Things looked pretty bleak for our hero last night. He was accused of an act of violence he didn’t commit, powerful lawmen were holding his feet to the fire, his adversaries continued aligning against him, and he had unwelcome visitors drop by the bar he’s been spending most of his time in lately. Don’t worry, though. I’m sure Boyd will figure a way out of it. Everybody see what I did there?
To the highlights. Honestly, I could just make all of these Tim quotes. Dude was a bottomless pit of snark last night.
- Raylan dealing with the FBI and the local police. His problem was less “the long arm of the law” last night, and more “the two-headed snake of the law.” And we all know how you kill a two-headed snake: be a dick to it. Raylan’s a good two-headed snake killer.
- Good night, sweet incompetent con man prince.
- “How do you know that?” “I’m good at my job.” “If you already knew that, why’ve you been messing with me?” It’s fun.”
- A brief, but quite welcome, appearance by Stephen Root’s character, Judge Reardon. I want to clerk for that guy so bad.
- “Deputy, that might be the coolest thing I’ve ever laid ears on.”
- CAR BOMBS! WITH KIND OF BAD CGI! BUT STILL! CAR BOMBS!
- “I’m not playing. I’m an idiot. You can ask anybody.”
- Art. Seriously, do not mess with Art. Even you, Ned Ryerson.
- Just when you think Winona couldn’t possibly be any worse, she goes and does something like that … and totally redeems herself. (NOTE: “What am I, an asshole?”)
- Quarles breaking out the rail gun again.
- Wynn Duffy and Raylan having one of my favorite conversations of the season.
You all know the drill at this point. Writer Jon Worley will be with us for a discussion in the comments (screen name “jubbs”), and I’ve got some GIFs on the next page. Chet Manley was only able to make a few, so I threw in some great ones of Tim that I found on Tumblr.
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Did anyone else yell MAKE OUT at the screen when Wynn got all up in Raylan’s face? Tim Olyphant has man love chemistry with EVERYONE. I want a big man love in so hard (I hope you’re reading this Jubbs) – also nice call from wardrobe in dressing Deputy Gutterson.
DOSE GUNS.
*swoon*
I think if you got Wynn Duffy and Tim together, the sheer amount of smartass would probably explode the heads everyone in a 10 mile radius. They should have a snark off. They can also argue over whether either of them are blonde.
Here’s the one beef I have with this ep. What kind of half assed FBI agent believes what a known mobster under surveillance says without checking into it first. I get that the casing had his prints and all and that obviously led to the interrogation about the shooting, but that was a hell of a stretch assuming that Raylan was dirty because of what some mob peon says. The FBI agents in this show are being played out almost like a vengeful internal affairs cop who are all too happy to bust one of their own. Plus the locals just running off to talk to Quarrels and Duffy like a procedure in a law and order episode was a bit cheap and fell into the same weak assumptions as the FBI surveillance team. Basically what I’m saying is who takes the word of a criminal as gospel? Lots of assumptions with no base being thrown around by anyone who isn’t a US Marshall. From Raylan’s half assed murder investigation to Boyd automatically being chosen by the Harlan Sheriff as the top suspect in the car bombing. And the shit about Art beating up the guy who murdered his wit sec marshall in cold blood? Wow. Any cop with an ounce of real world sense wouldn’t give a shit that Art beat information out of a damn cop killer. Not to rain on everyone’s parade, I’m a huge fan of this show. I just didn’t buy what was going on in this particular episode from a real world point of view. Maybe I watch The Wire too much. Feel free to contradict me and clarify/prove wrong anything I said.
I think it was that the FBI already had beef with Raylan, and they simply jumped at the first opportunity to get him out of there way. They were just a tad overeager.
The sheriff deliberately made it look like Boyd would be the best suspect since his prior record and job have explosive expert heavily underlined.
As for the FBI on Art, I don’t think they gave a shit, again it was just using stuff they knew to try and get what they want (that is, get art away from standing in front of Raylan).
