document_title: List of Longmire episodes

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text: List of Longmire episodes

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Season
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired
Network

1
10
June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)
August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)
A&E

2
13
May 27, 2013 (2013-05-27)
August 26, 2013 (2013-08-26)

3
10
June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)

4
10
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)
Netflix

5
10
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

6
10
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

text: Episodes[edit]

text: Season 1 (2012)[edit]

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1
1
"Pilot"
Christopher Chulack
John Coveny & Hunt Baldwin
June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)
4.15[1]

Sheriff Walt Longmire has mourned the death of his wife for a year. He has delegated most police duties to deputies Branch Connaly (Bailey Chase) and "The Ferg" (Adam Bartley). Longmire's adult daughter Cady (Cassidy Freeman) is concerned about her father—particularly his excessive beer drinking and messy housekeeping; symptoms of Walt's refusing to move on in life after the death of his wife, Cady's mother. Victoria "Vic" Moretti (Katee Sackhoff) is a transplanted Philadelphia homicide detective who arrived in Wyoming six months prior and is now one of Walt's deputies, and Walt’s longtime friend Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips) assists with any dealings with the local Indian reservation. The sheriff's office investigates a murder linked to a missing Indian girl and a mobile brothel. In the episode's opening scenes, Walt can be seen taking a shower. Scars are evident on his back. He approaches a wooden tea box in the kitchen, but opts for coffee. At the end of the episode, Walt can be seen with the box by his side. His wife's ashes are contained within.

2
2
"The Dark Road"
Michael Uppendahl
Sarah Nicole Jones
June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)
4.10[2]

A woman's body is found on the outskirts of Absaroka County. The only clues to her mysterious death are single dollar bills scattered nearby and her body glitter. Walt and Vic surmise that the victim was an exotic dancer. In the victim's pocket, they find a drawing of a tree with unrecognizable writing underneath it. The investigation (which includes Vic's performing a partial striptease at the club where the victim allegedly worked, in order to have a suspect identified) leads the team to learn the woman was a Mennonite. The victim's brother had accidentally killed her while trying to urge her back into the Mennonite community. Outside the investigation, Walt suspects that daughter Cady is secretly dating someone, and that particular someone is Branch.
Flashbacks: Walt has his back stitched up, with Henry in attendance, and cautions him not to tell Cady about it.

3
3
"A Damn Shame"
Christopher Chulack
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)
3.52[3]

A tragic barn fire originally appears as suicide attempt to the sheriff's office, but further investigation reveals the victim faked his own death. The barn owner was hiding from the mob. This news disrupts the department as Walt is the only one who knows the case's background. The Ferg mistakenly leads the mob to the farmer's family and later turns in his badge to Walt, who refuses to take it.

4
4
"The Cancer"
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Daniel C. Connolly
June 24, 2012 (2012-06-24)
3.78[4]

A fisherman discovers two bodies wrapped and tied together in the river. The sheriff's office investigates and learns that one victim was a local Cheyenne boy and the other was a member of a Mexican drug cartel. The cartel was growing marijuana on reservation land, but Walt discovers that, in this case, a park ranger had been growing the marijuana. The ranger shot the cartel member, who had shot the Cheyenne boy. He then disposed of the bodies in such a way as to make it appear as if the cartel killed both victims. It is also revealed that Walt's wife had earlier died of cancer.

5
5
"Dog Soldier"
Alex Graves
Tony Tost
July 1, 2012 (2012-07-01)
3.27[6]

This episode is based on actual events.[5] Walt investigates the disappearance of a Cheyenne boy from his foster home. Two other boys go missing from a group home. All the boys turn up at Henry's bar. One of the boys tells Walt they were taken by a "dog soldier" with a scar under one eye. Walt believes the children are describing Hector, a Cheyenne tough guy. Walt confronts the child services manager.
Flashbacks: Walt gets a letter from the Denver Police Department and we see him driving on a rainy night on a highway. Later, he again looks at the envelope and, with an unscarred back, stares at himself in a mirror in a motel bathroom. He then puts his sheriff's badge in a safe and tucks a gun into the back of his jeans. In the present, he burns the Denver Police Department letter.

6
6
"The Worst Kind of Hunter"
Peter Weller
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
July 8, 2012 (2012-07-08)
4.06[7]

While investigating a bear attack that killed a convicted murderer who was granted early parole due to prison overcrowding, Walt finds evidence that someone baited the bear into attacking the victim. Meanwhile, Branch's uncle Lucian Connally (Peter Weller), the retired former Sheriff, lands in jail after firing a shotgun in his retirement home, and obliquely aids in the case. Walt finds himself calling in favors to get the home to allow Lucian back in. It is also revealed that Vic is married, a secret to most people despite Vic's six months plus residence in the county; and it is not a happy one.
Flashbacks: When cautiously approaching a suspected meth house where the victim's borrowed truck is parked, Walt sees the front door standing agape and flashes back to an incident when he kicked a door in, gun drawn.

7
7
"8 Seconds"
Christopher Chulack
Tony Tost
July 15, 2012 (2012-07-15)
4.45[8]

Vic is having passionate sex with her husband when she receives a phone call advising Walt needs assistance at the Red Pony. Upon her arrival, Henry directs her to Walt, who is drinking heavily at the end of the bar. She offers him a ride home, when they get a disturbance call. They find Chris Sublette beaten unconscious at his house and a painting has been taken. It is revealed that both Sublette and his wife were cheating on each other. A rodeo veterinarian is thought to be cheating with Mrs. Sublette, and his entire family is questioned when their vehicle is spotted after the painting is recovered. The man's wife admits to asking her son to follow him to Sublette's house. The son expected to see his father with Mrs. Sublette, but attacks Chris when he sees him having sex with his father. Barlow Connally (Gerald McRaney) learns that Walt had been drunk at the crime scene and asks Branch to use that against him in the election. Branch refuses, saying that Walt was technically off duty at the time, had solved the crime, and recovered the painting.

8
8
"An Incredibly Beautiful Thing"
J. Michael Muro
Daniel C. Connolly
July 22, 2012 (2012-07-22)
4.54[9]

Walt finds a store owner's dead body after being called about a disheveled barefoot woman arriving there. Walt finds a hidden camera in the store, which leads his team to find that the store owner had written down a partial license plate number. They also do a screen capture of the woman, which they give to the press. The woman's parents arrive at Walt's office to say she had disappeared a few years ago. Henry and The Ferg are asked to track the woman from the store and they discover an abandoned baby in a rabbit pen. Walt stakes out where the baby was found and captures another woman who later reveals that she and the missing woman belong to a cult. The license plate number is tracked to a drilling site in the next county, where Henry has found a hole in the fence the woman had escaped through and where it is discovered the cult's leader works. The team arrive at the man's house to find him surrounded by a dozen empty beds. He confesses to killing the store owner because the man "was going to take her from them". During transport, he talks in code, which Longmire translates to learn the cult has been left in the path of an oncoming train to be killed should their accompanying poison not work. The train is stopped and the women are saved by Walt and his team.
Flashbacks: When Walt asks Henry about his tracking skills, Henry flashes back to when he followed Walt to Denver, Colorado.

9
9
"Dogs, Horses, and Indians"
Steve Robin
Sarah Nicole Jones
August 5, 2012 (2012-08-05)
3.96[10]

The president of the local Cheyenne nation is found shot to death in his car just off the reservation. The investigation reveals that the man had planned legislation to limit certain heritage percentages within the nation, in order for an increased share of the future casino's profits. An even bigger cover-up is discovered when the murderer claims he committed the crime on reservation land. The body had been later moved by someone else. Meanwhile, Walt finally learns that his daughter Cady and Branch had recently dated. This does not dissuade Branch from pursuing the election.
Flashbacks: Walt is seen leaving the Denver police department and fighting in the meth house.

10
10
"Unfinished Business"
Nelson McCormick
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
August 12, 2012 (2012-08-12)
4.34[11]

Two teenaged boys, out of four previously found not guilty in a sexual assault trial, are found dead from being shot with arrows. A symbol is drawn on both victims. Another boy's father confesses to the murders but cannot draw the symbol when asked. Walt suspects the father is protecting the son, the actual murderer. He finds the teen prepared to shoot the remaining boy. While confessing to the two murders, the boy admits to being forced to commit the previous sexual assault at gunpoint by the remaining teen. Both are arrested for their respective crimes. Meanwhile, Detective Fales (Charles S. Dutton) from Denver gets the runaround from Walt and talks to Cady about her mother's death. Cady is shocked to learn her mother was murdered, as Walt had told her she died of cancer. She is furious with Walt, who was only trying to protect her inner peace, even if it damages his relationship with her. Walt and Fales finally talk. Fales says they found the man suspected of killing Walt's wife buried in a shallow grave. When Fales asks whether Walt traveled to Denver and killed the man, he replies simply, "No".

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11
1
"Unquiet Mind"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
May 27, 2013 (2013-05-27)
4.31[12]

In preparing for a transport, serial killer Wayne Durell (Dan Hildebrand) and other prisoners escape the FBI into the mountains of Absaroka County. Before his arrest, Durell had murdered at least eight Native Americans, one of whom is a young boy Walt promised to find, to harvest their organs and sell on the black market. Walt decides to track Durell on foot in a snowstorm. In town, Vic tangles with the FBI agent in charge (Noam Jenkins), who seems to not care about Walt's welfare. Meanwhile, Branch and Henry set out on horseback after Walt. During the pursuit, Walt has hallucinations of several people helping him in their own ways — the young murder victim, Henry, Cady and Detective Fales. He eventually finds Durell and both fight until they are totally exhausted. Branch and Henry arrive and find Durell dead on the ground and Walt nearby, sitting motionless against a tree stump. Branch asks Henry if Walt is dead, but Walt slowly raises his head and says, "Not yet."

12
2
"Carcasses"
Lodge Kerrigan
Tony Tost
June 3, 2013 (2013-06-03)
3.75[13]

Holly Whitish (Heather Kafka) finds a dead man's (Patrick Robert Smith) body in her compost pile. The coroner's report shows he ate turducken before he died, leading Walt and his team to a truck stop on the county line. There, they uncover a prostitution ring, and prostitute Delila (Allie MacDonald) tells Walt that the dead man smelled of tar. A local road crew foreman (Chris Ranney) identifies the man as Ross Lanton. Meanwhile, after seeing Cady's mail piled up and having no contact with her, Branch visits Henry's bar to ask if he has heard from her, which he hasn't. A drunken Holly appears and admits to knowing Lanton. She tells Walt that Lanton raped her 20 years ago and God has answered her prayers to kill him. After Delila's pimp is arrested, she describes the car that Lanton got into the night he died. Ferg finds the weapon that killed Lanton at Holly's place. On a hunch, Walt questions Holly's 20-year-old son (Devon Graye), who drives a car like the one described. In front of his mother, the son admits to learning Lanton was his father, getting a job to work with him, and killing him when he sees that he still has no respect for women. Finally, Walt calls Cady, but her phone is at her house while she arrives in Denver and asks to speak to Detective Fales.

