My god-daughter mentioned the show to me, and obviously I knew about it from here. She said she'd happily watch all the seasons with me when we get a chance.

Guess I'll try to not get attached to this Winona chick...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at April 03, 2013 02:40 PM (jucos)

She's on    Dancing with the Stars this season, so she'll lose a good chunk of that weight if she hangs around.

I can hear   all y'all   giggling.      My mother watches it, not me,  so shut it.  :-P

Posted by: Flatbush Joe at April 03, 2013 02:41 PM (ZPrif)

A spoiler warning is considered standard internet etiquette.  Oh and fuck you.

Posted by: tasker at April 03, 2013 02:43 PM (r2PLg)

They're all so interchangeable,     probably.

Posted by: RWC at April 03, 2013 02:44 PM (fWAjv)

Aww, that's a shame.    I was hoping it would be Andy "I'm a Massive" Dick.

I'm still giggling.

Hush, you!  

Posted by: Jay in Ames at April 03, 2013 02:46 PM (i2Lsf)

My mother is a 69 year-old woman     who enjoys   HGTV    and    "Masterpiece Theater."

BackwardsBoy, on   the other hand....  

Posted by: waldo at April 03, 2013 02:46 PM (TE8aX)

Yup. Justified.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 03, 2013 02:44 PM (aDwsi)

THAT would have made Dallas interesting. Undead Oil Baron J.R. Ewing.

Sucks oil out of the ground by day, sucks blood from the Barnes family by night.


Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2013 02:48 PM

Sounds like a Camp NaNoWriMo story just begging to    be written.

Clearly none of you fucking RINOs have a problem worshipping  at  the feet of the murderous  police state by supporting this show.

Maybe they'll put on a show about a team of cops who does  no-knock warrants to raid law-abiding  cannabis users for you jerk yourselves silly over. 

Moar Murder, please.

That needs a Lolcat.

BackwardsBoy, on the other hand...

That's B'Gal's doings. But they have a kick-ass band, and there  are quite a few hotties  on that show  that I'd have to be surgically removed from, IYKWIMAITYD.

Plus, B'Gal helps me watch football, it's kinda the least I can do.

THAT would have made Dallas interesting. Undead Oil Baron J.R. Ewing.

Sucks oil out of the ground by day, sucks blood from the Barnes family by

night.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 03, 2013 02:48 PM (TIIx5)

Dallas meets Dark Shadows?

CARSON: Might I have a word, milord?

LORD GRANTHAM: CanÂ’t it wait?

CARSON [looking at wristwatch]: IÂ’m sorry to bother you, milord, but itÂ’s gone noon, and it appears that the First World War has just come to an end.

LORD GRANTHAM: ThatÂ’s marvelous news, Carson, particularly for our boys at the front. War is a tiresome business, particularly when it leads to bloodshed. A human life is a precious thing, Carson.

CARSON: Indeed so, milord. [Prepares to exit.]

LORD GRANTHAM: One moment, Carson. You mentioned the First World War. I trust you did not mean to imply that a second may be on the way?

CARSON [looking at wristwatch]: Indeed, milord, I regret to say that Mr. Churchill has just this minute announced the commencement of a Second World War.

Posted by: ace at April 03, 2013 02:53 PM (LCRYB)

Yup!  It just came out of nowhere though.  Funny.

Posted by: EC at April 03, 2013 02:52 PM (GQ8sn) <<<<

That was my first attempt at socking a member of,  say...  Teh  Tru Conservative  r3v0Lution.

Too much?  Not enough?  looking for some feedback.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at April 03, 2013 02:41 PM (+z4pE)

If  you'd  seen  the  show  you'd  know  they  threw  Dorothy  Hamill  in  the  volcano.

Stop  making  shit  up.

"In Harlan County, WE know the difference between dynamite and road flares."

Possibly the best line ever uttered on TV.  Ever.

"Last night's episode made it pretty clear the show is aware what Raylan is doing is bad policework at the best and akin to murder at the worst"

That's part of what makes Raylan such a good character. He's a decent man, but he also has a lot of his murderous father in him (who he hated). The show is basically a Western, with Raylan as an anti-hero killer.

In his defense, everybody he's killed completely deserved it.

Posted by: EC

Good show,  but  of course  his possible Emmy moment came in Sons of Anarchy.

