Sunday, February 26, 2012

What I’m Watching: Justified


Justified: Season 3, Episode 6 “When the Guns Come Out” (B+)

This series shows no signs of letting up, intensifying more and more with every episode. The terrifying opening scene was rather brutal, featuring the cold murder of Bosno and one of his seductresses, leaving behind a frightened witness, Ella Mae, who has problems of her own to deal with when she comes home empty-handed. William Mapother was fittingly creepy and vile as her abuser Delroy, and it takes a fair amount of offense to elicit a punch from Raylan. As usual, he managed to get himself shot at, though he did an exceptional job of escaping the situation and killing one of his attackers with a lucky shot to the throat. Being associated with his father is not a positive thing, and it’s likely to come back to haunt him when Quarles does some digging. It was nice to see Raylan and Ava together again, even if just for a moment, and I don’t imagine there’s much of a possibility of that working out now that Winona and Raylan have rather boldly and surprisingly decided to officially separate and figure out a way to raise their baby together. Limehouse is now involved in a conflict between Boyd and Quarles that he hadn’t initially inserted himself into, and I’m sure things are going to get worse before they get better. Boyd’s visit was enlightening because it showed just how much he didn’t know, and as Quarles will tell you, it’s always important to make sure you know as much about your enemies as possible.

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