13
3
"Death Came in Like Thunder"
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Sarah Nicole Jones
June 10, 2013 (2013-06-10)
3.57[14]

Basque shepherd Marco Vayas is found dead on his woodland property. He had been poisoned by hemlock that Walt finds in a well. Marco's brothers learn that he was about to sell his land to a lumber company that Jacob Nighthorse (A Martinez) represents. Walt and Vic find one of the Vayas brothers trying to get information from his wife by forcing her head into the water in a well. Walt must sort out who poisoned Marco. He dupes the wife into thinking that hemlock was also in that well and insists she tell him the truth before he can take her for medical attention. She confesses to the murder, planned because she thought Marco was going to sell his property, resulting in less income for the family. Meanwhile in Denver, Cady learns from Fales the details about how her mother was murdered and that the killer was also killed. When asked how Walt has dealt with his wife's death, she mentions that Walt might confide in Henry. Walt receives a call that Henry is now on Fales' list. Henry implies to Walt that he killed the murderer because Walt was unable. They share a drink as a silent vow to protect Henry's secret, as well as Walt's original intent.

14
4
"The Road to Hell"
Daniel Sackheim
Daniel C. Connolly
June 17, 2013 (2013-06-17)
3.32[15]

A highway patrolman finds a shot-up tractor-trailer rig; its cattle trailer and driver, Cooper James (Stephen Sullivan), are missing. R.J. Watts (William Earl Brown), a detective with the livestock bureau, is called in. Later that night, a bound James strolls up to Walt at a roadside checkpoint. He tells Walt and Watts that he was assaulted by four masked men with automatic weapons, his trailer was hijacked, and he was released later. Watts suspects a cattle rustler, Bobby Dunwood, organized the heist, but the fact that Dunwood is still in prison presents a pretty solid alibi. Vic drops James off at his car at the truck depot, but learns he never made it home. She and Walt find him dead, hanging in a trailer parked at the depot the next morning. Soon, some of the missing cattle stroll into town bearing animal rights activism signs, but Watts thinks it's a red herring. While discussing past cases with Watts, Walt hears that most of the people Watts has arrested are now out of jail, and Dunwood will soon join the ranks. Watts arranges an early furlough for Dunwood so he and Walt can follow him. But it turns out, the cattle owner's son (Matt Angel) and his college activist girlfriend are responsible for the livestock theft. Walt tells Watts to end Dunwood's furlough and return him to prison, but Watts has other plans. He discovered James was in on the cattle theft and killed him, and he decides to end his own life and tries to take Dunwood with him by crashing his car. Meanwhile, Vic receives a mysterious bouquet of flowers at work. A card reads "Happy Anniversary," but her wedding anniversary is months away. At home, she tells her husband: "They found me."

15
5
"Party's Over"
Peter Weller
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
June 24, 2013 (2013-06-24)
3.21[16]

Teenager Tanya Dove is found shot dead in an alley stairwell. Vic searches the girl's body to find a house key and a partial pill. This sets Walt's team off on an investigation into prescription drug theft, which leads them to a pharmacist who had supplied a list of hydrocodone buyers to a group of thugs. The mother of Dove's boyfriend, Barbara Bollman (Gabrielle Carteris), is on the list. Walt goes to their house and tests the key, which unlocks the door. He finds evidence of a recent shooting and prepares to take the boyfriend in for questioning. The mother then confesses to shooting Dove after thinking she was a burglar when the girl had attempted to steal Barbara's pills. Meanwhile, Cady returns home. She is not forthcoming with Walt nor Branch about why she left, but she does mention being in Denver to both. She tells Walt that he was correct about how she would feel, once she knew the truth about her mother's death.

16
6
"Tell It Slant"
J. Michael Muro
Tony Tost
July 1, 2013 (2013-07-01)
3.49[17]

After Aaron Two Rivers (Gary Farmer), a self-proclaimed Cheyenne contrary warrior, rides backwards on a horse past Walt's house with a cryptic message for the Sheriff, Walt expects to find a dead body. Soon his team stumbles across two: the remains of a Cheyenne grave on Barlow Connally's golf course development, and the murder of the town psychic, "Cassandra." As Branch struggles to keep the peace between his father Barlow and secret campaign financer, Jacob Nighthorse, Walt discovers "Cassandra" is none other than Cynthia Two Rivers, Aaron's sister. It seems Cassandra's clients have been duped by the "Psychic," who tapes her sessions and does extensive research and background checks on her clients to glean information about them. As Vic uncovers Cassandra's secrets, Walt and Branch face off in an election debate, but are soon interrupted by a drunk Aaron Two Rivers. Eventually Walt realizes he must play Aaron's game of contrary statements and role reversal in order to get Aaron to confess to his sister's murder. Although Aaron was the true psychic with "thunder dreams," his sister was the only person who believed him, and when she threatened to cut him off financially and called him a paranoid schizophrenic, Aaron snapped. At the psychic's residence, Vic finds a box with "Longmire" written on it and gives it to Walt. He opens it with Cady to find a tape of Martha Longmire's visit to Cassandra, who tells Martha that she will not die from terminal cancer. When Martha asks what will become of Walt, Cady turns off the tape before the answer is given.

17
7
"Sound and Fury"
James Hayman
Daniel C. Connolly
July 8, 2013 (2013-07-08)
3.55[18]

At the Red Pony, Henry overhears Bill Norquist (Rhys Coiro) discussing plans to have his wife Diane (Andrea Roth) killed. Henry offers to kill her, hoping to prevent it by telling Walt. Norquist is questioned but denies it. While Walt and Branch keep an eye on Diane, a South Dakota detective calls, saying Bill has been found dead in a boxcar at a train yard. A graffiti zipper is found painted in the boxcar, and then on a building nearby Bill's workplace in Durant. Henry gets a mysterious call saying Norquist was killed because he reneged on the contract to kill Diane, and Henry is the next target for going to the police. He is later taken hostage by Zip, a gutter punk, who's discovered people pay more to save their own lives than to have someone killed. Zip coerces Henry into giving him a ride out of town, but Walt arrives and rescues Henry by shooting Zip. Meanwhile, Vic has an unnerving encounter with Ed Gorski (Lee Tergesen), a retired cop who Vic used to work with in Philadelphia. He claims to be on a road trip with his wife and just had to see what she was up to. He invites her to have a drink with him and she reluctantly accepts. They discuss another Philadelphia cop's suicide and the subsequent internal affairs investigation. Gorski claims he wants to make amends with Vic for the way he treated her during the investigation, but Vic isn't so sure. She later calls the campground where he claimed he was staying and is told no one matching Gorski is registered there. Initially she suspects Gorski is behind Bill Norquist's death, but after the real killer is revealed, she worries about the true reason for Gorski's visit.

18
8
"The Great Spirit"
Christopher Chulack
Sarah Nicole Jones
July 15, 2013 (2013-07-15)
3.39[19]

Migrant farm foreman Titus Griffin has been killed, shot through the neck and dragged behind a wild rodeo horse. Titus had staged the rodeo in order to improve the morale of Beltro Farms's workers, who were illegal immigrants. The company had bought up local farms and promised the illegals a new life in the United States, when it actually separated their families and forced them to work without documentation. Cal Weston's (Jay Paulson) family property was one of the farms that was bought. Titus had moved into the Weston farm house. Cal chose to work with Beltro, but was never made foreman. Titus gave all the proceeds from the rodeo to the illegals and none to Cal, who shot him in retaliation and tied him to the horse. Meanwhile, Detective Fales visits Henry to ask why he went twice to Denver as Walt had, following his wife's death. Henry claims it was to visit an elderly friend, Ada Black Kettle (Francine Williams). In actuality, Walt, bleeding from his back, had shown up at Henry's motel room door. Henry took Walt to Ada, who stitched him up. After Fales's visit, Henry goes to Ada to warn her that Fales may visit her. She comforts him, by reminding him of the legend of the Great Spirit and the First Warrior. He recalls it as the Warrior thanking the Great Spirit for blessing him, but is told that payment should be him fighting for the "brothers" he finds in life. As Henry tells the legend, Walt attempts to set the wild horse free, but the horse returns to him.

19
9
"Tuscan Red"
Michael Rymer
Tony Tost
July 29, 2013 (2013-07-29)
3.51[20]

Ethan Lone Elk's body is found in his brother Dolan's (Eric Schweig) burned-out home on the Cheyenne reservation. The town's medical examiner (Kenneth Choi) informs Walt and Vic that Ethan died from alcohol poisoning and had been covered with red paint. Dolan tells them Ethan was employed at Jacob Nighthorse's casino. His wife Lauren (Sharon Brathwaite-Sanders) also works at the casino. Walt and Vic go there, expecting to talk to the Cheyenne wife, but discover she is African-American. Lauren explains that Ethan being a human resource manager and married to a non-Cheyenne woman caused a lot of stress for them. She adds that Ethan never drank alcohol. Walt talks to Dolan's neighbor, Grady Littlefoot (Raoul Trujillo), who had failed Ethan's pre-employment drug test and recently painted his car red. Walt suggests Grady forced Ethan to drink excessively, put his body in Dolan's home, and torched it. Grady claims he did it out of spite, because Ethan seemed to forget his heritage. Meanwhile, Cady tells Branch that she is not emotionally ready to be in a relationship. However, after both get drunk at the Red Pony and spend the night together, she soberingly tells him why — her father and boyfriend were in an election debate and her mother had been murdered. Branch tells Walt that he knows about the murder and Walt's involvement. Out of concern for Cady, Branch will not use the information to help himself in the election.

