It should be no surprise that I am a huge fan of C. J. Box, and his Joe Pickett novels. I may or may not have written about them a couple years ago.
I recently discovered the TV series, and I think, overall, it's pretty good. Sharon Lawrence, for example, is perfect as Joe's mother-in-law, Missy.
There are some allusions to Joe's childhood that I don't remember from the books, but otherwise the story line is close enough.
Except for Nate Romanowski -
In the books, Nate is a tall slender man of Eastern European heritage who wears his hair in a blonde ponytail. On TV, he is a black guy who looks like a retired linebacker. Mustafa Speaks, who plays Nate is doing a creditable job, but he still looks like a retired linebacker, and that grates. For those who are fans of the books it is hard to swallow, and I can't for the life of me understand why the change was made.
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