# Does "Justified" (FX show) ever get better? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731 "2019-06-19T03:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/21 "2019-06-19T17:34:32Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > Patton Oswalt has one of the best roles he’s ever done in this show by a long chalk. wait, wuuuuhhhhhhh?!? now I’m definitely in it for the long haul ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/22 "2019-06-19T17:48:28Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > wait, wuuuuhhhhhhh?!? > > now I’m definitely in it for the long haul His acting in Justified impressed the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/23 "2019-06-19T17:52:01Z")
I liked it a whole bunch. I hated when it ended. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/24 "2019-06-19T17:59:20Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > wait, wuuuuhhhhhhh?!? > > now I’m definitely in it for the long haul It’s an amazing arc. It starts with just about what you’d expect an Oswalt character to be, but then he just becomes so much more. To quote Raylan, “People underestimate Bob at their own peril.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/25 "2019-06-19T20:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Left Hand of Dorkness** : > > That’s a great quote, but it’s also a pretty good synopsis of season 4, including some major twists–might not be a great quote to put unspoilered in a thread for someone thinking about watching the show . Done (also post 20). Please try to box any spoilers. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/26 "2019-06-19T22:35:10Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > His acting in Justified impressed the hell out of me. I agree. He was a hidden gem in the series. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/27 "2019-06-20T14:05:49Z")
LOVED this show. There were so many of the characters that I loved - Dewey, Boyd, Dickie, Art, and of course Raylan (I had a major crush on him! And he had some great lines). This was one of the series that I really missed watching after I finished it. I missed the characters. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/28 "2019-06-20T15:02:09Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > The repartee in Justified between Olyphant and his boss, or between him and Boyd Crowder, left me giggling a lot. Even in Season 1, Raylan’s leading of Boyd’s flock in prayer was a brilliant piece of audacious deadpan humour. Also increasingly funny as the show went on was Deputy Tim, who had some brilliantly withering responses to Raylan. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/29 "2019-06-20T16:08:05Z")
I’ll just put it this way - It’s better than a $6 blowjob… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/30 "2019-06-21T01:33:01Z")
Oh man, Dewey Crowe and the kidneys, I nearly died laughing about a hundred times during that episode! ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/31 "2019-06-21T03:53:35Z")
I really, really liked the show (and think there’s much more to it than a cheesy cop show). But if you’re four episodes in and not getting anything from it, I doubt you’ll like it more as it goes on. There’s a lot of TV in the world. No reason to spend a lot of time watching a show that does nothing for you. I really did like the series. The dialogue could be amazing. I thought the characterization was very, very good. Some seasons had deep, thoughtful plotting. And the acting was superb (Damon Herriman’s Dewey Crowe was one of the funniest acting performances on tv at the time). ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/32 "2019-06-21T04:17:57Z")
The first, I’d say, five or six eps are really finding their way and after that it gets pretty solid–by season two it’s a rollercoaster. ---
**Author:** ![HaroldDix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/76d3ee/32.png) [@HaroldDix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HaroldDix)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/33 "2019-06-21T05:16:00Z")
An amazing show hands down. Who can forget the “Piggy Bank”, Maggs home made shine, or many other memorable moment and characters. For myself Boyd Crowder was hands down one of the best “villans” in TV history. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/34 "2019-06-21T05:34:35Z")
Jaysus, every time anyone drank out of a jar on that show I was wincing. Oh man, the purloined weed crop. That was comedy GOLD. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731/35 "2019-06-21T09:04:31Z")
S2 to S4 are the best of the show, well worth watching. One personal favorite is in S4 because they took the concept of [Invisible Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Man) (that African Americans are everywhere but ignored) and ran with it, effectively recreating ninjas. It’s a concept that could use more coverage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-justified-fx-show-ever-get-better/835731.md?page=1)