Justified on FX: Old West Juxtaposition

[Mad Brew]

I see a lot of INGOers are watching The Walking Dead, but what about Justified (a quick search didn't return much). Personally, I'm a big fan of the show (and the mind behind it, Elmore Leonard). I really dig the concept of putting an Old West mentality (via main character, Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens) in a modern setting.



Anyways, I figured I'd throw this thread out there to alert potential fans of the show and maybe generate some discussion. It has a good mix of procedural ("bad guy of the week") and meta-plot and the acting is usually outstanding. If you want to watch a Deputy U.S. Marshal dispense with some (sometime extralegal) justice in the backwoods of Kentucky, this show will do it for you.

 

[steveh_131]

I thoroughly enjoy this show. Timothy Olyphant really brings out the Old West Marshall character and I think he shines.

This season, to me, has been the best so far. The scenes with the show-down with the pawn shop owner, as well as the one with Duffy right after were 100% bada**.

Boyd Crowder also makes a heck of a villain (good guy sometimes?) Awesome show. I highly recommend it if you haven't seen it.

 

[steveh_131]

Also, my wife is from Southeast Kentucky and I've spent a lot of time down there. The accents, the cultural details, the characters...all spot-on and very authentic.

 

[hooky]

I love the show too. Last night's bathtub scene was the best shot I've ever seen on it or any other show.

He was really good in Deadwood too. It's a shame it got cancelled without the series being pulled together for an ending.

 

[CSORuger]

I an a fan also, The acting is top notck, and the plot has been well thought out.

 

[Jacobm]

Justified is one of the few shows I never miss. Somehow, to me, this season seems to be falling a bit short of previous years. Maybe it because characters have been killed off.

Two Glock's and a Stetson...you can't go wrong!

 

[lrahm]

My wife isn't a real fan but I like it a lot. Too many good characters and it's hard to tell where the next turn is going.

 

[lrahm]

Also, my wife is from Southeast Kentucky and I've spent a lot of time down there. The accents, the cultural details, the characters...all spot-on and very authentic.

I live just across the river from Kentucky. For the life of me, I cannot understand how there is such a difference in the way they talk. It is truely southern.

 

[G-Niner]

I have my TV set to record 'Justified' automatically. No way am I going to miss an episode.

 

[steveh_131]

I live just across the river from Kentucky. For the life of me, I cannot understand how there is such a difference in the way they talk. It is truely southern.

Yeah, it's pretty crazy. The southern Appalachian region is even more backwards than the rest of the state. I remember when I first went there to visit her, they all talked about 'hollers' and such. I went in a few hollers myself, lol. Trailers, nekkid kids running around. Trucks all over the yard. The works.

I'll never forget visiting a poor family from her church. They were about as poor as it gets in America, but no way they were letting us walk out of their house without a few handfuls of some produce from their garden.

 

[justjoe]

Wife and I never miss an episode, plot and acting are spot on. Accents in southeast Ky. are that much different from Indiana. Speak with knowledge on that as I am from Southern Ky. and Grandmother was from Harlan. Culture down there is way different from north Ky. and Indiana.

 

[Colt556]

I've been watching it for a couple seasons now. I never miss it and usually end up watching each episode a couple of times since they play them back to back. I was married to a girl from KY and lived there for a while and the show is spot on with the life and culture down there. They always seem to leave you hanging at the end of each episode wondering what will happen next week, like the letter Raylan was reading last night. Great show!

 

[hooky]

My ex wife's family is in Pineville, KY. We went to visit once after we were married in the early 90's. I was told not to leave her grandmother's property. If I went up the mountain, I'd stumble into something that I wouldn't get away from. Found out later from another family member that there was enough pot being grown on both sides of the holler to keep DEA busy for a month. And a lot of it belonged to her 2 uncles. It was so beautiful there, but I felt like at any moment I'd see Burt Reynolds get out of his canoe with his bow.

 

[wizard_of_ahs]

I have my TV set to record 'Justified' automatically. No way am I going to miss an episode.

DITTO

 

[WC Deer Hunter]

Love this show. Seen every episode since it started until this year because we got rid of tv. I need to get on hulu and see if i can watch it online.

 

[Mad Brew]

Also, my wife is from Southeast Kentucky and I've spent a lot of time down there. The accents, the cultural details, the characters...all spot-on and very authentic.

Yeah, I've read a lot about the show's authenticity. A podcast I listen to published a piece from a local newspaper reporter and he detailed how the show's protagonists were based on real people/events, like Mags Bennett being based on Mag Bailey. Very cool how they put effort into authenticity.

 

[hooky]

Love this show. Seen every episode since it started until this year because we got rid of tv. I need to get on hulu and see if i can watch it online.

No hulu. None of the fox stuff is on there.

 

[Coach]

I love the show. I have not missed an episode, and I don't watch much TV. So far I like this season the best. I was a little disappointed with Raylan last season because he kept getting beat up and nearly got himself killed. I thought we were going down that path last night but he pulled it out in the nick of time.

I think Ava is much hotter than Naiomi, but in my circle of friends that is not the consensus.

 

[steveh_131]

Hey, easy on the spoilers guys. I haven't seen last night's yet.

 

[Hoosier8]

Raylan: A novel
by Elmore Leonard

http://www.amazon.com/Raylan-Novel-...946X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329341205&sr=8-1