Raylan Givens was essentially James Bond last night. There have always been parallels between the two characters -- they're both painfully cool, trigger-happy leading men who torment their boss, always get their man, and wear a signature item of clothing (Bond : Tuxedo :: Givens : Hat) -- but last night they were especially pronounced.
The episode featured two attractive ladies on opposite, if fuzzy, sides of the law -- both of whom he either seduced or is currently seducing, obviously -- and a dangerous fugitive who taunted him with a personalized videotaped message, and who he later put down after walking into a bar, calmly ordering a drink, and clearing everyone out so they could face off mano a mano. Switch out Timonthy Olyphant with Sean Connery, set it in 1960s London, and give him cufflinks that shoot poison darts or jam radio signals or whatever, and you have got yourself a Bond movie, my friend. Or maybe just leave it in the present-day and give Raylan a hilarious jet pack. Either way.
And now, the highlights:
- I am so excited about this new plot involving Boyd. SO excited. When the Harlan Illuminati was all "You have to kill this guy. The Crowders do what we tell them to," I literally said, out loud, "NO THEY DON'T" like I was a six-year-old who was explaining to an adult how his toys work. Boyd is obviously going to turn the tables on them because Boyd is really good at turning tables, and I can't wait to see how he does it. I mean, they acted like my man doesn't know words. “You know what that word means? Placated?” “Yes, I do. But I think the word you mean is ‘pacify.’” Come on, now.
- Oh, and speaking of the party where Boyd met with the Harlan Illuminati (which is how I will be referring to them for the rest of the season/series), two quick thoughts: 1) I can't describe it better than Spencer Hall did last night, so I won't even try, and 2) Hey look! Boyd combed his hair! Sort of!
- A sexy, mysterious grad student named Jackie Nevada who plays poker every night, showers with the bathroom door open, and may or may not have stolen a criminal's hidden loot while palling around with a U.S. Marshal? GET OUT OF MY BRAIN, JUSTIFIED. THAT'S WHERE I KEEP PASSWORDS AND STUFF.
- Good night, sweet Hot Bounty Hunter. We hardly knew ye. And those of us who did were so sad to hear of your passing that we hucked our mint chocolate chip ice cream cones out the window of a moving car. Sad on many levels.
- You will never -- never, never, never -- convince me that Kenny isn't the son Paul Kinsey had out in Hollywood in the 1970s. Film-making, panty-stealing, fedora-wearing, and hanging out with nefarious characters? Classic Kinsey.
- I want Arlo's pronunciation of "Eat sh-t" as my ringtone. "Eeeeet sheeeeeeeet."
- The episode was so heavy on Raylan and Boyd that there was barely any screen time left for anyone else. Except for a very brief table-setting C-plot between Colt and Johnny, everyone else could have probably stayed home.
- Actually, check that: Tim may have been on screen for a total of three seconds, but he still had my favorite line of the night. "Jesus Christ, Nelson. I'm sorry I forgot your birthday." His perpetual crankiness fuels me.
- You can tell Ava and Boyd have a strong relationship because she'll let him give out as many handjobs as necessary to find Drew Thompson. If that ain't love, then brother, I don't know what is.
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I knew it! I was all like” didn’t Raylan just (spoiler) last week” and there it is. A small victory.
This season continues to get better and better and I LOVE it when the show gives me another badass Raylan vs. Somebody standoff and subsequent shootout.
Ahh. All is right with the world.
I absolutely love the almost creepiness that is the Harlan Illuminati being a step ahead of Boyd without him having any idea they even had the potential to be a step ahead of him.
I’m amazed Ms. Nevada’s panties (and jeans for that matter) didn’t make an audible SPLASH sound when hitting the floor after witnessing Raylan’s badassery on someone she knew.
Didn’t even pick up on the underwear stealing. Well played sir.
Jody is Gary Cooper on The Newsroom–gets killed by the man with Gary Cooper walk.
/Mildly Amusing
I’m pretty certain Raylan said ‘Git-r-done’ when he was talking to hot girl #2 in the car about killing Jody. Not that I like that cable guy dude, but it still made me laugh a hell of a lot more than it should have.