George Takei  and  Mark Hamill made a guest appearance on The Neighbors finale.  They didn't kill anyone though.

We gave him crap for a few days and were about to let it go (because who hasn't had to endure something otherwise awful to enjoy female company) when he decided to share a little more. He told us that it really bothered him that we made fun of the fact that he didn't hate Brokeback Mountain.

That's just funny right there.  

Meh.  The Dancing with the Stars thing really doesn't bother me.   I'm not a fan of any reality shows because they irritate me, but I do like to watch some of the finale shows of things like DWTS because it's nice to see how talented some of these novices become.  Same with American Idol and the like.  

Now if you EVER catch me watching or quoting    "The (fucking) View" in anything but a patronizing and/or ironic fashion, feel free to laugh your collective asses off at me and never let me hear the end of it.   That show is worth nothing but mockery.

<<<Another one of those weird lefty historical delusions. Up there with the Rosenbergs being innocent.>>>

I don't  think lefties believe the Rosenbergs  didn't commit  treason, just that what they did  was entirely justified,  because America sucks.

Too much? Not enough? looking for some feedback.

Just a sarc/  tag of some sort,  maybe,  but  I got it anyway.

Posted by: fixerupper at April 03, 2013 02:59 PM (nELVU)

Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 03, 2013 02:59 PM (aDwsi)

Love that show!  My wife is Danish though, and she puts some knowledge on me.  For instance, last show we watched they were going to Cattagatt, which she told me means "Cats Vagina" in Danish.  Yeah, I don't even know.  That's how Danes are.

Posted by: Thorvald at April 03, 2013 02:58 PM (1V6Pv)

Maybe by the time next year's Justified season premiere airs, they will be available to dial your brain activity back up.

Posted by: RWC at April 03, 2013 02:59 PM (fWAjv)

Shit, you'd have to fight me for her.

Ace wrote, "Last night's episode made it pretty clear the show is aware what Raylan is doing is bad policework at the best and akin to murder at the worst.

So I withdraw that snark."

I disagree. Arranging the assassination of Nicky Augustine, a murderous mafioso who's promised to kill his family, seems to me like a perfectly ethical thing to do. Bad policework? Without doubt. 'Akin to murder'? Not at all. Protecting one's family from murderous thugs is an ultimately moral act. Besides, Raylan was suspended at the time. He wasn't carrying a badge; hence, he wasn't acting in any official capacity.

And provoking bad guys into drawing on him so he can legally shoot them? I don't have any ethical problems with that, either. In every instance, the men (and one woman) Raylan has shot throughout the course of the series have been evil, despicable people--most of whom, by the way, had the choice of surrender, which is a choice he has given all of those with whom he's had a chance to interact. At the very least, Raylan's given them all a fighting chance.

Look up FBI Agent Jelly Bryce, who had one of the fastest draws ever recorded (clocked by Life magazine at 4/10ths of a second) and who was one of the most proficient killers of men who has ever lived. Hoover's Bureau used Bryce as a specialist in stand-off situations. In most instances, Bryce would approach the door alone and engage the bad guy in a straightforward negotiation: surrender or die. 21 men went for their guns and died doing it. He was freakishly fast and unerringly accurate. Bryce never missed, not ever, not once. Was what Bryce doing 'akin to murder'? I would argue no, of course not. Same thing here.

I keep forgetting about "Vikings!"   I want to watch it and never remember it's on.

Is it on Amazon Prime?  Hulu?  I'll have to catch up.

Posted by: Andy at April 03, 2013 03:05 PM (wzrVp)

Is there nothing it    can't do?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at April 03, 2013 03:05 PM (XYSwB)

Let's all go to the lobby...

Vikings  is pretty badassed,  as is The Americans.

And, for the record, DWTS is the only "reality" type show I watch regularly, with the possible exception of Moonshiners   and my new fave, Duck Dynasty.

And I hear Sons of Guns is starting up again.

That was my first attempt at socking a member of, say... Teh Tru Conservative r3v0Lution.

Too much? Not enough? looking for some feedback.

Some references to Objectivism would be nice.

:::Look up FBI Agent Jelly Bryce, who had one of the fastest draws ever recorded (clocked by Life magazine at 4/10ths of a second) and who was one of the most proficient killers of men who has ever lived.:::

Bob Munden would have dropped his ass before he could clear leather.  He was faster than a streak of blue summer lightnin.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 03, 2013 03:07 PM (4df7R)

Wow, after all this time, that got that tune stuck in my head and I can see the walking box of popcorn and everything.

