Spoilers ahead for the season finale of Justified: It could not have been more fitting that the climax of this fantastic season of Justified, “Bloody Harlan,” came with Mags Bennett telling a lie about her family, encased in a truth about family. Facing Loretta, whose father she poisoned, and staring down her own possible death, [...]

Spoilers for last night’s Justified follow: In a recent Justified post, I noted how the show had developed its cast so well that it can hold my attention even without Raylan Givens. Last night’s “Reckoning” didn’t change that opinion—much of it, especially Jeremy Davies’ work, only underscored it. But it also emphasized, undeniably, that Timothy [...]

Quick spoilers for last night’s Justified: FX originally intended to call Justified by the title “Lawman.” Circumstances and Steven Seagal interposed to change that, but a couple of things happened in “Debts and Accounts” that reminded me of it. The first was Art’s comment to Raylan that he’s a lousy marshal but a great lawman, [...]

Spoilers for the season finale of Justified coming up after the jump: Justified started this season as a show about crimes of the week, but from the beginning, and increasingly as the season went on and improved, it was also about crimes of the past. On a social level, it was about the culture of [...]

Quick spoilers for last night’s Justified coming up after the jump: A big ongoing issue in TV today is serial vs. episodic drama: that is, dramas that tell stories that unfold over an entire season or season as opposed to ones that tell stories wrapped up in a single episode. An extreme example of the [...]