Kill ‘em, Boyd. Kill ‘em all.
Also it’s nice to see Bernard made if off that damn island.
Holy shitsnacks. That’s who that guy was.
Is it Bernard… or Drew Thompson :takes off sunglasses:.
The guy from ‘Lost’ ? Knew he looked familiar!!
Just finished reading “Raylan” Monday night. Loved the Jackie Nevada stuff.
ah yeah – glad someone mentioned this. Jackie Nevada has a prominent role in one of those stories. I was happy to see her make an appearance in the series.
I can’t be the only one who heard Boyd say ‘Pacified’ and immediately thought of animated versions of Raylan and Boyd as babies.
I would watch the hell out of “Justified Babies”
I love it when Boyd tries to impress people with his extensive vocabulary
It kind of blows my mind that there hasn’t been any kind of flashback to show the dynamic between Boyd and Raylan as kids.
This was subtle, but how awesome was that anger Raylan was showing when he was shooting jody? Great job to Olyphant and the direction.
Also Tim slayed me, as he always does. That man makes a desk job seem funny.
Yes. I noticed that too. Great acting job by Olyphant there
I saw it more like “Aww shit…another stupid asshole I have to shoot.”
Raylon had to take a bit more pleasure in taking that guy out if only cuz he once slept with that lady marshall
Yeah, that was straight up REVENGE. He killed a friend, AND made a pretentious video. Time to die.
So how does the Harlan Illuminati fit in with Detroit?
That’s a great question – do they know each other? Are they enemies? Who is friends with Wynn Duffy? Will Major Dad recover from tragic foot loss to yell at Delta Burke again? I have so many questions!
I feel like the Harlan Illuminati think they’re more important than they are. Detroit knows about them, but doesn’t care as long as they stay in Harlan.
Also they seem hands off on the criminal stuff (leaving it to the crowders) and go more of backroom collusions than criminal masterminding
My assumption is that the Harlan Illuminati acts a lot like the White Citizens Council (now known as the Council of Conservative Citizens) did in small southern towns back in the day. They left crime and KKK-like antics to the white trash and were the main street power brokers. In general the Harlan-ati is involved in mainstream business and upper-class power-wielding while sanctioning the illegal activities for a cut. The Dixie Mafia seems to have stayed out of Harlan until recently leaving the activities to the Crowders/Givens/Bennets. My inference was that the Dixie Mafia had begun encroaching after Bo was jailed, Bowman was shot and killed, Boyd was jailed, Arlo started slipping, and Oxy became big.
I get the feeling that Oxy was always big in Harlan, no matter who the dealers were.
Pretty damn solid episode
Also, going with #TeamWomenOfJustified from now on. It’s all encompassing and god damn it is true.
So no more Winona then? It seems like they’re floating new vagina for Raylan to destroy in order for us to forget Winona.
Olyphant called Winona the love of Raylan’s life in a recent interview, and she’s looks a few weeks away from popping out RayRay Jr. so she isn’t ever going to be completely out of the picture.
Yost also called her Raylan’s ‘soul mate’, so I think Winona is the end game. He may hook up, but she’ll always have his heart and soul. If he’s alive at the series end, I’m betting they’ll be together.
Given Raylan’s many issues he seems more the type to carry that torch forever without ever actually reconciling.
If it means the end of the Following, please, Winona, come back to us…
Winona ia the prime piece of ass for sure though Jackie Nevada is crazy hot..if Raylon didn’t go into the shower after her for a good soapy, doggie-style bang afterwards, well then, he wouldn’t be Raylon…
That was also probably the best interaction between Raylan/Arlo.
Which was nice because I have a felling Arlo doesn’t make it out of this season alive. Then we get to see whether that news actually makes him ‘glad’.
I think Raylon is gonna regret saying that he’s gonna be glad to hear the news ( of Arlo’s death ) because after all- he’s still his dad.
I’ve been kind of waiting for Arlo to bite the big one for two seasons now.
I’m guessing Boyd teams up with Raylan on this one against the Harlan Illuminati. Probably gets himself in a pickle and says that he’d hand over Drew Thompson in exchange for him clearing out the Harlan Illuminati. Either that or next season Raylan goes Raylan on the Marshalls and teams up with Boyd to kill the HI after they kill Ava or something. A la the Bennetts.