Wow, after all this time, that got that tune stuck in my head and I can see the walking box of popcorn and everything.

Posted by: Heralder at April 03, 2013 03:08 PM (+xmn4)

It's definitely an ear worm.

I've always wondered why the snacks look so jaunty as they're dancing along.   Don't they realize they're going to be eaten?

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 03, 2013 03:05 PM (4df7R)

Not sure about Amazon Prime, but it is on Hulu for sure, that's where I watch it.  I haven't been able to find Justified anywhere though, haven't seen an episode yet.

Isn't Wynona the young lady with the Big Brown Beaver from Primus's song of the same name?

"Wynona's got herself a big brown beaver
And she shows it off to all her friends.
One day, you know, that beaver tried to leave her,
So she caged him up with cyclone fence.
Along came Lou with the old baboon
And said Recognize that smell?
Smells like seven layers,
That beaver eats Taco Bell.

Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans
And he travelled with the carnival shows.
He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars
And he candied up his nose.
He got wind of the big brown beaver
So he though he'd take himself a peek,
But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis
Now he ain't pissed for a week.
(And a half!)

Now Wynona took her big brown beaver,
And she stuck him up in the air.
Said I sure do love this big brown beaver
And I wish I did have a pair.
Now the beaver once slept for seven days
And it gave us all an awful fright.
So I tickled his chin and I gave him a pinch
And the bastard tried to bite me.
Wynona loved her big brown beaver
And she stroked him all the time.
She pricked her finger one day and it occurred to her
She might have a porcupine."

Does this clear things up?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2013 03:08 PM (GFM2b)

Yeah, ditto    to anyone who DVRed the last episode of    "The Bible."

Posted by: ace at April 03, 2013 02:51 PM (LCRYB)

Here we have proof the Cobloggers are conspiring via email..... (Yikes!)

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 03, 2013 03:09 PM (4df7R)

Ha! 

Wonder if that requires a permit for open carry?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at April 03, 2013 02:59 PM (aDwsi)

In Calif, a sword is covered under 'dirks and daggers', which are at least 4 inches long, and in a sheath... and can be carried except near schools, and in public buildings.

If you draw a sword however, its an implicit threat of bodily injury... and immidiatly falls under assault with a deadly weapon...

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:07 PM (CJjw5)

Bob Munden was an exhibition shooter. Bryce's targets, some of the toughest, meanest, evil bastards on the planet, had the capacity to shoot back. Munden, were he alive, would certainly grant the point.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:09 PM (fwARV)

*innocent, doe-like eyes*   Why sir, I do declare, I have no idea what you're talkin' about!

Am I the only one dialing into Vikings?


I tried. Just didn't have that "spark" that made me want to come back.

Flock (sp?) the boat-builder is a hoot.  The slave-priest isn't bad either, he's trying to make the best of his situation, but I'm pretty sure he'll wind up dead soon.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 03, 2013 03:10 PM (mN8D3)

Ah, good to know.  Thanks   for the head's up!

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 03, 2013 03:11 PM (lZBBB)

Do they define "sword" because I've got several decorative swords that are more dangerous as heavy objects than anything.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:11 PM (fwARV)

"We get no love."

-The Minoans

Posted by: elizabethe at April 03, 2013 03:12 PM (qPCAa)

The rushed ending (and lack of coverage of pretty much all of Acts) was a downer.

OT but the imbecile D from Colorado doesn't realize that 30 round magazines can be reloaded...these are our betters who pass laws that affect all of us.

http://tinyurl.com/cxwaoy8

<<<<Bob Munden was an exhibition shooter. Bryce's targets, some of the toughest, meanest, evil bastards on the planet,had the capacity to shoot back.>>>>

Jelly Bryce  was an  exhibition shooter up until the first  time he killed a man.  That's all "exhibition shooting" is:  practice.

Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at April 03, 2013 03:12 PM (4df7R)

So this is what Moron foreplay looks like....

Posted by: tsrblke at April 03, 2013 03:14 PM (GaqMa)

Nope.... they cover them under 'dirks and daggers' for some strange reason...

Which... being the land of Zorro, is kinda strange... LOL....

