Justified rewatch: 5x04 and 5x05

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5.4 Over the Mountain
Original Air Date: Jan. 28, 2014
Written by: Taylor Elmore
Directed by: Gwyneth Horder-Payton



After Dewey receives orders to kill Wade Messer, Raylan is informed that Messer has been working as a confidential informant. Boyd confronts cousin Johnny on his betrayal.


5.5 Shot All to Hell
Original Air Date: Feb. 4, 2014
Written by: Chris Provenzano
Directed by: Adam Arkin



Art stumbles on Theo Tonin's right-hand man while investigating Nicky Augustine's death, Boyd tries to tie up loose ends, and Raylan tries to get the Crowes to leave Harlan.

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Shot All to Hell

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ART!!! Aaarrrttt. I luv U, Art!

As much as I loved Wash on Firefly, I always thought that Alan Tudyk could easily slip into sinister creepiness, and boy was I right. He was so icky in this. I just loved how Art handled him--supreme confidence in his abilities, even while making self-deprecating remarks about his age. And Wynn Duffy was so smug and smarmy, and Art just ignored his attempts at sarcasm and put him in his place. It was glorious.

I hate seeing him and Raylan so far on the outs, but sooner or later, Raylan's behavior was going to lead there.

It's great to see Adam Arkin in front of the camera for a change instead of behind it. Although he did both on this episode.

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5.4 - My 3 big takeaways from this episode are 1) Oh, Dewey. So awful, yet so weirdly sympathetically pathetic 2) Danny Strong is super, super creepy 3) My delight in seeing Dave Foley has no bounds. Foley is such a great mix of polite and cold-blooded; it's a surprise he didn't get tapped for more bad-guy roles after this, frankly.

5.5 - Alan Tudyk is effectively very scary. Imagine what this season could have been if HE'd been Daryl Crowe (and he wouldn't have had to fake the accent, either)...

Finding Theo Tonin in the warehouse crate was one of the absurdly funny touches that this show can pull off when it should seem out of place and yet somehow works in the story. Very much a "this might as well happen" kind of vibe. And, yep, nice to see Adam Arkin again. I missed him quite a lot after Life ended.

Raylan also gets to scarier than usual when he threatens Picker. Another glimpse into what a lucky break everyone got that he didn't follow Arlo down the crime road. Of course, he then blows the whole point of the threat by admitting his not-quite guilt to Art, but I guess they both knew that Art knew anyway.

Ugh, the Crowes. I am super pissed about the needless death of Jean Baptiste. He was the only interesting one in the whole FL crew. And I couldn't care less about the damn kid, altho the actor playing him did good work.

Over the Mountain

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My favorite words were said in this -- "I'm sending Tim with you." Aw yeah. The parts with Tim and Raylan were my favorite parts of this.

I am frankly not at all interested in Boyd's storyline right now.

"I think something just came between me and my calvins." here. <3 Tim

Poor Wade Messer. Carrion birds mark the spot.

Ew. Why are there always dismembered body parts.

Re: Over the Mountain

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As soon as Boyd or the Crowes are on screen, my attention disappears. I really disliked this season so much, and I just did not get anything out of their stories. The only time I paid attention to Boyd was when Raylan was around.

Shot all to Hell

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If you wake up in the middle of the night and find Boyd Crowder in your bedroom you are in trouble.

Watching Art masterfully handle the assassin, Picker, Wynn Duffy, Mike, and a restaurant full of innocent people without anyone dying, a true highlight of this episode and this season.

That really was a big ass gun. I'm not surprised Art is shook. Always a pleasure to see Art and Raylan working together, even when Art is running down his suspicions. Art mocking Raylan is also solid gold. I need that more often. I just love that Raylan was gonna walk away, free and clear, but then went back and told Art. <3

I find Sister Crowe almost as annoying as all the brother Crowes. Maybe she's worse 'cause she really is smart and just enables their extreme bad behavior. A shame the scary Crowe killed Jean Baptiste -- one of the only ones with a brain in that whole crew.

Re: Shot all to Hell

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Yeah, the actress has never been one I liked, I kind of was already predisposed to not like the character just because it was her. But they didn't really do much to overcome it. I always wondered why this season went so far off the rails, what led them on to this path. At least they mostly got it back for 6.