There's nothing like good writing, is there? Smooth segue, eh? Good writing delivered via good actors. I'm not sure why so many producers treat this as a top secret formula. Sometimes it feels like more people know KFC's magical recipe. Which, SPOILER ALERT, is people.
Justified is based on the exploits of the Elmore Leonard character, U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens (played cool as all hell by Timothy Olyphant). If you're not familiar with Leonard, get familiar with him. He's one of the best crime fiction writers ever and a master of dialogue. And this show is dripping with his style and flair. At first, I worried it would unfold as a case-of-the-week procedural--which would have been entertaining enough--but having been spoiled by so many good recent shows, I have come to expect more. And this does deliver as a season-long arc hit a very satisfying conclusion last night.
But back to the writing and acting. Some of the best scenes you'll see on TV--anywhere, really--are between Olyphant and Walton Goggins, who was so powerful on "The Shield". Mesmerizing. Not so much for what is said, but how. How they own their characters and the space they're in, how they feed off each other, and how you could watch one scene play out for the whole hour and still want to see more.
So, yeah, check it out.
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