List of Longmire episodes

Longmire is a crime drama series that premiered on A&E on June 3, 2012. The series is based on the Longmire mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson, and follows Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor), the Sheriff of (fictional) Absaroka County, Wyoming, as he returns to work following the death of his wife.

As of August 12, 2012, ten episodes of Longmire have aired, concluding the first season.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release date
			Season premiere	Season finale	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
	1	10	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)	August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)	—	—	—
	2	TBA	2013	—	—	—	—

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Christopher Chulack	John Coveny & Hunt Baldwin	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)	4.15
Sheriff Walt Longmire has mourned the death of his wife for a year. He has delegated most police duties to deputies Branch Connaly (Bailey Chase) and "The Ferg" (Adam Bartley). Longmire's adult daughter Cady (Cassidy Freeman) is concerned about her father—particularly his excessive beer drinking and messy housekeeping; symptoms of Walt's refusing to move on in life after the death of his wife, Cady's mother. Victoria "Vic" Moretti (Katie Sackhoff) is a transplanted Philadelphia homicide detective who arrived in Wyoming six months prior and is now one of Walt's deputies, and Walt’s longtime friend Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) assists with any dealings with the local Indian reservation. The sheriff's office investigates a murder linked to a missing Indian girl and a mobile brothel. In the episode's opening scenes, Walt can be seen taking a shower. Scars are evident on his back. He approaches a wooden tea box in the kitchen, but opts for coffee. At the end of the episode, Walt can be seen with the box by his side. His wife's ashes are contained within.
2	"The Dark Road"	Michael Uppendahl	Sarah Nicole Jones	June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)	4.10
A woman's body is found on the outskirts of Absaroka County. The only clues to her mysterious death are single dollar bills scattered nearby and her body glitter. Walt and Vic surmise that the victim was an exotic dancer. In the victim's pocket, they find a drawing of a tree with unrecognizable writing underneath it. The investigation (which includes Vic's performing a partial striptease at the club where the victim allegedly worked, in order to have a suspect identified) leads the team to learn the woman was a Mennonite. The victim's brother had accidentally killed her while trying to urge her back into the Mennonite community. Outside the investigation, Walt suspects that daughter Cady is secretly dating someone. We learn that particular someone is Branch. Flashbacks in the episode: Walt has his back stitched up, with Henry in attendance, and cautions him not to tell Cady about it.
3	"A Damn Shame"	Christopher Chulack	Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny	June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)	3.52
A tragic barn fire originally appears as suicide attempt to the sheriff's office, but further investigation reveals the victim faked his own death. The barn owner was hiding from the mob. This news disrupts the department as Walt is the only one who knows the case's background. The Ferg mistakenly leads the mob to the farmer's family and later turns in his badge to Walt, who refuses to take it.
4	"The Cancer"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Daniel C. Connolly	June 24, 2012 (2012-06-24)	3.78
A fisherman discovers two bodies wrapped and tied together in the river. The sheriff's office investigates and learns that one victim was a local Cheyenne boy and the other was a member of a Mexican drug cartel. The cartel was growing marijuana on reservation land, but Walt discovers that, in this case, a park ranger had been growing the marijuana. The ranger shot the cartel member, who had shot the Cheyenne boy. He then disposed of the bodies in such a way as to make it appear as if the cartel killed both victims. It is also revealed that Walt's wife had earlier died of cancer.
5	"Dog Soldier"	Alex Graves	Tony Tost	July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01)	3.27
This episode is based on actual events. Walt is called to investigate the disappearance of a Cheyenne boy from his temporary foster home. Several leads are followed, including Walt's friend Henry, who is a suspect. Henry resents this, insisting on the prevalence of the culture clash and racial tension between "whites" and the Indians with this modern case evoking past clashes of whites over the removal Indian children from Indian homes for decades. It is later explained that foster families get double the money to take in Indian children. Walt discovers that a social worker had been skimming the extra money and had the boy and other children abducted. All are eventually returned. Flashbacks in the episode: Walt gets a letter from the Denver Police Department and we see him driving on a rainy night on a highway. Later, he again looks at the envelope and, with an unscarred back, stares at himself in a mirror in a motel bathroom. He then puts his sheriff's badge in a safe and tucks a gun into the back of his jeans. In the present, he burns the Denver Police Department letter.
6	"The Worst Kind of Hunter"	Peter Weller	Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny	July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08)	4.06
