History Series / Longmire

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Happens to Walt in "A Damn Shame", when he gives a suspect a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, which includes accusing him of cowardice. As a result, the suspect proceeds to challenge a mafia hitman and gets himself [[SenselessSacrifice pointlessly killed]].

* HeroesClassicCar:

* CoolCar:
** Walt's beat-up Ford Bronco starkly contrasts with his deputies' brand-new patrol vehicles and firmly establishes his "old school" status. Like Walt himself, the Bronco is old, but tough. It gets wrecked in the pilot episode, but is still drivable, so Walt continues to drive it. The next few episodes [[CallBack show the Bronco in between multiple visits to the body shop]], slightly more repaired each time, until it's good as new(ish) again.
** The Ferg drives a blue Pontiac Trans Am.

** Season Four: [[spoiler:Henry is arrested by Mathias for his actions as "Hector II". As Walt and Donna make love at Walt's cabin, an unidentified armed figure kicks the front door in.]]

** CliffhangerCopout: "High Noon" ends with [[spoiler:Barlow visiting Walt at his cabin, confessing to ordering Martha's murder, and then killing himself in a manner that throws suspicion on Walt. The next episode begins a few weeks later, and we're simply told that Walt was exonerated by an FBI investigation.]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the series finale, when Walt tells Vic [[spoiler:that he's retiring because he wants to end things on a high note instead of staying around too long like Lucian did.]]

* VerySpecialEpisode: "War Eagle" deals with the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

** Ferg [[HeroesWantRedheads likes redheads]].

** JerkassHasAPoint: Nighthorse, at least, turns out to be dead on about [[spoiler:Cheyenne children being taken by the DCF for a profit]].

-->'''Henry:''' Deena, I have a question for you. [''gets down on his knees'']\\

* CoolCar: Walt's beat-up Ford Bronco starkly contrasts with his deputies' brand-new patrol vehicles and firmly establishes his "old school" status. Like Walt himself, the Bronco is old, but tough. It gets wrecked in the pilot episode, but is still drivable, so Walt continues to drive it. The next few episodes [[CallBack show the Bronco in between multiple visits to the body shop]], slightly more repaired each time, until it's good as new(ish) again.

** NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: She blew the whistle on a fellow cop who was involved in corruption. This caused the corrupt cop to kill himself. His partner retaliated against Vic by stalking her. Said partner was also her superior with whom she was carrying on an affair.]]

* EverythingIsRacist: Almost every non-white character will at some point remark that all their problems are caused by white people. Or fall back on SinsOfTheFather towards individual white people who aren't racist. Though the Cheyenne and Crow certainly have some legitimate long-standing grievances.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the pilot Walt sees an owl outside his window in broad daylight as he's making coffee. In Cheyenne[[note]] and many other North American tribes, but especially Plains Tribes[[/note]] mythology, owls are a symbol of foreboding or a messenger of evil things. Later, a stuffed one appears in the background of a scene when he's talking to [[spoiler:Dan Estes]], who turns out to be the killer.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Jacob Nighthorse, full stop. He will happily talk up his heritage when it suits his purposes, but will also cheerfully discard it if it gets in the way of his business enterprises. For example, [[spoiler: his paying for Cheyenne graves to be defiled so he can build his casino.]]

* InspectorJavert: Detective Fales from Denver. He's investigating [[spoiler: Walt and Henry]] for the murder of [[spoiler: the crackhead who killed Walt's wife]]. This bites him in the ass big time when [[spoiler:Longmire discovers Fales suppressed evidence that would link David Ridges to said crackhead, and gives it to his daughter, allowing the charges against Henry to be dropped.]]

* JerkAss: Jacob Nighthorse and Barlow Connally, the latter to the point where Branch finds it actively humiliating.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Nighthorse, at least, turns out to be dead on about [[spoiler:Cheyenne children being taken by the DCF for a profit]].

--> '''Branch''': Cady, your mom's dead. '''I'm''' still alive....

* MortonsFork: Walt presents the bad guy with one of these in the episode "Dog Soldiers". Namely, [[spoiler: "Turn yourself in for murder and go to jail, or get beaten and possibly killed by the guy you framed for the murder."]]

* NobleSavage: Totally averted with Lou Diamond Phillips's Henry Standing Bear, a DeadpanSnarker modern-day Native American (i.e. wearing usual modern American western clothes rather than traditional garb) who is Walt's best friend.

* [[spoiler: OffingTheOffspring: It appears this is what Barlow does to his son Branch at the end of Season 3 after Branch finds out it was his father that set up the death of the man who killed Longmire's wife.]]

** [[spoiler: Confirmed in the first episode of Season 4 on Netflix.]]

* ParentsAsPeople

-->'''Walt:''' Who shot you?
-->[[spoiler:'''Branch:''']] A dead man.

-->[[spoiler:'''Tucker Baggett:''']] 4 seconds.

* CoolGun: While Vic and Branch carry 9mm pistols (Vic a Glock 19 and Branch a Smith & Wesson Sigma), Walt keeps a more powerful and well-used 1911 with bitchin' custom antler grips on his belt. For longer-range gunfights, he has a Winchester '94 in his Bronco. The Ferg packs a [[HandCannon Smith & Wesson Model 29 revolver in .44 Magnum]].

** Both Cady and Vic tend to go for cops.

* TheRez: A major setting, and Walt's history with the police there make up a major source of conflict in the show.