He did say he didn't know, "but it sounded good."

If you don't have a crush on Raylan Givens, you're gay!

WHA?!!!

Good show last night. I know alot of people dont like the "stand alone" episodes, but i enoy the nice quirky quality they always give the villians and plot. Plus they kept the main plot going as well. They made it seem like Boyd is gonna turn bad again next week? Didnt realize Boyd was living with Raylans girl from last season??

I don't think they are living together, I thought he just went in. They are trying to make the other Marshalls a bigger part of the show, and that's cool.

Real good episode. Dude's such a badass. And how damn creepy was the Bennett woman with the girl at the beginning?

VERY creepy.

I love how Raylan Givens is a modern day Seth Bullock. Love this show. Looking forward to Boyd potentially turning bad again. The more Boyd and Raylan on the screen at one time the better.

I think my favorite part of the episode was how he set up the shooting toward the end, but with the other marshal handling the kill.

the apricot line was classic


With Raylan's dad and the Bennett women who else thought of the movie Walk Hard?

Another great episode. They're just killing this season so far.

Just saw it. Excellent. I look forward to this show every week.

It really is the best written show on TV right now. They have every nuance nailed from development to authentic rural/southern dialogue. I live in Kentucky it is very "real", some shows go "cornpoe" to deliver the "southern feel", this feels in no way synthetic. Great show. Raylen and Boyd are great on screen together.
Fantastic show, Riveting.

Love how they are developing the secondary characters (The other Marshalls) this year. Great stuff.

They are just killin it this season. They have a main storyline, but then have 2 or 3 scenes with the season long story arc going. Top 3 show on TV right now easily.

Holy shit, that was an insane episode. With an ending that had a totally 'calm before the storm' feeling to it.

Wasn't he the guy in Gone in 60 seconds opposite Delroy Lindo?

Because if so, he did a horrifyingly shitty job in that movie. I have a hard time taking him seriously because of just how MFing awful he was in that flick.

I keep wanting to get started w/ this show but keep missing it.

Don't hold his past sins over him in regards to this show, lol. He absolutley nails the character of Raylan Givens.

Yeah, he's every bet as good in this as he was as Seth Bullock on Deadwood. Better, even.

Gone in 60 seconds was 10 years ago. He's alot better since then. He's done some acting work in the last 5 years.

Oh I'm sure he's improved.

Buehler just said he couldn't think of a bad acting job by him.

His effort in 60 Seconds was most assuredly very very bad.

whole movie basically had bad acting lol, i still liked it though. lol

Even Gary Oldman has his occasional Tiptoes.

When he plays a villain you know the movie will be good.

Just caught last week's ep. over the weekend. Excellent show. I'm loving this season so far.

I still think one of my fave Olyphant characters is the drug dealer in Go. Great movie.

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Ma Bennett is one Badass mama.

Just sayin'.

Does she know the difference between dynamite and road flares?

I refuse to comment on that. There are people here who call me a terrorist, you know.

Natalie Zea, Joelle Carter and Rebecca Creskoff?

So they're changing the title of this show to Pussy Wagon?

I may end up having to check this show out, I live (born and raised) in Harlan County and not much of the show has really caught my attention. I have heard people talking about it and will probably attempt to catch an episode or two this weekend.


How exactly did they do the coal mining scene in it? I am interested in how they filmed it, and portrayed it (I am a coal miner also). They are supposed to actually begin doing some filming in Harlan and incorporate some more local sites in the upcoming episodes. Don't really know how much truth there is to this though....

How is the series going? Is it any good?

Another tidbit of information some of the music in season two was done by a band called Cumberland River and they do an awesome job playing bluegrass, local talent I worked with one of the members, they are really excited about being featured in some of the shows.

Season 1 was good. season 2 is ****ing awesome so far. Olyphant went from DeadWood to this and its pretty much almost the same character, just a hundred years later. haha

I would recommend it to anyone that likes a good scripted tv show.

Looks like the ratings are up, almost on par with Sons of Anarchy. 3rd season renewal imminent.

Officially renewed for a 13-ep 3rd season.

And Archer (ratings are way up).

I'm sensing Raylan is getting his Kentucky pimp on

Boyd aside, who is the next best villain ever on this show IYO?

My vote is for Mama Bennett.

I liked Boyd's dad too

I haven't watched much of last night yet, but I see it was time for Raylen's annual ass kicking. LMAO

She is much scarier than him, IMO.

Oooh, just read something very spoilery, but the way it was presented, it might not even come to light in the show.



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Cool. And she says Raylan won't find out, which is perfect.

What was Charlie, coon or something else?

Badger

The young actress playing Loretta is quietly quite excellent. I hope she has not been written out of the show.

Thought they telegraphed the end last night, but man is the shit about to hit the fan.

"My guns are always loaded"

Yea The shit will be hitting the fan. With 2 episodes left I am unsure how they are going to do a cliff hanger.