(I had to research this a bit when I moved back here, as I do Elizabethan Fencing for a hobby.... and do Ren Faires and such..... theres almost always a sword in my car... LOL)

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:15 PM (fwARV)

But we TRY,    and   really,     it's the thought that counts.

Of course, I imagine you don't know nothing about birthin' no babies, Ms. Scarlett, either. Am I right?

Pfft!   Frankly, with regards to    Miss   Scarlett,     I   don't give a damn!

(Honestly, Rhett Butler would have gone up in my estimation if he'd smacked her before walking out the door)

Just so Ralen doesn't call any of them f*ggot," "f**ry," or "c**t before he kills them...

So this is what Moron foreplay looks like....

It's a segue into the 30 Minutes of Begging.

Posted by: Heralder at April 03, 2013 03:18 PM (+xmn4)

Huh. I always had AtC pictured as (star)Screamer.

*doesn't even bother running*

And so it was, that the day's threads came full-circle.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:18 PM (fwARV)

I hear an echo -o -o -o...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:18 PM (fwARV) >>>

We back to gay marriage already?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:21 PM (CJjw5)

Someone mentioned George Takei upthread.

So yes.

>We back to gay marriage already?

MARRIAGE!

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:16 PM (CJjw5)

Not quite true. Bryce was a competition shooter (and college student at the time) who was appointed to a police position after the Oklahoma City police chief, who needed another man to meet team requirements for a shooting match, saw Bryce nail each of the spades on a 4 of Spades playing card at 10 yards. A few days after becoming a police officer, Bryce shot dead two car thieves who went for guns when he approached.

On Hoover's orders, Bryce later did exhibition shooting as an FBI Agent as a kind of public relations gig. He hated doing it, felt it kept him away from doing real law enforcement work.

Posted by: RWC at April 03, 2013 03:18 PM (fWAjv)

-----------------------------------------------

I always see him as Wormtongue  or David Axelrod.  Yeah, I hope that little shit gets the ax.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:21 PM (fwARV)

You just know he's going to get it, they're building him up as one of those people you love to hate.

Seriously. Every single time he appears on screen, I just want the earth to swallow him up, or Ragnar's Shield-Maiden-Bad-Ass-Rapist-Stabbing wife to fucking explode his face with a blacksmith hammer.

Yeah, he's rather weasel-like.

Re: Timon @214,

Thanks for that man, made my day, I put it out on the Twitters (I don't have a twitter handle for you so I just tipped it with Polliwogette's #atTheHQ hash)

Posted by: tsrblke at April 03, 2013 03:22 PM (GaqMa) >>>

Close enough.

Speaking of "Girls", I recently saw that movie  "This Is 40" and that fat tub of talentless goo, Lena Dunham,  had a bit  part in it.  

Posted by: Soona at April 03, 2013 03:23 PM (aALMI)

HAHAH. Perfect!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 03, 2013 03:20 PM (GFM2b)

And yet?  She and her party think she is qualified to make the rules the rest of us have to follow...

NOW do you see why I'm a Libertarian?  I KNOW that sooner or later... someone stupid gets put into a position of power....

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:24 PM (CJjw5)

Thanks for making sure I stay far away from that movie.

<<<Not quitetrue. Bryce was a competition shooter (and college student at the time) who was appointed to a police position after the Oklahoma City police chief, who needed another man to meet team requirements for a shooting match, saw Bryce nail each of the spades on a 4 of Spades playing card at 10 yards. A few days after becoming a police officer, Bryce shot dead two car thieves who went for guns when he approached>>>

So  he was an exhibition shooter. 

Also,  he killed a single car thief who went for a gun, and was arrested for murder, as he had not been even issued a badge yet.

The two he killed after  that were burglars he caught trying to break open a door.

AtC is a ginger.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at April 03, 2013 03:27 PM (da5Wo)

Okay, timeout. 

How many Horde wimminses are NOT gingers?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider at April 03, 2013 03:27 PM (fwARV)

I'd rather see him fall into the hands of someone he has wronged, like Ragnar himself.  The Jarl is a whole different story.

Also, Bob Munden was timed at 17 one-hundredths of a second, not four tenths.

That's .017 versus .40

I almost hope the Earl has his executed for something trivial. I wouldn't mind seeing the 'but... but... I'm LOYAL! I SERVED you!'

