# Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994)

> A frontier town drama following the courtship of Newt Call and Hannah Peale and the dangerous obsession of a powerful landowner.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/23106

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 21
- Episode runtime: 60 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: western, drama, romance
- Network: Syndication
- Cast: Scott Bairstow, Eric McCormack, Christianne Hirt, Dennis Weaver, Bret Hart, Billy Dee Williams, Venus Terzo, Andrew Jackson
- TMDB rating: 7.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108839/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: melancholic, earnest, rugged

## What critics say

Reviews generally found the series a modest, earnest western that could not match the scope of its predecessor miniseries.

## Synopsis

Lonesome Dove: The Series is a single-season Canadian western drama set in the frontier town of Curtis Wells in the late nineteenth century. It follows the budding romance between Newt Call and Hannah Peale, whose courtship moves toward marriage amid the pressures of a rough community. Their hopes are complicated by Col. Francis Clay Mosby, the town's dominant landowner, whose fixation on Hannah, who resembles his late wife, unsettles the lives around him. Dennis Weaver appears as the legendary Buffalo Bill Cody, adding a touch of myth to the proceedings. The narrative moves through everyday frontier life, with its courtships, land disputes, rivalries, and fragile domestic bonds. Its episodes form a continuing story rather than standalone cases, giving the drama a steady, character-driven rhythm. The tone is melancholic and earnest, with a sense of restless ambition and a rugged landscape that presses in on everyone. Viewers who enjoy Deadwood or Lonesome Dove will find resonance in its frontier grit and its portrait of power and longing in a remote western settlement.

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