20
10
"Election Day"
J. Michael Muro
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
August 5, 2013 (2013-08-05)
3.86[21]

On Election Day, Vic arrives at the scene of a car accident to find Cady critically injured. She had been hit while fixing a flat tire on a car at the side of a road. The other car is abandoned. The investigation leads Walt to Bob Barnes's (John Bishop) trailer, where he arrests Bob's son Billy (Arron Shiver) who was also injured in the accident. Billy confesses to texting while driving intoxicated and accidentally hitting Cady. Bob pleads for Walt to arrest him instead of his son, who was coming to the Red Pony to pick up his drunk father. After losing the election, Branch checks out the car that Cady was tending. He learns the flat tire had a puncture of unknown origin, but on the side and not in the tread. Walt asks Henry to prepare a Sun Dance ceremony for him, because their actions in Denver must be answered and made right. Henry obliges.

21
11
"Natural Order"
Daniel Sackheim
Sarah Nicole Jones
August 12, 2013 (2013-08-12)
3.60[22]

As Walt completes his ceremony, Cady regains consciousness in the hospital. Walt and Vic investigate the death of game warden Connor Redding, found stabbed to death near a decapitated and eviscerated elk corpse. Omar (Louis Herthum) studies the elk and suggests it was harvested to make velvetine, which is used from medicinal purposes. At first, a global poaching ring is suspected, but Walt discovers local taxidermist Lee Rosky (Jim Beaver) killed Connor, who caught Lee poaching. Rosky's wife was in the last stages of cancer and her traditional medicines were not helping. Meanwhile, after being reassured by Henry that Walt does not hold grudges, Branch decides not to quit his job. He continues looking over the car that Cady was injured while fixing its flat tire. He finds a fingerprint near the tire. The puncture was deliberately done by someone employed by Jacob Nighthorse, who, when confronted with this information, tells Branch that he needs to let go of the past and look to the future.

22
12
"A Good Death is Hard to Find"
Kari Skogland
Tony Tost
August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)
4.12[23]

A safe deposit box gets delivered to the office. Inside it is a severed finger. Branch tells Walt that the bank was instructed to deliver the box to the sheriff upon the death of its owner, James Notley, arrested for armed robbery in 1989 by Branch's uncle Lucian. Notley had been stabbed to death in prison two weeks before his release. Prison records show that only two people had visited before his death — his girlfriend Connie Mallery (Robyn Lively) and Lucian. Lucian explains Notley's 1989 robbery of valuable dinosaur bones, and that Notley had all his fingers when he last saw him. Hank (Cory Tucker), a prison guard, finds a note in Notley's cell, implicating Riley Manning (Brad Carter), his partner to whom the finger actually belongs. Manning admits to cutting off his own finger to prove his loyalty to Notley, but adds that the note was probably a setup from Connie. Walt finds Connie at home with Hank and both suggest the other's involvement in Notley's death. Connie pretended to be fearful of Notley's release and Hank had him killed. Meanwhile, Vic finds evidence which leads her to believe Ed Gorski is stalking her. She tells Walt about reporting Gorski's partner Bobby for corruption, triggering an investigation that led Bobby to commit suicide. Gorski blamed Vic for Bobby's death. He began stalking her at work, which she couldn't prove, so she moved to Wyoming with her husband to protect herself. Henry later tells Walt that Vic asked about hiring a mercenary named Hector to scare someone. Walt visits Ed at his motel room and tells him the story of Achilles seeking revenge on a friend's enemy in the Iliad. Ed asks how the enemy could've prevented it and Walt suggests by leaving town.

23
13
"Bad Medicine"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
August 26, 2013 (2013-08-26)
4.42[24]

Ed Gorski is hospitalized after being severely beaten. He accuses Walt, after the recent Achilles threat. Vic hopes to appease him by asking him to name her as his assailant. To save Vic's career, Walt convinces Hector to turn himself in for the assault. Because Detective Fales and his team arrive in town with search warrants, Walt drives Hector to the neighboring county. Henry intercepts him, telling Walt he had hired Hector to kill Miller Beck, the man who murdered Walt's wife. Hector, however, claims he merely assaulted Beck and took his teeth, which he gave to Henry. Those teeth are found at the Red Pony and Henry is arrested. Walt suspects someone else killed Beck, possibly the person who hired him to kill Walt's wife. Meanwhile, Gorski checks out of the hospital without pressing charges but leaves Vic another threatening note. She tells Walt that Gorski has left town, but she sits at home, armed and staring at the door. On the reservation, Branch goes to investigate David Ridges for sabotaging Cady's car on election day. He learns Ridges has committed suicide and Jacob Nighthorse burned the body in a ceremony. Nighthorse warns Branch not to collect samples to confirm it is Ridges, as the pyre is on sacred ground. Branch attempts to collect anyway and gets shot by someone he describes to Walt as a "dead man," remembering someone approaching him wearing a Dog Soldier head-dress and their body coated in ash.

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24
1
"The White Warrior"
Christopher Chulack
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)
3.86[25]

After stitching Branch up with fishing wire, Walt drops him off at the reservation clinic. He then forces Mathias, who is transporting Henry to Denver, to pull over. Henry has refused his rights and intends to take the blame for Miller Beck's death. Walt vows to get Henry a lawyer. Back at the station, Vic confronts Walt, who explains about his wife's death and Branch being shot. A peyote-laced crow feather is pulled from Branch's wound. Walt believes it caused Branch to hallucinate seeing a dead David Ridges attack him. However, Branch stands firm in his decision, even after Walt runs a DNA test on the ashes Branch collected, which proves the ashes belong to Ridges. Meanwhile, Walt sends Vic to pick up Hector, Henry's only witness, at a neighboring county sheriff's office. She arrives to learn Hector has escaped.

25
2
"Of Children and Travelers"
J. Michael Muro
Tony Tost
June 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)
3.60[26]

Walt and Vic investigate the murder of Polina, a young Russian teen whose adoptive parents traded her away to a couple they met online. This exposes a network of child trafficking, leading Vic and Walt to pose as parents of a troubled child. They learn Polina was simply trying to protect her younger adopted sister and was killed for it. Meanwhile, Branch returns to work but remains fixated on who shot him. Henry gets abused in prison by fellow natives, led by former reservation sheriff Malachi (Graham Greene), for his friendship with Walt. Malachi wants Walt to vouch for him at his upcoming parole hearing, in exchange for Henry's future welfare. Cady becomes Henry's public defender after firing the inept one assigned to his case.

26
3
"Miss Cheyenne"
James Hayman
Sarah Nicole Jones
June 16, 2014 (2014-06-16)
3.58[27]

While Walt fills in for Henry as a judge in the Miss Cheyenne Nation contest, Vic asks his help with the murder of a doctor found stabbed to death in a barn. Walt questions the doctor's father to learn his other son was also killed. Both sons died in the same manner. The team investigates the father to discover he used sterilization techniques on Cheyenne women, under the guise of routine surgeries. One of those women was a contest judge who sought revenge for her sterilization by killing the sons. Meanwhile, Cady and Henry attend his bail hearing, even though she is not a trial lawyer; the judge admits that he will almost never allow bail on a murder charge but gives her two days to plan her plea. She must ask the Cheyenne people to vouch for Henry and finds a mother who Henry helped two years ago. Her testimony about Henry causes the judge to grant the bail, albeit a million dollars. Branch writes a check for $100,000 for the bail bond, out of respect for Cady. After the bail is arranged, Walt meets Henry at the prison gate, vowing to not have him return there.

27
4
"In the Pines"
Gwyneth Horder-Payton
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
June 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)
3.51[28]

The team investigates the suffocating death of a wilderness guide. Meanwhile, Vic's husband, Sean, shows Walt a picture given to him of her and Walt entering a motel room together. What bothers Sean the most about it was Ed Gorski sent it with a strange number written on the back. Vic tells Walt that the number was that of Ed's Philadelphia apartment in which they used to have sex. Elsewhere, Branch conducts an experiment by clipping his hair and dripping his blood on an animal carcass and setting it on fire. His DNA from the ashes proves David Ridges could've done the same, is still alive, and assaulted him. Branch abducts a peyote dealer from the reservation for future questioning. Also, Walt posts pictures on his office wall of all the people who might harbor a grudge enough to have killed his wife.

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"Wanted Man"
Peter Weller
Tony Tost
June 30, 2014 (2014-06-30)
3.23[29]

With only a reported stolen chicken to investigate, Walt puts Vic in charge while he enlists Lucian's help in sorting out the suspects list in his wife's case. Meanwhile, Branch and his friend question the peyote dealer and release him on the reservation. The abduction is reported, and Vic questions Branch's friend, who mentions Branch's name. All three cases merge when the chicken thief is revealed to be the missing Hector. He is found scalped and shot. Before he dies, he identifies his attacker when Branch shows him David Ridges' picture. Also, even though Walt testifies against Malachi at his parole hearing, he is released and makes his presence known to Henry, as it is revealed that Henry assisted Walt in Malachi's arrest.

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"Reports of My Death"
Christopher Chulack
Sarah Nicole Jones
July 7, 2014 (2014-07-07)
3.38[30]

Walt investigates the death of a vagrant who has identification belonging to Welles Van Blarcom, heir to a family fortune. The man's family hasn't seen him in 30 years. Another man (Parker Stevenson) walks into the sheriff's office and claims that he is the missing heir. Walt and Ferg must sort out who is whom amidst a media frenzy, as well as why Welles left his family. Meanwhile, Vic accompanies Branch into the wilderness to stake out a cave in which David Ridges might be hiding. They also discuss Branch's questioning of the peyote dealer. Henry jumps bail to spy on his girlfriend, Deena, learning she is being blackmailed by Malachi to protect him. Cady wonders if this ties into her mother's murder.

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"Population 25"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
July 14, 2014 (2014-07-14)
3.58[31]

Vic and husband Sean take a romantic drive to Wyoming, when a bear in the road causes them to crash. She goes to get help, and both are abducted by survivalists led by Chance Gilbert (Peter Stormare), who holds a grudge against Walt for killing his brother years ago. Vic and Sean are tortured, and it is revealed she cares more for Walt than him. Meanwhile, Ed Gorski ultimately helps Walt find and rescue them; during this time, Gilbert denies involvement in the murder of Walt's wife. Meanwhile, Branch looks for clues in Vic and Sean's house, and finds the letter that Vic had composed about his behavior, intended for Walt.

