Justified

[CZAR]

Finally watched last tuesday's episode and it was pretty good. I think u guys talked me into continuing on. I knew that cop/sherriff guy was crooked once he asked Raylan if he had Ava with him. I knew instantly haha. Lets see what cracks for tomorrow. Got Em!!

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Finally watched last tuesday's episode and it was pretty good. I think u guys talked me into continuing on. I knew that cop/sherriff guy was crooked once he asked Raylan if he had Ava with him. I knew instantly haha. Lets see what cracks for tomorrow. Got Em!!

Doesn't appear to be serialized on tomorrow's episode, but so far very few episodes have been without mention of the Crowder's. I am so excited to see MC Gainey as Bo Crowder, talk about a big shadow cast, DAMN!

I just know that Boyd is faking his entire Jesus act, it is all fake they've given so many hints that it's an act, and I know we will get to see the real ruthless Boyd back in action before long.

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Doesn't appear to be serialized on tomorrow's episode, but so far very few episodes have been without mention of the Crowder's. I am so excited to see MC Gainey as Bo Crowder, talk about a big shadow cast, DAMN!

I just know that Boyd is faking his entire Jesus act, it is all fake they've given so many hints that it's an act, and I know we will get to see the real ruthless Boyd back in action before long.

Yea I like dude. He was on an episode of the Fresh Prince back in the day. Also he is the sherriff on that new show Happy Town also haha. Got Em!!

[lettucenpico]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

This is pretty much what my DVR lineup looks like, so as you can tell a lot are freshman shows so my lineup close to doubled since last year.

Breaking Bad
True Blood
Dexter
Chuck
Castle
Sons of Anarchy
Southland
Glee (freshman)
Justified (freshman)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Rescue Me
Parenthood (freshman)
Modern Family (freshman)
Community (freshman)
Parks and Recreation
Vampire Diaries (freshman)
Supernatural
Fringe
Treme (freshman)
How to Make it In America (freshman)
Boy Meets World (my latest childhood flashback re-addiction)

I enjoyed How To Make It In America

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

This is pretty much what my DVR lineup looks like, so as you can tell a lot are freshman shows so my lineup close to doubled since last year.

Breaking Bad
True Blood
Dexter
Chuck
Castle
Sons of Anarchy
Southland
Glee (freshman)
Justified (freshman)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Rescue Me
Parenthood (freshman)
Modern Family (freshman)
Community (freshman)
Parks and Recreation
Vampire Diaries (freshman)
Supernatural
Fringe
Treme (freshman)
How to Make it In America (freshman)
Boy Meets World (my latest childhood flashback re-addiction)

Where'd SGU go?

These are the shows I'm Watching/DVRing:

Stargate: Universe (Freshman)
Castle
Chuck
Community (Freshman)
Modern Family (Fresman)
South Park
Lost
Glee (Freshman, but I'm dropping it.)
Always Sunny
Dexter
Californication
Bones
Fringe
Caprica (Freshman)
Treme (Freshman)
Justified (Freshman)
Happy Town ( Freshman)
Psych
White Collar
Burn Notice

not in that order mind you.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Yea I like dude. He was on an episode of the Fresh Prince back in the day. Also he is the sherriff on that new show Happy Town also haha. Got Em!!

Before he showed up as Bo, the last time I saw him was on Lost as Mr. Friendly a few seasons back, and an episode of Life last year. But MC Gainey has been all over tv, and movies for decades now. Don't forget he was Swamp Thing in Con Air, or Lewis in The Mighty Ducks!

Originally Posted by gamma626

Where'd SGU go?

I forgot about that one lol. I have the last 4 episodes sitting on my DVR and I just can't bring myself to watch them. I'll probably just delete em. I just feel like I've lost complete and total interest in it. Not that there really ever was much interest for me. I'm just not into anything on sci-fi. Hell if Caprica has that little foxy foxy lollipop Allessandra and still can't keep my viewership, what the hell does SGU offer me in the eye candy department?

