normally not bothered by continuity issues but that guy's beer grew half a glass of foam between shots
― Sadly, 99.99 percent of sheeple will never wake up (I DIED), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 22:08 (eleven years ago) link
also it looked warm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 16 January 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
sometimes i realize i have no idea what is going on in this show but i still dig it
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 17 January 2013 07:21 (eleven years ago) link
That kid giving Raylan the double-finger was awesome
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 17 January 2013 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
I also enjoyed the Chief Deputy doing the ridealong with Raylan and cute Sniper boy, god why can't I ever remember his name
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 17 January 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
oh wow this episode. i agree -- just bursting at the scenes with cool stuff.
― s.clover, Friday, 18 January 2013 06:07 (eleven years ago) link
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 episodewith 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.
― I, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― berner herzog (fadanuf4erybody), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
feels like that's the case with the B/C/D plots but I think the cocaine thing feels longer reaching
― an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
i literally have no idea what's going on this show any more
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 January 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
really? i mean it's twisty but completely followable.
― an old penis drawing is now "new and notable" (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 24 January 2013 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
the number of overlapping storylines its juggling right now is just enough to make me kinda lose interest
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 January 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Great ep tonight, perfect balance of serious and light moments.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 30 January 2013 08:48 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was just thinking how no other show really manages both so well.
― s.clover, Saturday, 2 February 2013 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 February 2013 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
I was just talking about that exact thing, it's weird, this show is getting a little TrueBloodish with all it's tangents
― zero dark (s1ocki), Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:44 (eleven years ago) link
There's really only two planes of action generally though, whatever Boyd/Ava are up to and whatever Raylan's up to
― Simon H., Sunday, 3 February 2013 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
Feels like more
― zero dark (s1ocki), Sunday, 3 February 2013 01:43 (eleven years ago) link
raylan's usually up to 2-3 things any given ep. this one was particularly linear in that regard.
― s.clover, Sunday, 3 February 2013 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― 誤訳侮辱, Sunday, 3 February 2013 03:02 (eleven years ago) link
So if it didn't before, this show has the best recurring/guset cast on TV right now. Gerald McRaney!
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:10 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 February 2013 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
ok this episode i felt the season finally came into its own after a lot of meandering
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:31 (eleven years ago) link
wynn duffy's reactions are just the best.
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
lol ' do you see any cats in here?'
― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
his reaction to the shooting was so perfect
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
otm - or lack thereof in that case!
― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
-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.
― jbn, Thursday, 7 February 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
I think beaver is the one who has taken mcraney. it's payback time!
― Frederik B, Thursday, 7 February 2013 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 February 2013 04:39 (eleven years ago) link
― 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.
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 08:48 (eleven years ago) link
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
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 08:49 (eleven years ago) link
This show is, was and remains awesome. However ... anyone else getting, per Ebert, a "Principle of the Unassigned Character, formerly known less elegantly as the Law of Economy of Character Development" vibe from Patton Oswalt?
This principle teaches us that the prominent character who seems to be extraneous to the action will probably hold the key to it.
This show is not lacking for local color, so it seems weird to suddenly assign a prominent role to a recognizable actor, especially since we have never seen that character before, which is strange, given how often he keeps popping up and overlapping with Raylan this season. Factor in the amount of effort they've taken to paint him as a bumbling fool, and I wouldn't be shocked if he were some mastermind key to the whole disappearing man/drugs mystery.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think that's going to be the case.
I'm hoping one of the last remaining unused Deadwood alum plays Drew Thompson, assuming he winds up still being alive. (Brad Dourif? Titus Welliver? Ian McShane?)
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
Needs to be William Sanderson.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
Oswalt clearly has to play a bigger role than he has now, given how much screen time he's had (more than Raylan's pregnant ex-wife, even, who was AWOL til this ep). Hopefully it won't be the "bumbling deputy shows up and saves the day at the last minute, but dies doing it" variety. His lack of hesitation in stabbing that girl in the foot implies there's more to him than comic relief.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
have it on pretty good word that aaron carter is gonna play drew thompson
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
drew's party (come get it)
― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
have it on even better authority that all the members of new kids on the block, NSYNC and Backstreet Boys will play an inbred hill family gang in the future.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
fatone would be sick on this show
― zero dark (s1ocki), Thursday, 7 February 2013 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
You won't be seeing much of Winona, she's a regular on The Following now.
― Simon H., Thursday, 7 February 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
I'm afraid to read the thread because I'm a few episodes behind, but I am enjoying the fact that the little kid from Jurassic Park is the preacher guy.
Patton Oswalt's acting bothers me.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Thursday, 7 February 2013 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
Just wait til they let him switch it up, drop the doofus routine, and go all bad guy on you. Mark my words ...
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 7 February 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, give it a few months.
― s.clover, Thursday, 7 February 2013 20:44 (eleven years ago) link
They shoot it around Los Angeles – one of my friends up in the more mountainous section of Pasadena said that there were signs on his street saying that they shouldn't be alarmed if they heard gunfire or explosions because they were shooting Justified.
― Bound by Habitrails (J3ff T.), Friday, 8 February 2013 05:28 (eleven years ago) link
I really like this season! That is all.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 February 2013 05:44 (eleven years ago) link
Yep - replacing the "big bad" (I hate that phrase) with an ongoing mystery plot is a nifty idea to stop the show repeating itself. Although I guess the last season was kind of a deconstruction of that sort of concept anyway (by the end Quarles is a totally feeble antagonist).
Also:
http://i.imgur.com/612fNNo.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 8 February 2013 10:37 (eleven years ago) link