NotTheGuyYouKill
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Yes! Loved that. Setup for the final season is good.
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Justified - Season 5 - Timothy Olyphant & Walton Goggins - Tuesdays on FX
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Yes! Loved that. Setup for the final season is good.
Vert boil
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But he's going to end up with his one and only. The happiest of happy endings. ♥♥♥
Cornballer
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100% agree. Crowes felt like a waste but Wendy still shined.
In other news I stumbled upon a copy of S2 on bluray at Target for <$8 and picked it up immediately, no regrets
. It had a clearance sticker on it for some reason.100% agree. Crowes felt like a waste but Wendy still shined.
In other news I stumbled upon a copy of S2 on bluray at Target for <$8 and picked it up immediately, no regrets
Daaaaaaamn, that's a great price for one of the best TV seasons ever.
The Outsider
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I still need to pick up a copy of S4 on Blu-Ray to complete the collection. Wonder how much it's running for these days.
I'm gonna wait for a nice blu ray boxset when it's all set and done. Expensive times ahead with Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and Justified all having boxsets to be released in 2015 most likely
That's what I'm waiting on as well. Don't buy a lot of shows, but this is one I definitely want to have.
The Artful Dodger
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I love my boxed sets, but yeah this one I'm waiting for all seasons to be collected up and then I'll nab that.
He will come out in the S6 finale and pick up the remains of Boyd's empire. New king putting his foot down !
Strong finale that suffered from Darryl not being a very threatening villain. Raylan is going some dark places.
+For Winona - for lack of Dewey.
2=3>4>5>1 for me as far as season ratings go.
rocketskates
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The final showdown. Raylan and Boyd.
I can't wait!
I can't wait!
The Artful Dodger
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Curious question, Do people feel season 1 was just really bad or the other seasons were really good. I constantly see people rank it as the worst season of Justified. I'm not saying i dsagree, I'd just like to here the reasoning for that.
firehawk12
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It's the one season I never watched because of how people rank it. lol
Cornballer
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I liked it, but the first 5-6 are close to standalone episodes, iirc. They play more like short stories out of Harlan County featuring Raylan, not that I minded. Once Boyd is back in the picture it picks up. FWIW, FX specifically requested that they go episodic for the first few before letting them go to a more serialized story.
It's definitely worth watching. Like Cornballer said, it starts out more as standalone episodes before they get the encompassing plot really going. It's more like a "oh, who's Raylan going to shoot this week" sort of thing lol. That's not to say they aren't decent though. The dentist one especially sticks out. I would just rate the other seasons as better overall. I'll have to watch 5 all in a row to decide whether I like that more or less than 1 though. It had a lot of really strong moments, but hard to say whether that makes up for the various shortcomings for me.
The Outsider
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It's the latter. The procedural nature of the show hurt it more than anything, and just hampered the overall quality of the season. That said, the first two episodes and the last few of the season are damn good.
Kadayi
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Well I guess that was an ending, but it wasn't a particularly graceful wrap up. Definitely the weakest season by a country mile.
Seems a bit premature to hang the entirety of next season going after Boyd. I'd thought they'd already have enough dirt on him already to keep him under constant observation. Everything Boyds done of late has turned to shit in short order, and beyond Wynn he's pretty much out of friends.
Also agree with Tim Goodman in the HR article that the heel turn by Ava feels rather abrupt and out of place.
On the positives good to see Tim & Rachel taking names. Hopefully next season they'll be more involved.
Seems a bit premature to hang the entirety of next season going after Boyd. I'd thought they'd already have enough dirt on him already to keep him under constant observation. Everything Boyds done of late has turned to shit in short order, and beyond Wynn he's pretty much out of friends.
Also agree with Tim Goodman in the HR article that the heel turn by Ava feels rather abrupt and out of place.
On the positives good to see Tim & Rachel taking names. Hopefully next season they'll be more involved.
For real? And they played ball?
blainethemono
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I loved season 1. If I had to rank them right now it'd be 2 > 4 > 3 > 1 > 5
The first season episode with W Earl Brown is one of my favorites. Also I never really minded the standalone episodes at all.
Deified Data
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The other seasons are just really, really good.
That said I actually feel the previous season (4?) was the worst in the show's run. Still enjoyable of course.
That's a great one too. Scene with Bo at the diner was great, and I think that was also the first episode with Wynn Duffy if I remember right.
