Justified rewatch: 3x10 and 3x11

[gwyn]

3.10 Guy Walks Into a Bar
Original Air Date: March 20, 2012
Written by: VJ Boyd
Directed by: Tony Goldwyn



Raylan struggles to keep Dickie Bennett in prison while contending with an increasingly violent and unpredictable Quarles.


3.11 Measures
Original Air Date: March 27, 2012
Written by: Benjamin Cavell
Directed by: John Dahl



Raylan squares off with a pair of merciless Detroit hit men. The battle between Boyd and Quarles comes to a head.

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Comments

[gwyn]

I was so glad there was a picture of Rachel and Tim in the van because I love that moment soooo muuuuuch: severed head jokes! They are so great together, I love them.

I feel sometimes like Neal McDonough is having way too much fun.

It's always really lovely to see Michael Ironside in something. I think it's funny that FX's calls them "merciless" hitmen, when he's more like...tired.

[hafital]

Whoops, Justified is no long on Amazon Prime! It looks like it got moved over to Hulu with the whole Disney/Fox merger, which includes FX shows. So, just FYI.

I do not have Hulu, but was planning on getting the bundle with disney+, so i guess I gotta do that now to finish the rewatch! D'oh!....standby...

[gwyn]

WHAT?! No! I was just watching it. Fuck. I hate Hulu because of the fucking commercials and I can’t afford the ad free version. Fuck them.

I thought that bundle was only for a limited time and a limited number. I could be wrong but when I went to see about it they told me it was over. If it’s changed though I’d like to know. Man, I hate Disney.

[hafital]

I have not heard that it's for a limited time at all! Nothing i've seen has said as much. Yeah, the commercials suck. :/ I have successfully avoided Hulu until now lol. I don't hate Disney, but they are bastards. :D

This is the first article I clicked on re Justified moving to Hulu.

https://decider.com/2020/01/21/justified-amazon-prime-hulu-netflix-how-to-watch-online/

ETA: to get the bundle, if you still want it, you can either go through the disney + website or the hulu website, depending I guess on whether you already have hulu. Might not matter which you you go. The bundle assumes you're getting the ad version of hulu. You still get a discount with the no ad version of hulu but it's a higher price all together.

I wish there was a just disney/hulu bundle version without espn.

Guy Walks Into A Bar

[hafital]

(Okay, we're back on)(Also, while googling what the hell happened to Justified on Amazon, I got spoiled for something that happens on The Good Place!!!!!)

Shelby is really gaming everyone. I admire that.

Dickie Bennett is the proverbial bad penny. Bad luck, Raylan.

Honestly, I am not that interested in the Napier v Shelby election. The best part of all that is seeing Boyd outsmart Qaurles. Though we then have to hear Quarles truly terrible back story. O.O. Assuming it's true. He was never sane but now he's full tilt crazy.

I kind of love the actress who plays the bartender. She's so good in this role! (And is actually a theatre actor, mostly.) She's got the right read on Raylan, that's for sure.

Dickie's hair has surpassed Boyd's hair. Boyd was never so greasy gross though. LOL Raylan rambling is very cute. J'adore. "Did that go the way you rehearsed it?" haha Art, ilu. "Next time you tell me you're not good at something, I'm going to believe you."

Measures

[hafital]

Raylan not even blinking an eye at the two thugs that come into the bar early in the morning and knocking the dumb one against the bar probably shouldn't be as hot as I found it.

I love all the scenes between Art and Raylan in this episode -- bit of a broken record since I love every scene between Art and Raylan, but they're making me giggle extra this time. "Thought it was top priority that I go bring in Quarles for the capitol offense of hurting my feelings." haha. Also, Art's face when he figures out Raylan slept with the bartender. "Oh jesus, Raylan." AND Art rewriting Raylan's report. <3

"No way."
"Way." :D :D :D When Art informs Raylan that he's going with him to bring in Quarles.

"Some asshole threatened to kill one of my deputies. I'm the only one gets to do that." "I"m touched." But it's Raylan's face when he says "I'm touched" that does it for me. Timothy's great at the drama, but honestly his real talent is in comedy. God I miss Santa Clarita diet. He's so effing brilliant in it. Sigh.

"Art, I already got a daddy."
"Yeah, I met your daddy."
"Fair enough. Continue." Flails with love!

Rachel kicking that one guy in the balls -- awesome. Also, more scenes of Tim eating string cheese, please and thank you. Love Rachel and Tim doing real marshal work.

earthquake! (a small one)... interrupting my Justified time. hrmph.

Uh Oh, Boyd meet Wynn.

[mackiemesser]

3.10 - One of my favorite things in this episode is watching Wynn Duffy be the one sane man in Harlan.

It's so bleakly funny how tangled the whole mess is - can't let Dickie out, but to keep him in someone else has to lie about some other crime, but lying about the other crime means...A gordian knot of lies, crime and bullshit.

Quarles is off leash and it's really scary. There is no way to predict what he will do now that he doesn't have to really answer to anyone. (I imagine it must be loads of fun to play a character like that!)


3.11 - Banter game was very strong in this ep. There should have been an entire episode that was just Rachel and Tim killing time on stakeout. I would have watched that again and again. Also, the dynamic between Art and Raylan is, as mentioned above, worth the price of admission, as it were.

I always enjoy when Michael Ironside shows up somewhere. It does not matter what his character name is, he's just Michael Ironside. And he brings a wonderful air of "been there, done that, no need to get excited" to the whole business.

So much happens in this episode! It's like the previous episodes suddenly hit the top of the roller coaster and now the show is heading for the loop and picking up speed.