“Everyone knows Harlan County elections ain’t over until the dead have voted.” If that’s the case, the late-voting constituency increased by four this week in “Loose Ends”, although once again, Raylan isn’t responsible for any of the corpses. I’m fairly certain Raylan hasn’t killed anyone since shooting Layla over attempted kidney theft. I’d take this…
I’ve been watching Justified set its chess pieces on the board for most of season 3; finally, in this week’s episode, we got to see the brilliant middle game that’s playing out between Robert Quarles, Boyd Crowder, Ellstin Limehouse and Raylan Givens. In fact, “Watching the Detectives” was so good that I had to exercise…
I’m afraid I haven’t been as enamored of this season’s “Justified” arc as I was last season. So far, none of the villains except Boyd have had the sheer presence of Mags Bennett. Also, Raylan seems increasingly isolated from his colleagues in the Marshals’ service and I enjoy his interactions with his law-enforcement colleagues as…
The latest episode of Justified opens with Limehouse and his sidekick counting the money that Dickie Bennett refused. Limehouse lied to Dickie about missing the better part of Mags Bennett’s $3 million, but he refuses his sidekick’s suggestion that he has someone shiv Dickie in prison and keep the money. His motives for both the…
There are many, many things that I love about Justified and this week’s episode highlighted three of them: the judicious use of backstory that creates the impression that these characters exist independently of the forty-five minutes we see them every week; the wonderful dialogue; and the memorable secondary characters, three of whom (Devil, Dewey Crowe…
[NOTE: You know by now we’ll be spinnin’ SPOILERS, don’t you?] This week’s episode of Justified focused primarily on the criminals, who can be divided into three groups: the smart, the focused and the terrifying masterminds (Quarles, the nattily dressed Detroit baddy; Boyd Crowder; and Limehouse), the middle-managers (Wynn Duffy and Glen Fogle), and the…
Much of the focus this week was on Art, which I love because his no-nonsense approach and his razor-sharp tongue make him my favorite non-Raylan Marshal. This week we learn that in addition to his obvious intelligence (using the GPS in Terry’s car to figure out that Terry had murdered Bill), Art is quite the…
Before I begin talking about the season premiere of Justified, I’d like to raise a virtual toast (with clean glasses) to Mags Bennett, who gave new meaning to the phrase “as American as apple pie.” I can only hope that season 3’s villains, whoever they may be, can compete with her unique combination of motherly…
