/r/justified
Justified: City Primeval premieres 7/18/23 on FX
A subreddit dedicated to the FX original television series, Justified.
"Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is something of a 19th-century–style, Old West lawman living in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals as well as his U.S. Marshals Service bosses. As a result of his controversial but "justified" quick-draw shooting of mob hit-man Tommy Bucks in Miami, Givens is re-assigned from Miami to Kentucky. The Lexington, Kentucky Marshals office's jurisdiction includes Harlan County (a hopelessly impoverished, backwoods coal-mining community in southeastern Kentucky), in which Raylan grew up and thought he had escaped for good in his youth."
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Margo Martindale’s new series, The Sticky, premieres on Amazon Prime tomorrow. CBC Radio One’s Q with Tom Power will have an interview with her tomorrow at 10.00 am and 9.00 pm ET. Q is also on Sirius XM channel 169 at 10 am and 9 pm ET, and it’s also broadcast on public radio in over 100 American cities. (Is public radio always NPR?)
First time viewer here, s4e8. Arlo better not be dead and he can’t have gone out like that 😫 Hunter measly ass and that little sneak attack better not have taken Arlo out but a shiv to the chest isn’t something small. They just told Raylan he might not make it through the night. I already lost Helen, Arlo gotta make it until atleast the final season 🥹
I feel like Raylan’s Town Car is an underrated character element, He’s got the hat, boots, guns, swagger (according to Rachel) and the car. I can’t really imagine him driving anything that isn’t a large American sedan like his Town Car. Kinda wish it made a return in City Primeval.
So we all of course know about the Marshall Stiffy, and Tim talks about being "comfortably erect" in his champagne room jag. What other references to male anatomy can you think of? I know there are more.
Just back off about why I'm asking.
Had to rewatch this scene multiple times I just love the way Jacob Pitts delivers that line. Still a travesty how underused he was in this show.
First time viewer here!! I’ve been trying to come and update this sub because I like sharing my genuine first time experience with the OG fans of the show I’m watching, but I haven’t been able to come back and update because it swooped me up and I haven’t been dropped out of the hurricane yet!!!
I last posted that eps 4-6 of s1 are the episodes that hooked me in… well everything after that cemented me as a fan, and now here I am on the season 2 finale and haven’t been able to share a word of all of my thoughts 😫
Damn this show is good! I may come back and say a few of my thoughts, but those thoughts change quite frequently as a lot just keeps transpiring
We finished Justified and City Primeval. I normally can’t get my husband into shows but this show and Yellowstone were successes. We tried Joe Pickett but after the emu, I just couldn’t buy it anymore. Terrible acting.
What are your other faves?
My other fave shows: Criminal Minds, House, ER, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1:Lone Star, The Last Ship
Put forward your best case. It can be anyone you think others would describe as a villain.
I'll start. After S1, Wynn Duffy really isn't. He's an eccentric baddie, a wannabe druglord and a hanger on, sure. Kills other bad guys occasionally, I guess. Wants money. His main gig seems to be self-preservation.
Rewatching season 4 right now and he’s a really interesting villain? (if you can call him that). Would like to hear your thoughts on him.
I'm not talking about Art's badass speech, Tim's handwriting, or Duffy yelling about being up in inbred holler. I mean something you think might go unnoticed or unquoted, but that you love. In another thread I mentioned:
"Did you see that on CSI?"
Raylan: "Sadly, no."
So there is a spoiler just FYI
In the episode "The Collection" Raylan is investigating some big time rich dude for fraud or something >!the rich guy is murdered via being shot and they try to make it look like a suicide, what I'm confused about is why they fire a second shot into the ceiling on purpose.!< Is there some real world reason for doing that???
He played a character with a stick up his ass for many years, so he tries to project a different image. He's so laid back he's practically supine.
Sheriff Hunter Mosley finally got his redemption in the one of the latest episodes of Tracker
I saw the first three or four eps as they aired, then forgot to keep up. Kept trying to restart and now last month finally did it. But now that it's gone by so fast, it's like I barely got started. I know Primeval is next, but it won't be the same. This definitely feels like a show worth revisiting too, especially since each season is unique. Also Wynn Duffy rules, hoping from more antics from him in the final season.
Getting a little stale in here so let's whip out the clichés. All can play. Pick any three characters and "justify" it if you want to.
Me?
F - Wendy, but it hurts to pick her over Winona, Jackie and Raylan (kidding - sort of)
M - Aunt Helen, perhaps the most sensible woman in the show and its relatively unsung hero
K - It's close but I'll zig a little here and go with Alison Brander, such a petty annoyance
Happy to report that I finished the entire show last night and am ready for a rewatch.