I watched the previous 3 seasons via Netflix in about a month and a half. This episode makes me very happy I picked up this show. That was about the most fun I’ve had in a hour of TV in quite a while.
Viva la Jackie Nevada.
Kinsey! Thank you. It was driving me crazy trying to place him. But I couldn’t take my eyes off the screen to check imdb. Great episode.
Person walking by the TV: Kinsey got fat!
Me: What are you tal… oh shit!
And OF COURSE he steals the panties of his criminal friend’s ex-wife.
LOVE. THIS. SHOW.
Everything about it.
Though I wish Jackie was named Sierra Nevada.
And Kinsey is a hapless creep in everything he does. Well done.
Lastly, that video that Kenny did was so needed. didn’t want him to die, just for more of them. But, when he did, I wanted him to say “It was Justified.” for old time sake.
R.I.P. Hot Female Bounty Hunter. I laughed way to hard at that video Jody made, he was SO serious about it.
Shame he wasn’t dressed as a woman though in the bar at the end
What a waste of Ava in that dress. Ava + Orgy and not a single gifable moment. If this was Spartacus… (I find myself saying that a lot…)
Don’t forget the rabbit fur jacket!!
“if this was Spartacus…”
…there would have been a lot of naked nudes?
Seriously, the gay overtones of that show are suffocating.
ugh dudes*
I never felt it was OVERLY gay, I’m just usually waiting for the savage violence and bewbs. I just enjoy hot naked chicks and gore, but hey, I’m easy to please.
overtones? Overtly? I don’t know what you guys would call it, but in the last episode I saw two naked dudes Skinemax-thrusting and in another one I saw two dudes full on making out.
BRO-verly gay.
What was the quite the Bounty Hunter Girl applied to Raylan? “Emotionally damaged”?
She called him an ‘emotional disaster’. The woman was smart, about that, anyway.
So, Team Jackie Nevada indeed.
The whole Kennth/Jordy thing kept reminding me of either laurel and Hardy or Spike and Chester…except with, you know, murder.
Your step’s name is Reno Nevada?
He wanted to name her Sierra Nevada. Amazing
I can’t believe that the entirety of this season has only taken place over the course of a single week.
Yeah. Raylan needs a vacation….or suspension. Whichever comes first.
Whoa *said like Keanu Reeves, of course*
Kind of mind boggling, especially considering I’d almost completely forgotten about the snake church.
I realize that he sits on the bench in Lexington, but I feel like if there is a sex party in a hundred mile radius, Judge Reardon is going to be there, ball-gag in hand. I can only believe that Stephen Root was out of the country while the filming of the scenes were going on.
Bounty Hunter Sharon was Dennis’s “dance student” in “The Gang Dances Their Asses Off”
that is a call and a half. well done.
Very nice.
Wow. That is some high-level ocular patdown there.
Impressive. Most impressive.
Everything yes. Raylan’s first kill of the season 7 episodes in? Just what we needed.
I want everything to end well for Boyd, especially if it means him putting those horny old dogs in their place.
This episode was essentially amazing on ALL fronts…
Except for the death of that female bounty hunter…
Is Kent the (the actual bar owner) in love with Raylan too? Cause he was pretty casual about Raylan emptying out the place to have a shoot out.
Such is the power of the Olymphant
*Olyphant….darnit
“This isn’t a drill is it?”
“No”
Kent’s probably just smart enough to know he doesn’t want to be there when bullets start flying.
My first thought was the amount of open bar tabs that people just walked out on.
@poon Not to mention the lost business due to invariably needing to shut down while someone cleans up the blood and brain matter.
I was glad to see a .gif of the panty-snatching. Such a hilarious scene.
Missed it the first time around, laughed my ass of the second.
Also missed it last night. Awesome.
Biggest disappointments – the password to the sex party wasn’t “ooooorrrrrggggyyyy” and there was no Frank Reynolds eating shrimp
I would have quit all other shows if that happened.
“The password is ‘Fidelio’.”
