Justified 3x09 "Loose ends"
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chaniI love, love, love that show!
First off, more Johnny than usual, which is good because I love me some Johnny Crowder. And of course he had to make a pass at Ava (not surprising given what he told Raylan in season 1)in Boyd's absence! Wasn't he quite uncomfortable when Boyd returned at the end? I guess it was less about the murder in the bar and Ava's actions than about his lusting after his cousin's mistress. Surely he feared what Ava would tell Boyd. For now, Ava is faithful to Boyd, but her reaction when Johnny said "I don't believe you" made me wonder whether things might change in the future...
I liked how Boyd was at a loss of words when Ava told him the Delroy thing. Looks like he's both impressed and a bit scared of the return of Shotgun Ava...and maybe a bit concerned by Ava's intiative. My favourite Boyd always shows up in intimate scenes, either with the people he cares about (Raylan, Ava, Johnny) or with his foes, when he's thinking out loud, calculating, or just being honest. I prefer Goggins' acting then.
So now Ava is becoming the new Harlan matriarch, as I suspected last year, but not in the way aunt Helen or Mags were...She will take Delroy's place and run the whorehouse as a madam. Basically she's pulling a Joanie! Expect that on Deadwood Joanie wasn't the badass Shotgun Ava can be. Let's say Ava is becoming a mix of Trixie and Joanie.
BTW, speaking of whores and of other shows, Ellen Mae reminds me of Alyson Hannigan!
I'm sure that everybody is going to praise Boyd's speech at the City Council, and to mention the parallel with Mags' speech against Black Pike (and of course Boyd is the new Mags this season, Quarles has been nothing than a diversion) but I have never been that impressed by preaching Boyd (I wasn't a big fan of his Church scene when he challenged Bo in season 1). I think he's too over the top when preaching and politicking by putting on a show, and every time I can't believe that Walton Goggins dares to overact like that, or that such a caricatured speech is supposed to be efficient and considered a smart move from Boyd. I do think that James Callis was better at conveying manipulative speeches/preaching on BSG. It was much more believable for me. I guess that my reservations are probably due to the fact that Boyd does it the "Bible Belt way" like an evangelist preacher, which is so strange, so foreign to my sensibilies, while Baltar was more "classical" in his preaching and more subtle when he played Roslin and announced he was running for President after the ban on abortion.
But, above all, I adored Timothy Olyphant in the episode. The plots seem to go "without Raylan" throughout the episode, as the pieces were pushed forward on the chess board by Limehouse, Boyd and Ava, and yet he was a haunting presence, popping up in several short scenes, interacting with all the major players of the episode.
He was perfect with Ava in the bar scene (and I love Boyd's line about his hoping it was pleasant "but not too pleasant"! That's the smart Boyd I can believe in!) and with Boyd afterwards (I found Raylan even more flirty when visiting Boyd in jail, to the point I almost expected him to kiss Boyd too!); his scenes with Nappier were brilliant (his making the trucker pose as an ATF agent was priceless and there were so many great lines like "Social awkwardness is often the curse of genius."), and I love the way he drove by Nappier still holding the shovel to tell him that Tanner wasn't coming (sometimes Raylan is just a cat playing with the mouse he hasn't killed yet!); the scene with Tanner was good too ("What were you guys going to do? Some gardening?"); the two scenes with Tanner's mom were excellent (I just knew he would hooked up the TV for her eventually), kinda foreshadowing the final scene and the mention of Raylan's mama.
I love it when my Raylan is charming, playful, in banter mode and is being a witty smartass, but also when he's in predator mode or when you can see his inner rage mixed with that ice-cold water running in his vein. Timothy Olyphant is such an underrated actor!
BTW here is a chart of Raylan's face! I think the really mad face is missing though.
That last scene with Limehouse...wow. Chilling! Limehouse is impressive, especially when he talks to Quarles or scares off his henchemen, but you could tell that he wasn't so sure he hadn't gone too far in the end. Raylan was this close to go all Bullock on him, and it isn't something that you'd wish for anyone, especially given that Raylan is much cooler and smarter than the hot head that Bullock was. But his glare, his final lines...Limehouse must have understood that Raylan is no longer 9 year old boy he remembered.
When Limehouse thought about backing the winning team, he obviously had the Quarles vs Crowder war in mind, probably thinking he would play both sides so he would be sure to win, but in doing so he was completely overlooking the Quarles vs Raylan war.
But Raylan warned him:"I'm either gonna put him in prison or in the ground." And we know (and Boyd knows too), that no matter what Art said, Raylan won't stop.
I'm convinced that none of those villain guys the show throws at our deputy Marshal (Quarles or Limehouse or any little villains) is a match for Raylan Givens, not only because he's the hero of the show, but also because, no matter his daddy and mommy issues, he's just the strongest guy around. He's a hurricane, if anyone stands in his way, they would be destroy. It's like he is a force of nature that Boyd is cleverly using now against his own adversaries, but I wonder what will happen next season, when Boyd becomes Raylan's prey.
I loved how the show managed in very short scenes to flesh out true minor characters, like Tanner's mom or the old guy who made the bomb that killed Tanner. Very credible characters. I liked how they weren't easy to fool at first, how they seemed to teach a lesson to the youngsters, but eventually the old crafty bomb guy got shot by Errol, and Imogene still lost her son (even if his dying because of a bomb looked like poetic justice) and let Raylan in, allowing him to get the bit of info he needed.
Does it mean that old ways are gone, and someone like Limehouse is doomed as well?
Was it Night of the Hunter that Imogene watched on tv in the end?
PS: Sorry for those who haven't seen Deadwood, but it's hard not to connect the two shows!
