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To: marron
"I don’t know why, but I generally like them much better than the American cop shows."

Same here. I rarely watch any American cop/detective series. I think Longmire was the last one I viewed. Followed it from A&E to Netflix. Recently I viewed "Dark Winds," an AMC series via streaming. The series is based on Navajo police characters Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, and Deputy Jim Chee from Tony Hillerman's book series which exclusively features the two men. I read all the books until Hillerman passed, then tried reading his daughter's continuation of the series, but I didn't care for them. The TV series wasn't bad, but if you read any the books, you'd know they tweaked the main characters, along with their family lives, native-american beliefs, among other things. PBS did a series of three movies in 2002, featuring the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee characters. Wes Studi played Joe Leaphorn, and Adam Beach played Jim Chee. The movies were more in line with the books. In the new TV series, they have Zahn McClarnon playing Leaphorn, and Kiowa Gordon as Chee. McClarnon is a familiar face from the Longmire series, and Reservation Dogs (Hulu). McClaron played a cop is both of those series. The Dark Winds series has been picked up for a second season.

74 posted on 10/06/2022 2:35:27 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

I watched the Dark Winds series. I liked it, mainly because I liked McClarnan. Glad to hear it’s coming back…


166 posted on 10/07/2022 8:56:12 AM PDT by marron
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