Cornballer
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Well, in some cases the alternative is not getting your show made, and it all worked out in the end.
Yost said:
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Boyd and his cellphones. Season two he got the inside scoop by calling him own phone and have the mic pick up what his mining friends were season. Season five he's renaming contacts to trick captives.
Genius.
RangersFan
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2>3>4>1>5
Looked her up earlier this season because she looked familiar and that blew my mind.
Purple Cheeto
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This season really suffered from the loss of JB. I feel like the Crowe's might've been a little more of a threat with someone like him on board longer. He seemed to be a little more patient than they were, a little bit better at seeing ahead a few moves.
Also, was the Ava story line really there just to set her up to narc on Boyd next season? We had to suffer through a season of her in prison for that? That felt like a half season arc of development for her that was stretched out to a whole season.
Definitely a very complex last couple of minutes of that episode for Raylan. Seeing a feeble Art like that, having Art tell him he's going to Florida, talking to Winona and his baby, then finding out the Marshalls are going after Boyd. So many pensive looks from Raylan without him really giving us a chance to hear what he was thinking. I guess it gives a lot for them to explore for the final season. I have to admit I was pretty surprised that this finale went down without him shooting anyone.
Alison with only a tiny one line shout out in the finale. So many side characters who sucked up screen time that ended up going nowhere. If I could trade the screen time Alison or the Russian lady got for more screen time for Gutterson and Rachel I would do it in a heart beat because they stole every scene they were in this season. I mean heck, I want to know if Gutterson was popping painkillers after that shootout or if there was more to it than that!
I feel like there was more I wanted to say but now I'm drawing a blank. I will say Raylan talking to Kendall was a damn good scene.
Ahh, looks like Yost answers some of the questions I have. Will have to read.
Also, was the Ava story line really there just to set her up to narc on Boyd next season? We had to suffer through a season of her in prison for that? That felt like a half season arc of development for her that was stretched out to a whole season.
Definitely a very complex last couple of minutes of that episode for Raylan. Seeing a feeble Art like that, having Art tell him he's going to Florida, talking to Winona and his baby, then finding out the Marshalls are going after Boyd. So many pensive looks from Raylan without him really giving us a chance to hear what he was thinking. I guess it gives a lot for them to explore for the final season. I have to admit I was pretty surprised that this finale went down without him shooting anyone.
Alison with only a tiny one line shout out in the finale. So many side characters who sucked up screen time that ended up going nowhere. If I could trade the screen time Alison or the Russian lady got for more screen time for Gutterson and Rachel I would do it in a heart beat because they stole every scene they were in this season. I mean heck, I want to know if Gutterson was popping painkillers after that shootout or if there was more to it than that!
I feel like there was more I wanted to say but now I'm drawing a blank. I will say Raylan talking to Kendall was a damn good scene.
Ahh, looks like Yost answers some of the questions I have. Will have to read.
Haloid1177
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3>2>4>1>5.
Freeza Under The Shower
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I just really hope they blow that stupid bridge up in the next, final season.
thank god that Ava prison thing is done.
thank god that Ava prison thing is done.
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RatskyWatsky
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Good finale. The final scene with Ava and Raylan on the bridge with "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive by Ruby Friedman Orchestra" playing in the background was just...god. I couldn't be more excited for the final season!
She's snitching on the man who left her to die in prison. Plus, there's always the chance that she helps Boyd out and escapes with him!
Agreed. I really like the set up they have going into season six. Should be a great season.
2 > 1.B > 4 > 1.A > 5 > 3
Three is the only season that legit sucked.
She's snitching on the man who left her to die in prison. Plus, there's always the chance that she helps Boyd out and escapes with him!
Agreed. I really like the set up they have going into season six. Should be a great season.
2 > 1.B > 4 > 1.A > 5 > 3
Three is the only season that legit sucked.
A Serious Man
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The first half of the season was a mess but the second half was solid. Here's hoping they close it out strong.
Art facing off with the hit man (Tudyk) in the diner was a pretty fantastic highlight early on though.
Really, Watsky? I thought the second half of that season was really bad and went completely off the rails, BUT the first half of the season before Quarles became a little bitch was on some S2 level shit and was only bettered by, well, S2. As such I rank it in the middle.
S5 was bad for 9 episodes. In a 13 episode season, thats far too long to be in the dumps.
S1 was awesome, BTW, even if it was more episodic.
