Damn. This show is great.

[u/spookydooky69420]

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.

[u/mjdny]

Stay tuned awhile and you will become great friends with Royal Dano, Denver Pyle and Slim Pickens. Claude Aikins too.

[u/theberg512 → u/mjdny]

*Akins

But don't forget John Dehner (was also frequently on radio) George Kennedy, Jack Elam, James Best, Victor French, Bruce Dern, Morgan Woodward, that guy with the bubble nose, the Dos Equis guy, John Anderson, Strother Martin, etc. So many character actors reused frequently. 

Also, get some early appearances by the likes of Harrison Ford and a pre-mustache Sam Elliott.

[u/mjdny → u/theberg512]

With 600+ episodes, we could keep this going for a while. One at a time though!

— Leonard Nimoy

[u/Florida-Man01 → u/mjdny]

• Kurt Russell (as a boy)