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

God yeah. What a great episode. That moment with Raylan and Loretta, where he gives her the phone, "I'll drop whatever I'm doing"...I teared up like a baby. And the Mama/Cooper scene was O_O...and...AND... the whole storyline with Boyd was like the greatest thing ever on it's own...Jesus I love this show to death. So great.

Screw Glengarry, I'm with Boyd: ABC, Always Be Cool

yeah, it's even better this season.

I know that as much as I love him, Olyphant is probably somewhat limited as an actor. But the way he delivered his line in the

"what am I? an asshole?"
"...no?"

exchange was absolutely perfect.

I saw Rango tonight...Olyphant does the voice of this Clint Eastwoody character and I nearly peed my pants jumping out of my seat all "Oh! You guys! It's Raylan Givens!"

For some reason I just picked up on the fact that Tim O gained a producer credit this season, and apparently has quite a bit of script oversight. Go figure.

Not a brilliant ep this week but lots of great little moments. Anxious to get back to the Bennett clan.

I know that as much as I love him, Olyphant is probably somewhat limited as an actor

Sedition!

"what am I? an asshole?"
"...no?"

exchange was absolutely perfect.

― Gukbe, Friday, March 18, 2011 12:59 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

god, i know, right? but what do you mean he's limited as an actor? i'll limit you!

bo crowder's kinda turning into a hillbilly omar

durr boyd crowder

bo crowder was a hillbilly avon i guess

really enjoying this season but whenever i watch this show i pretty much have a constant voice in the back of my head repeating "raylan givens walton goggins raylan givens walton goggins raylan givens walton goggins"

can I just say that as cute as his ex-wife is, she is a pain in the ass

also Timothy Olyphant is only limited by the number of awesome hats he can wear and by his hottness and Gubke's just jealous

#harrumph

walton goggins is a great name

Winona drives me so crazy I want to punch the TV

she's very "annoying"

Yeah yeah I know, she is a stone cold fox etc but she took the frakking money, lied about it, makes Raylan jump through 900 hoops and is all "I didn't tell u bc I knew you'd be angry" docile bullshit that drives me round the twist

said it at the time, will say it again - shoulda stuck w/ eva!

I'm not sure Ava wouldn't have done exactly the same thing as Winona in the same circumstances. I feel that Raylan is cutting Winona a lot of slack because Gary's likely to get himself killed pretty soon and she's in a massive amount of debt.

listening to Janice Ian with my daughter doing her homework next to me

lol rong thread

Oh man the tombot household have much love for this show

So many chekhov's guns this season, many exclamation points

1. where does raylan get skinny ties in kentucky? seriously

2. speaking of which boyd and dicky both deserve lengthy fuckyeahmenswear.tumblr posts in their own right

3. sorry coover, that sucked for you

3a. speaking of which - I've never heard of brad william henke or half the other cats in this show, I think there must be something to be said for the writing and direction here because (cf mad men, maybe?) everybody on this show seems really good at their job)

4. boyd's handshake w/ mags was PORTENTOUS

5,6,7. unfortunately the art knows about winona's attempted thievery loose string now seems low priority compared to the fact that mags is now mad as all hell and the dixie mafia has still not shown up, plus, uh, raylan's dad gave that land to WHOM AGAIN

the elocution and word choices in this series always border on the unbelievable (esp. boyd's) but I never tire of it

Olyphant's lazy manner of inhabiting a blazer is something I think I will always aspire to

martindale deserves an emmy and a half already btw

also I am pretty sure I meant FUCKING PORTENTOUS up there instead of just PORTENTOUS

someone told me about an interview with Olyphant...he said when they were shooting the pilot he met Elmore Leonard, and Leonard said to him I love everything you're doing with Raylan but the hat...the hat has got to go.

Which is craziness to me now because that hat is like a frikkin totem for who Raylan is...it's just funny how those kind of choices can be SO key to the longevity of a character.

And can we please talk about Boyd Crowder and his mad clogging skillz?? Awesome

and MAGS....fuckin that scene at the end when she comes up to Raylan about as open as you can be and he has to refuse her and just like a cloud passing over the sun it's gone and her jaw is set and oh fuck it is ON like donkey kong now

Soooooooo good

This show

I mean

that interview, I think, maybe
http://www.npr.org/2011/03/28/134629395/timothy-olyphant-justified-in-laying-down-the-law

Leonard actually said 'don't be afraid to lose the hat.' Not that the hat is bad (I agree that the hat is awesome), just that it shouldn't be so key to the character that he fails or is unrecognizable without it. Which, to me, it isn't; Raylan has done plenty of awesome shit hatless.

Serious chills at Dickie's cry just before the last break. "Don't you hurt my brother, Raylan!"

Yeah, when Raylan ground his boot into Dickie's bad leg to get him to give up his brother it showed how THE MAN grinds down the locals and that these guys have known each other so long that they know exactly how to work one another.

2. speaking of which boyd and dicky both deserve lengthy fuckyeahmenswear.tumblr posts in their own right

yeah this is real talk, boyd's all-the-way-buttoned + flannel jackets is an amazing look

not to mention his hair

yeah, this last arc has been A++

not all the way caught up but id just like to mention that 'god get atcha boy' is an hilarious formulation

I don't think I'm very interested in Raylan and Winona. I was almost bored during their scenes this week. More Harlan, less Lexington please.

i don't know if i am interested in winona but i am interested in natalie zea.

Winona just makes me mad everytime she shows up. And the whole Raylan running away to whereever is just...ugh, dude seriously?

but that little moment at the end between Boyd and Ava was <3 <3

I'm not sure I fully understand what Boyd is up to with his brother but next week sure looks interestin' :D

Helen :(

Not hard to see coming, but still

Season finale next week. Excited and sad at the same time.

My wife (who doesn't watch the show) looked up from her computer when Mags smacked Dickie and said "That's one tough mama." I replied "You don't know the half of it."

the town hall scene is fucking awesome, where is margo martindale's emmy nomination

margo is queen of tv mommas. talk about a powerhouse.

also Raylan carrying Helen's death all through that last episode was brutal to watch. Olyphant really brought it.

yeah he richly deserves the emmy he'll never get

sigh

i can't tell yet if i think walton goggins is doing a better job here than on 'the shield' or if it's just the role or just the fact that he gets to talk eloquently in a southern accent.

he could tell me my house was on fire and Id be all "hmm? oh that. nevermind. what were you were saying?"

yeah his voice is beautiful

wish he was like Karl Castle on NPR and record answering machine messages for ppl.

season finale tonight!!

Pretty hyped

wooo

That was perfect.

okay, so I've been thinking about this season and I'm a little torn. Yeah, it's leagues better than any other currently running drama series but they really kinda threw in the towel near the end of the season wrt stable characterization... boyd is TURNED EVIL and ava's flipped and everybody's generally acting drastically in and out of character at the drop of a hat cuz otherwise there's no show. That said, the ending was lovely and a nice full circle of the variety you hardly ever see on television.
The thing i like best about this show is its simple ethos: violence, murder, foolishness and brutality are all justifiable sins if you can walk the thin line. If you cannot justify your actions, you get snuffed... generally in the short term, but if necessary in the long. Boyd and Raylan are the only two characters who've learned how to toe that line and though the way they toe it is different, they're still playing the same game and they tend to respect each other's moves.

I agree that Ava's turns weren't well-explored, but I liked Boyd's arc this season, esp. once he folded Johnny back in (love the shot that reveals him still alive, by the way).

Overall the ending was a little tidy but it worked for me. Hope they have the balls to go for Olyphant's conception of the next season...I guess I shouldn't spoil that for folks who don't want to know.