Justified rewatch: 5x02 and 5x03

[gwyn]

5.2 The Kids Aren't All Right
Original Air Date: Jan. 14, 2014
Written by: Dave Andron
Directed by: Bill Johnson



Loretta calls on Raylan when she and her boyfriend get in trouble with drug dealers, Boyd tries to keep Mara Paxton silent and wait for his new shipment, and Dewey Crowe gets a visit from his cousin from Florida.


5.3 Good Intentions
Original Air Date: Jan. 21, 2014
Written by: Benjamin Cavell
Directed by: Dean Parisot



Raylan is threatened by a mystery man at Charles Monroe's mansion, Boyd faces a surprise temptation while trying to figure out who stole his shipment, and cousin Daryl encourages Dewey to stand up to Boyd.

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Comments

[mackiemesser]

5.02 - This episode is sort of a mess, I think. There are some small enjoyable moments - usually when Raylan gets to be his most Raylan-ish - but the only part that I found interesting was the idea of Loretta becoming a player in the drug business. She's such an interesting character, and her relationship with Raylan is so very compelling.

5.03 - This is where this season just starts getting too complicated: too many plot lines, trying to hard to work the Crowes in to the seasonal arc. And just a lot of characters not being as smart as we know they are.

I think it's more irritating in this season because it's the 5th season, and most shows have this stumble in the 2nd or 3rd season when your expectations aren't as high and you don't know how good a shows is capable of being. So for them to lose the thread this far in is so frustrating.

The Kids Aren't All Right

[hafital]

Lol i love it when Xander Berkley shows up in a tv show. I don't think I've ever seen him not play a jerk. He's so good at it.

Raylan: "So, more than a $100?" haha

I hate this part of the Ava/Boyd storyline.

Raylan treats Loretta like a regular girl when she is most definitely not. It's a bit endearing actually, since though Loretta doesn't need to be babied or taken care of in a regular way, it's good that there's someone in her life that cares for her without wanting something from her.

Entrepreneur Dewey is weirdly endearing while still being a terrible person.

I really really like the conversation Raylan has with Hot Rod. It shoes what a dangerous man he is, not because he can shoot but because he will shoot.

I have mixed feelings about this social worker. I like her but I think they (the show) got the chemistry read wrong here.

Boyd cannot catch a break. Foiled again! No dope for you!

Good Intentions

[hafital]

I find myself not at all interested in Boyd's drama.

I want Raylan and Rachel to co-habitate for work purposes frequently. "Call me if you going to be late for supper." heeeee.

Xander! Why are you such a bad man! Typical Xander Berkley appearance -- always end up dead.

I remember hearing a story about a woman who bought a house that had a bunch of koi in a pond in the back garden, and found out that each koi was worth several thousand dollars each, some as much as $100k.

That is a very steamy scene with Body and that Miss Mara.

[gwyn]

I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I disliked that they turned Loretta into basically a bad guy foil for Raylan. I loved their relationship, and I wanted something different from it, and was so disappointed in the way it ended by the end of the show. But I did like the line "Go easy on the rest of us." Because yeah, she's way ahead of everyone, all the time.

These episodes are emblematic of what I hated about season 5. They are so overly compicated and messy, and it was so frustrating in light of the focus on so many awful characters, particularly the ones played by terrible actors like Rappaport.

Re: The Kids Aren't All Right

[gwyn]

I think he was a bad guy intitially on 24 who ended up becoming more of a hero and he died heroically. But yeah, they always make him play weasels. He's so great, though.

This whole season just frustrates me so much--Raylan's spinning his weels and doing the same old thing, Art is suspicious of Raylan, the whole Boyd-Ava story is terrible and just gets worse and worse, and then we have to endure the Crowes, especially the egregiously terrible Rappaport. I'm already finding myself zoning out and not paying attention to a lot of it.

I also really didn't want this to be the story for Loretta, but I was glad to see her, and love Raylan's dialog to her.

[mackiemesser]

Yeah, I get you there. I suppose I just like that Loretta is building an empire rather than ending up as an abused foster kid storyline or a poor kid done good virtue play kind of deal.

Soooo much time spent with Rappaport! Why?!?? I mean, I can kind of imagine that it would have worked if a really good actor has been in the role. Someone who made the character cunning and scary instead of just a loudmouth, redneck dickhead that made everyone else seem uncharacteristically stupid because they couldn't kick his ass within 5 minutes...