Justified rewatch: 4x04 and 4x05

[gwyn]

4.04 This Bird Has Flown
Original Air Date: Jan. 29, 2013
Written by: Taylor Elmore
Directed by: Bill Johnson



Raylan tries to track down Randall, Lindsey, and his stolen money. Ava has to figure out how to tie up loose ends with Ellen Mae.


4.05 Kin
Original Air Date: Feb. 5, 2013
Written by: Fred Golan
Directed by: Peter Werner



When Raylan heads to the hills to find Drew Thompson, he discovers that Boyd is also on the trail. Colt has to track down Ellen Mae after she runs away before he can kill her.

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Comments

[mackiemesser]

4.04 - Kind of a mess of an episode, but mostly a fun mess as there is any time there's a Raylan and Rachel team-up. The low stakes in this one are a bit of a relief, to.

Tho the parts with Ellen May are really intense. This is where Ava starts a deep descent and Colt is just so scary. If he was at all competent this would have been very, very bad for Ellen May.

4.05 - Many pluses in this episode: Raylan and Tim team-up, Raylan and Boyd in jeopardy proclaiming how they can't stand each other but still managing to help each other out, and just the strangeness of Harlan.

I do really love the interaction with Tim and Colt. Like, they couldn't be more opposite, except they're pretty similar and they really do get each other. Have to give Eldard a lot of credit on this one. He's super convincing as panicked, cold-blooded and since in turn.

This Bird Has Flown

[hafital]

The title for this episode makes me laugh. She has flown indeed.

This peek into the bare knuckle fighting world is rather like wandering through a fraternity keg party. Everyone in that world is gross! Except maybe for the lady fighter Raylan and Rachel meet. I liked her. Does Raylan grab that man's penis while he was questioning him?! O.O Amazing. Or he does something else to make that guy tense up and the lady fighter look scandalized and amused lol. Rachel doesn't even lift an eyebrow. I love her. I do wish Tim had been there.

I didn't realize the preacher died.

Ellen May's delight at being allowed to go home is so sad. Very glad Colt failed to kill her.

Kin

[hafital]

(odd, I actually thought I posted this comment last week, but just realized I never clicked the button. And now that I see it it looks like I didn't finish commenting. I may have fallen asleep lol...oh well, posting what I managed to write anyway)

Whoops, there goes Tobolowsky. Killed by yet another one of Theo Tonin's goons.

Everyone wants Drew Thompson.

It's weird that Constable Bob drives around with Raylan's mementos in the back of his car.

Yay Tim! That is an odd exchange between them -- Raylan teasing Tim about his reading material, and Tim quipping back about shooting the heads Taliban. One is not like the other, Tim!

I note that Tim and Rachel drive nice big SUVs, but Raylan sticks with a boaty sedan.

"Hello, Raylan." :D :D :D

I like that Tim immediately recognizes Colt as a fellow vet. And then they're just having a totally normal-for-vets conversation. In an alternate world, Colt would take up Tim's offer to apply to the Marshal's service.