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Well you have the right season in the last place at least !

Did nobody not get Forest Gump vibes out of that scene?

Yeah, all I could think of.

Season 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 - great.
Season 5 - good.

That's the only ranking or evaluation I feel like making.

Hate that nitpicky shit.

All in good fun.
2,3,6 - Great
4- Good
1,5 - Alright to middling.

That was incredible. That and "I've been to Mordor".

This season's writing is about the strongest in the show's history.

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Yeah, it always had some great lines but not in such a great number and consistency.

 

[Learn2read]

Season 5 pulled it together pretty great for the last few episodes but it had no fucking clue what it was doing for it's middle half.

Meaningless over-the-top body counts are a pet peeve of mine in these shows and a sure sign of sloppy writing and S5 was a repeat offender. (Will Sasso trololololol)

Still, last few episodes wrapped up pretty well. There's half of a great season there. The Crowe family dynamic was wonderful.

Edit: Woah, didn't even see how this got started by someone spewing on this season. WTF? It's been masterful.

 

[Learn2read]

The first half of season one is still so weird, in the grand scheme of the show. When I recommend the show to people I always have to explain how it's going to seem like a CBS cop show for old people for the first six episodes or so, but it will get better.

That's something I love about Rachel and Tim. They seem just straight out of CBS or USA network bland casting, yet the show found a way to give them a hook without overselling them. Tim's been killing it this season.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

That's something I love about Rachel and Tim. They seem just straight out of CBS or USA network bland casting, yet the show found a way to give them a hook without overselling them. Tim's been killing it this season.

Tim's been great this year. Rachel...not so much. Unfortunately.

 

[Learn2read]

Yeah, not so much this season

She took it like a boss but it sucks they felt like there was only enough plot left to set her up to fail.

 

[Niraj]

Season 5 pulled it together pretty great for the last few episodes but it had no fucking clue what it was doing for it's middle half.

Meaningless over-the-top body counts are a pet peeve of mine in these shows and a sure sign of sloppy writing and S5 was a repeat offender. (Will Sasso trololololol)

Still, last few episodes wrapped up pretty well. There's half of a great season there. The Crowe family dynamic was wonderful.

Edit: Woah, didn't even see how this got started by someone spewing on this season. WTF? It's been masterful.

Yeah season 5 starts out ok, but the middle is mostly a drag. I think there was just too much time outside of Harlan and Kentucky, and the Crowes were lame (well, mostly Daryl imo). Once Daryl finds the money that Raylan gives to Kendall, the season really picks up for the last few. I think the interrogation scene with Raylan and Kendall was awesome, as was Raylan getting Kendall charged as an adult and Daryl's death. Danny's death was perfect too lol. I also liked the bit with Eric Roberts and the Harris brothers.

 

[scabro]

that one actor leaving the show in the middle of shooting season 5 really left them scrambling. it was still pretty enjoyable though, i find it almost impossible to dislike this show.

 

[gdt]

Goddamn at "Your teeth glow in the dark"

I just about died laughing.

This is all coming together great.

 

[Cornballer]

“Justified” fans who have time to rewatch the pilot (DVD, Amazon Prime, iTunes) before Tuesday’s finale might be rewarded by doing so.

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[Cornballer]

- HitFix: Waxing Episodic: 'Bloody Harlan' is 'Justified' at its peak

Ahead of the series finale, relive the finale to the tremendous Season 2

 

[lamaroo]

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Tommy Bucks rises from the grave???

I rewatched the pilot a week or so ago, wonder what he's referencing.

 

[Niraj]

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Will do.

- HitFix: Waxing Episodic: 'Bloody Harlan' is 'Justified' at its peak

A little too harsh on season 5 maybe. Season 2 was great though.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

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What the hell is Sepinwall even trying to get at, here

 

[RatskyWatsky]

What the hell is Sepinwall even trying to get at, here

I'm guessing there are scenes/conversations that mirror ones from the pilot or something.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

What the hell is Sepinwall even trying to get at, here

I rewatched the pilot:
My Thoughts

Spoiler

Tommy Bucks put a stick of dynamite in Raylan's partners mouth and lit the fuse. Which is what triggered the events. Boyd has Dynamite. Not saying that's going to happen, but it's a helluva set up...hmmmmm, there are a few other moments I could see happening (The Marshall's being pinned down by gun thugs and Raylan having to at Boyd alone, etc)

 

[Alpende]

The first half of season one is still so weird, in the grand scheme of the show. When I recommend the show to people I always have to explain how it's going to seem like a CBS cop show for old people for the first six episodes or so, but it will get better.

I actually stopped watching the show because of the first few episodes. After a couple of months I returned and powered trough them and have been enjoying the show so far.

 

[Exodist]

I actually don't remember much of season 1, just kinda remember it being a sort of procedural case of the week sorta thing. Like when they had that random episode about that dentist guy? I think that was season 1 anway. I still enjoyed the show but yeah it got much better fast.

 

[Matriox]

that one actor leaving the show in the middle of shooting season 5 really left them scrambling. it was still pretty enjoyable though, i find it almost impossible to dislike this show.

Who did this? I'm drawing a blank on missing someone.

 

[Siegcram]

Who did this? I'm drawing a blank on missing someone.

Wasn't it the Haitian?

 

[Emerson]

People always complain about the first season being procedural, which it kind of was, but it was still a lot better than most procedural shows are. Procedural in and of itself is not a negative thing, the term just kind of implies a pretty well-worn or cliched type of writing. The show is certainly way better after that, but I enjoyed it at that time anyway. Especially the dentist episode which was great.

 

[Borinot]

Someone has to be guttersoned before the show ends. Boyd?

