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

Oh, shit, he was in "Dreamcatcher!"

The Girl Next Door really is a terrible piece of shit, but he's somehow still great in it.

I enjoyed his Rango turn

I haven't liked him in much aside from Justified and Deadwood -- must be something about hats and guns

Nick Searcy is great as Chief Mullen as well. There was an episode where he foils the murderer on witness protection via his satnav. It was a lesson in old kool and a wonderfully understated performance.

Apparently we can expect more Wynn Duffy action this season. Solid premiere, I thought.

preacher scene was really well done.

The Girl Next Door really is a terrible piece of shit, but he's somehow still great in it.

― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, January 10, 2013 10:06 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

p otm, i miss sleazy olyphant

Boyd vs Billy bible showdown was excellent. Love Boyd being dragged back into religion again

Really dug this episode

It might be the perfect example of what is so great about this show. How on earth did they fit so much great stuff into 42 minutes? People who thought last season was overcrowded must be a bit nervous: I fully expect the rest of the season to include a whole lot of Wyn Duffy, Arlo, Constable Bob, the St Cyrs, and would really like more of the Truths and a visit from Dewey Cox as well. Plus Limehouse and Dickie Bennett, and a lot of other people.

It looks like Winn Duffy is truly back in the game after spending too much time in Quarles' shadow. I am guessing at some point Raylan will be having the conversation 'that won't be a conversation' with him again. Sometimes I wish they stretched it out just a little bit into 60 minute episodes. I suppose that's you could improve the show, just make it longer!

I love how they're giving the bartender's husband dude a weird Billy Jack vibe, like I keep expecting him to put the beatdown on dudes with a kick to the head

edit:how you could improve the show

lol

The moment when the other dude tried to tap out was so good. As was other small details like the book of palms, and that speech about the difference between iraq and afghanistan.

normally not bothered by continuity issues but that guy's beer grew half a glass of foam between shots

also it looked warm

sometimes i realize i have no idea what is going on in this show but i still dig it

That kid giving Raylan the double-finger was awesome

I also enjoyed the Chief Deputy doing the ridealong with Raylan and cute Sniper boy, god why can't I ever remember his name

oh wow this episode. i agree -- just bursting at the scenes with cool stuff.

yeah, this one was also overfilled with plot and revelations, even for a leapfrog nothing-gets-done-but-we-lay-the-backstory-out-more-effectively episode
with a lesser show i'd be afraid they were careening out of control (A BROTHER'S BETRAYAL! SNAKEBIT! A HOT BLONDE'S BETRAYAL! MORE RED HERRINGS ON THE COCAINE ROADSTAIN! A SISTER'S BETRAYAL! SNAKEBIT AGAIN! LADY COP IS COMPLEX! BOYD IS RACKED WITH GUILT!) and losing track of shit (what about arlo? is the chief retiring? raylan still having a kid here? what exactly is going on with duffy again?) but they've proven capable of juggling a lot of plates before so i'm inclined to give them some slack to start pulling things together as long as the dialogue is still snappy and it looks like they're maybe going somewhere.

haven't seen this week's yet, but wasn't there a report that they weren't doing one season-long arc but a series of mini-arcs this year?

feels like that's the case with the B/C/D plots but I think the cocaine thing feels longer reaching

i literally have no idea what's going on this show any more

really? i mean it's twisty but completely followable.

the number of overlapping storylines its juggling right now is just enough to make me kinda lose interest

Great ep tonight, perfect balance of serious and light moments.

yeah i was just thinking how no other show really manages both so well.

Most recent ep ties up a stand-alone plot, so I imagine they will get back to the bag in the wall soon enough. No big bad this year so far.

I was just talking about that exact thing, it's weird, this show is getting a little TrueBloodish with all it's tangents

There's really only two planes of action generally though, whatever Boyd/Ava are up to and whatever Raylan's up to

Feels like more

raylan's usually up to 2-3 things any given ep. this one was particularly linear in that regard.

So far this season is much better than last season, which had way too many new villains, none of whom were half as interesting as Boyd and Ava.

So if it didn't before, this show has the best recurring/guset cast on TV right now. Gerald McRaney!

I'm def feeling this season so far, maybe even more than the season two (Mags Bennett/Margo Martindale) excepted. I love a good long-form mystery in a serial drama, and so far the execution of this season's central theme has been A+. Of course, we're only four episodes deep, so there is still plenty of time for them to botch things - but thusfar this writing staff has earned the benefit of the doubt.

This is by far their best start to a season IMO (the whole plot about the Bennetts was constructed a bit clumsily, I think, so season 2 didn't become great until it became tragic in the later parts) Everything about the hill people was hilarious and filmed so beautifully (do they film these scenes in Kentucky?) More Shelby and Constable Bob! It's ridiculously crowded, but they really do a good job of handling it. Of course, the whole thing could still topple over. But that will probably be kinda fascinating to watch as well.

Pairing up Colt and Tim was inspired. In general I'm impressed, given how crowded the show's become, that they're finally giving the other Marshals a bit more to do.

ok this episode i felt the season finally came into its own after a lot of meandering

wynn duffy's reactions are just the best.

lol ' do you see any cats in here?'

his reaction to the shooting was so perfect

otm - or lack thereof in that case!

-that episode must of have set a record for deadwood alum (olyphant, jim beaver, Stephen Tobolowsky and Gerald McRaney)

- Tim's line about being too young to be blownin the heads of taliban felt right.

I think beaver is the one who has taken mcraney. it's payback time!

his reaction to the shooting was so perfect

I watched those few seconds a few times over, so priceless. Jere Burns is consistently amazing, he is not allowed to be killed off till the series finale.

otm - or lack thereof in that case!

― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Wednesday, February 6, 2013 10:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, it was definitely a reaction, just an amazingly restrained one in a classic wynn brody stylee. loved it.

i mean wynn duffy

but yeah, it was definitely nice to see the mists begin to dispel around the longer arc this episode. i guess i was pretty meh on his barmaid gf and her whole deal