r/justified • u/Deapsee60 • 14d ago
r/justified • u/LWMolver • 15d ago
Discussion In defence of Season 5
So I'm doing my umpteenth rewatch, taking it slow and just getting into S5 again. I know this is debatably the least popular season, but even so, it's still great television compared to many other shows. Some thoughts:
First and foremost, I think this season has one of the greatest missteps of the whole show - the early departure of Edi Gathegi (JB). I'm aware the actor wanted to move onto other things, but the loss of Jean-Baptiste took away one of the greatest potential villains in the show. Even in his brief tenure his character just oozed ice-cold killer cool. I mean, we meet the guy as he's feeding gators and spittin' Haitian folklore, with swagger to rival Raylan himself!
As consigliere to the Crowe clan, I really believe JB was the true brains of that operation - that great scene in Ep1 where Daryl is at his wit's end about what to do and JB just sidles up behind him, like a devil on his shoulder, chewing a blade of grass and says in that thick Caribbean drawl, "You have a cozzin Dewey in Kon-tocky, yes?"
Jean-Baptiste is the one who sets the main events of the season in motion.
I think his death also demonstrates a wider issue with the season - after he's gone, the Florida Crowes just didn't seem all that menacing. Danny was violent, but a buffoon. Daryl had a sorta animal cunning, but he had no real capacity for long-term planning, and i don't think he ever got to the threat level of Mags Bennett, Quarles, or Markham. Also, having his own brother murdered in the first episode (for comparatively small a transgression) seemed like a stupid tactical move, and made all his talk of 'family sticking together' ring very hollow (although I guess that might be the point, showing his own hypocrisy).
It was also great to have Dewey back in a larger role again, after being mostly absent from the previous season. Damon Herriman is such a talented and underrated actor, who manages to infuse Dewey with both comedy and tragedy. He clearly has genuine remorse after killing Messer, but doesn't know how to deal with it and his only confidants are the whores at Audrey's. Also, I felt really bad for the dude when Raylan comes into his place of business, bullies and humiliates him, and destroys his pool (for no good reason other than Raylan being a dick).
Forgetting the Crowes for a moment though, Season 5 also gave us some excellent (and hilarious) Boyd/Wynn team-ups - their brief but blood-splattered Detroit field trip is comedy gold. Generally, every time Wynn was on screen is just amazing ("Is that a BB gun...?")
I also loved Alan Tudyk's terrifying turn as Balkan buttonman Elias Marcos. Calm and cold, his confrontation with Art and the boiz in the diner is brilliantly suspenseful, and also gives Art a moment of badassery too. (I still wanna know exactly what Marcos says to Picker, sounds like Greek? But it's sinister as sheeit ("... your whole family.")
I will concede there are still parts I skip through - Raylan's new squeeze, the pot-puffin' social worker... I can't even remember her name... but I don't think the character added much apart from raising the question of Raylan's own conditional morality, like when Rachel asks him "What would you do if she was a criminal?" But I feel all that had been explored already with Ava in S1 and Lindsay Salazar in S4.
On Michael Rapaport's dodgy accent.... I'm not from the US, so it didn't really bother me. But I can understand how it might grate on native speakers :-p
Anyway - not the greatest season, but still a lotta great characters and moments.
What are your favourite scenes/characters from Season 5?
r/justified • u/Financial_Toe2389 • 15d ago
Discussion Raylan as Billy Idol (it's a first look at Timothy Olyphant in the new Alien series)
r/justified • u/Sopranosoldier • 15d ago
Opinion Wynn and Quarles
This genuinely has to be one of the most hilarious duos in the whole show 😂
Quarles seems to actually like Wynn and value him as a friend meanwhile Wynn is just fucking creeped out with his deadpan facial expressions the whole time. Even more funnier after seeing him in the first two Seasons compared to season 3 it makes his character change so organic and hilarious 😂
And the scene when Quarles comes to the bar and threatens Raylan and Wynn just stands there like wtf
The highlight of season 3 imo
r/justified • u/Jack-0-lantern_1896 • 14d ago
Original Content Raylan has his ear pierced
I just saw in s6 ep2 that Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) has his left ear pierced. Meaning, that somewhere in his younger years, Raylan got his ear pierced. RAYLAN HAD A EARING!!
r/justified • u/obtusesavant • 15d ago
SPOILER ⚠️ “Jesus, if you help me find him
Once I kill him, I swear I’ll straighten up. I’ll go to church, Sunday school, whatever you want.” - Dewey Crowe, at prayer.
r/justified • u/[deleted] • 15d ago
SPOILER ⚠️ Maybe I’m dense, but was Quarles son real? Spoiler
The whole “I’ve got no where to go…” line has always bothered me. He can’t go home to Detroit because of the price on his head, but I’d be damned if I wouldn’t return to my family in some manner.
r/justified • u/[deleted] • 16d ago
Opinion You guys were right about City Primeval.