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"Harvest"
J. Michael Muro
Tony Tost
July 21, 2014 (2014-07-21)
3.33[32]

Ferg calls Walt from a prison detail when a severed foot is found on a roadside. Walt has the crew to search for the rest of the body, and a farmer, missing a foot, is found shot to death in a nearby barn. His death, his life insurance policy, and the owner of the farm are investigated. Walt confronts the life insurance agent who relates that the farmer committed suicide; the agent (a close friend) agreed to shoot him in the back to prevent the Insurance Company from invalidating the claim due to suicide. Meanwhile, Sean tells Vic to resign her job to save their marriage. The choice becomes even more difficult, once Branch admits to breaking into her home and reading a computer document she wrote to Walt about his irrational and illegal acts. Branch accompanies Cady to a Denver bar, where he is convinced that he Ridges was also there; she returns home on realizing that he is only interested in finding David Ridges. She relates the trip to Vic, who then prints the letter about Branch to give to Walt.

32
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"Counting Coup"
T. J. Scott
Sarah Nicole Jones
July 28, 2014 (2014-07-28)
3.43[33]

David Ridges and Branch face off, but Branch is unable to successfully shoot him. Ridges escapes but leaves behind his car and cell phone. Since no one believes him at the office, Branch attacks Vic when he realizes she told Walt about him kidnapping Sam Poteet. He is jailed until his father, Barlow, collects him and tries to calm him down at home, but Branch later escapes. Walt arrests Nighthorse when Ridges' phone shows they were in contact over the past several weeks. Nighthorse makes a deal with Walt by promising to tell him Ridges' location the next time the latter contacts him in return for Walt not charging him for false statements about the sabotage to Cady's car. Walt releases Nighthorse who later advises him of Ridges' location. Branch also finds out and heads to that location, but Walt arrives first. Ridges, dressed as a dog soldier, attacks Walt, who fatally stabs him. Meanwhile, Henry sets fire to the bar to get information out of Malachi but discovers that Darius was in another state when Beck was murdered, destroying Henry's only potential defense. Also, Vic is served divorce papers.

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"Ashes to Ashes"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
August 4, 2014 (2014-08-04)
3.68[34]

Walt stops to give a stranded Branch a ride, after showing him Ridges' body in the back of his truck. They take it to a coroner, and Branch is then suspended. He is asked by Barlow to work in the family business. Branch agrees, but, suspicious, looks into the company's dealing with Nighthorse. Meanwhile, Cady learns that Detective Fales' initial search warrant for the Red Pony was for feathers, which Ridges has been known to leave in his victims. Walt and Henry dig up Miller Beck's body to find a feather in the throat of Walt's wife's killer. This and other evidence frees Henry. However, after Walt scatters his wife's ashes, he prepares to go after Nighthorse, believing him to still be involved. While trap shooting, Branch and Barlow discuss Nighthorse. Barlow admits to paying him to send Ridges to Denver the week that Walt's wife was killed, in the pursuit of having Branch replace Walt as sheriff. Branch expresses grim disapproval and holds his shotgun at the ready. Barlow distracts Branch and readies his own gun, then a gunshot is heard by Walt.

text: Season 4 (2015)[edit]

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1
"Down by the River"
Christopher Chulack
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

Branch's apparent suicide over his past actions shocks the sheriff's department, as Walt begins investigating Jacob Nighthorse's involvement in the death of Walt's wife. Henry discovers that he no longer owns the Red Pony bar.

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2
"War Eagle"
T. J. Scott
Tony Tost
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

Walt deputizes Henry to assist in investigating Branch's death, now believed to be suspicious. Vic, Walt and Ferg look into the death of the caretaker of a former Japanese internment camp. Henry takes up Hector's role of avenger.

36
3
"High Noon"
Christopher Chulack
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

Cady gets a lucrative offer to work at a local corporate law firm, but quits upon learning the firm represents Nighthorse's companies that are suing Barlow Connally. Walt helps a drunken Barlow home after he wrecks his car. However, upon looking around the property, Walt realizes Barlow may have killed his own son and tried to frame Walt for stalking Nighthorse. A confrontation leads to Walt shooting and killing Barlow.

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4
"Four Arrows"
Peter Weller
Sheri Holman
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

A murder occurs with the opening of the casino, causing Walt to apologize to Nighthorse, for believing he was involved in both Walt's wife and Branch's death, in order to get his help. Lucian Connally also helps in solving the case, being in town to play at the casino.

38
5
"Help Wanted"
J. Michael Muro
Tony Tost
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

Two armed robberies are connected to war veterans and their treatment at home. Walt interviews deputy candidates, based on their responses as to how to prevent the ending of Of Mice and Men.

39
6
"The Calling Back"
T. J. Scott
Boo Killebrew
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

The investigation into local oil workers raping a young native woman, named Gabrielle, is stonewalled by her mother. Ferg has difficulty adjusting to Zachary, the new deputy. Vic is evicted and must stay in Cady's guest room.

40
7
"Highway Robbery"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

A roadside shooting involving two friends near the casino uncovers a loan-shark ring, but Walt learns the victim had served time for shooting the other who became crippled. Walt attempts to ask out Dr. Donna Monaghan (Ally Walker), a psychiatrist from the veterans clinic; and the previous rape case inspired Cady to help those natives whose cases have gone unresolved.

41
8
"Hector Lives"
David Boyd
Tony Tost
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

An oil rig worker dies after recently getting promoted. Cady becomes suspicious of Henry when she learns that the worker was one of the rape suspects that Henry inquired about. As Walt and Vic investigate, Henry is shown to also be searching for the other rape suspect and is shot at by Walt in the dark.

42
9
"Shotgun"
J. Michael Muro
Sheri Holman
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

Henry, who has been shot in the leg, accompanies Gabrielle into the Crow Nation. Walt and Vic believe Walker, the oil foreman, to be behind a recent murder, until it seems Gabrielle is a more likely suspect. Zachary learns that an applicant for the deputy job is now stalking the department.

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"What Happens on the Rez..."
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)

The search continues for Gabrielle, from both Walt and Walker. Henry is set free by Walt. Nighthorse offers Cady a job as legal representation for the natives. Walt finds Gabrielle, but they are stopped by Walker and his men. Unseen, Henry shoots Walker's armed man, allowing Walt to shoot and arrest Walker while Gabrielle escapes. Later at home, Walt's intimate moment with Donna is interrupted by an intruder.

text: Season 5 (2016)[edit]

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1
"A Fog That Won't Lift"
David Boyd
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

In flashback, Walt is hit on the head and shot by the intruder, while Donna is apparently kidnapped. It is uncertain if Walt or Donna was the primary target. Vic kisses Walt just as he wakes up after surgery. He leaves the hospital soon after waking up. Mathias forces Henry to do his dirty work after figuring out Henry has taken up Hector's role and that he is the one Walt shot. A young man, Andrew, shows up and claims to be Donna's son.

45
2
"One Good Memory"
T. J. Scott
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Walt has Eamonn O'Neill, a deputy in neighboring Cumberland County, keep him informed on what is going on there. Eamonn had an involvement with Vic and filled in as an Absaroka deputy after Branch's death. Walt comes across many suspects in the disappearance of Donna and his injuries. Mathias tightens his hold on Henry, who later manages to renegotiate the arrangement. Convinced Walker is the perpetrator, Walt assaults him and is almost arrested by Cumberland County Sheriff Jim Wilkins (Tom Wopat), who fires Eamonn. Walt eventually solves Donna's kidnapping.

46
3
"Chrysalis"
Adam Bluming
Tony Tost
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Walt helps a 10-year-old girl who Cady finds alone in a car parked at the casino. Jacob becomes more suspicious of Malachi's illegal activities. Walt and Donna work out some issues and continue their relationship.

47
4
"The Judas Wolf"
David Boyd
Sheri Holman
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Walt tries to persuade Cady to represent him in the wrongful death suit brought by Barlow Connally's estate, but she refuses. Walt and Vic investigate the unusual disappearance of the CEO of a drug company and his assistant. Mathias and Henry investigate a surge in heroin deaths on the reservation. Acting in Hector's role, Henry attacks a heroin dealer at the dealer's home at Mathias' request.

48
5
"Pure Peckinpah"
J. Michael Muro
Tony Tost
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Bob Barnes gets Walt to help him get his son Billy into rehab for heroin addiction. The heroin dealer is found dead in his car at the Red Pony. Ferg begins a relationship with a nurse at the hospital. Malachi makes an illicit deal with Muldoon. Ferg is ambushed while transporting a prisoner, Eddie Harp, wanted by the FBI.

49
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"Objection"
Adam Arkin
Boo Killebrew
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Walt misses his first deposition for the lawsuit. Ferg is missing after the ambush but is shortly found with minor injuries. He reports that the prisoner is freed by the assailants. Walt realizes the Irish Mob is involved in the heroin trade and other illegal activities in the county. He decides to settle the lawsuit but Barlow's estate refuses the offer. Walt identifies Shane Muldoon as the head of the Irish mob and tells him to keep his illegal activities out of Absaroka County.

50
7
"From This Day Forward"
T. J. Scott
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

A body is found in a hollow tree. A poem about a treasure has gone viral and treasure hunters have started appearing in the area. Cady gets her first case as for her legal clinic; she helps an abused woman married to a white man connected to the oil company that was located in Odin.

51
8
"Stand Your Ground"
Zetna Fuentes
Sheri Holman
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Despite killing J.P. in self defense, Cady is bothered by guilt and nearly chooses to end her work. Jacob asks Walt to look into an alleged threat from the Irish mob. Mounting evidence points to a secret deal between the mob and Malachi Strand that Jacob was not aware of. A botched hit attempt on Jacob and Walt looks more like the work of Malachi. Henry finds Malachi's ledger outlining illegal activities at the Red Pony and in his job at Jacob's casino. Jacob intends to deal with Malachi as soon as he can, per his deal with Henry to help regain ownership of his bar. Vic uses a pregnancy test, but the results are not seen. She visits Eamonn to talk about their potential future, but does not talk about the possible pregnancy. Walt confronts Malachi, who claims he was just a pawn and implicates Jacob in a grand conspiracy with evidence that presumably doesn't exist. Jacob and Henry kidnap Malachi and confront him with their evidence. Malachi signs ownership of the Red Pony back over to Henry and Jacob cuts Malachi's face to show that he has been banished.

