First episode was slow but it had to show the characters. It takes place in the fictitious place of Absoroka county WY. I think it is supposedly in northern WY near MT, as far as I can figure out from season 1. Absarokee is a town in southern MT south of Columbus, down the road from Mel Gibsons old ranch. It is filmed in NM but they do a good job of making it look like WY. I like the show but I grew up and still live in Billings. The show does a good job showing the tensions and problems with being in very close proximity of Indian reservations, that not something that law and order does not have to deal with. I like it because it is a cop show that is not new york, Miami, Las Vegas, Chicago, etc but the part of the world that I know well.
