As good as its surprising first season was, "Justified" entered rarefied heights in its second season, earning critical acclaim (a well deserved Emmy for Margo Martindale, plus nominations for Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins) as well as fanboy huffing here at Warming Glow, where all of the show's trappings -- a shoot-first protagonist, complex characters, femmes fatales, bourbon, snappy one-liners, and noir undertones -- appeal equally to our intellectual proclivities and baser instincts.

"Justified" has cast two veteran character actors as the new villains for Season 3: Neal McDonough ("Band of Brothers," Captain America) and Mykelti Williamson (Con Air, "24," and, of course, Bubba in Forrest Gump).