52
9
"Continual Soiree"
J. Michael Muro
Tony Tost
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Malachi is missing. Walt and Mathias find his phone, significant amounts of blood, and the words "Hector Lives" spelled out in rocks at the same site where Jacob Nighthorse had David Ridges' funeral pyre. Walt becomes even more convinced that Jacob is the ultimate bad guy and that new Hector is his henchman. Walt's crusade against Jacob intensifies, driving a wedge between him and Henry and further alienating Cady. Meanwhile, Vic's pregnancy is confirmed when Travis finds a number of positive pregnancy tests in her trash can. He is sure that he is the father. Vic takes the stand against Chance Gilbert in the kidnapping case. After ducking his lawyer's calls for weeks, Walt sees him in the courtroom and learns that his civil case is still pending. Chance suggests Vic is Walt's love-sick sycophant. Chance's wife threatens her with retribution for testifying. Walt's memory is triggered by a discussion with Cady about Mingan Pine's suicide, and he starts connecting the dates of Hector's activities. He realizes Henry must be new Hector and confronts him, leading to a fistfight.

53
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"The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny
September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)

Walt learns from an obviously scheming mayor Sawyer Crane that he is likely to be suspended and that the prosecution in his civil case is withholding damning evidence from the FBI. Walt breaks into Monte's house and discovers the evidence is a phone call made from Walt to Barlow two hours before the shooting. Chance Gilbert is convicted and, rather than spend his life in prison, he asks Walt to investigate and charge him with the death of a census worker so that he can go to death row. Walt refuses, but when Vic hears about it she agrees to help. Vic, following Chance's directions, finds a gun with his DNA on it hidden in a bag at the bottom of a stream on his foreclosed property. Chance's sister-in-law attacks her and kicks her in the stomach. Upon learning of the injury, Travis insists that she see a doctor. Ultrasound shows that the baby is fine. Cady talks to Jacob about her dad's obsession with him. She also asks permission to hire a secretary, a Cheyenne girl named Mandy who later invites her to a sweat lodge ceremony where she is adopted into the tribe.During the sweat, Cady has a vision. Walt and Donna mutually end their relationship, and his friendship with Henry is also in jeopardy. His lawyer encourages him to give his assets to friends and family in order to protect them. Walt meets with Tucker Baggett, who admits his unfounded prosecution of Walt. He is now the CEO of Barlow's development company and, when Walt loses, he intends to force Walt to sell his land whereon he will build a luxury resort community. Henry gives a ride home to a frantic woman. Upon arriving at her home, Malachi and his men kidnap him. He is taken to a remote area of the neighboring Crow reservation, staked to the ground, and left for dead. Mayor Sawyer Crane tips his hand to Nighthorse that he is trying to take Walt down.

text: Season 6 (2017)[edit]

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"The Eagle and the Osprey"
T. J. Scott
Hunt Baldwin
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

A bank robbery, initially attributed to Cowboy Bill, ends in the shooting of the security guard. Mayor Sawyer Crane tries to use it as leverage against Walt, who takes measures to protect his money in the event he loses his case. Cady has flashbacks about her disturbing vision and, when she learns Henry goes missing, she talks to Walt. Ferg jeopardizes his relationship with Meg. Henry is aided but not rescued by the Crow medicine woman. Walt is injured while trying to save Henry.

55
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"Fever"
Lou Diamond Phillips
Boo Killebrew
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

While Henry recuperates, Walt investigates the murder of a goat farmer whose land is popular with treasure hunters. Cady has second thoughts about working with Nighthorse and talks to Henry. Travis continues to be very involved with Vic, due to the pregnancy, and Vic continues to hide it. Travis tells Walt about Vic's pregnancy.

56
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"Thank You, Victoria"
J. Michael Muro
Sheri Holman
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

Vic attends Chance Gilbert's court appearance for the murder of the federal agent. With the help of several accomplices, Gilbert manages to escape, so Vic pulls Walt away from his jury selection on the civil suit to help. Vic's aid in bringing the murder charge puts her and Walt in a showdown. Travis intercepts gunmen trying to get into Vic's trailer. Walt and Vic have a final confrontation with Gilbert, and Vic is injured.

57
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"A Thing I'll Never Understand"
Zetna Fuentes
Leo Geter
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

As a result of her injury, Vic loses the baby, causing Vic to re-examine her life. Henry and Nighthorse team up against Malachi and encounter a dangerous situation. Ferg helps his girlfriend Meg's mother with the tribal police over a situation at the casino. It appears Malachi has invented a new Hector.

58
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"Burned Up My Tears"
Peter Weller
John Coveny
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

As the trial for his civil suit begins, things don't look good for Walt, especially after the murder of Tucker Baggett on the reservation leaves Vic and Walt as suspects. With his death, Lucian is named the new Connally heir. Mayor Crane tries to force Walt to resign. Walt unofficially investigates Tucker's murder. Sheriff Jim Wilkins tries to railroad Walt. Walt confronts a friend and it ends in tragedy.

59
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"No Greater Character Endorsement"
Adam Bluming
Boo Killebrew
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

Lucian confesses to Tucker's murder and clears Walt. As Walt's trial resumes, he considers retirement. Cady and Nighthorse's relationship remains strained. The bizarre death of a drug dealer points to a new and violent Hector. The sheriff's office is aided by an old friend. Cady tries to help a sick child whose parents don't trust Western medicine. Walt's trial ends after he is aided by an unexpected witness.

60
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"Opiates and Antibiotics"
J. Michael Muro
Hunt Baldwin
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

Aided by a tip from Zach, Walt confirms a presumed dead member of the Irish Mob is alive. Catori makes a desperate decision and involves Cady. Walt and Nighthorse have another confrontation. A mobile clinic raises Henry's suspicions. Ferg gets his revenge.

61
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"Cowboy Bill"
Magnus Martens
Sheri Holman
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

Ferg is forced to take a few days off and works on the Cowboy Bill case. Vic and Walt hunt down Shane Muldoon. Cady's involvement with Catori has serious consequences and her office is ransacked. Ferg jeopardizes his relationship with Meg. Walt makes a sad revelation.

62
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"Running Eagle Challenge"
Michael Offer
Hunt Baldwin & Leo Geter
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

Vic gets a surprise visit from her father. An FBI agent helps Walt pin down the mole working for Malachi. Vic finally deals with her emotions and a difficult race enables her to move forward. Cady and Zach begin a relationship. Nighthorse is facing continual difficulties. Walt gets closer to finding Malachi.

63
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"Goodbye Is Always Implied"
Christopher Chulack
Hunt Baldwin
November 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)

Nighthorse's problems at the casino escalate. Walt gets an unexpected visitor that helps him with is search for Malachi. Nighthorse is betrayed. An inevitable confrontation leads to lives changed. Ferg tries to mend his relationship with Meg. A long awaited relationship blooms.


document_title: Henry Orenstein

question_text: where do the orensteins live after the war

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text: Henry Orenstein

text: Early life[edit]

text: Henryk (Henry) Orenstein was born c. 1923 in Hrubieszów, Poland.[2] Raised in the Jewish faith, he spent much of the end of World War II in five concentration camps.[2] After the war, he emigrated to the United States.[2]

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text: Orenstein, along with his brothers and father, had initially fled to Olyka after the German army entered Hrubieszów in September 1939. The Orensteins lived in Olyka for two years before returning to the mother and sister in Hrubieszów.[3] Orenstein has explained during interviews how his family had built secret hiding spots between double walls in which to hide when the authorities came looked for them, but after a while and having exhausted food and water supplies, they eventually turned themselves in. After his parents were loaded onto trucks and taken to a cemetery to be shot, killed and buried, he was taken with his siblings to the Budzyń Prison Camp in southeastern Poland, which was eventually incorporated into the Majdanek concentration camp as a sub-camp. Orenstein and his brothers were held at Płaszów under the infamous Amon Goeth, who was portrayed in Schindler's List. Orenstein, along with his brothers, were later moved to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. While at Budzyń, Orenstein heard a call over the loudspeaker one day that any scientists should register with the office, and figuring this would be their best chance at survival, Orenstein signed himself and his brother up, even though they were not trained as scientists. By personal account, Orenstein explained that the Nazi German commanders figured out that a segment of those who had registered were not actual scientists, but went along with the ruse to allow them to remain in so called "research positions" rather than being drafted themselves into the Nazi German infantry.[4]

text: Business career[edit]

text: Orenstein survived the Holocaust with two brothers, Fred and Sam, losing his parents in 1942, a brother, Felix, and sister, Hanka, during their final days of captivity in separate concentration camps. He reached the United States aboard the USS Fletcher (DD-445), a destroyer being used to transport refugees. He joined their uncle on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Initially finding work with the Libby's canned food company, he came upon a bride doll in a department store window display for $29.95 (which he claimed would be equivalent to $200 in the early 21st century, and figured that he could make a similar doll much more affordable. He became a toymaker, and after seeing much success with these initial dolls, he earned his first million dollars and founded Topper Toys, which produced such famous toys as the Suzy Cute line of miniature dolls and the Johnny Lightning line of model cars.[4]

text: He convinced Hasbro to start producing Transformers.[2] He holds over 100 other patents, and aside from Transformers, the best-known of these inventions is U.S. Patent 5,451,054 which gave Orenstein the exclusive right in the United States to detect and display hole cards in poker games.

text: Poker[edit]

text: In a bid to make televised poker championships more interesting for the audience, he devised a way in which the players' face-down cards could be seen by the audience: by cutting a window into the tables at each player and having a piece of glass with a camera under it, the audience would be able to better appreciate the game play while not disturbing the setting for the actual players. NBC Sports President of Programming Jon Miller stated that Orenstein is "single handedly responsible for the success of poker today."[4]

text: Orenstein is the creator and an executive producer of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament on FSN. He produced the popular TV Show High Stakes Poker, which ran from 2006-2007 and 2009-2011, and can be seen in the United States on GSN.[5]

text: As of 2009, Orenstein's live poker tournament winnings exceed $200,000.[6] He was a 2008 inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame.[7] Orenstein was also inducted to the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame.

text: He won the $5,000 Seven-card stud tournament at the 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP), earning $130,000 by defeating fourth-place T. J. Cloutier, third-place Cyndy Violette and runner-up Humberto Brenes. Orenstein twice had finished in the money in the $10,000 WSOP no limit Texas hold 'em main event: 12th in 1993 and eighth in 1995.

text: He came in seventh in the $2,500 Seven Card Stud event at the 2005 United States Poker Championship, and despite being the oldest competitor (at age 80), won his first round of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship against one of the best cash-game players in the world, Chip Reese. Orenstein lost in the second round to John Hennigan.

text: Philanthropy[edit]

text: Orenstein is a noted philanthropist. In 1984, the American government built an eleven-story building for low income families, known as the Lejb and Golda Orenstein Building, in honor of Orenstein's parents, who were murdered by the Nazis. Orenstein helped pay for the apartments. There is also a Lejb and Golda Orenstein Building in Kiryat Ono, Israel which consists of housing units and recreational facilities. Orenstein contributed most of the money towards this project. Orenstein has his own chapter at Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York. Over the past thirty years, Orenstein has assisted thousands of poor New Yorkers to pay their rent and medical bills.

text: Books[edit]

text:
I Shall Live: Surviving Against All Odds 1939-1945, a memoir of his experiences during the Nazi Holocaust and his survival in five concentration camps.[8]
Abram: The Life of an Israeli Patriot, a biography of Abram Silberstein who emigrated to then Palestine in 1934. He enlisted in the British army in 1939 and rose from the rank of private to rank of Major. He was great help to Ben Gurion.