Such a great job capturing the best of the episode with the GIFS, but for me it had to be when the Crowders were leaving the bar and Ava said “Let’s go to a rich folks’ sex party” or something to that effect. Just perfect. Wasn’t even that upset by the lack of continuance of the Tim and his buddy storyline.
So the rich lady from the party is running a whorehouse to right?
I got the same impression.
I like Jackie Nevada but I am on team Gina the fighter chick from a couple of episodes ago
I know I’m on team ‘gina.
(Also, requisite 40-Year-Old Virgin reference: It’s G(y)na, what’s up?”
Glad I’m not the only one who still does that.
Oh I liked her. And I doubt Raylan could take her in a fist fight too.
I don’t know if Jody jumping out the window was supposed to be an homage to The Wire, but that’s the way I’m taking it.
I liked that Raylan didn’t rush to the window, just sauntered out with his gun ready. I guess he wouldn’t be expecting him to have made it too far after the fall.
I also liked how he didn’t bother to waste ammunition by shooting at the car as it was speeding away.
That’s some Spiderman shit right there.
also nice job by the writers to keep us on our toes about when Raylan is going to actually take someone out and changing it up last night – which now ironically actually means him killing someone.
There was a time when that scene last night would have been fairly expected, earlier in the series run. However when he pulled I dont think it was clear whether he was going straight for the kill or just to injure him, at least I didnt think it was predictable either way.
And the menace in Raylan’s face when he did it was a good reminder of the angry man that lies beneath, the one Winona said she knew in the pilot episode. Sometimes with the way Raylan carries himself laughing in the face of danger, you kinda go to sleep on him being the same guy that played fake russian roulette with Wynn Duffy with one serious poker face last season. Still probably my favorite scene of the show.
Was that a fake russian roulette? I thought it was real because of the death of the trooper and how pissed off Raylan was
i remember at the time thinking it was real, but then i thought it late came to light that Raylan had loaded the gun in a way that he knew it wasn’t going to fire or the chamber wasn’t going to reach a bullet or something.
I just skipped past everything to get to the “Jesus Christ, Nelson, I’m sorry I forgot your birthday” gif
Gotta love Tim’s bitchiness.
Tim’s one liners complete me.
Favorite of the night.
How old is Jackie Nevada? Because she looked really young. Like, “I don’t think she could be in grad school” young. Not that I’m complaining.
Shelly Henning is 26 in real life, so Hollywood says anywhere from 14-20 on the show.
shelly hennig? is she mr. perfect’s daughter?
@Crowder Commando: As perfect as her ass is… yes (I know that wasn’t the gimmick).
I thought the age difference was kind of obvious and creepy. I’m glad they didn’t show the scene they evidently shot of him getting into the shower. Yost seems to want people to decide for themselves and as weary as Raylan looked in that last shot in the motel room, I think he made straight for the prison and Arlo, just to get it over with.
I just hope he went in the shower before he went to see his father. If not, tsk, tsk.
23 in the Raylan novel.
He beds her in the book..
She appears to shower with her underpants on.
Which I thought strange.
I have no complaints on Jackie Nevada. None what-so-ever.
She was quite pleasant to look at.
Also, was watching Firefly over the weekend and Rachel is in one of the episodes. I believe it was “Home”.
now if Arlo would reveal to Raylan that he had a twin brother that died at birth and Arlo tells him “The wrong keeeed died”
We already had a machete-fight.
It amuses me to no end that both of Dewie Cox’s parents had great roles on this show
LMFAO
The way the show is willing to bring in characters from Leonard’s work, I’m keeping my eyes out for George Clooney & Ving Rhames robbing a bank in an episode.
It was nice to see ex-Sheriff Napier on the other side of the bar serving Boyd.
Yeah what was that? I thought it was his party? Also that is one terrible haircut, Sheriff.
Ah. That stand off was so fantastic i cheered out loud when Raylan put him down. God, i love this show!
“I’ll give you until the count of one”
I remember Jackie Nevada from one of the books. I think it was Raylan. I love when this show brings in those little side characters. I am definitely on Team Jackie Nevada.
I’m with ya. I got really excited when she said her name was Jackie Nevada. I was wondering if Jodi was going to be in drag or not at the bar.
