WTF is taking Netflix so long for renewal?

D E V A S T A T E D is the only word I can explain how I feel.

And there is a lot to wrap up. Let see: Henry is staked out in the sun. Vic is pregnant. Will she marry Travis. Will Walt lose his job?. The mayor is plotting against Walt. Cady is in a sweat lodge freaking out. Is Nighthorse really a bad guy? Will Henry and Walt make and be friends? Will Gus get on death row? Will Ferg marry Meg? Will the Irish Mob boss get caught and who is the leak in the FBI? I want to see more of Lucian because he is a kick in the pants. Did I miss anything?

Life is for lovers, and lovers are for life.

Here is what I mean by a natural and organic conclusion.

Beginning with season 4 the show began to slowly shift away from Walt as the central focus of every storyline and explore secondary characters. Season 5, dove deeper into other characters; Vic, Henry and Cady. While I absolutely love Walt, he is flawed, (more about that in a minute) the shift in gear to what makes Cady, Henry and Vic tick was refreshing and welcome.

One does not have to agree with the storyline but all of the characters are dealing with the repercussions of their decisions. The inevitable chickens have come home to roost and it is amazingly artful and interesting.

The common thread of Walt rescuing Donna which he was unable to do for Martha provided resolution for him so he could move forward. I would go so far as to say he was trying to love Donna but he knew it wasn't right. She, indeed, wasn't Martha. Walt realizing that his old ways..…the same ways that alienate all those close to him..…weren’t working anymore. So he was trying to learn and move forward but he was still stuck which is evidenced by his horribly selfish position with Cady and Henry.

Vic, finding herself single and pregnant from one of two men she has no desire to be in a relationship with and in a profession where pregnancy is really difficult. Seeing her bloom into the Vic that has been under the surface for four seasons was amazingly delightful.

Cady on the Rez, very much the symbolic warrior her mother was and finding herself in an inexplicably horrible situation she calls upon her father to help her, rescue her perhaps, and instead of helping he chastises her. She, unlike her mother, was able to fend off her attacker. She didn’t need Walt to physically protect her as she thought she did. Cady in that moment found her strength. She will be a force to be reckoned with. Cady and Walt are not resolved. They are two sides of the same coin, though, and that is very compelling. That is not a thread that is resolved in one season.

I use the words natural as the writers, in my opinion, have just now hit their stride and the characters are three-dimensional now so that their story is organic. All roads are converging into one and the biggest clue of all was the asymptote. They may not meet. All things may not come together. That, in my very humble opinion, is natural and organic storytelling and given the pacing of the show, I would argue that would take 8-10 seasons to come to a conclusion.

If one wants to argue that we should be lucky to have six seasons, I guess, on a peripheral non-cerebral level I would agree but if one wants to argue that Longmire has achieved more artistically, aesthetically, and authentically than any show in the past decade since The Sopranos (86 episodes) or the two shows that were specifically developed for 6 seasons; Breaking Bad (62 episodes) and The Wire (60 episodes) as an admirer of the show you would be hard pressed to convince me that we should be ok with settling for less of something that is so great. Longmire has genuine legs that have not fully stretched and 22 -44 more episodes would find them in a steady and comfortable gait allowing for a natural conclusion.