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We have now found our way to the finale of this season of Justified and it is a pretty satisfying ending. The loose ends of all the threads of plot that had been dangling all over the place have now been neatly woven into place and all or most of the questions raised during the season have now been answered, including the most important one: How do you disarm a man with a sleeve gun? Read the rest of this entry →

You know, when someone is warned repeatedly about something it’s almost inevitable that the very thing they were warned about is going to come to pass, so no one should be surprised that Robert Quarles finds a way to escape his predicament in this episode. What is surprising is that someone like Boyd would make it so easy for him.

He leaves a guy like Robert Quarles (who he knows is worth $200k in Detroit) chained (with a comfortably long chain) by his ankle in a trailer and watched by two hillbilly hookers and a moron with a gun. Quarles’ clothes and sleeve gun (still loaded of course) are in the trailer along with a bottle of oxy. Now what could possibly go wrong with that scenario?

A lot of important stuff gets revealed in this episode, which is nice since there was probably a little too much to hold it all back for the finale anyway. The episode is called “coalition” because we are seeing the shifting tides ebb and flow as first one, then another alliance forms and breaks as the characters pursue the Bennett money and each other. Read the rest of this entry →

We’re down to the last three episodes of the season and in this one we are going to see more of Raylan’s new girlfriend/tormentor, mouthy barmaid Lindsay Salazar, while Robert Quarles continues his downward spiral into insanity or a shallow grave, whichever comes first.

One of the things that strikes you about this episode right away is that if anyone else had this many people out to kill him, he’d already be dead. And yet Quarles just keeps on kicking, kinda like a cockroach after a nuclear holocaust. As for Lindsay, it’s really clear that Raylan is deeply conflicted about getting involved with her, but it’s okay because she’s just using him for sex. Read the rest of this entry →

This is one of the best episodes yet and it’s also an episode where Ava seems to be coming into her own. She manages to help her man, Boyd, while flirting with her ex, Raylan, fooling Johnny and Delroy, protecting her friends, and expanding her business interests. All at the same time. This is a girl you don’t want to mess with or turn your back on, let me tell you. Read the rest of this entry →