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By Matthew Gilbert Globe Staff,Updated March 17, 2021, 4:24 p.m.
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Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens (left) and Patton Oswalt as Bob Sweeney in Justified. Prashant Gupta
âJustified,â the six-season FX series currently available on Hulu, is a great series. If youâre looking for a show, try it.
Adapted from an Elmore Leonardâs fiction and set in Harlan County, Ky., it follows the adventures of the laconic, whip-fast Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, played by Timothy Olyphant at his wry best. Raylan is a ladiesâ man and a contemporary cowboy, and he frequently goes up against the inscrutable and charismatic bad guy, Boyd Crowder, played by Walton Goggins. The dance between Raylan and Boyd is quintessentially American, and theyâre surrounded by lots of quirky, Leonard-esque crooks and cops. The best season is the second, by the way, with Raylan facing down the criminal Benne
Justified and the Battle of Bloody Harlan
Justified s second season finale, Bloody Harlan, is a master class in acting, directing, writing, and American myth-making.
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TV shows don’t get much cooler than
Justified, and TV protagonists don’t get much cooler than Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, who’s brought to swaggering life by
Timothy Olyphant across the series’ six seasons. Fans of
Graham Yost’s neo-Western saga tend to discuss Raylan like a real-life folk hero, spreading tales of his badassery with awestruck reverence or boisterous enthusiasm. Eventually, the characters in the show start to do the same. He’s a cowboy for the ages, a word-of-mouth local legend, and a man who wears his body count like both a badge of honor and a red flag. Few chapters of his story are as thrilling and bone-deep satisfying as the series’ second season finale, “Bloody Harlan.”