There are two convergent stories here. We have the upcoming election, with Branch starting to play really dirty. It must be hard for him to take orders. Meanwhile, Walt gets the blame for anything that goes wrong in the community. Unfortunately for him, he has to follow the law and that often brings him into conflict with power people. The story involves the death of a man who returned to his tribe, married to a black woman, with an advanced education, and a position of authority. His death, for some, is not a tragedy at all. I found the episode a touch far fetched, but there is a lot of suspense. The other issue continues to be the murder of Longmire's wife and Cady's reaction to it.
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The bottom drops out of the series with this episode
chuckcurtis81 August 2013
"Tuscan Red" represents an abrupt change of character development and plotting. Suddenly we're introduced to characters who seem to come out of a file drawer marked "Cultural Clichés". We have a Pathologist who is mixed race Japanese and Jewish. However, to put him completely over the top, he's also a good old boy who chews and spits. An Indian character can't just marry outside his culture, he has to marry an African-American. Then Cady gets drunk and sprays Branch with a garden hose. The plot involves fracking, which seems to be the "go to" plot device when you're out of ideas. Somehow a fracking well outside the reservation leaks methane into the reservation water. That's a geological impossibility from what I've read. I'm a fan of the series, but this episode seemed to be out of sync with the excellent character development and plotting of the earlier episodes.
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