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Stellar episode. This is on a very short list for best show on television.

Dickie's gonna get got, it's just a question of when and how.

I'd be shocked if they kill off Doyle & Mags.

Great show last week. This is quielty one of the best written shows on TV. The dialogue is subtlety excellent. Loved the comedic stuff between Raylon and Tim his "shadow".

So whats up with Ava's character? She was married to Boyds brother right and that didnt turn out too well.......Why was she drawn to Boyd so much when at first she was adamant that he bring no crime around her. She trying to get back at Raylan?

The usual chat between him and his boss is also great. Especially because the boss does not 'look' like he would be witty and smart.

Best episode written thus far. And that is saying something. SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The scene when Raylan takes Dickie to the woods was eerily reminding of the scene from "Miller's Crossing."
Next week all out war.

I agree..last nights show was one of the best all season. Great stuff

Raylan and Boyd are going to get after it over Ava in the end, she'll cause Boyd to get killed

That's what I was thinking watching it. It was definitely an homage to "MC." I wonder if someone in charge of this show was involved in the production of "MC."

I hope not. Boyd is a great frienemy and my favorite character next to Raylan himself.

I haven't watched last week's yet, so I get two hours of goodness tonight.

Interesting finale.

It was good...i thought last weeks show was better though. They left a few threads dangling for sure...

Watching Season 1 and enjoying it. I'm not reading too much of this thread because I don't want season 2 ruined for me.

Best written show on TV, going to be hard to keep this quality up.

This is going to seem like a strange comparison, but I finished reading the new Sookie Stackhouse book yesterday afternoon, and when it ended, I was like this is the ending? It just felt like there should be more, like it was missing a chapter. And that's how Justified felt. It felt like they somehow left 5 minutes off. Good episode, but somehow it didn't feel like a finale despite the Bennett disposal.

Pretty much how i felt. It just kind of ended. They never explained the old lady who talked to Mags and was at the jailhouse last week. WTH??

The ending was not so bad for me. The end really brought home how wothless Mags thought Dickie was.

It's definitely ironic that Dickie's the one that lived.

I just re-watched the last 10 minutes, and it's great right up the the point where Loretta hands Raylen the gun. Raylen and Mags drinking together at the end just didn't work for me, although logically-speaking it was fine, and he wouldn't know about the poison until she told him.

Pretty clear it was the guy's mom.

It's the age old bit about the little guy taking the fall for the big guy, and the big guy taking care of the little guy's family in return.

I liked the fact that Art came back to save Raylan. The entire season it was Raylan gradually pushing everyone away so it was logical that Art came back full circle again. However, for me they needed to give Art another scene in there where he comes to the conclusion that he really does need Raylan. The last they showed of him was saying No (which obviosuly means hes going to save him later)

All that to say, for me the payoff worked better in theory than in actual execution.

You know, thinking back, I'm not sure last week's episode wouldn't have worked better as a finale, and then have last night's start a new season. It might have bugged me a little less. But it would have left the main plot of the season unresolved over the break.

Well, at least we have some idea of what next season's going to bring:

Boyd's now the harlan county kingpin, and Arlo's looking like his number 2
Ava's still shot (you could conceivably have her die during the break)
Dickie's still alive
Winona and the baby
Art and Glynco
Black Pike

Dixie Mafia's still out there, too.

Yes this...IMO last weeks was the best show of the season.

Did you notice how careful they were to not have Raylan kill too many people this season? : )

I'm surprised people generally seem a little disappointed in the finale. I loved it. Look forward to season 3.

Short interview I found at work the other day.

I was disapointed in the finale just because it felt a bit too "contrived". I couldn't buy Dickie sneaking up and getting the drop on Raylin. Boyd showing up to save the day was about as far as I could buy Raylin's good luck -- but then later Art and the other marshals showed up in force to save the day (after Art had told Winona that Raylin was on his own). It was just a bit much.

I'm also not sure that I buy Mags not taking Raylin with her when she poisons herself. Or even that Raylin would sit down and have a drink with her knowing the full extent of what she and her boys had done (and after they had both just been shot, by the way).

There were about 10 other little nitpicky things that bothered me and kept pulling me out of the show, but I won't bore everyone with the details.

I really think that they might have had it scripted as either a 90-minute or 2-hour finale and had to cut it down to one. Then again, the episodes leading up to the finale were so well done ... maybe my expectations were just too high.

I havent seen the last 2 episodes. I got them loaded up on the DVR. Ill give them a go this weekend.

That's exactly what I thought. Ala Frank Pentangeli in Godfather 2.

For those who missed it, Ma Bennett got an Emmy last week. Well deserved. :clap:

And BTW, great deal on Buy.com

what if Justified broke apart in mid air. that could be scary

As long as Raylen's bisected it should be okay. He could land half of it with his left hand and half with his right.

What if you were actually funny and not lame? :rolleyes:

Six weeks!

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