First off, more Johnny than usual, which is good because I love me some Johnny Crowder. And of course he had to make a pass at Ava (not surprising given what he told Raylan in season 1)in Boyd's absence! Wasn't he quite uncomfortable when Boyd returned at the end? I guess it was less about the murder in the bar and Ava's actions than about his lusting after his cousin's mistress. Surely he feared what Ava would tell Boyd. For now, Ava is faithful to Boyd, but her reaction when Johnny said "I don't believe you" made me wonder whether things might change in the future...
I liked how Boyd was at a loss of words when Ava told him the Delroy thing. Looks like he's both impressed and a bit scared of the return of Shotgun Ava...and maybe a bit concerned by Ava's intiative. My favourite Boyd always shows up in intimate scenes, either with the people he cares about (Raylan, Ava, Johnny) or with his foes, when he's thinking out loud, calculating, or just being honest. I prefer Goggins' acting then.
So now Ava is becoming the new Harlan matriarch, as I suspected last year, but not in the way aunt Helen or Mags were...She will take Delroy's place and run the whorehouse as a madam. Basically she's pulling a Joanie! Expect that on Deadwood Joanie wasn't the badass Shotgun Ava can be. Let's say Ava is becoming a mix of Trixie and Joanie.
BTW, speaking of whores and of other shows, Ellen Mae reminds me of Alyson Hannigan!
I'm sure that everybody is going to praise Boyd's speech at the City Council, and to mention the parallel with Mags' speech against Black Pike (and of course Boyd is the new Mags this season, Quarles has been nothing than a diversion) but I have never been that impressed by preaching Boyd (I wasn't a big fan of his Church scene when he challenged Bo in season 1). I think he's too over the top when preaching and politicking by putting on a show, and every time I can't believe that Walton Goggins dares to overact like that, or that such a caricatured speech is supposed to be efficient and considered a smart move from Boyd. I do think that James Callis was better at conveying manipulative speeches/preaching on BSG. It was much more believable for me. I guess that my reservations are probably due to the fact that Boyd does it the "Bible Belt way" like an evangelist preacher, which is so strange, so foreign to my sensibilies, while Baltar was more "classical" in his preaching and more subtle when he played Roslin and announced he was running for President after the ban on abortion.
But, above all, I adored Timothy Olyphant in the episode. The plots seem to go "without Raylan" throughout the episode, as the pieces were pushed forward on the chess board by Limehouse, Boyd and Ava, and yet he was a haunting presence, popping up in several short scenes, interacting with all the major players of the episode.
He was perfect with Ava in the bar scene (and I love Boyd's line about his hoping it was pleasant "but not too pleasant"! That's the smart Boyd I can believe in!) and with Boyd afterwards (I found Raylan even more flirty when visiting Boyd in jail, to the point I almost expected him to kiss Boyd too!); his scenes with Nappier were brilliant (his making the trucker pose as an ATF agent was priceless and there were so many great lines like "Social awkwardness is often the curse of genius."), and I love the way he drove by Nappier still holding the shovel to tell him that Tanner wasn't coming (sometimes Raylan is just a cat playing with the mouse he hasn't killed yet!); the scene with Tanner was good too ("What were you guys going to do? Some gardening?"); the two scenes with Tanner's mom were excellent (I just knew he would hooked up the TV for her eventually), kinda foreshadowing the final scene and the mention of Raylan's mama.
I love it when my Raylan is charming, playful, in banter mode and is being a witty smartass, but also when he's in predator mode or when you can see his inner rage mixed with that ice-cold water running in his vein. Timothy Olyphant is such an underrated actor!
BTW here is a chart of Raylan's face! I think the really mad face is missing though.
That last scene with Limehouse...wow. Chilling! Limehouse is impressive, especially when he talks to Quarles or scares off his henchemen, but you could tell that he wasn't so sure he hadn't gone too far in the end. Raylan was this close to go all Bullock on him, and it isn't something that you'd wish for anyone, especially given that Raylan is much cooler and smarter than the hot head that Bullock was. But his glare, his final lines...Limehouse must have understood that Raylan is no longer 9 year old boy he remembered.
When Limehouse thought about backing the winning team, he obviously had the Quarles vs Crowder war in mind, probably thinking he would play both sides so he would be sure to win, but in doing so he was completely overlooking the Quarles vs Raylan war.
But Raylan warned him:"I'm either gonna put him in prison or in the ground." And we know (and Boyd knows too), that no matter what Art said, Raylan won't stop.
I'm convinced that none of those villain guys the show throws at our deputy Marshal (Quarles or Limehouse or any little villains) is a match for Raylan Givens, not only because he's the hero of the show, but also because, no matter his daddy and mommy issues, he's just the strongest guy around. He's a hurricane, if anyone stands in his way, they would be destroy. It's like he is a force of nature that Boyd is cleverly using now against his own adversaries, but I wonder what will happen next season, when Boyd becomes Raylan's prey.
I loved how the show managed in very short scenes to flesh out true minor characters, like Tanner's mom or the old guy who made the bomb that killed Tanner. Very credible characters. I liked how they weren't easy to fool at first, how they seemed to teach a lesson to the youngsters, but eventually the old crafty bomb guy got shot by Errol, and Imogene still lost her son (even if his dying because of a bomb looked like poetic justice) and let Raylan in, allowing him to get the bit of info he needed.
Does it mean that old ways are gone, and someone like Limehouse is doomed as well?
Was it Night of the Hunter that Imogene watched on tv in the end?
PS: Sorry for those who haven't seen Deadwood, but it's hard not to connect the two shows!