A promised review

[frenchani]

Usually Wednesday means the day I watch Justified. But it will never mean that again, unless I decide to watch my dvds on Wednesday of course!

Now that Raylan Givens has deserted my screen, I feel the urge to sing that Bonny Tyler song "I need a hero"!

Where have all the good men gone and where are all the Gods

Comments

[fragrantwoods]

YAY!! I have never been so satisfied and in a feel-good place at a series end. THe hat! THe Winona! The giving of the crime novel! The jump ahead in time! It was up there with the "Six Feet Under" ending that gave codas to everyone but this was happier. The call-backs and easter eggs just had me smiling almost all the way through (there was some anxiety, of course, for reasons). It felt like everything came full circle with room to go on to happier things outside of our field of vision.

I'd watch the further adventures of Wynn Duffy in a heartbeat. Surely he could fast-talk away whatever part he played in BB. Or just do a promo and ask the audience to give them a pass :-)

Remember Raylen's "if you run into an asshole, you ran into an asshole. If everyone you meet is an asshole, maybe you're the asshole" speech? That's what the switcheroo with the new cop reminded me of.

I do love that Bonnie Tyler song :-) And now he can move towards the elder statesman or the mentoring hero, if he chooses.

Boyd gives him a wink in the "we dug coal together" speech that makes me wonder if that's their lie agreed upon, that their work history is their main bond so they don't have to think too much about crappy fathers, failed relationships, falling short of lofty goals. There was always a fascination with each other, as you say, the Raylan/Boyd thing. Then again, being in school or growing up together doesn't create that life and death dependency that digging coal together would. And it also reinforced them both being on the same side of history, class, politics, etc. for a while.

I just know that line will always make me tear up and smile at the same time :-)

[frenchani]

Remember Raylen's "if you run into an asshole, you ran into an asshole. If everyone you meet is an asshole, maybe you're the asshole" speech? That's what the switcheroo with the new cop reminded me of. Yep, that one too!