Yeah, not even looking at the other ones, the Sheriff hired the bomber in order to frame Boyd. Framing Boyd (A) makes Quarles happy and (23) throws discredit on the sheriff’s opponent in the upcoming election, since Boyd is his biggest supporter.
It is also possible that the FBI guys are on the take. They were awfully irritated with Raylan sniffing around their operation.
Wynn has long been a favorite recurring character, and what I love about him most is his survival instincts. Like Dickie Bennett, dude knows when to hold em, when to fold em. I have a good feeling he’ll come out of this alive (unlike Quarles).
Which is why I have a hard time believing he’d step up to a pissed-off Raylan, alone, in a deserted house late at night like that.
I always get excited to see the return of Endless Mike
Too bad there aren’t Warming Glow shirts that we could try to convince iubbs to sneak onto Tim during an episode. Instant cred.
Tim could have Lobster Dog as his desktop background.
I give Mr. Worley the same amount of respect as god, hence the “i” instead of “j.”
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I would try to sneak a 5secondfilms.com shirt on first. No disrespect. But you can buy them here: ([store.5secondfilms.com]). SHAMELESS PLUG TIME.
Fair enough. I sort of feel like both 5secondfilms and Warming Glow are too juvenile for Tim. He’s busy with serious shit and with letting you know how serious the shit he is busy with is.
To reiterate the Tim-love for this episode, I love how this is one of the few shows I can think of in which the main character’s supporting cast is, if anything, even more competent than he himself. The fact that Raylan had no idea where Gary was while Tim had known since day 1 was a nice touch to really drive home that, outside of shooting folks and tapping his insider sources, Raylan really is quite lazy at his actual job.
Contrast the supporting cast here to the cast of, say, Dexter. Night and day, and the show’s way better for it.
I would watch an episode of Justified without Boyd or Raylan, that’s how great this show is. I can BARELY stand to watch Dexter now because I hate everyone but Michael C. Hall. And that’s before the implied incest.
I’m wondering how the little we saw of Boyd this week plays into his master plan, but I have the utter most faith in jubbs and the writing staff to knock my figurative and literal hat off.
It’s not my avatar for nothin’.
But your hat is already gone!
@jubbs: Will Quarles’…um…”hobby”…play a role in his demise?
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Posting privileges biiiiatch.
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I just figured out how to do this.
Jubbs is a member of the Fantastic 15?!?!?!
Yay, Winona! Though it looks like she may be around less now after what she said to Raylan.
The thing with shooting Gary, which was great, was that Quarles only shot him once. If he missed his heart or something, then it could have backfired on Quarles. Be a gangster and pop him in the head when he’s down.
Yeah, but they were trying to frame Raylan. And we all know Raylan shoots center of mass and wouldn’t miss.
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Yeah, Raylan would certainly not shoot someone in the head unless he absolutely had to, and Quarles is smart enough to know that.
I know that, but why not shoot him twice in the chest? Kill him outright.
“The perfect murder weapon is a knife that absorbs blood”.
I’m guessing because they only had one bullet with Raylan’s print on it.
And, I thought it was a nice touch to have Quarles be high when he met Limehouse in that final scene. I am curious to see if Quarles will continue to use the Oxy during the remainder of the season.
@jubbs – I don’t know if it were intentional (although I’m hoping it is), but I love that the big Detroit boss’s son wears suits that don’t quite fit. It feels like he’s just trying to wear daddy’s clothes, which I think is a rather brilliant little detail. Am I reading too much into it?
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I have to think that was deliberate on the part of Max Perlich & the costume team, but can’t confirm. Wasn’t on set with him.
Max Perlich wins everything.
/watch Homicide
//watch Beautiful Girls.
Did anyone catch why someone was tampering with Raylan’s trunk? Did I miss something, or was that a red herring?
I think they were trying to put the gun in his trunk, but got scared off by the bartender so they put it in Winona’s house. That’s my take.
DG, I would LOVE to put it in Winona’s house! Amirite??!?!
Hey jubbs, is there anything else behind the guy tampering with Raylan’s car? It checked out clean, so was it just that the bartender scared off the plant guy before he was finished and they planted the gun in the house instead?
