No, really curious. Posted before I thought to go check FX’s website.
I couldn’t find the episode of Justified tonight either. FX in my area has back to back showings of “The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” sigh With DVD extras. sigh x 2.
Was it maybe 3/23 not 3/24?
Justified is on Tuesdays, not Wednesdays. Catch the rebroadcast Friday night.
Damn, missed it again! I saw **Auntie Pam’**s post and dashed for the remote. Thanks for the rebroadcast info, Ellis Dee.
Liked it, but it’s nothing remarkable. I’ll keep watching as it’s enjoyable.
“Sons of Anarchy” (2008) is indeed what I meant by SoA and I see that I violated one of my own pet peeves: don’t use an abbreviation (or acronym) without showing (at least the first time you use it) what it’s an abbreviation for or an acronym of.
I see, from the other quoted posts, that you should be clear on what I should have said, but I still wanted to chime in to apologize for the discourtesy of just up and saying SoA out of a clear blue sky.
You owe it to yourself to become as familiar with the series as you can. It’s a good one.
My only excuse (and it’s inadequate) is that there are some other recent/current threads where the series has been a topic of conversation. 
Thanks to **Doctor Who ** and **Risha ** for the clarification.
Dad’s name is Arlo, played by Raymond J. Barry.
Cool. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen of Raymond J. Barry’s work.
This show has a great cast. Hopefully it will stay around. Since I’m watching, it will probably not make it past the first season.
I just saw the first episode “On Demand” after reading this thread. I liked it but was very, very frightened by Boyd’s teeth…
I’m a big Elmore Leonard fan, and I’ve been enjoying it. I didn’t watch Deadwood more than once or twice (no cable then), so it doesn’t bother me to see Olyphant as another cop of sorts. I like his easy confidence and grace under pressure (although I have to admit my mental image of Raylan was the taller, rangier actor who played the Bible-quoting backwoods sniper in Saving Private Ryan).
My favorite bit so far was when the hick whom Raylan disarmed and put back in his car in the first episode said threateningly, “The next time I see you I’m gonna…” and Raylan banged his head against the steering wheel without even letting him finish. Heeheehee. I also like the younger deputy marshal who usually is the one explaining crime scenes or criminals’ backgrounds. He has a sardonic way of talking that I enjoy.
For sure! He has a good chance of becoming the Cho (The Mentalist) of this series, or at least the Guerrero (Human Target). I expect some marksmanship tricks, too.
Just saw the second episode. As a plot-driven episode, meh. But has a set of characters - great writing. Again, very Elmore - and the acting gives me that feeling, too. What’s fascinating is that every character seems to have a clearly developed self-interest - so when they talk, there are layers of meaning. It’s all about the word choice and then the delivery. I can’t cite specific examples, but it is good TV to watch it in action.
Tim Olyphant is a bit too young and handsome - I tend to think of my Leonard protaganists more like a 40-ish Jeff Bridges or a tougher Jim Rockford from the Rockford Files - but he delivers the lines correctly. Matter-of-fact mantalk.
I enjoyed it. I think Olyphant does a good job of portraying the “Elmore Leonard-cool” character. The scene in the beginning, at the prison hospital with Boyd, is a good example. Nothing Boyd says surprises him (at least he doesn’t show it.)
Timothy Olyphant was born in 1968, so at least he is 40ish. I will allow others to reflect on his level of handsomeness.
In the second episode, much as I otherwise enjoyed it, I just didn’t buy that the bad guy would gutshoot the older escaped convict and then just leave him, still alive, in the empty house. He would’ve made sure the old guy was dead, if he was gonna shoot him at all. And of course the old coot is able to walk away, find Raylan and talk about everything that had happened while he waited for the ambulance to arrive. :rolleyes:
I was okay with that. It had been established that the younger guy was pretty stupid.
Also, I don’t know anything about weapons and I don’t remember what he used, but if it was small caliber and if he didn’t hit any major organs and there wasn’t a lot of blood loss, it doesn’t seem too farfetched that Cooper would be walking around. I’ve read about people walking into emergency rooms with bullets in their stomach.
I got hold of the first two episodes as I am a big fan of both Elmore Leonard and Timothy Olyphant. I liked both episodes very much, particularly for the fact that the bad guys are just as well drawn as the good guys, which is typical of Leonard.
And some lovely dialogue.
[spoiler]After he hits Crowe in the face with the shotgun butt, “The outlaw life is hard ain’t it?”
As the homeowners are being bound by Shirley:
“Where was all your second guessing when you got your new boobs?”
“You enjoyed them a hell of a lot more than I ever did.”
Shirley says, “They are very nice.”
“Oh, thank you,” smiles Mrs Lauder.[/spoiler]
Lots of typical Elmore Lenard touches - the tough talk, the character back stories and the peripheral interests like the musician elements in the second episode.
I have high hopes.
OPEN SPOILERS for the March 30 episode —
I’m still hooked but man, I’m not sure this week’s plot made a whole lot of sense.
Not sure I’ve got all the names right, but is this what happened? Pinter the Snitch sends Chris to muscle Travers to pay up a gambling debt. Travers talks Chris out of hurting him, because Travers knows from Pinter’s favorite waitress (who Travers is sleeping with) that Pinter is about to collect $20K as reward money for a fugitive he told Raylan where to find.
So Chris and Travers kidnap Pinter, disguise themselves, and try to force Pinter to give them the money. Pinter doesn’t flinch so Chris and Travers bring in the waitress and threaten her. Pinter still doesn’t flinch. He knows who they are and he knows the waitress must have told them about the $20K, and he knows the waitress is in on it so he’s not really worried they’ll hurt her.
Is that it? Those sure are some knuckleheaded crooks. Raylan needs better adversaries.
And what’s up with Raylan’s dad and a DUI? Didn’t they say last week that dad was in prison?
No. Pinter told the waitress about his hidden escape fund. A hidden fun he had for when he has enough money to enable him to leave. They knew nothing of the forthcoming 20 grand. At least, that’s the idea I got from the episode. Travers offered Chris ten times 3 thousand for the kidnapping plan.
I was confused with the Dad thing, too. But, I think what was said (I would have to go rewatch to make sure) is that the escaped con KNEW his Dad in prison. And, since the guy had been in prison for 15 years the dad could easily be out by now.
My power went out at 10:00 last night! :mad:
I think there will be an encore later this week, so I’ll try to catch it then.