**_Twilight of wild-roaming Comanches in Texas_** This is the prequel to Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove,” with the first two parts taking place in 1858, and the third one jumping to 1865, just after the Civil War. Each episode runs around 90-95 minutes; so, if you watch the entire long movie (aka miniseries), skipping the repetitive credits, you’re looking at about 4h 37m. I actually prefer this to “Lonesome Dove” because it’s so colorful with outstanding locations and all the characters are well fleshed out. It shows you what it was like to be a Texas Ranger in the 1850s-1860s, as well as the plight of the Comanches, not to mention what other American Indians in the area were doing, like Kickapoo scout Famous Shoes (David Midthunder). Val Kilmer is notable as an eccentric Harvard-educated Bostonian who fought in the Mexican-American War and is married to an oversexed redhead (Rachel Griffiths). He’s taken captive by a Mexican bandit-king (Sal Lopez) and inventively hanged in a cage before being thrown into a snake pit. For those not in the know, the character of protagonist Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn) was loosely based on Oliver Loving while Woodrow Call (Karl Urban) was inspired by his pardner Charles Goodnight. They were Texas Rangers and trailblazing cattlemen who created the Goodnight-Loving Trail, which ran from central and west Texas up through eastern New Mexico and the…

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