Right after the cops cleared it I thought maybe his car also had a bomb strapped to it since nothing was in the trunk.
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I believe it was an attempt to plant the gun that the bartender foiled. The bartender has the awesome name “Kent Chilobeck,” by the way.
Was the bartender played by William Sadler? The sheriff from “Roswell”?
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No, Joe Stevens: [www.imdb.com]
Bad Smegga. As punishment, you are hereby ordered to watch “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” and “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey” immediately.
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Apropos of nothing, it is advised to watch this while listening to ANTE UP. I’m talking to you Guerrero: [imgur.com]
You and me, jubbs. Simpatico.
Please ask someone to make a video of Boyd Crowder, Johnny Crowder, and Arlo performing this song, but with lyrics about Harlan. Thanks in advance.
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Also works well with Iggy Azalea’s MY WORLD ([www.youtube.com])
“Deputy, are you accusing me of being a fake blonde? Because if you need me to prove it to you, I might be inclined to break you over that step-ladder, ride you down like a teaser-pony, and paint this room an entirely different color.”
Gross. That line is just something so right. Zing!
/holds up high five that doesn’t come
//refuses to stop making obscure 90s sitcom references
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Probably my favorite scene in this one.
Good to see Wynn Duffy recover some of his menace in that scene. He’s been a bit too R2-D2 this season I’d like to see him turn on* Quarles.
*not that way, pervs… although.
As Raylan said, “There’s the Wynn Duffy I remember.”
Charlie, I think his expression after Raylan told him Quarles was going down and left the room hinted at exactly that in the offing.
The Wynn/Raylan scene was good, but I think I missed something with Wynn previously. He always struck me as a “fake tough guy.” Always tough when he has muscle with him; more of a bitch when his muscle isn’t alone. Seemed out of character for him to step up to Raylan with no one else (apparently) around.
Just me?
*When his muscle isn’t AROUND. Not alone. That wouldn’t make sense.*
/tips Glenlivet # 3.
//wishes he looks as cool drinking whiskey as does Marshal Givens.
And we all know how you kill a two-headed snake: be a dick to it.
That’s what Fred Smoot always said, anyway.
Doesn’t anyone else think Stephen Tobolowsky looks like a penis with the ability to talk?
Hadn’t thought of that before. He should probably avoid tan turtlenecks.
Jubbs was spot-on last week: Tim was fantastic in this episode. But was anyone else a bit disappointed by how quickly everything on Raylan’s plate just seemed to wipe away? I’m sure it’ll all come back to haunt him later on, but the “reversion to normal” in the last 15 minutes or so just felt a bit rushed.
I thought this shitstorm would have lasted 2-3 episodes, but Raylan’s too baddass for that shit to go on past a week.
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Yeah, 0tarin, would you rather have 4-5 episodes of the Marshals doing paperwork and depositions? I guess that would be more realistic, but not necessarily what people want to see.
I would definitely watch at least 4 episodes of Tim, Art, and Raylan bantaring while doing paperwork.
Bring Rachel in there for good measure and you’ve got yourself another viewer, Chazz.
I wasn’t clamoring for paperwork, it just seemed like things were heating up for 40 minutes or so and then all the cops on Raylan’s ass threw their hands in the air and said “ah, nevermind. We’re cool.” The locals had a bullet with his print in a dead guy, but dropped it all because they couldn’t find the gun that fired it? I can understand why Ned the Head dropped his attitude so quickly, but I expected the local matter to go on into next week. But again, perhaps it will…
Because the FBI was only going on what they overheard from a gangster. Without any other evidence they had absolutely nothing. And the FBI guy didn’t want to embarrass himself by revealing that was all he had so he dropped it.
And the cops had nothing but a print and the words of a couple more gangsters. And it seemed like they killed Gary when Raylan was at the bar. So it’s most likely the death window would line up when Raylan had 50 plus witnesses to his whereabouts.
Agree, 0. Raylan twisting between being framed for murder and an FBI corruption probe would make for some good sustained tension.
