IGN | ‘Longmire: Season 4’ Review

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Longmire returned with a gripping, confident season that really – considering the shift to Netflix – changed very little. It may have become more serialized, sure, but that's pretty much the trajectory the show had been on over the past few years. The episodes were longer, but that only felt like an occasional strain.

Most of Season 3's lingering story was wrapped up before Season 4 got to its halfway point, so Longmire really used this season to close off those threads and kick up all new storylines. And while there may have been times the series lapsed into cliche and investigative drudgery, there were also times that were just riveting. A Cherokee sweat lodge ceremony at the end of episode six, "The Calling Back," immediately springs to mind.