While investigating a bear attack that killed a convicted murderer who was granted early parole due to prison overcrowding, Walt finds evidence that someone baited the bear into attacking the victim. Meanwhile, Branch's uncle Lucien Connally (Peter Weller), the retired former Sheriff, lands in jail after firing a shotgun in his retirement home, and obliquely aids in the case. Walt finds himself calling in favors to get the home to allow Lucien back in. It is also revealed that Vic his married, a secret to most people despite Vic's six months plus residence in the county; and it is not a happy one. Flashbacks in this episode: When cautiously approaching a suspected meth house where the victim's borrowed truck is parked, Walt sees the front door standing agape and flashes back to an incident when he kicked a door in, gun drawn.
7	"8 Seconds"	Christopher Chulack	Tony Tost	July 15, 2012 (2012-07-15)	4.45
Vic is having passionate sex with her husband when she receives a phone call advising Walt needs assistance at the Red Pony. Upon her arrival, Henry directs her to Walt, who is drinking heavily at the end of the bar. She offers him a ride home, when they get a disturbance call. They find Chris Sublette beaten unconscious at his house and a painting has been taken. It is revealed that both Sublette and his wife were cheating on each other. A rodeo veterinarian is thought to be cheating with Mrs. Sublette, and his entire family is questioned when their vehicle is spotted after the painting is recovered. The man's wife admits to asking her son follow him to Sublette's house. The son expected to see his father with Mrs. Sublette, but attacks Chris when he sees him having sex with his father. Barlow Connally (Gerald McRaney) learns that Walt had been drunk at the crime scene and asks Branch to use that against him in the election. Branch refuses, saying that Walt was technically off duty at the time, had solved the crime, and recovered the painting.
8	"An Incredibly Beautiful Thing"	J. Michael Muro	Daniel C. Connolly	July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)	4.54
Walt finds a store owner's dead body after being called about a disheveled barefoot woman arriving there. Walt finds a hidden camera in the store, which leads his team to find that the store owner had written down a partial license plate number. They also do a screen capture of the woman, which they give to the press. The woman's parents arrive at Walt's office to say she had disappeared a few years ago. Henry and The Ferg are asked to track the woman from the store and they discover an abandoned baby in a rabbit pen. Walt stakes out where the baby was found and captures another woman who later reveals that she and the missing woman belong to a cult. The license plate number is tracked to a drilling site in the next county, where Henry has found a hole in the fence the woman had escaped through and where it is discovered the cult's leader works. The team arrive at the man's house to find him surrounded by a dozen empty beds. He confesses to killing the store owner because the man "was going to take her from them". During transport, he talks in code, which Longmire translates to learn the cult has been left in the path of an oncoming train to be killed should their accompanying poison not work. The train is stopped and the women are saved by Walt and his team. Flashbacks in this episode: When Walt asks Henry about his tracking skills, Henry flashes back to when he followed Walt to Denver, Colorado.
9	"Dogs, Horses, and Indians"	Steve Robin	Sarah Nicole Jones	August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)	3.96
The president of the local Cheyenne nation is found shot to death in his car just off the reservation. The investigation reveals that the man had planned legislation to limit certain heritage percentages within the nation, in order for an increased share of the future casino's profits. An even bigger cover-up is discovered when the murderer claims he committed the crime on reservation land. The body had been later moved by someone else. Meanwhile, Walt finally learns that his daughter Cady and Branch had recently dated. This does not dissuade Branch from pursuing the election. Flashbacks in this episode: Walt is seen leaving the Denver police department and fighting in the meth house.
10	"Unfinished Business"	Nelson McCormick	Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny	August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)	4.34
Two teenaged boys, out of four previously found not guilty in a sexual assault trial, are found dead from being shot with arrows. A symbol is drawn on both victims. Another boy's father confesses to the murders but cannot draw the symbol when asked. Walt suspects the father is protecting the son, the actual murderer. He finds the teen prepared to shoot the remaining boy. While confessing to the two murders, the boy admits to being forced to commit the previous sexual assault at gunpoint by the remaining teen. Both are arrested for their respective crimes. Meanwhile, a Denver detective (Charles S. Dutton) gets the runaround from Walt and talks to Cady about her mother's death. Cady is shocked to learn her mother was murdered, as Walt had told her she died of cancer. She is furious with Walt, who was only trying to protect her inner peace, even if it damages his relationship with her. Walt and the detective finally talk. He is told they found the man, who is suspected of killing his wife, buried in a shallow grave. Walt is asked if he traveled to Denver and killed the man. He simply replies, "No".

Season 2 (2013)

On June 29, 2012, A&E renewed Longmire for a second season.

External links

• Longmire at IMDb