the crimes he's tasked with solving, are much harsher than the ones depicted in the movies. ![]() He adheres to a system of justice and morality that is best embodied by the heroes of western movies like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood. Much like Yellowstone's John, Walt is a man out of time. He had help along the way, primarily from his friend Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) and deputy Vic Moretti (Katee Sackhoff), a former Philadelphia homicide detective. Ultimately, the show ran for six seasons, during which time Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) investigated shocking crimes against the backdrop of rural Wyoming. ![]() Airing from 2012-2017, Longmire once held the distinction of being a top-rated cable TV series, but when the western crime drama was abruptly canceled by A&E in 2014, Netflix swooped in and saved it. ![]()
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