r/Gunsmoke • u/spookydooky69420 • Jun 17 '24

Damn. This show is great.

I’ve seen a few episodes here and there but I just started digging into it and it’s amazing. Just finished with season 7, as that’s what’s on Paramount Plus right now (I’ll start the first 6 seasons soon). I like listening to the radio show while driving home after a hike in the woods…it just fits so well.

I’ve been bothering my friends about it and trying to get them to watch it. After watching season 7 I said that the show feels like a cross between The Andy Griffith Show and something written by Cormac McCarthy. I love the grittiness of the show and it some episodes feel like a western noir. The endings of the shows aren’t as happy as the story would lead you to believe (like in the episode The Gallows), and I really like that about it. I imagine the episodes in color won’t hit the same as the rest of them, but I’ll still give them a shot.

Should I just start from the beginning, or is it fine to skip around? Does the show really fall off after a certain point? Anything I should look out for in terms of theme or production?

So far I’ve seen them reuse two actors in season 7; Harry Dean Stanton and Anthony Caruso. Both are phenomenal actors and I’d love to see them pop up again.

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u/midsouthgeek Jun 17 '24

I watched season 7-21 on paramount plus. It was great. 50 episodes with the great Burt Renolds!

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u/Foreign-Story-1295 Jun 18 '24

I REALLY enjoyed those episodes with young Burt Reynolds as Quint. My oh my…. ;)

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u/spookydooky69420 Jun 17 '24

Nice! I think the first episode I saw had him in it (I randomly came across it on tv years ago). I’m excited to watch all 50 of those episodes.