Walt Longmire is just the man to close murder cases under the open skies of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Striding out of Craig Johnson's Western mystery novels, the charismatic and unflappable sheriff (Robert Taylor) headlines this series with world-weary dedication. Struggling since his wife's death a year ago, and at the urging of his attorney daughter (Cassidy Freeman), Walt knows he must turn his life around. Aided by a new female deputy (Katee Sackhoff) and his oldest friend (Lou Diamond Phillips), he becomes reenergized about his job and running for reelection -- even though his ambitious younger deputy (Bailey Chase) is a rival candidate for the job. But despite the dark secrets and tangled relations that pervade, he doggedly solves the big crimes of Wyoming "Big Sky" country.