Raylan is the coolest character on TV and Boyd is easily the best villain of the 2010s. I can't believe this show only won 2 Emmys?? Great wins though, big fan of the Bennett clan and I missed them dearly in Season 3 onwards.
My favorite episode is Bloody Harlan (s2) but I enjoyed almost every minute of Season 3 and Season 6. Decoy (s4) is wonderful and the season finale was perfection.
Favorite characters besides the 2 leads are Dickie Bennett, Art Mullen, Winona (she's incredibly beautiful), Choo Choo, and Dewey. God, I love Dewey so much that I almost forget he's a piece of shit Nazi sympathizer loser. The confrontation with Raylan in the pilot is incredible.
The only characters I didn't care for are all the new additions in Season 5, Ava (more the actress than the character), and the stuff with the bartender and her husband in Season 4. I would have loved to see more Tim and Rachel character development too but they are good in small parts regardless.
Jeremy Davies crushed the portrayal of Dickie Bennett on so many levels.
I’m on my 3rd rewatch now and I never tire of hearing Dickie cry and plead for mercy after he >!kills Helen!< and spends most of the episode like he’s cool and collected.
I posted in this sub yesterday when I got to eps4 just asking when was it you guys knew you were hooked because I hadn’t made it to that feeling yet. Although I thought the pilot was great, the two that followed were just kind of lackluster, good… but not that special. The irony of me posting that and eps4 actually being the episode that made me fall 😂
Straight out the gate I was interested. It’s the episode with the crazy dentist if you guys don’t remember, but it opened up with this guy being a dick and the dentist following him to the parking lot and yanking out his molars 😂. But yeah there were a few things about the episode that really drew me in. So the dentist story was interesting to me because it wasn’t typical “criminal” it gave a little back story.
Then I love when Raylan do that thing when he just pop up unsuspected on the guys that’s “tailing him” and hop right in their car like “what’s up guys” lol, I love whenever he does that so that got me chuckling early on in the episode and there were a lot of twist and turns in the episode.
The ending scene with Raylan and Rollie showing that they do have a relationship and the banter back and forth about the Christmas episode “oh the gay one?” “He wasn’t gay” “Rollie are you trying to tell me you’re gay” “I’m not gay” “he isn’t gay” lol that cracked me up then the sad ending of Rollie just sacrificing himself so nobody else got hurt. It just seems like this episode had a little more depth which is what I was waiting for.
Then it followed up perfectly with the next episode being the episode where we met Arlo!!! And he did not let down the reputation that preceded him. I loved every second of Arlo. The take no shit, bat swinging, nut kicking crazy old man that can also be as charming as a snake charmer. He and Aunt Helen, the perfect duo, are exactly the line of characters I was waiting for and what I was wanting from the show so I really started getting more hooked .
Next to the pilot eps4 was what really opened up my eyes, then 5 followed perfectly and so did 6 with the return of Boyd which I had been waiting on. 6 was so insightful and philosophical and I love shows like that. Quotes, metaphors, long winded monologues. Those three episodes really had all the element I love in a show.
So yeah 4-6 is definitely when I got hooked on the show and perfect timing because I know you guys said hatless (eps9) is one of the most regarded episodes. So I’m glad I’m already in the perfect position to appreciate it vs me feeling like I was going to be relying on it to sway me. Just wanted to share, I know I yap a lot but it’s only when I’m interested 😂
😂 Nick Searcy is such a great actor.
First time viewer here, I’m on eps4 and so far so good. Not great but good. Nothing truly spectacular as of yet but I’ve heard nothing but great reviews. I don’t mind that I’m not head over hills cause they seem like interesting characters so far and a LOT of familiar faces so that’s always a warm feeling. Just want to know around when the show started to really grab you in. For most of the fans. Not like it’s make or break because I’m pretty sure I’m going to stick it through anyway, just not sure if I’m going to fall in love and I like being knee deep in love with my shows 😂
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So I haven’t read anything on this subreddit. I am just here to say that this series is great. Watching it for the first time. Deep into season 4 and it keeps getting better. I really think the writing and acting is great. Such a good show. I am not much of a TV connoisseur but this show has its hooks in me. Love seeing all the random guest stars from other shows. Great character development. Couple of whiskeys down and nothing but good things to say. Happy Friday y’all.
Just finished another rewatch. Commenting mainly on seasons 5and 6 (no spoilers I hope). Season 5 gets a lot of grief, but people don’t comment so much on Boyd’s and Picker’s last conversation or on poor Caleb, who just wanted a job tending bar. Season 6 nicely wraps things up with a few false trails along the way. And people who weren’t really supposed to last more than an episode got their resolutions.
On my 111th rewatch and this scene gets me every time! I know this gets posted a bunch but it’s such a good season finale. That’s all:)