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document_title: Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)

question_text: when do you find out who red coat is

question_tokens: when do you find out who red coat is

text: Red Coat (Pretty Little Liars)

text: Background[edit]

text: In the second-season finale "UnmAsked", the first "A" is revealed to be Mona Vanderwaal, who wanted revenge on the Liars for not preventing Alison's bullying and slowly distancing Hanna away from her. During a fight with Spencer, Mona ends up falling off a cliff and is then found by the authorities and admitted to the Radley Sanitarium, a local psychiatric hospital. During the final scene of the episode, a nurse comes in to alert Mona that she has a visitor and someone walks inside her room in what it looks like a red trench coat, appearing to be the same one worn by Alison DiLaurentis in her Vivian Darkbloom disguise. Mona proceeds to tell the unseen visitor that she did everything they asked her to.

text: In the third season, we see Red Coat purchasing hoodies for the team she is building, and later the Liars begin catching glimpses of her. Hanna sees the mysterious figure watching her outside a boutique, Emily remembers her in a flashback to the night she and Mona kidnapped her, Spencer notices her on a date with Wren and Aria catches her at a morgue. All four girls see two specific details in regards to her physical features: a red trench coat with blonde curly hair hanging out. Emily suspects that Red Coat is the one in charge of the "A-Team" and they hatch a plan to catch her. Spencer having joined the "A-Team" at the time to look for clues on Toby, who was briefly on the team before inexplicably disappearing, finds out that he is alive and a double agent who intends to help the girls. Spencer gives Mona and Red Coat the idea to throw a party at the Thornhill Lodge, where Red Coat can meet the girls in person. Mona and Red Coat agree with the idea. Red Coat flies in on a plane and Toby and Spencer go outside to catch her. As the other Liars corner Mona inside, someone sets fire to the lodge. Toby goes to follow a flashlight in the woods and Spencer follows Red Coat, who gets off the plane and heads into the woods. Aria, Emily, Hanna and Mona fall unconscious due to the flames and smoke, but Hanna is pulled out by Red Coat and she looks up to see Alison DiLaurentis. As the girls all gather outside, Mona says she also saw Alison and Spencer believes she did too. However, Mona proceeds to admit that she doesn't know the accurate identity of Red Coat because the anonymous entity always wore a mask.

text: In the fourth season, Red Coat continues to play the game. The disguise is briefly abandoned, after the Red Coat who flew into the Lodge burned her coat and mask in the Lodge fire, but Red Coat returns mid-season and films a video of herself in an Emily mask. She then begins sneaking under the DiLaurentis home and surveilling the residence. Toby and Caleb begin looking for clues on her identity and discover that CeCe Drake is the one who set up the flight plan for Red Coat to go to the Lodge. The Liars hunt for CeCe but with no luck. In "Bring Down the Hoe," she returns and is seen in a room filled with photos of Alison and a red coat laying on a chair. Red Coat shows up to the Rosewood High Hoedown and Spencer and Emily manage to take her coat. They discover that the coat is missing the same button which they found earlier underneath the DiLaurentis house. Meanwhile, CeCe lurks outside Ezra's apparent in the same attire that Red Coat wears but now in a black hoodie.

text: Unmasking[edit]

text: In the fourth season's mid-season finale "Now You See Me, Now You Don't", the Liars head to Ravenswood to look for Red Coat. While there, Red Coat kidnaps Emily and locks her in a coffin on a Sawmill. The Liars witness Red Coat heading to that Sawmill and chase her inside, where she actually stops the saw and another Red Coat, donning a mask of Alison's face, appears on the stairwell, revealing that two people have been sporting the disguise all along. Spencer follows the "good" one, while Aria fights and unmasks the other figure as CeCe Drake. The Liars manage to catch the "good" Red Coat near the ending of "Grave New World", who reveals herself as an alive Alison. During "EscApe from New York", Ali claims that she asked CeCe to wear the disguise to distract "Big A". It is later revealed this was all a ruse, given that CeCe actually was the Red Coat who stole the game from Mona and wore the disguise during her schemes until she was caught in it. In "Game Over, Charles", the Liars learn there was a third Red Coat who posed as a decoy to CeCe and used the infamous disguise to distract the Liars whenever she couldn't. The third Red Coat is revealed to be Sara Harvey.

text: Exegesis: summary of episode "Game Over, Charles"[edit]

text: Big "A" kidnaps Alison from the Rosewood High senior prom and takes her to Radley, where their dad and brother are also there, unconscious. With Mona's aid, the Liars figure out that "A's" phone server is located at the Carissimi Group's building and along with Sara make their way over there. They manage to break into a secret room hidden in the wall of an empty storage room. The Liars and Mona go inside but Sara suspiciously leaves them behind, just as the door closes.

text: A holographic monitor comes on and the Liars get a glimpse of a live feed that shows Alison in a room, talking to "A". "A" turns around and is revealed to be CeCe Drake, who reveals that she was born as Charles before transitioning into Charlotte.

text: While Charlotte is telling her story, the Liars are alerted to a motion sensor in another room. The camera manages to detect another Red Coat, who is setting up a bomb for Charlotte to blow up Radley with her family alongside herself.

text: Charlotte mentions that she kept seeing a blonde girl in a red coat watching the girls and deduced the mysterious entity was Alison. So in order to find out, Charlotte organized the lodge party at Thornhill to trap the girls and lure Alison out of hiding, since she knew her sister would only show up if her friends were in grave danger. Charlotte sent Sara Harvey to distract the Liars and maintain Mona occupied, further explaining that she was a decoy whenever she "needed her to be". Nigel Wright was paid to fake a flight plan to Delaware by Charlotte but the plane actually made its way to the lodge since Sara landed it in a nearby field despite the fog in the area. Shana Fring also showed up with Jenna Marshall to find out if the Liars were going to meet Alison at the request of Melissa Hastings, since she too had her own suspicions. However, both plans went awry and while Jenna wasn't noticing, Shana set fire to the lodge since she grew a hatred towards the Liars for blinding Jenna as she later admits to in "EscApe from New York". Sara managed to rescue Aria, Emily and Mona while Alison arrived just in time to save Hanna, giving Charlotte the much needed confirmation that her sister was indeed alive. Knowing that Wilden would never let Alison return and tell her story, Charlotte went to the lake and killed him, dumping his car and body in the middle of town. She then sent Sara dressed as the mysterious woman in a black veil to attend his funeral and ensure he was deceased. The Liars are shocked about this revelation, but Hanna tells Emily that Charlotte is just messing with her. However, Spencer realizes that the authorities haven't arrived to Radley because Sara must've pretended to dial them.

text: The Liars manage to break out of the room and head over to Radley, where they come upon Sara in the hallway. She orders them to leave as she turns on the bomb for Charlotte, but they manage to subdue her and give Spencer enough time to stop the bomb. Alison quickly arrives and tells them that Charlotte has headed to the roof and begs them to help her surrender. Sara tries to escape but Emily grabs her by the hood of her trench coat and angrily punches her in the face for betraying her trust. They chase Charlotte and persuade her not to commit suicide. She instead declares an ending to her reign as A. At the end of the episode, Emily mentions that Sara is getting released from the local town's hospital and Alison states that what happened to her that night wasn't their fault. Nonetheless, Spencer discloses to Caleb during "The Gloves Are On" that after Emily punched Sara, she got back up but accidentally put her hand on some electrical cords, which began electrocuting her body, as the Liars watched in horror. This led to Sara being unable to use her hands since she lost her palpable abilities.

text: Reception[edit]

text: The reveal of Alison possibly being alive and Red Coat in "A DAngerous GAme" was met with mixed reviews, with many expressing joy over this, while others were disappointed in not receiving a definite answer to Red Coat's identity. The reveal that there were two active Red Coats was generally met with positive reviews, with many praising the reveal that Alison was alive in the episode "Grave New World" as one of the best moments of the series.

text: The reveal of the third Red Coat received mostly negative reviews, with many feeling discomfort over Sara being officially introduced so late into the series. However, Entertainment Weekly's Isabella Biedenharn deemed the best moment of "Game Over, Charles" the scene where Emily punches Sara in the face for her betrayal.[1]

text: Red Coat's appearances[edit]

text: There has often been confusion amongst fans as to who was who at what time in the series, due to the fact that there were three of them. Some of the appearances have been cleared up by the writers or the series.

text:
Charlotte visited Mona in "UnmAsked", but was wearing a red bathrobe.[2]
Charlotte was the one who bought black hoodies and gloves in "Blood Is the New Black".[3]
Alison was watching Hanna outside the boutique in "Misery Loves Company".[4][5]
Charlotte was the one who burned a bobble head of Hanna in "Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Inferno".[6]
Charlotte was the one who overlooked the grave robbing in "Dead to Me".[7]
Sara got off the plane at Thornhill and rescued Aria, Mona and Emily, while Alison rescued Hanna in "A dAngerous gAme".[8][9]
Sara's coat was the one found in the rummage at Thornhill in "'A' Is for A-l-i-v-e".[10][11]
Charlotte was the one who filmed a video of herself wearing the red coat and an Emily mask in "Under the Gun".[12]
Charlotte was the one sneaking under the DiLaurentis residency in "Into the Deep" but was not living there.[13][14]
Charlotte was the one who appeared behind Hanna in Ali's mirror in "The Mirror Has Three Faces".[15]
Charlotte was the one who attended the Hoe Down at Rosewood High in "Bring Down the Hoe".[16]
Charlotte locked Emily inside the Sawmill, while Alison rescued her in "Now You See Me, Now You Don't".[17]
Alison went to the graveyard party in "Grave New World".[18]
Sara took a seat beside Charlotte in "FrAmed".[19]
Sara set the bomb inside Radley in "Game Over, Charles".[20]


document_title: Pinocchio (1940 film)

question_text: what was the name of the whale in pinocchio

text: Pinocchio (1940 film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: Jiminy Cricket explains that he is going to tell a story of a wish coming true. His story begins in the workshop of a woodworker named Geppetto. Jiminy watches as Geppetto finishes work on a wooden marionette whom he names Pinocchio. Before falling asleep, Geppetto makes a wish on a star that Pinocchio be a real boy. During the night, a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings Pinocchio to life, although he still remains a puppet. She informs him that if he proves himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, he will become a real boy, and assigns Jiminy to be his conscience.

