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I absolutely love this series. I own it and all of the rest of the lonesome Dove series and movies. Coincidentally, my friend Chip and I had taken a trip from Lake Tahoe through Glacier National Park for the Huckleberry festival, then across the Canadian line into Waterton Glacier Park in the autumn of 1995, which I later found out was the same time they were filming this series! We never went all the way to Calgary or the valley just west of it where it was being filmed. We went to the town of Banff, then drove up the icefield highway all the way to Prince George where we had a bite to eat. Then continued all the way to Prince Rupert, where we boarded the ferry that took us down the inland passage to Victoria Island, where we disembarked. I drove the entire length of the island to the port at Vancouver where we continued our trip back to Lake Tahoe. Anyway back to the actual review, I absolutely love this and everything else about the Lonesome Dove books by Larry McMurtry. I highly recommend anybody of any age to watch any and all of Larry McMurtries series and movies. There is no profanity to be worried about.

"Lonesome Dove:The Series" was in a class of itself with the writing,attention to detail of the period of which the series took place, ie: clothing, set decoration, realism. The acting was excellent for the entire cast.About midway during the series short lived history plotline changed as well as character development due to tragedy in the storyline. Ratings was probably the greatest motivator for the change. The change improved the series greatly-however the ratings remained poor,thus "lonesome Dove: The Series" was canceled.

I thought it was a great show and was sorry to see it end. It was much better than the later "Outlaw Years" episodes. "The Outlaw Years" were good but I don't think they had the heart that "The Series" did. They were just more enjoyable and was very well acted. Watch both and see what you think, and although many will disagree with me, I think that "The Series" surpassed "The Outlaw Years" by a long shot.