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firehawk12
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I'm one of those 2>4>3 people, so... it'd have to be quite amazing to knock down 4 or 3.
And listening to the Firewall and Iceberg round up of the season and hearing Sepinwall go through all the mostly pointless deaths this season... yeah, no wonder it all felt so flat this year. I didn't even remember that Alan Tudyk/whatever his new name is was in an episode only to be murdered off by Raylan.
Cornballer
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Isn't that par for the course? The front end of this season was a bloodbath, but it settled down after a while. I'd be curious to see the tally of deaths per season.
firehawk12
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It was Sepinwall going through the cast (not even the characters, but the actors, because they couldn't even remember their character's names) and Feinberg just going "eh" to each one. They also broke down all the problems with the Ava storyline and why the second "out" seemed so disingenuous because it was only meant to set up a plot point about Ava and Boyd that they could have done in any other manner.
It was a bit of a cathartic wrap up anyway, if you had problems with the season.
Cornballer
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Yes, they did have guest-star-palooza at the beginning of the season, but again, I thought it calmed down after the first few episodes. I'll give it a listen later if I have time.
Since I'm sick and bored (using Justified wikia so might be off here or there):
Season 1:
Ep1: Tommy Bucks, Jared Hale, Bowman
Ep2: Dupree
Ep3: Curtis Mims, Travis Travers
Ep4: Frank, Joe, Coyote, Roland Pike
Ep5: None
Ep6: Owen Carnes
Ep7: Mr. Duke
Ep8: None
Ep9: Billy Mac and Arnett's bodyguard
Ep10: Gil
Ep11: Mickey, Puller
Ep12: None
Ep13: 6 members of Boyd's flock, Heckle, Jeckle, Hestler Jones, Rufus, Bo Crowder, two unnamed associates of Bo's, Ernesto
S1 total: 31
Season 2:
Ep1: Walt McCready
Ep2: Van, Jess Timmons
Ep3: Bobby Lawton, Cutter, Elrod Platt
Ep4: Flex
Ep5: Kyle, Marcus, Pruitt
Ep6: None
Ep7: None
Ep8: None
Ep9: Coover
Ep10: two guys Gary sent
Ep11: Baz, Logan, Aunt Helen
Ep12: None
Ep13: 5 of Dickie's men, Doyle, Mags
S2 total: 23
Season 3:
Ep1: Delmar Coates, Eddie, Emmitt Arnett, Yvette
Ep2: Bill Nichols, Guero Moncada, Adan
Ep3: JT, Wally Becket, Glen Fogle
Ep4: Edward Fowler, Junior, Combs, Devil
Ep5: Ash Murphy, Lance, Layla
Ep6: Rip Bell, Trixie, Doc Stern, Brady Hughes, Gus
Ep7: None (!)
Ep8: Gary
Ep9: Krystal, two people at the bank, J.J. Corliss, Lemuel Becket, Tanner Dodd, Elroy
Ep10: None
Ep11: Parker, Longbaugh
Ep12: Tom Bergen
Ep13: Errol?
S3 total: 34
Season 4:
Ep1: Hiram Pugh, Sam Porter
Ep2: Danny
Ep3: Alex Barnes, Billy
Ep4: None
Ep5: Agent Barkley
Ep6: None
Ep7: Mitch, Sharon Edmunds, Jody
Ep8: Arlo, Deke, Frank Browning, Dave, Mark, Sam Keener, Tonin hitman
Ep9: None
Ep10: None
Ep11: Yolo, Mort
Ep12: Colt
Ep13: Lex, Cobb, Dominic, Nicky Augustine
S4 total: 23
Season5:
E1: Chandler, Ross, Donny, Simon Lee, Sammy, Doug, Chainsaw guy, Dilly, Elvis Machado
E2: Marcus
E3: None
E4: Wade Messer
E5: Lee Paxton, Al Sura, Nick Mooney, Elias Marcos, Jean Baptiste
E6: None
E7: Larry Salmeron, three of Hot Rod's henchmen, Johnny
E8: None
E9: Ali, Hot Rod, Elmont Swain
E10: Danny Crowe, Judith
E11: Picker
E12: Penny
E13: Jimmy, Manuel, Alberto, Manolo, Daryl
S5 total: 33
Overall total: 144
Some of those might be off by a few since some of the wikia pages didn't have deaths (or no deaths) indicated and I just went through the synopses.
So overall 3>5>1>2=4
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