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We’re just under a quarter of the way through season three of FX’s Justified and those concerns that everyone had about the show having difficulty topping last season’s saga of the Bennett clan? Yeah…they were unfounded.
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As Alan Sepinwall says: “With all the players now on the board, the games can really begin.” We’re only three episodes in, but already the stakes are high and the bodies are piling up.
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I spent the majority of the day looking forward to a new episode of Justified tonight, and then as I sat down to watch, I realized that I’d forgotten Carla freaking Gugino was guest starring. Guess who’s night just got significantly better? All of us!
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After a stunning conclusion to the events of last year, which saw US Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) shot, the Bennett family mostly wiped out and Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) return to his life of crime, what could Justified possibly do for an encore? How about return just as solid as ever?
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In the interest of saving time in the lead-up to season three (next Monday, January 16), the Justified marathon continues with a multi-episode recap. As the second season hits its middle stretch the action heats up and a recurring character is finally given something to do.
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It’s always difficult to discuss an episode of relatively straightforward television. After an episode which began as a stand-alone dovetailed into an exploration of how ambitious the Bennett family is, 2×04 ‘For Blood or Money’ reverted back to the familiar season one model of a stand-alone case. Thankfully the case provided some background on one of my most interesting characters, and began with a dynamite scene.
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