Nancy Crandall (Longmire)

Nancy Crandall (Bess Armstrong) is the main villainess from "From This Day Forward," episode 5.07 of Longmire (airdate September 23, 2016). She is the mother of Elizabeth "Tizz" Kaufman, who was married to Tony Kaufman.
Nancy was revealed to be widowed, as Tizz's father passed away before the events of the episode. Following her husband's death, Nancy became jealous of her daughter's marriage to Tony, who was revealed as a philanderer who married Tizz for her money. A confrontation between Nancy and Tony had the latter planning to divorce Tizz and go after her inheritance, and following this, Nancy paid Raul--a gangbanger turned firefighter, to kill Tony. After Raul stabbed Tony to death, the evil Nancy kept Tony's death from Tizz; buying a house in his name in Colorado and sent letters to Tizz to keep him alive to torture Tizz, who had been left wondering what happened to her husband.
Tizz didn't know the truth about Tony until Walt Longmire found his body in a hollow tree and informed both her and Nancy of the news. Nancy's reveal came in the climax, as Longmire found a charm in the form of the Eiffel Tower at the Colorado home she bought, while under the belief that she was her son-in-law's mistress. While Nancy confirmed that she wasn't having an affair with Tony, she did admit to having him killed, claiming that she was protecting Tizz from him. Tizz, however, stated to her villainous mother that she knew what Tony was and still loved him, and following the reveal, Nancy was arrested (off-screen) for her son-in-law's murder.
== Trivia ==
*Bess Armstrong also played murderess Paula Casillas on Castle and villainess Melinda Rayder on Reckless.
Category:2010s
Category:Blonde
Category:Callous
Category:Conspirator
Category:Deceiver
Category:Jealous
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Mother
Category:Murder: Indirect
Category:Murderer
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested