Tony Tost, writer of the American western action crime drama TV series “Longmire” says that Season 5 of the popular show is not going to be darker and more violent, quashing previous speculations that it will be all gloom, doom, and pain.
Tost recently debunked the speculations by saying that the production team will only tell a good story.
Because of the rumors that “Longmire” Season 5 will all be gloom, doom, and pain, many of its fans said that they are no longer planning to watch the show when it premieres on Netflix in the second half of this year.
Tost has been actively updating followers on Twitter where he also disclosed that the TV series’ writers’ room is already up and running. He has been in fact updating followers on what music was currently playing while inside the writers’ room.
The writer also advised fans against believing anything they read on the internet because he said that he read some of the articles that came out about Season 5 of “Longmire” that are quite bizarre and imaginary, cites Christian Today.
Revealing the identity of the intruder
What is clear and consistent among the speculations is that Season 5 of “Longmire” will provide the answer to the major cliffhanger left during the Season 4 finale regarding the identity of the intruder that cut short the romantic interlude of Walt Longmire, played by Robert Taylor, and Donna Sue Monahan, played by Ally Walker.
It was a bit frustrating for the viewers that just when Longmire was having that romantic tryst with Donna Sue, an intruder barged in who had the intention of killing the sheriff.
Rumors have been going around as to the identity of the unknown intruder and thus far, the majority of fans think its Walker Browning, played by Callum Keith Renni, because he was last seen getting out of his hospital bed.
There are also speculations that it could be Jacob Nighthorse, played by A Martinez, as he always gets into skirmishes with Longmire, although most of them are petty. Then there is also the other possible suspects including Zachary, played by Barry Sloane, Sam Poteet, played by Hank Cheyne, and even the shadowy individual who torched the van in one of the episodes of Season 4.
But there are also rumors that are saying that the intruder is not really after Longmire but Doctor Donna Sue, reports the Gospel Herald.
Longer episodes for Season 5
There are also reports that a new character from Walt Longmire’s past might be introduced in Season 5 but these are just mere speculations at this time, pending the confirmation from the showrunner or the producers of the TV series.
After “Longmire” was renewed for Season 5 by Netflix, it was revealed that the episodes shall be longer than previous episodes during the past season. Accordingly, the episodes will be around an hour-long to allow for a more cinematic narrative.
According to some reports, Netflix has initially ordered 10 episodes for the Season 5 of the TV series, the same number it had during Season 4, which were streamed on the streaming network from September 10 to October 30 last year.
But Netflix eventually agreed to extend it based on the request of producers. In addition, reports also have it that each episode of Season 5 shall be longer than the customary 42 to 45 minutes airing time that it was getting when it was still airing in the A&E Network and also during the Season 4 last year.
Actor Lou Diamond Philips, who plays the role of Henry Standing Bear, said that the show needed more air time to give the story more depth.