text: Geppetto discovers that his wish has come true, and is filled with joy. However, on his way to school, Pinocchio is led astray by Honest John the Fox and his companion, Gideon the Cat, who convince him to join Stromboli's puppet show, despite Jiminy's objections. Pinocchio becomes Stromboli's star attraction as a marionette who can sing and dance without strings. However, when Pinocchio wants to go home for the night, Stromboli locks him in a birdcage. Jiminy arrives to see Pinocchio, and is unable to free him. The Blue Fairy appears, and asks Pinocchio why he was not at school. Jiminy urges Pinocchio to tell the truth, but instead he starts telling lies, which causes his nose to grow longer and longer. Pinocchio vows to be good from now on, and the Blue Fairy returns his nose to its original form and sets him free, while warning him that this will be the last time she can help him.

text: Meanwhile, across town, Honest John and Gideon meet a coachman who promises to pay them money if they can find naughty little boys for him to take to Pleasure Island. Encountering Pinocchio on his way home, they convince him that he needs to take a vacation there. On the way to Pleasure Island, he befriends Lampwick, a delinquent boy. Without rules or authority to enforce their activity, Pinocchio and the other boys soon engage in smoking tobacco, gambling, vandalism, and getting drunk, much to Jiminy's dismay. Later, while trying to get home, Jiminy discovers that the island hides a horrible curse: the boys brought to Pleasure Island are transformed into donkeys and sold into slave labor. Jiminy runs back to warn Pinocchio, only to discover that Lampwick has transformed into a donkey; Pinocchio manages to escape, only partially transformed.

text: Upon returning home, Pinocchio and Jiminy find the workshop vacant. They soon get a letter from the blue fairy as a dove, stating that Geppetto had ventured out in search of Pinocchio, but was swallowed by a giant sperm whale named Monstro, and is now living in his belly. Determined to rescue his father, Pinocchio jumps into the sea accompanied by Jiminy. Pinocchio is soon swallowed by Monstro as well, where he is reunited with Geppetto. Pinocchio devises a scheme to make Monstro sneeze, giving them a chance to escape. The scheme works, but the enraged whale chases them, and smashes their raft. Pinocchio pulls Geppetto to safety in a cave before Monstro crashes into it. They are all washed up on a beach on the other side. Geppetto and Jiminy survive, but Pinocchio lies motionless face down in a tide pool nearby. Back home, the group mourns him. The Blue Fairy, however, decides that Pinocchio has proven himself brave, truthful, and unselfish, that he is reborn as a real human boy (his donkey ears and tail also gone), and everyone celebrates. Jiminy steps outside to thank the Fairy, and is rewarded with a solid gold badge that certifies him as an official conscience.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Dickie Jones as Pinocchio, a wooden puppet carved by Geppetto, and turned into a living puppet by the Blue Fairy.

Jones also provided the voice of Alexander, a boy transformed into a donkey.

Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket, a cheerful and wise cricket, who acts as Pinocchio's "conscience", and the partial narrator of the story.
Christian Rub as Mister Geppetto, a kind and elderly woodcarver, who creates Pinocchio, and wishes for him to become a real boy.

Figaro the cat and Cleo the goldfish are Geppetto's pets. Figaro is a spoiled cat who is prone to jealousy. Cleo is a flirty little goldfish with a habit of being Figaro's counselor.

Walter Catlett as "Honest" John Worthington Foulfellow, a sly anthropomorphic red fox, and the main antagonist of the film, who tricks Pinocchio twice in the film.

Gideon the Cat, Honest John's mute, crafty, and anthropomorphic feline sidekick. He was originally intended to be voiced by Mel Blanc of Looney Tunes fame (in his second work for Disney until his final work in Who Framed Roger Rabbit), but the filmmakers removed his dialogue from the script in favor of a mute performance (e.g. Harpo Marx) just like Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.[4] However, Gideon's hiccups were provided by Blanc.[4]

Charles Judels as Stromboli, a large, sinister, bearded Italian puppet-maker, who forces Pinocchio to perform onstage in order to make money. He speaks with an Italian accent, and curses in Italian when he gets angry, though he is identified as a gypsy. He is the only antagonist of the film to be part of the official Disney Villains line-up.

Judels also voiced the devious and sadistic Coachman, owner and operator of Pleasure Island, who enjoys turning unruly boys into donkeys.

Evelyn Venable as The Blue Fairy, who brings Pinocchio to life, and turns him into a real boy at the end of the film.
Frankie Darro as Lampwick, a naughty boy that Pinocchio befriends on his way to Pleasure Island. He is turned into a donkey on Pleasure Island.

text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: In September 1937, during the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, animator Norman Ferguson brought a translated version of Carlo Collodi's 1883 Italian children's novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio to the attention of Walt Disney. After reading the book "Walt was busting his guts with enthusiasm" as Ferguson later recalled.[5] Pinocchio was intended to be the studio's third film, after Bambi. However, due to difficulties with Bambi (adapting the story and animating the animals realistically), it was put on hold and Pinocchio was moved ahead in production.[6]

text: Writing and design[edit]

text: Unlike Snow White, which was a short story that the writers could expand and experiment with, Pinocchio was based on a novel with a very fixed story. Therefore, the story went through drastic changes before reaching its final incarnation.[4][6] In the original novel, Pinocchio is a cold, rude, ungrateful, inhuman creature that often repels sympathy and only learns his lessons by means of brutal torture.[6] The writers decided to modernize the character and depict him similar to Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy, but equally as rambunctious as the puppet in the book.[4] The story was still being developed in the early stages of animation.[6]

text: Early scenes animated by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston show that Pinocchio's design was exactly like that of a real wooden puppet with a long pointed nose, a peaked cap and bare wooden hands.[6] Walt Disney, however, was not pleased with the work that was being done on the film. He felt that no one could really sympathize with such a character and called for an immediate halt in production.[4][6] Fred Moore redesigned the character slightly to make him more appealing but the design still retained a wooden feel.[6] Young and upcoming animator Milt Kahl felt that Thomas, Johnston and Moore were "rather obsessed with the idea of this boy being a wooden puppet" and felt that they should "forget that he was a puppet and get a cute little boy; you can always draw the wooden joints and make him a wooden puppet afterwards".[6] Hamilton Luske suggested to Kahl that he should demonstrate his beliefs by animating a test sequence.[6] Kahl showed Disney a test scene in which Pinocchio is underwater looking for his father.[6] From this scene Kahl re-envisioned the character by making him look more like a real boy, with a child's Tyrolean hat and standard cartoon character four-fingered (or three and a thumb) hands with Mickey Mouse-type gloves on them. The only parts of Pinocchio that still looked more or less like a puppet were his arms, legs and his little button wooden nose. Disney embraced Kahl's scene and immediately urged the writers to evolve Pinocchio into a more innocent, naïve, somewhat coy personality that reflected Kahl's design.[4]

text: However, Disney found that the new Pinocchio was too helpless and was far too often led astray by deceiving characters. Therefore, in the summer of 1938 Disney and his story team established the character of the cricket.[6] Originally the cricket was only a minor character that Pinocchio killed by squashing him with a mallet and that later returned as a ghost.[4] Disney dubbed the cricket Jiminy, and made him into a character that would try to guide Pinocchio into the right decisions. Once the character was expanded, he was depicted as a realistic cricket with toothed legs and waving antennae, but Disney wanted something more likable.[6] Ward Kimball had spent several months animating a "Soup Eating Sequence" in Snow White, which was cut from the film due to pacing reasons. Kimball was about to quit until Disney rewarded him for his work by promoting him to the supervising animator of Jiminy Cricket.[4] Kimball conjured up the design for Jiminy Cricket, whom he described as a little man with an egg head and no ears.[6] "The only thing that makes him a cricket is because we call him one," Kimball later joked.[7]

text: Casting[edit]

text: Due to the huge success of Snow White, Walt Disney wanted more famous voices for Pinocchio, which marked the first time an animated film had used celebrities as voice actors.[5] He cast popular singer Cliff Edwards, also known as "Ukelele Ike", as Jiminy Cricket.[8] Disney rejected the idea of having an adult play Pinocchio and insisted that the character be voiced by a real child.[4] He cast 12-year-old child actor Dickie Jones, who had previously been in Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.[9] He also cast Frankie Darro as Lampwick, Walter Catlett as Foulfellow the Fox, Evelyn Venable as the Blue Fairy, Charles Judels as both the villainous Stromboli and the Coachman, and Christian Rub as Geppetto, whose design was even a caricature of Rub.[4]

text: Another voice actor recruited was Mel Blanc, best remembered for voicing many of the characters in Warner Bros. cartoon shorts. Blanc was hired to perform the voice of Gideon the Cat. However, it was eventually decided that Gideon would be mute, so all of Blanc's recorded dialogue was subsequently deleted except for a solitary hiccup, which was heard three times in the finished film.[4]

text: Animation[edit]

text: Animation began in September 1938.[6] During the production of the film, the character model department was headed by Joe Grant,[4] whose department was responsible for the building of three-dimensional clay models of the characters in the film, known as maquettes. These models were then given to the staff to observe how a character should be drawn from any given angle desired by the artists.[4] The model makers also built working models of Geppetto's cuckoo clocks, as well as Stromboli's gypsy wagon and the Coachman's carriage. However, owing to the difficulty animating a realistic moving vehicle, the artists filmed the carriage maquettes on a miniature set using stop motion animation. Then each frame of the animation was transferred onto animation cels using an early version of a Xerox. The cels were then painted on the back and overlaid on top of background images with the cels of the characters to create the completed shot on the rostrum camera.[4][10] Like Snow White, live-action footage was shot for Pinocchio with the actors playing the scenes in pantomime, supervised by Hamilton Luske.[4][10] Rather than tracing, which would result in stiff unnatural movement, the animators used the footage as a guide for animation by studying human movement and then incorporating some poses into the animation (though slightly exaggerated).[4]

