Justified rewatch: 1x01 Fire in the Hole

[gwyn]

Okay, let's kick this off! Justified rewatch starting with that amazing pilot episode. I'll have a master post up with links as soon as we get more than one episode down, but in the meantime you can find out how to see the series if you want to join in by clicking the justified my love tag.

1.1 Fire in the Hole
Original air date: March 16, 2010
Written by Graham Yost
Directed by Michael Dinner



After the "justified" shooting of a Miami gangster, Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned to his home state of Kentucky, where he takes on a case involving an old acquaintance he once mined coal with, who has become a white supremacist and blown up an African American church.

Please share your thoughts and reactions in comments.

Comments

[j_pole]

I really do like that aspect of showing the characters' flaws and all--so often, on American TV, they're obsessed with making everyone so likeable that they become boring and there's no real sense of change or growth.

Oh, yes. Earlier this month I saw some discussions of 'Succession' where some people were baffled that someone wants to watch a show with unlikeable characters, and those conversations always baffle me in return. I mean, I completely understand people preferring 'likeable characters', but in general, this seems very limiting.

I so rarely see this show included in great moments collections, which is a shame, because that table scene is so tense and fascinating, and there's such good acting going on
Co-signed!

Two episodes a week are good! These particular two weeks were a little crazy and I fell behind, but I'm going to catch up soon. Sorry for being behind the schedule!