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Before he showed up as Bo, the last time I saw him was on Lost as Mr. Friendly a few seasons back, and an episode of Life last year. But MC Gainey has been all over tv, and movies for decades now. Don't forget he was Swamp Thing in Con Air, or Lewis in The Mighty Ducks!

Oh no doubt he has been in a lot of things but that Fresh Prince episode where he played an ex con stands out as I love the Fresh Prince and watch the reruns a lot. He is pretty good for the roles he gets. Got Em!!

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by CZAR

Oh no doubt he has been in a lot of things but that Fresh Prince episode where he played an ex con stands out as I love the Fresh Prince and watch the reruns a lot. He is pretty good for the roles he gets. Got Em!!

I loved Fresh Prince when I was a kid, the early 90's had the best sitcoms of all-time pretty much all of 'em where great in one way or another. I haven't seen Fresh though in probably over 10 years. But yeah Gainey is awesome in his convict roles, so with Bo set to be released soon I cannot wait to see what kind of trouble he's gonna stir up. On a related note, new Justified in 6.5 hours!

[CZAR]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

I loved Fresh Prince when I was a kid, the early 90's had the best sitcoms of all-time pretty much all of 'em where great in one way or another. I haven't seen Fresh though in probably over 10 years. But yeah Gainey is awesome in his convict roles, so with Bo set to be released soon I cannot wait to see what kind of trouble he's gonna stir up. On a related note, new Justified in 6.5 hours!

Yea the previews look pretty good. I see a possible showdown bout to take place haha. Got Em!!

[Gamma_Winstead]

Well, Caprica isn't as good as SGU. SGU's back ten have been excellent. I'd say give em a try. However since sci-fi isn't really your thing it may not be enough either way.

I'm still on episode 2 of Justified. I'm going to catch up soon!

How does the finale air on june 6? That's a Sunday.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by gamma626

I'm still on episode 2 of Justified. I'm going to catch up soon!

How does the finale air on june 6? That's a Sunday.

You'd better get on it! They probably meant June 8th.

[Gamma_Winstead]

I'm watching SoA tonight instead of Justified. Is that acceptable?

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

This is pretty much what my DVR lineup looks like, so as you can tell a lot are freshman shows so my lineup close to doubled since last year.

Breaking Bad
True Blood
Dexter
Chuck
Castle
Sons of Anarchy
Southland
Glee (freshman)
Justified (freshman)
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Rescue Me
Parenthood (freshman)
Modern Family (freshman)
Community (freshman)
Parks and Recreation
Vampire Diaries (freshman)
Supernatural
Fringe
Treme (freshman)
How to Make it In America (freshman)
Boy Meets World (my latest childhood flashback re-addiction)

It's good to find new shows. I just meant I'm happy that I don't have to go looking for new shows in order to have much of anything to watch next season. I was perfectly happy with the group of shows I had, but Justified came along and I added that one to my group.

My list of shows is fairly small compared to some:

Chuck
Fringe
Burn Notice
Two and a Half Men
White Collar (was freshman)
Royal Pains
Justified (freshman)
True Blood
V (freshman)
24

I had a couple of shows get cancelled, so replacing them with new shows wasn't a problem, but I'm pretty happy with what I've got now. I may check out Vampire Diaries when that comes out on Blu-ray, and I'll probably give Undercovers a chance, but otherwise I'm good.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by gamma626

I'm watching SoA tonight instead of Justified. Is that acceptable?

Absolutely. Sons of Anarchy is an acceptable substitute for everything, including Jesus, lol.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Alright, I'm watching Justified anyway. It was on, so I'm watching it.

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by gamma626

Alright, I'm watching Justified anyway. It was on, so I'm watching it.

Haha, W. Earl Brown is tonight's villain.

And time to log off and go watch!

[WyldeMan45]

Justified, 'Blowback': Pie or chicken?

A review of tonight's "Justified" coming up just as soon as I officially requisition this chicken...