"Yes, but you have outlived your usefulness."

If the previews from last week's  show is any giveaway, I'm pretty certain Ragnar's gonna do it:   Weasel boy shoots him with an arrow.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:26 PM (CJjw5)

You're nitpicking. He wasn't an exhibition shooter before going into law enforcement. He was an amazingly good shot with one-in-a-million natural skills who got noticed for it by the right man at the right place at the right time.

Thanks for correcting me on the bad guys he shot at the beginning of his police career. Bryce's biography's around here somewhere but I was too lazy to look it up.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:30 PM (CJjw5)

I don't care what Bob Munden's time was. Munden was not a cop, not a soldier, not a man who stood against another man in a life-or-death situation. He was a showman. Nothing wrong with that, but there's a big difference between blowing away paper and blowing away armed opponents. Munden himself would probably agree to the distinction. Why you don't is beyond me.

Man. Y'all suck.  Here I was sure that the HQ was the one place I could come to actually talk about the Justified finale, and y'all are whinging like little girls about spoilers.

This was a masterful piece of writing.  The more I have thought about it the better it is.  The whole season it seemed Boyd was getting dirtier and dirtier and less likeable, but that ending just made you want to give him a big ole hug and say "it's OK."  He survived all the killing and outsmarted everyone (except Limehouse, and there's another hook for next season), but he couldn't save Ava from her one big mistake. 

And I thought they would finish the Drew Thompson story, but they didn't.  I'm glad, it gives them a hook for next season so they are not going to start all over again with a new set of villains.  I still want to know how Arlo got started and why he was covering for Drew all those years.   I want to know why Theo Tonin still wants Drew dead.  Maybe Sammy doesn't care now, but I think he does.  

As a Kentucky native, I just adore this show and hope it goes on and on.  I've been reading the Raylan Givens novels off and on, and the show really does a great job with the characters and with Kentucky.   

Posted by: garfish

***

That anorexic sour puss looked like a corpse when she was alive.

<<<<I don't care what Bob Munden's time was. Munden was not a cop, not a soldier, not a man who stood against another man in a life-or-death situation. He was a showman. Nothing wrong with that, but there's a big difference between blowing away paper and blowing away armed opponents. Munden himself would probably agree to the distinction. Why you don't is beyond me.>>>>

Because you're talking about character and I'm talking about skill with pistols.  Bryce practiced with trick shots and fast-draw  since he was a kid, just like Munden.  How do you know Munden would not have been able to shoot a man?  How did Bryce  know  that  he would be able to, up until  the moment he had to?

Repetition.  I doubt Bryce  gave any thought to it before he shot his first man.  His hand flashed down there and did its thing. 

Posted by: Empire of Jeff

***

Flashback to my arraignment...

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:40 PM (CJjw5)

Munen muso: no mind. If you thinking about it, you're dead. And you're probably right about Munden. Too bad he died recently. If asked about it, I wonder what his answer would be.

I've been getting into point shooting a lot lately. I've learned that it's hard to be good at point shooting. I've also learned it's a good thing I bought a whole bunch of handgun ammo before the panic started. It takes a lot of practice.

::: Too bad he died recently. If asked about it, I wonder what his answer would be:::

He'd probably shoot you and say,  "Does that answer yer question, boyah?"

There was a pretty decent body count last night.  Raylan and Winona taking care of business with the two thugs who broke in and were threatening her.. whoa!  didn't see THAT coming (Winona I mean).  Then Raylans murder by proxy of that dickhead from Chicago.  Got his own men to fill him full of holes.  Pretty slick Raylan, pretty slick.

Wished all season for Andrea to get it.. thank you Lord for answering my prayer.  Carl is gonna be trouble for Rick next season and maybe throughout the rest of the series.  Could easily see Carl getting killed off.

Have you seen this weeks?

Shit, no I haven't.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 03, 2013 03:24 PM (CJjw5)

Was the movie good?  Previews were.

DICK!

Nice spoiler, was going to watch it off the DVR tonight.

Posted by: rockmom at April 03, 2013 03:37 PM (Ea7Up)

How did I not know this? Book now on order. I love Raylan and the entire crew on this show (well, except that weird-looking forehead guy from the trailer and Dixie Mafia). I have to say that I still miss Mags. And...good shot, Winonna.