I wish that someone who writes in Hollywood would actually go to Texas before pretending to know anything about this state.
I don't think Texas has had a governor who even remotely resembled Caleb Lockwood since the 1930s, and his nickname was "Pappy." Texas governors wear nice tailored suits, have college educations, and understand the law and diplomacy.
We have had Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, in office for my whole lifetime, and none of them would have done what this one did, even the most conservative of the lot. We do not believe in crossing international borders and stealing prisoners, and if some vigilante group (looks more like Idaho to me) were to steal a prisoner from Mexico and bring him here, our governor would not set up carnival booths and exploit this thing in the media.
Most likely, the governor -- any governor from the past 50 years -- would have personally called the secretary of state and asked for help in resolving this international incident.
This series is fabulous! The writing is (usually) excellent. I love this entire series, and I know that even the best of them have a "rotten" one here and there, but really? Who is the unimaginative, lazy person who actually thinks that Texans elect fat "Boss Hawg" types of politicians to parade around in street clothes, using exaggerated accents, and talk like they are on "Smokey and the Bandit?" I still gave the episode a "6." Most of them, in my opinion, are worth a 9 or a 10, but they need to can the persons who wrote this caricature in, and while they are at it, get rid of whoever it was that cast the actor for the governor. We have not had an overweight governor in my entire lifetime, and they all have dressed the part, even the ones I didn't particularly like, such as the one right before the man we have now.
I don't think Texas has had a governor who even remotely resembled Caleb Lockwood since the 1930s, and his nickname was "Pappy." Texas governors wear nice tailored suits, have college educations, and understand the law and diplomacy.
We have had Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, in office for my whole lifetime, and none of them would have done what this one did, even the most conservative of the lot. We do not believe in crossing international borders and stealing prisoners, and if some vigilante group (looks more like Idaho to me) were to steal a prisoner from Mexico and bring him here, our governor would not set up carnival booths and exploit this thing in the media.
Most likely, the governor -- any governor from the past 50 years -- would have personally called the secretary of state and asked for help in resolving this international incident.
This series is fabulous! The writing is (usually) excellent. I love this entire series, and I know that even the best of them have a "rotten" one here and there, but really? Who is the unimaginative, lazy person who actually thinks that Texans elect fat "Boss Hawg" types of politicians to parade around in street clothes, using exaggerated accents, and talk like they are on "Smokey and the Bandit?" I still gave the episode a "6." Most of them, in my opinion, are worth a 9 or a 10, but they need to can the persons who wrote this caricature in, and while they are at it, get rid of whoever it was that cast the actor for the governor. We have not had an overweight governor in my entire lifetime, and they all have dressed the part, even the ones I didn't particularly like, such as the one right before the man we have now.
