Lonesome Dove: The Series

First Aired in 1994

(1994-1995) * * 1/2 Scott Bairstow ("Newt Call"), Eric McCormack ("Clay Mosby"), Christianne Hirt ("Hannah Peale-Call"), with Paul LeMat ("Josiah Peale"), Paul Johansson ("Austin Peale"), others.....Western drama set in the 1880s in a fictitious small Montana town called Curtis Wells, focusing on a young cowboy (Bairstow) and his new wife (Hirt). McCormack stole the show with a flashy performance as an ex-Confederate gentleman soldier and outlaw turned saloon owner, fixated on Hirt because she resembled his dead wife. LeMat played Hirt's father who ran the local paper (where her character worked) and Johansson played her brother.
Largely hookless TV series was the most expensive Canadian one ever filmed in the west and it boasted great period detail, solid performances from both the principals and notable guest stars, and great ambience. But the stories themselves tended to be flaccid with characters who were likeable but, except for McCormack, not especially interesting. An O.K., hard-working show that was usually watchable, but not compelling enough to call you back on a regular basis. Which, apparently, must have been the general consensus since in the season final, Hirt's character was killed off...opening the way for some significant alterations. And since the second season was given a new subtitle (Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years), it is reviewed separately under that title. Filmed in Alberta, but set in the United States with most episodes featuring a bigger-than-average American guest star. Loosely inspired by the novel by Larry McMurtry (and the 2 U.S. TV mini-series). Hour-long episodes, shown in Canada on CTV.

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Episodes:

1. O Western Wind (1)
2. Down Come Rain (2)
3. When Wilt Thou Blow (3)
4. Wild Horses
5. Judgment Day
6. Duty Bound
7. Long Shot
8. Last Stand
9. Ballad of a Gunfighter
10. Where the Heart Is
11. Firebrand
12. High Lonesome
13. Law and Order
14. The Road Home
15. Blood Money
16. Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
17. Traveller
18. Rebellion
19. The List
20. Ties that Bind
21. Snowbound

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