Too bad her step dad did not get his way and make it Sierra Nevada… Those were some greate mountains.
I hope there’s a deleted scene with Art checking his messages. You have 1 new message: “Yeah Art, it’s Raylan. I just killed a guy at the bar where I live. I need you to claim the body while I go bang this hot chick. Thanks.”
“Aw, shit. RAYLAN! :pours a double Pappy:”
ps- “her name is Jackie Nevada.”
Art: “What the fuck?”
I want to bottle all of Tim’s sarcasm when he said “Get ‘em, Tiger!” to Raylan and put it in my veins.
“Your dad’s name is Reno, Nevada?”
That said the Harlan Illuminati being around all this time and not getting involved in any of the former arcs seems a bridge too far
There’s no indication they weren’t involved.
I don’t think so what other seasons would they have been pissed about? They alluded to being pissed about the coal deal but they are not muscle at all just guys looking to for ways to take a slice off the top.
While the Crowders had a Civil War, I can see them staying out of that. I can’t see them staying out of the creeping in of Detroit influence, Dixie Mafia influence, etc without being major players and not wanting it to hurt their businesses. If the Harlan Illuminati is pulling strings to allow Crowder drugs and whores, then having the mob in Harlan fighting over oxy, etc. would seem to cut into their territory. Limehouse would seem to be the kind of thing none of them would want. Mags would also be an issue with her fledgling expansion. Even after Boyd made moves, if he was trying to grow his empire, he’d have run into SOMEONE. It seems like a convenient (though entertaining) way to reboot.
The Harlan Illuminati are white collar criminals, no reason to get their hands dirty over drugs and prostitution
also let’s remember they are actually not supposed to be some form of Illuminati, at least not yet as far as what the show has actually made of them, that’s a nickname for them from DG, as far as we know they are just rich old white dudes looking for opportunities for extra wealth, they’re not interested in controlling everything
Yost said that the writers refer to them as the “Clover Hillers”
I defintely changed my mind about Drew Thompson being in Nobles holler… HOWEVAH, I’m thinking that Limehouse would definitely be the man to see if one were looking for information on his whereabouts.
What if Limehouse is Drew Thompson!?!
Limehouse seems like a guy that would steal coke from Theo Tonin.
I don’t think Limehouse could be old enough to be Drew Thomson. Unless infants parachute out of the sky with bags of cocaine on them. Then, definitely maybe.
Tremendous episode last night. There were so many “hey it’s that guy!” guys that I was surprised Richard Kind wasn’t involved.
My wife recognized Jackie Nevada from Days of Our Lives. yes, she watches Justified and DOOL. Take the good with the bad, for better or for worse, etc….
One of the Harlan Illuminati was on Seinfeld as that guy that Elaine hired as a copywriter for the J. Peterman catalog. I can’t remember his name but I always recognize that face. And it took me 40 minutes to figure out that Kenneth was Paul Kinsey. It was the facial hair that confused me.
@Peter Cavan that’s where I recognized him from he was some sort of burned out Vet or something.
THANK YOU PETER! That was driving me crazy. I knew I recognized him from somewhere.
It’s a hot night. The mind races. You think about your knife: the only friend who hasn’t betrayed you, the only friend who won’t be dead by sunup. Sleep tight mates, in your quilted chambray night shirts.
remembered the seinfeld guy, but who and what was the funeral hall owner from? so familiar…
@crowder: I don’t remember which one was the funeral home owner, but if it was this guy then he’s been in everything made since 1978.
[www.imdb.com]
yep. that’s the one! Thanks! I was thinking of Mr. Gorbley from Perfect Strangers, but yeah, everything is right.
Good to see Raylan quick-draw again. I feel like he hasn’t done that since Season 1 or 2?
Tommy Bucks? Does that count?
@ Reede: Tommy Bucks was Raylan’s first quick draw kill. Did he not also quick draw on Boyd when he shot him in the first episode. I know he has more that I am missing.
@Palin Givens: Yeah Bucks was the reason Raylan was sent to Kentucky. I was just answering when the last time he used the quick draw. But yes in season 1 Raylan killed like 80 dudes.