A thread for JUSTIFIED, a TV show on FX starring Timothy Olyphant

We're though episode 6 and this season is such a slog, though it did feel like there were a few signs of life in episode 6. I don't expect the last two episodes to save it

episode 7 was good, finale was a let down. the epilogue was totally unnecessary fan service (but not unwelcome, tbh, i am a fan after all)

that was even more frustrated like if you were gonna do that anyway what the hell did we do this whole season for??

We haven't returned to it after the third episode, but it's extra frustrating that this followed what seemed to be years of "we're waiting for the right story" or "the timing has to be just right" or "Tarantino found the perfect source material and lobbied Olyphant" or whatever, and then the results are so wan. I sometimes felt the same way with the reboot of "Party Down." You literally had years to come up with ideas, and then against all odds a new season arrives, and it feels like it's been given no thought at all. Or, like, they were told they had a very limited budget and schedule and had to rush something into production. Maybe that was the case.

Think I can already guess what the epilogue will be

party down season 3 was much better and more thoughtful than this

i think what a normal season of justified, even a less-good one like season 5, has that this one doesn't is time to breathe. we knew what made every thug or underboss or put-upon law enforcement officer tick, while in this, characters are just tossed into the mix and act with no established motivation or personality quirks, let alone personality. sweety was the only character that felt truly fleshed out, and a lot of that was due to the performance. aunjanue ellis was great as caroline for a bit, but her character got more and more muddled as the season went along.

Party Down 3 was fine, but I'm pretty certain my affection for the characters was doing a lot of the heavy lifting

Sweet was the only character that really felt like a classic Justified character to me

Oklahoma wildboyz - no redeeming qualities as a character
Blonde girlfriend - pretty good Leonard character if not Justified
Sweety - good all around (except for that one shot of him making bass face)
Armenian mob boss - pretty good, probably would have been funny trying to hide out in Harlan County
Cop who was in Bosch - why was he in this
Cop who wears Oakleys and definitely has a Punisher skull sticker on his F-250 - I think they were casting for SEAL Team and put him in the wrong pile
Redheaded cop - stupid storyline
Black detective - felt wasted, that guy had gravitas

Raylan felt like a passive observer so much of the time rather than the driver of the story (despite committing various crimes to get the wildboy) - almost like they took a non-Raylan story and shoehorned him in. Hmmm

I have a soft spot for season 5, which a lot of people didn't like, and I mostly think every season of Justified was solid to great. But this season was bad. There was no plan, just people running back and forth. Daughter was a drag, Raylan a shadow of his former self. Very little fun compared to previous seasons - best you get is weird character quirks like the White Stripes thing. Last episode was anti-climactic too, like they couldn't wait to get to the epilogue

And I was 90% correct about my guess for the epilogue, lol. Fully agree with ums - if you're gonna have that happen, just make the damn season about that. Though I guess there's a high chance they will make that season next, assuming people didn't hate this one too much

Big Chief in the soundtrack for episode 2 of the new show. I thought that a pretty good deep cut Michigan representation in the music.

Just finished season 2 - haven’t read the thread beyond that point to avoid spoilers. Great show, what a cast. Glad to see Kaitlyn Dever who played Loretta has gone on to have a strong career. Fun to see Margo Martindale playing a backwoods version of her character on The Americans. It wasn’t remarked on ITT during the first 2 seasons but the nazi shit everywhere hits way differently now :( On to season 3

i think kaitlyn dever is the best actor of her generation

I fell away from this in the 6th season, just picking it back up and damn if I haven’t missed the man himself, Wynn Duffey

I’m really enjoying Wynn’s annoying military arms dealer offering Boyd Crowder a Negroni (“it’s Italian, tastes like grapefruit”)

Oh well…. That was short lived

WYNN DUFFY WAS THE INFORMANT????? Just when I thought this character couldn't get any better. I love this guy!

he’s such a treat

i'm just dropping in here to say that Timothy Olyphant is a babe

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Timothy Olyphant x Natalie Zea. One of the greatest husband/wife/estranged casting picks of all time. Love these two together

Would also like to go on record that Ava Crowder is the worst

I love that in the end, this is just a show about three families in a hate-triangle with one another constantly outwitting all exterior malevolent forces while through unintended cooperation. Now if that ain't southern hospitality