text: Pinocchio was a groundbreaking achievement in the area of effects animation. In contrast to the character animators who concentrate on the acting of the characters, effects animators create everything that moves other than the characters. This includes vehicles, machinery and natural effects such as rain, lightning, snow, smoke, shadows and water, as well as the fantasy or science-fiction type effects like Fairy Dust.[4] The influential abstract animator Oskar Fischinger, who mainly worked on Fantasia contributed to the effects animation of the Blue Fairy's wand.[11] Effects animator Sandy Strother kept a diary about his year-long animation of the water effects, which included splashes, ripples, bubbles, waves and the illusion of being underwater. To help give depth to the ocean, the animators put more detail into the waves on the water surface in the foreground, and put in less detail as the surface moved further back. After the animation was traced onto cels, the animators would trace it once more with blue and black pencil leads to give the waves a sculptured look.[4] To save time and money, the splashes were kept impressionistic. These techniques enabled Pinocchio to be one of the first animated films to have highly realistic effects animation. Ollie Johnston remarked "I think that's one of the finest things the studio's ever done, as Frank [Thomas] said, 'The water looks so real a person can drown in it, and they do.'"[4]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text: The songs in Pinocchio were composed by Leigh Harline with lyrics by Ned Washington. Leigh Harline and Paul J. Smith composed the incidental music score.[12] The soundtrack was first released on February 9, 1940.[12] Jiminy Cricket's song, "When You Wish Upon A Star", became a major hit and is still identified with the film, and later as the theme song of The Walt Disney Company itself.[13] The soundtrack won an Academy Award for Best Original Score.[13]

text: Themes[edit]

text: M. Keith Booker considers the film to be the most-down-to-earth of the classic Disney animated films despite its theme song and magic, and notes that the film's protagonist has to work to prove his worth, which he remarked seemed "more in line with the ethos of capitalism" than most of the Disney films.[14] Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh believe that the male protagonists of films like Pinocchio and Bambi (1942) were purposefully constructed by Disney to appeal to both boys and girls.[15] Mark I. Pinsky said that it is "a simple morality tale — cautionary and schematic — ideal for moral instruction, save for some of its darker moments", and noted that the film is a favorite of parents of young children.[16]

text: Nicolas Sammond argues that the film is "an apt metaphor for the metaphysics of midcentury American child-rearing" and that the film is "ultimately an assimilationist fable".[17] He considered it to be the central Disney film and the most strongly middle class, intended to relay the message that indulging in "the pleasures of the working class, of vaudeville, or of pool halls and amusement parks, led to a life as a beast of burden". For Sammond, the purpose of Pinocchio is to help convey to children the "middle-class virtues of deferred gratification, self-denial, thrift, and perseverance, naturalized as the experience of the most average American".[18]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Initial release[edit]

text: Pinocchio went into release accompanied by generally positive reviews. Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times gave the film five out of five stars, saying "Pinocchio is here at last, is every bit as fine as we had prayed it would be—if not finer—and that it is as gay and clever and delightful a fantasy as any well-behaved youngster or jaded oldster could hope to see."[19] Time gave the film a positive review, saying "In craftsmanship and delicacy of drawing and coloring, in the articulation of its dozens of characters, in the greater variety and depth of its photographic effects, it tops the high standard Snow White set. The charm, humor and loving care with which it treats its inanimate characters puts it in a class by itself."[20] The film won the Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, the first Disney film to win either.[13]

text: Initially, Pinocchio was not a box-office success.[2] The box office returns from the film's initial release were both below Snow White's unprecedented success and below studio expectations.[21] Of the film's $2.289 million negative cost – twice the cost of Snow White – Disney only recouped $1 million by late 1940, with studio reports of the film's final original box office take varying between $1.4 million and $1.9 million.[22] Animation historian Michael Barrier notes that Pinocchio returned rentals of less than one million by September 1940, and in its first public annual report, Walt Disney Productions charged off a $1 million loss to the film. Barrier relays that a 1947 Pinocchio balance sheet listed total receipts to the studio of $1,423,046.78. This was primarily due to the fact that World War II and its aftermath had cut off the European and Asian markets overseas, and hindered the international success of Pinocchio and other Disney releases during the early and mid-1940s.[23] Joe Grant recalled Walt Disney being "very, very depressed" about Pinocchio's initial returns at the box office.[21] RKO recorded a loss of $94,000 for the film.[24]

text: Modern acclaim[edit]

text: Many film historians consider this to be the film that most closely approaches technical perfection of all the Disney animated features.[25] Film critic Leonard Maltin said, "with Pinocchio, Disney reached not only the height of his powers, but the apex of what many critics consider to be the realm of the animated cartoon."[26] Despite its initial struggles at the box office, a series of reissues in the years after World War II proved more successful, and allowed the film to turn a profit. By 1973, the film had earned $13 million from the initial 1940 release and four reissues;[27] further reissues in subsequent years have brought Pinocchio's lifetime gross to $84,254,167 at the box office.[28]

text: In 1994, Pinocchio was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[29] Filmmaker Terry Gilliam selected it as one of the ten best animated films of all time in a 2001 article written for The Guardian[30] and in 2005, Time named it one of the 100 best films of the last 80 years, and then in June 2011 named it the best animated movie of "The 25 All-TIME Best Animated Films".[31]

text: In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its "Ten top Ten"—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community. Pinocchio was acknowledged as the second best film in the animation genre, after Snow White.[32] It was nominated for the AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies,[33] and received further nominations for their Thrills[34] and Heroes and Villains (Stromboli) lists.[35] The song "When You Wish Upon A Star" ranked number 7 on their 100 Songs list,[36] and the film ranked 38th in the 100 Cheers list.[37] The quote "A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face" was nominated for the Movie Quotes list,[38] and the film received further nomination in the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list.[39]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, a website which aggregates film reviews, the film has the website's highest rating of 100%, meaning every single one of the 45 reviews of the film, from contemporaneous reviews to modern re-appraisals, on the site are positive with an average rating of 9.1 out of 10.[40] The general consensus of the film on the site is "Ambitious, adventurous, and sometimes frightening, Pinocchio arguably represents the pinnacle of Disney's collected works - it's beautifully crafted and emotionally resonant."[40]

text: Reissues and home media[edit]

text: With the re-release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1944 came the tradition of re-releasing Disney films every seven to ten years.[41] Pinocchio was theatrically re-released in 1945, 1954, 1962, 1971, 1978, 1984, and 1992. RKO handled the first two reissues in 1945 and 1954, while Disney itself reissued the film from 1962 on through its Buena Vista Distribution division.

text: In 1985, it was released on VHS in North America for the first time and on UK VHS in 1988 for the first time.[42] The 1992 re-issue was digitally restored by cleaning and removing scratches from the original negatives one frame at a time, eliminating soundtrack distortions, and revitalizing the color.[43]

text: The more comprehensive digital restoration that was done for the 1992 re-issue was released on VHS in 1993, followed by its fourth VHS release and first release on Disney DVD in 1999.[44] The second Disney DVD release and final issue in the VHS format premiered as part of the Walt Disney Gold Classics Collection VHS/DVD line on March 7, 2000.[45] The Gold Classic VHS/DVD release returned to the Disney Vault on January 31, 2002.[46]

text: A special edition VHS and DVD of the film was released in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2003.[47] The fourth DVD release and first Blu-ray Disc release (the second Blu-ray in the Walt Disney Platinum Editions series) was released on March 10, 2009.[48] Like the 2008 Sleeping Beauty Blu-ray release, the Pinocchio Blu-ray package featured a new restoration by Lowry Digital in a two-disc Blu-ray set, with a bonus DVD version of the film also included.[49] This set returned to the Disney Vault on April 30, 2011.[50] A Signature Edition was released on Digital HD on January 10, 2017 and was followed by a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack on January 31, 2017.[51][52]

text: Legacy[edit]

text: In 1987, Filmation released a "thinly-veiled" animated sequel to Pinocchio, entitled Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night. Set a year after Pinocchio became a real boy, the movie received mainly negative reviews from critics and was a commercial failure. Disney sued Filmation for copyright infringement, but Filmation won the lawsuit on the grounds that Collodi's work is in the public domain.[53]

text: Many of Pinocchio's characters are meetable characters at Disney parks.[54] Pinocchio's Daring Journey is a popular ride at the original Disneyland,[54] Tokyo Disneyland,[55] and Disneyland Park in Paris.[56] Pinocchio Village Haus is a quick service restaurant at Walt Disney World that serves pizza and macaroni and cheese.[57] There are similar quick-service restaurants at the Disneyland parks in Anaheim and Paris as well, with almost identical names.[57]

text: Disney on Ice starring Pinocchio, toured internationally from 1987 to 1992.[58] A shorter version of the story is also presented in the current Disney on Ice production "One Hundred Years Of Magic".[58]

text: Aside from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Boy, and SNES games based on the animated film, Geppetto and Pinocchio also appear as characters in the game Kingdom Hearts.[59] The inside of Monstro is also featured as one of the worlds.[60] Jiminy Cricket appears as well, acting as a recorder, keeping a journal of the game's progress in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, and, Kingdom Hearts II.[60] Pinocchio's home world was slated to appear in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, but was omitted due to time restrictions, although talk-sprites of Pinocchio, Geppetto, Honest John and Gideon have been revealed.[61] As compensation, this world appears in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, under the name "Prankster's Paradise", with Dream world versions of Pinocchio, Jiminy Cricket, Geppetto, Cleo, Monstro and the Blue Fairy appearing.[61]

text: Cancelled sequel[edit]

text: In the mid-2000s, DisneyToon Studios began development on a sequel to Pinocchio. Robert Reece co-wrote the film's screenplay, which saw Pinocchio on a "strange journey" for the sake of something dear to him. "It's a story that leads Pinocchio to question why life appears unfair sometimes," said Reece.[62] John Lasseter cancelled Pinocchio II soon after being named Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2006.[63]

text: Live-action film[edit]

text: On April 8, 2015, Deadline reported that Disney is developing a live action film based on the animated Pinocchio, with Peter Hedges penning the script.[64] As of May 2017, Sam Mendes is in talks to direct the movie from Chris Weitz's script.[65] Six months later, it was announced that Mendes would no longer be directing the film.[66]