Scripted series · A&E
Longmire
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Robert Taylor
Walt Longmire
63 eps
Katee Sackhoff
Victoria 'Vic' Moretti
63 eps
Lou Diamond Phillips
Henry Standing Bear
63 eps
Bailey Chase
Branch Connally
33 eps
Cassidy Freeman
Cady Longmire
63 eps
Adam Bartley
Ferg
63 eps
Zahn McClarnon
Officer Mathias
29 eps
A Martinez
Jacob Nighthorse
29 eps
Nick E. Tarabay
Tyler Malone
3 eps
J. Michael Trautmann
Trey
3 eps
Irene Bedard
May Stillwater
3 eps
Louanne Stephens
48 eps
Katherine LaNasa
Lizzie Ambrose
6 eps
Scott Michael Campbell
Dr. Weston
8 eps
T.J. Alvarado
Dillon
6 eps
Louis Herthum
Omar
8 eps
Ally Walker
Donna Sue Monaghan
8 eps
John Bishop
11 eps
Jeffrey De Serrano
Hector
4 eps
Tsailii Rogers
Red Pony Waitress
6 eps
Darlene Kellum
Town Local (uncredited)
8 eps
Diane Villegas
Nurse
3 eps
Peter Weller
Lucian Connally
7 eps
Gerald McRaney
Barlow
7 eps
Bob Clendenin
Jamie DeBell
4 eps
Michael Mosley
Sean
7 eps
Eric Ladin
Sawyer Crane
5 eps
Jaime Powers
Red Pony Patron (uncredited)
5 eps
Lee Tergesen
Ed Gorski
5 eps
Mary Wiseman
Meg Joyce
7 eps
Patch Darragh
7 eps
Richard Daniel Williams
4 eps
Graham Greene
Malachi Strand
12 eps
David Midthunder
David Ridges
6 eps
Derek Phillips
13 eps
Rodger Larance
9 eps
Andrea Good
Native Protester (uncredited)
4 eps
Charles S. Dutton
6 eps
Michael E. Stogner
5 eps
Alan Humphrey
5 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Longmire actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Longmire reads strongest on Character Depth, Tension and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
The run
Seasons
6 seasons · 63 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201210 episodes
7.8IMDbStill mourning the death of his wife a year earlier, Sheriff Walt Longmire resolves to focus on rebuilding his career and cleaning up his life.
Best episode · S01E10 Unfinished Business
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201313 episodes
7.8IMDbSheriff Walt Longmire and deputy Vic Moretti face a truck stop prostitution ring, a cattle theft and more.
Best episode · S02E13 Bad Medicine
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201410 episodes
8.1IMDbSeparate investigations into the murder of Walt's wife and the shooting of Branch converge on a suspect who was thought to be dead.
Best episode · S03E10 Ashes to Ashes
Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201510 episodes
8.7IMDbWalt sets off in pursuit of his wife's murderer, Branch's fate is revealed, and everyone seeks a second chance.
Best episode · S04E03 High Noon
Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201610 episodes
8.6IMDbWalt, Vic, Henry and Cady deal with new dynamics as ramifications from a shooting and the actions of a vigilante complicate life in Absaroka County.
Best episode · S05E09 Continual Soiree
Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201710 episodes
7.5IMDbWalt faces legal troubles that jeopardize his career and home as he, Vic and Henry fight to keep the peace.
Best episode · S06E05 Burned Up My Tears
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S04E03
High Noon
The investigation of Nighthorse heats up, but not in the way that Walt was hoping for. Cady makes a shocking discovery.
S05E05
Pure Peckinpah
Mathias must join forces with Walt after Henry discovers a drug dealer's body. Vic solves her housing problem. Malachi puts a bounty on Hector's head.
S04E02
War Eagle
Walt is forced to split his focus between new evidence in a personal case, and the murder of a caretaker at a former Japanese internment camp.
S04E04
Four Arrows
A body found in the luggage of a tour bus further complicates Walt's troubles with Nighthorse. Henry makes a bold move to help a mother and son.
S04E07
Highway Robbery
A highway robbery sets off an investigation into a strange relationship, while Walt struggles to let go of the past.
S05E06
Objection
Depositions for Walt's case go badly. Ferg loses confidence in himself. Henry and Vic help lead Walt toward the big boss at Manifest Destinations.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S06E03
Thank You, Victoria
S06E05
Burned Up My Tears
S06E01
The Eagle and the Osprey
S06E02
Fever
S06E04
A Thing I'll Never Understand
S06E06
No Greater Character Endorsement
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Greer ShephardProducer
- Michael M. RobinProducer
Writing
- Daniel C. ConnollyWriter
- Tony TostWriter
- Hunt BaldwinWriter
- John CovenyWriter
- Sarah Nicole JonesWriter
Direction
- Kari SkoglandDirector
- J. Michael MuroDirector
- Daniel SackheimDirector
- James HaymanDirector
- Peter WellerDirector
- Michael OfferDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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