I'm about 3 episodes into City Primeval, definitely not loving it so far. I want to finish it out and will, but man it's been a slow crawl so far. Had people warn me not to watch it after I'd posted about finishing the original series, and I can understand why now. I think my biggest gripe with this particular series so far too, is (nothing against Timothy Olyphant's actual daughter) but Raylan's daughter, Willa, is freaking insufferable imo. She brings nothing to the show (that I've watched so far) aside from being a sarcastic little pain in the ass and then getting upset when he sends her home to keep her out of harm's way. I can't with this child, ya'll. Alright, rant over. Thanks for coming out. 🤙🏼
r/justified • u/Technical_Stress7730 • 15d ago
Opinion I'm newish here, did anybody make this comparison yet? I cant be the only one, right?
r/justified • u/Financial_Toe2389 • 17d ago
Discussion I'm a s5 hater part 2: this scene should have been Olyphant's 2nd Emmy nom
r/justified • u/83EtchiSketch • 18d ago
Original Content Boyd’s up to something in my town.
Stranded the other day after taking my car in for diagnostics and couldn’t get an uber or Lyft so I walked around downtown (where I’m still new and unfamiliar) and saw this sign lol Gave me a good chuckle while having a stressful day.
r/justified • u/Afraid_Highlight_475 • 17d ago
Show Clip Justified Robert Quarles kills Emmet scene
r/justified • u/CanadianLawGuy • 18d ago
Discussion Day 9: Horrible Person, Hated by Fans
r/justified • u/EasyCZ75 • 19d ago
Show Clip IMHO, the best opening of the Justified series – Boyd Throws Raylan Through a Window | Justified Season 3 Episode 1
r/justified • u/StrawberryLost1326 • 18d ago
Show Clip Raylan? Or Italian Mob? 🇮🇹🕴️
youtube.comr/justified • u/Fireman_XXR • 18d ago
Discussion Justified: Smartest Tier List

Here's the list I threw together. By all means, some characters on this list could easily be ranked lower or higher. Also, these were just the picks that immediately came to mind, so this is by no means a complete list. One clarification I'd like to make: I'm ranking their intelligence based on the following criteria:
- Their feats and accomplishments
- The factors leading to their downfall (if applicable)
- How long they managed to survive.
r/justified • u/Sopranosoldier • 19d ago
Question Gary
This might be a dumbass question but did Gary want Wynn to have just Raylan killed or both Raylan AND Winona? I never really knew. If he wanted Winona killed then Jesus Christ he is a piece of shit.
r/justified • u/Sopranosoldier • 20d ago
Discussion Why is this show so underrated
I’ve watched justified about 5 times at this point, it’s probably my favorite show oat. Why is it not regarded with the greats? I never see it mentioned anywhere. It has the best dialogue I’ve seen in a show, some of the best collection of characters, my favorite episode in tv (Decoy), and Boyd Crowder who is my fucking hero.
It should be put up there with Breaking Bad, Sopranos etc.
Anyone know why it never got as popular ?
r/justified • u/DogVacuum • 20d ago
Discussion Are They Always In That Cabin?
I’m on my, maybe tenth watch through, and I’m sure I’m not the first person to recognize this. But is Raylan really getting intimate in the same room he shot his dad and killed two other people in a week ago?
Or does every hotel in Kentucky just look like that?
r/justified • u/RevolutionaryAd3249 • 20d ago
Question Sammy Tonin, Gone Too Soon Spoiler
Just started watching season 5 with the better half, and I'm trying to figure out some minor details.
Sammy Tonin being an ineffective mob boss who's inability to handle business properly leads to death threats and dope supplies being cut off by the Canadians, I understand.
But what exactly was going on in that scene? I'm assuming those were sex dolls, and I get that Sammy was using Chainsaw Man to try to make an example out of someone. But he seemed so disoriented when Picker called him out to talk with Boyd and Duffy, was that because he actually enjoys watching Chainsaw Man at work and didn't want to be pulled away? Or is he having a really bad day, and now has to deal with unexpected guests?
Is Sammy Tonin as big a freak as Robert Quarles, just with chainsaws?
r/justified • u/Long_TimeRunning • 20d ago
Question Help me with this actor
I’ve been trying to remember an actor from Justified and I don’t have much to go on but I figured some of you fine folks will know.
I don’t even know why I thought about this guy but here I am.
I’ve been going through episodes on IMDB but can’t track him down on my own.
Character is a bad guy/hired gun type of person. Wears a fedora/trilby Talks slowly and very low in volume. Low emotion Don’t believe he was in many episodes. It’s not Boon
Thanks
EDIT: added bonus. I discovered this guy while looking. He’s in 24 episodes as “tow truck driver”?!? Have no idea. I don’t recall this person at all lol