 

[Quidam]

I'm sure it's been discussed in this thread already, but how annoyingly likely is it that Boone is gonna kill Raylan. Shows seem to love doing the "hero undone by character introduced very late in the show's run" trope recently

(I'm not saying I definitely think it'll happen, but it sure seems possible...)

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm sure it's been discussed in this thread already, but how annoyingly likely is it that Boone is gonna kill Raylan.

Not likely at all, really.

I don't see Raylan dying. I just don't.

 

[Cornballer]

- Joelle Carter interview with the Washington Post

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

I watched the first couple of episodes of season 1 On Demand. It was a Saturday night after the movie "A Perfect Getaway" premiered on HBO. After that finished, t was thinking, hey, doesn't that Tim guy have a TV show now? let me see if I can find a re-run? nope, let's see if Comcast does and they did, so I watched at least 2 or 3 that way and was hooked in.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

Not likely at all, really.

I don't see Raylan dying. I just don't.

I can see several scenarios where Raylan dies and Boyd lives out his days in a cell.

 

[lamaroo]

Not likely at all, really.

I don't see Raylan dying. I just don't.

Not to mention they made it a point in the last episode to show Boon keeps the chamber in his pistol empty for the first shot.

 

[MisterR]

People always complain about the first season being procedural, which it kind of was, but it was still a lot better than most procedural shows are. Procedural in and of itself is not a negative thing, the term just kind of implies a pretty well-worn or cliched type of writing. The show is certainly way better after that, but I enjoyed it at that time anyway. Especially the dentist episode which was great.

I enjoyed the procedural episodes. They all felt very Elmore Leonard short story.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

People always complain about the first season being procedural, which it kind of was, but it was still a lot better than most procedural shows are. Procedural in and of itself is not a negative thing, the term just kind of implies a pretty well-worn or cliched type of writing. The show is certainly way better after that, but I enjoyed it at that time anyway. Especially the dentist episode which was great.

I felt they really established who Boyd and Raylan was and who Harlan (as a character, not just a setting) was...so really, I think it laid some important groundwork they were able to expand upon in all the subsequent seasons.

 

[Niraj]

I enjoyed the procedural episodes. They all felt very Elmore Leonard short story.

Good reason for that. Some of those episodes were adapted from his novels Pronto and Riding the Rap. Couple of pages about those here and here.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Good reason for that. Some of those episodes were adapted from his novels Pronto and Riding the Rap. Couple of pages about those here and here.

Fun bit of trivia: James LeGros was the first person to play Raylan Givens onscreen, in a TV-Movie (Showtime) adaptation of Pronto, opposite Peter Falk as Harry Arno.

 

[scabro]

Who did this? I'm drawing a blank on missing someone.

it was the haitian. I remember there was an interview where Yost said that having the actor suddenly not being available really messed up their plans and it took them a while to get back on track. Don't remember why he had to leave though,

 

[Niraj]

Fun bit of trivia: James LeGros was the first person to play Raylan Givens onscreen, in a TV-Movie (Showtime) adaptation of Pronto, opposite Peter Falk as Harry Arno.

I haven't seen that myself, but I do remember reading about that in relation to him playing Wade Messer on this. Pretty neat.

it was the haitian. I remember there was an interview where Yost said that having the actor suddenly not being available really messed up their plans and it took them a while to get back on track. Don't remember why he had to leave though,

He just didn't like where they were taking his character if I remember right.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I haven't seen that myself, but I do remember reading about that in relation to him playing Wade Messer on this. Pretty neat.

It's pretty hard to track down.

here's a picture, though.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Wasn't it the Haitian?

it was the haitian.

 

[spindoctor]

I'm sure it's been discussed in this thread already, but how annoyingly likely is it that Boone is gonna kill Raylan. Shows seem to love doing the "hero undone by character introduced very late in the show's run" trope recently

(I'm not saying I definitely think it'll happen, but it sure seems possible...)

He's not going to die but even if he does, it'll be at Boyd's hands. I can't see it going any other way.

 

[StopMakingSense]

I enjoyed the procedural episodes. They all felt very Elmore Leonard short story.

Plus a few of them tied back into the Miami thing.

 

[Matriox]

it was the haitian. I remember there was an interview where Yost said that having the actor suddenly not being available really messed up their plans and it took them a while to get back on track. Don't remember why he had to leave though,

Oh that makes sense. I was really pissed about that whole thing and now that explains everything.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

He just didn't like where they were taking his character if I remember right.

If I remember right, he just didn't like it at all. The Plot, the character, or the show, and rather than try to keep a guy who didn't wanna be there, they just wrote him off.

 

[Cornballer]

Justified's twitter account:

 

[lamaroo]

Justified's twitter account:

Raylan apprehends both Boyd and Ava safely, but just then a Russian nuke explodes over Harlan county.

 

[Net_Wrecker]

Raylan apprehends both Boyd and Ava safely, but just then a Russian nuke explodes over Harlan county.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I miss Quarles.

 

[ZackieChan]

I LOL'd

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Justified's twitter account:

Boyd, Raylan, and Ava will never leave Harlan alive? Spoilers!

 

[WarrenMax007]

Justified's twitter account:

"In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
You will never leave Harlan alive."

 

[Linius]

Man, I'm so not ready to say goodbye to this show. And then to think that Mad Men ends only about 5 weeks after this. Sad times.

 

[bobbyrawlins]

They haven't reused any artists (I think?), but I really wish they'd use Paisley's version for the finale. It's been my favorite so far.

 

[The Artful Dodger]

They haven't reused any artists (I think?), but I really wish they'd use Paisley's version for the finale. It's been my favorite so far.

I liked how dark last season's version was, but when I heard the full song it didn't keep that up through the entire thing.

 

[lastflowers]

I'm glad the show is going out before it gets bad. Last season had sniffs of a sharp decline, but they stabilized well at the end of that season and throughout this one.