Joe Pickett (C.J. Box)

March 14, 2022, 03:43 PM

TheFrontRange

Joe Pickett (C.J. Box) - TV Series

Based on the novels by C.J. Box, Spectrum premiered an original series “Joe Pickett” back in December. I missed hearing about this until seeing a brief teaser on Paramount Plus - apparently they will also air the first season (10 episodes soon).

I’m a Spectrum customer and am three episodes in and it’s getting better each show. I’ve only read the first of the novels (though now I want to revisit that) and can tell, as often happens, that changes were made when comparing the show to the book(s). The end credits to the episodes I’ve seen so far make reference to the books “Open Season” and “Winterkill” as inspiration for this first season.

My apologies if this has been discussed; my search only turned up references to the books - which is yet another thing I can thank SF for - this is where I first heard of C.J. Box some time back.

https://spectrumoriginals.com/joe-pickett

March 14, 2022, 07:45 PM

k5blazer

Casting an African-American to play Nate is like casting Tom Cruise to play Reacher. What else will they change from the books?

March 31, 2022, 03:23 PM

AUTiger89

Thought it was okay. He's no Raylan Givens.

April 09, 2022, 10:32 AM

GT1996

quote:
Originally posted by TheFrontRange:
Based on the novels by C.J. Box, Spectrum premiered an original series “Joe Pickett” back in December. I missed hearing about this until seeing a brief teaser on Paramount Plus - apparently they will also air the first season (10 episodes soon).

I’m a Spectrum customer and am three episodes in and it’s getting better each show. I’ve only read the first of the novels (though now I want to revisit that) and can tell, as often happens, that changes were made when comparing the show to the book(s). The end credits to the episodes I’ve seen so far make reference to the books “Open Season” and “Winterkill” as inspiration for this first season.

My apologies if this has been discussed; my search only turned up references to the books - which is yet another thing I can thank SF for - this is where I first heard of C.J. Box some time back.

https://spectrumoriginals.com/joe-pickett

I was quite fond of his Lizard King books. They based Big Sky off them.

October 17, 2023, 08:14 AM

BOATTRASH1

Watched the first episode of the new season last night. Thought it was good. Definately going to follow it.

October 17, 2023, 03:03 PM

smschulz

Yeah, I mentioned it in a Paramount Plus thread ~ I liked Joe Pickett but never read the book or even knew there was one.
I imagine most every book reader is disappointed with a screen version but I since I didn't read it, I don't have that issue.
Like JP though.