"The point of this exercise is everybody lives." -Raylan
"Oh, you think you can pull that off?" -Cal Wallace
"They pay me to try." -Raylan

Since it seems like most of my "Justified" reviews so far this season have been about the show's balance of serialized versus standalone storytelling, I suppose I should begin discussion of "Blowback" by noting that the episode pretty much nailed the balance. Most of the hour was taken up with a done-in-one plot about Raylan playing impromptu hostage negotiator with hardened con Cal Wallace(*), but that story always played out in the shadow of the David Vasquez inquiry, with Vasquez himself in the room to watch.

(*) Played by our latest "Deadwood" alum, W. Earl Brown. At this rate, I'm going to want to see Ian McShane as the big bad of season two - and, in case you missed it, FX renewed the show yesterday.

And because of that earlier scene where Art spelled out for Raylan what's been obvious to most of us for weeks - that Raylan has a way of maneuvering people into situations where he knows he'll be able to kill them in a justified manner - it was interesting from a character standpoint to see Raylan place in a scenario where Cal's death was not only expected by others, but desired, and for him to work so hard to prevent that. Was he doing that just to prove Vasquez wrong about him? To protect Art's reputation? Or have the events since his return to Kentucky forced Raylan to re-examine his behavior and his famous code? What if he's learning to modulate his need for killin' just as the Crowders are preparing to do something I'm assuming is plenty bad?

The role reversal for our man with the hat, and the guest work by Brown, elevated what's a pretty stock plot on most cop dramas, as did the small grace notes like Tim commandeering the chicken and the Lexington PD SWAT leader turning out not to be a trigger-happy boob, as those characters are often portrayed in these kinds of episodes.

And the hostage plot was neatly bookended by a pair of scenes with the Crowders, first with Bo putting a scare into Ava at the diner (with MC Gainey being uber-creepy as he offered to lick her pie plate), then with Boyd once again wrapping up his every word and deed in a born-again cloak. Raylan is directly responsible for both men being out of jail (though the chain of events with the Harlan sheriff is more complicated than the affair with Ava coming back to bite him), and I can't wait to see what either one has planned. I will say, as I suggested last week, that I'm almost hoping Boyd isn't full of it with the God stuff, as him doing it as a long con seems the more predictable path. Be kind of interesting to see Boyd placed in a position where his newfound relationship with the Lord takes precedence over his criminal relationship with his old man, wouldn't it?

Some other thoughts:

* Jere Burns follows up a terrific guest turn in the "Breaking Bad" season premiere as Jesse's drug counselor with an effectively disturbing appearance here as "security expert" Wynn Duffy, who knew the exact right words to say to scare Winona while covering himself legally. After these two recent guest spots, I kind of really want someone at FX or HBO or AMC to cast Burns in a supporting role on a new drama.
* Winona's husband Gary, meanwhile, is quickly turning out to be one of the more unlikable-by-design characters on any show I follow. Winona went for a man the exact opposite of Raylan, and there's good and bad that comes with that recipe.
* As mentioned previously, Rick Gomez, who plays David Vasquez, is brothers with Josh Gomez from "Chuck," and there was a brief moment in the episode where my attention was diverted away from the screen, Vasquez was talking, and I swear I wondered if I had somehow switched on last night's "Chuck" without touching the remotes. The brothers don't usually sound that much alike, but for a moment, they did.

What did everybody else think?

[Gamma_Winstead]

Yeah, it was a great episode imo. I liked it a lot. I stopped watching because people said that the show lost it's way, but that's clearly not true. I'm rotating between Justified and Sons today. Great TV day.

[CZAR]

Good episode lastnight. Love the back & fourth between Raylan and the prisoner. Very good dialogue and pretty funny as well. Got Em!!

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by gamma626

Yeah, it was a great episode imo. I liked it a lot. I stopped watching because people said that the show lost it's way, but that's clearly not true. I'm rotating between Justified and Sons today. Great TV day.

Yeah I was getting on the edge to give it up, but then ep after ep of greatness, has sucked me back in