21 Episodes. Featuring characters from the original miniseries, Lonesome Dove: The Series revolves around the life and times of Newt Call, the young cowhand who started out as a boy in Lonesome Dove, and now goes on to mak... more »e his way in the world. The post-Civil War years in the American West are among the most exciting this country has ever known. Peopled with now-mythic figures like Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid and Sitting Bull, these were the golden years of the American West before the twentieth century roared in to tame the frontier once and for all. For Newt Call, the fresh-faced cowboy who was brought up with ironclad discipline by the legendary ex-Texas Ranger Captain Woodrow F. Call, this was a world which held great promise. Tangling with outlaws and bandits, revolutionaries, showmen and spirited Western women, Newt participates in all the major events of the Western era. Encountering its legendary figures and witnessing their passage into mythology, young Newt forges his destiny and begins to create a legend of his own.« less
"i love westerns and try to see as many as i can. i loved the various lonesome dove miniseries but i never knew there was a tv series until i came across the dvd sets and picked them up. the first season is very different from the second season but this entire show is addictive viewing. i started with the first season a few weeks ago and i'm currently making my way through the outlaw years. season one contains 21 episodes and takes place immediately following return to lonesome dove as newt rides off to find his own dream and comes to the town of curtis wells. captain woodrow call also makes an appearance in season one. the second season is the outlaw years and it contains 22 episodes that reminded me of the grimness of the streets of laredo book and movie and it greatly captures the grit of the old west. the events that transpire at the end of season one and continue into season two are gut wrenching. as a lifelong western fan i'm very pleased with the dvd sets of both seasons of this series."
Four stars for Lonesome Dove: The Series
Sam | TX | 10/08/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"First there was Lonesome Dove the miniseries. Then came Return To Lonesome Dove the miniseries. Then came Lonesome Dove: The Series which was followed by the Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years. There was also another Lonesome Dove sequel miniseries Streets of Laredo as well as a prequel miniseries Dead Man's Walk.
The DVD sold on this page is just the first three episodes of Lonesome Dove: The Series. I like those episodes but there is a set of all 21 episodes of that show available on DVD which is a far better buy for fans of the show. Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years has also been released in a 22 episode DVD set. Both The Series and The Outlaw Years were great programs and deserve a four star rating. You'd really be better off buying those full season sets instead of the DVD sold on this page since the Tales of the Plains DVD on this page only has three episodes of Lonesome Dove: The Series on it."
Lonesome Dove the Series
Jerry W. Harber | Michigan | 08/21/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Excellent! Gritty, down and dirty portrayal of western settler's life during the early post Civil War. As good as, and maybe better than "The Outlaw Years"."
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Chuck | Michigan | 12/10/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is not Tales of the Plains, which was a compilation only availabe on VHS. This is Lonesone Dove - The Series (DVD), and a heck of a deal. I took a chance and ordered it, hoping it was the later, and was right. It's obviously mispriced as well, because it's about $40 everywhere else. Buy it while you can!"
The adventure continues
Chuck | 09/24/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"If you want to find out what happens next in the Lonesome Dove saga following the events after Return to Lonesome Dove, then this is DVD package for you. Captian Call gives Newt his name and horse and now after the many years of adventure that Call and Gus had lived and experianced is now passed down to Newt. Newt travels to Curtis Wells and finds a wife. He soon becomes a scout for the Army tracking down murderous renegade soldiers. In an adventure to fallows that, Newt and Buffalo Bill join forces to bring in a runaway idian tribe back to the reservation. Newt soon becomes Deputy Sheriff for Curtis Wells along side a former Texas Ranger under Capt Woodrow Call's comand. And in one of the lasts episodes when it appears that Newt is dead, is father (played by Lee Majors) returns to go and search for him. At first the serries is ok but after a few discs the show really picks up, in quality, acting, cinematogify, and suspince."