As would me looking at Winona for a few hours. Gooooood sustained tension….
There was so much Tim goodness last night I’m drafting a letter demanding a spin-off.
My favorite line was Art, “His ballistics are all on file from previous uh…well they’re on file.”
This is from last week’s episode, but still…
Can we just use that gif everytime Observerwwtdd talks politics?
I typically use this one for those situations.
TexasFan……
…thanks for thinking of me……
…and I don’t “talk” politics…..I fix errors…
I know he’s appeared before (Rick Gomez the AUSA), but I’m always so happy to see Band of Brothers actors show up in stuff. And, to paraphrase Pam, I must say that Tim was so awesome last night that you could could’ve drowned a toddler in my panties.
Winona always rates a sploosh. She use a staple gun on my junk and I still would.
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You’ve reached Archer referencing level 99, Smello.
So glad Tim is becoming more prominent.
Side-note: it kind of blew my mind last season when, after thinking he looked familiar, I looked him up on IMDB and saw that he was the blonde, David Spade-esque wise-ass in “Euro Trip”.
This isn’t where I parked my car…
Cooper!
This band rocks!
How the hell could this happen? We all go to Amsterdam and *Jamie’s* the one who hooks up? For shame!
What’s the etiquette on boners? Do I role over and dig out a hole for it, or is it cool to just let my flag fly?
Yeah, that movie is in my top 3 comedies of all time.
Here’s a fun fact for you; I’ve been watching a lot Eurotrip now that it is back in the rotation. Raylan should ask Tim to get him the Goodwin file.
What’s wrong with Herman ???
…if Wynn Duffy et al had threatened me……I’d be living in Botswana
I was once threatened (partially) with an “investigation referral” to the Department of Justice……..
…I could have used that hat…..
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I like to imagine this is the sound of those overly used ellipsises (ellipsisi?)
Dammit. Supposed to be Colbert going “BLEEP BLORP.”
Wow….you guys are so skilled….
Also, after watching this show every week I’m thinking about buying a Lincoln Town Car.
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Go for an Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. I bought one for $200 after college and it lasted me a year and a half. Sure, there was a tape stuck in the deck and all I could listen to was AC/DC’s “Back in Black,” but is that such a bad thing?
AC/DC’s Back in Black is never a bad thing.
Really enjoyed this one. The Wynn/Raylan conversation may have been my favorite minute of television this entire year- I watched it three times.
Jon/Jubbs- It’s cool as shit that you take the time to engage with the WG commenteriate like this. Thank you. I have one comment and one question:
-The whole idea of Raylan having borrowed the bullet throw and following threat from somewhere, or at least having thought about it ahead of time was outstanding. It seems Leonard’s bad guys are generally obsessed with that type of thing so it was interesting to see that Raylan does too. If that was taken from E.L’s work than it was an excellent adaptation- and if it wasn’t it was a great homage to his characters.
-Why didn’t they have that room painted? It seemed logical that Raylan would point LPD in their direction fairly soon after being arrested.
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1 — Putting together was one of those kinetic fever dreams in the room where everyone gets excited at once. The bullet throw was originally just a cool thing for Raylan to do, and it just ended up working perfectly with this. Not from Elmore Leonard, although yes, it is Elmore-ian.
2 – I don’t know. I’d have to rewatch. Been a few weeks since I’ve seen this one.
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“Putting THAT together,” I meant. Jesus. And I’m a professional writer.
All I ask is at some point Tim gets caught somewhere he’s not supposed to be and he just says “This isn’t where I parked my car”
Agreed, but it should be “This is the biggest sausage fest on earth!”
Art is the best, that is all.
Also, while watching last night my wife said, “Winona is a bitch, I like Ava better.” Score one more for Team Ava.
Woo Hoo, Mrs. Underdog!
There’s a Team Ava. Count me in.
Ava’s not a bitch?
I was kind of hoping for the idiot line in gif form. It’s a perfect troll move for comment sections.
Whoops, forgot to include that one. Which is incredibly ironic.
Added.