DianeG

Well, I don't know what I did to post before finishing...but my alternate version starts with Branch killing his father instead of vice versa, going even more crazy, but realizing that he needs to get out of this place to have any chance of happiness, doing so and becoming a better person with a good life. Vic has her baby with Travis, but they do not become a couple, and neither do Walt and Vic (I had to turn away from the screen when that happened). The lawsuit never happens (when the character assassination was going on, no one mentioned Barlow killed his own son?). Walt continues as sheriff and becomes the good guy again rather than this paranoid, obsessed version. Ferg continues to become a stronger person and better deputy (he still had a ways to go, in my opinion, so so whiny). Cady stays lawyering (that becoming Sheriff was absurd), marries, has a couple of kids, and then gets divorced (I don't know why my brain went there), but is happy. Ruby continues to be Ruby. Lucien dies of old age a good dozen years later. I did like Jacob Nighthorse finally getting his (I was hoping he would actually turn out to be the Big Bad), and Henry running the casino, apparently the only casino not giving their employees lung cancer from secondhand smoke (granted my experience with casinos is limited, but a non-smoking casino? Since when).

I watched Longmire mostly for the cinematography. It's the most beautiful show I've ever seen, and no surprise that there were a number of cinematographers who also worked on Southland, another beautifully-shot show. I also watched it out of order, but managed to catch every episode through mid-season 4, and then didn't care enough anymore to keep up. I've read summaries and watched enough pieces of the rest not to feel like I've missed enough to go back. Even in this last season, I skipped episodes 3 and 4. When it was good, it was very good, and the actors were almost always strong (great secondary characters - Beverly was my favorite this season), but there was a lot of meh. I think I'll keep my alternate version, which starts when SPOILERS

I like the Vin theory, which I also saw on Reddit. That plot seemed to lack conclusion, assuming Vin hadn't lost his memory of what happened, and I think it works dramatically to have Vin attack Baz in revenge. It did seem like an emotional shooting, not very well planned, which would fit Vin as well as J. If Marco did the shooting, I think it was without Lucy's knowledge; she seemed legitimately shocked. And why would you put yourself in harm's way? She could have easily been collateral damage. I did notice the shots were all placed higher up on Baz's chest than his heart, so I think it's unlikely he'll kick it with emergency services arriving so quickly. One of my theories went out the window; I thought Pope was going to try to give Lena to Amy to care for. Far better than Deran, Mr. Smokes-a-Joint-While-Driving. I've seen previews of deleted scenes, which I hope will be on the DVD, and there appears to be a deleted scene from You Will Be Gutted where Amy shows up at Pope's house and tells him that she can't forgive him, but Jesus can.

Agreed. I, myself, thought he was Australian. I think he's also the weakest of the actors, although weak on this level is a relative term.