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January 17, 2012

Just So None of You Morons Forget...
— Ace

Third season starts tonight on FX at 10. If you haven't seen it, it's like Downton Abbey, but in Kentucky. And if it there were a lot of guns, and if the families were big in the meth and marijuana trade.

And if the main character shot a lot of people. Kind of by baiting them into a draw, which he knew he could win, and then had to explain to his boss, "Shucks, Chief, I done baited someone to their death yet again."

And the series ignores that, because let's face it, you want to see guys getting plugged in quick-draw contests.

It's like that.

No Maggie Smith.

And don't forget -- gee, is that Nick Searcy (the head US Marshall) in that video endorsing Herman Cain, early in Cain's candidacy? Well I'll be, it sure is.

Posted by: Ace at 02:25 PM | Comments (72)
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Yee-haw!!!!!

DVR is already set up.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at January 17, 2012 02:27 PM (0xqzf)

2 Love me some Justified....DVR up indeedy.

Posted by: Will Not Assimilate For Food at January 17, 2012 02:28 PM (kXoT0)

3 I wait until the dvds come out. None of you people better post any spoilers between now and whenever.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2012 02:33 PM (Gc/Qi)

4 Sadly, this is the best news I have had all day. I love this show, but will miss Mama.

I asked morons before, but have any of you either had a lake dam repaired? It is an old lake my Dad built fifty years ago. It blew. Cost of trees pulled and new dam (bulldozer and whatnot) bidding at $20k. For that much I may learn to drive a bulldozer myself, as the mud/clay is there, natural creek there. I can understand labor, gas, equipment costs, plus a pipe for spillway. But FUBAR, cannot afford this. This is stupid, I know, but many memories of my Daddy washed away with this lake and this broke my heart. Yes, I am a redneck princess.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky loves Rubio at January 17, 2012 02:33 PM (baL2B)

5 mmm...Natalie Zea. And violence. Don't forget the violence.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at January 17, 2012 02:33 PM (7EV/g)

6 As I mentioned on an earlier thread today, another great show also resumes tonight - Southland.
Recording both of them.

Posted by: ontherocks at January 17, 2012 02:34 PM (ZJCDy)

7 Best series on TV. Period. That's all I got...

Posted by: GuyfromNH at January 17, 2012 02:35 PM (kbOju)

8 I pray there is less "pretty female simpleton who bites her lip and looks sad" this season. And more hot country smart girl who you just know would do that thing.

Posted by: sifty at January 17, 2012 02:35 PM (WsOiK)

9 Last season is going to be hard to top.

Posted by: KennyM at January 17, 2012 02:35 PM (28LJM)

10 Archer starts back in I think two days. I actually thought that was what you were talking about for the first few words.

Posted by: Shiggz at January 17, 2012 02:36 PM (RfvTE)

11 I wait until the dvds come out. None of you people better post any spoilers between now and whenever.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2012 06:33 PM (Gc/Qi)

Raylan shot someone. Oops! Sorry.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at January 17, 2012 02:36 PM (7EV/g)

Posted by: ChristyBlinky loves Rubio at January 17, 2012 06:33 PM (baL2B)

Is there a creek in need of a dam?

Posted by: Eager beaver at January 17, 2012 02:37 PM (rlLI1)

13 I wait until the dvds come out. None of you people better post any spoilers between now and whenever.

I believe that would justify a shooting.

Posted by: fluffy at January 17, 2012 02:38 PM (Lpgtj)

14 Archer has Burt Reynolds. And Lana.

Laaaaannnaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Posted by: sifty at January 17, 2012 02:38 PM (WsOiK)

15 Forget what? The title of the show?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, CEO Curmudgeons INC. at January 17, 2012 02:39 PM (d0Tfm)

16 OT -- don't you just hate seeing the same backgrounds over-and-over-again in every pr0n video? Well, those overused LA McMansions are about to be traded-in for locations just outside the jurisdiction of the LA City Council.

Posted by: cthulhu at January 17, 2012 02:40 PM (kaalw)

Two words... three bids.

Make it five if you can. High one doesn't really want the job, and the low one missed something important.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, CEO Curmudgeons INC. at January 17, 2012 02:42 PM (d0Tfm)

But the American people don't like cowboys. Cowboys are dumb. And they carry guns and shoot at things.

That's why Rick Perry should just shut up and go back home.

Posted by: But but but at January 17, 2012 02:42 PM (xgj/f)

FX has consistently put out some of the best shows on TV. Justified is awesome. The League and Always Sunny are F'n hilarious.

The Shield was the best series from beginning to end I've ever seen. The last few episodes were as close to perfect as possible.

Posted by: milkandcheese at January 17, 2012 02:44 PM (duYnt)

20 11 - Curse you! Did they take his hat, is that why? No wait, don't tell me. I don't have a single gay bone in my body, but if that guy doesn't have all the charisma in the world, I don't know who does.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2012 02:44 PM (Gc/Qi)

21 I asked morons before, but have any of you either had a lake dam repaired? It is an old lake my Dad built fifty years ago. It blew. Cost of trees pulled and new dam (bulldozer and whatnot) bidding at $20k. For that much I may learn to drive a bulldozer myself, as the mud/clay is there, natural creek there. I can understand labor, gas, equipment costs, plus a pipe for spillway. But FUBAR, cannot afford this. This is stupid, I know, but many memories of my Daddy washed away with this lake and this broke my heart. Yes, I am a redneck princess.

Are we talking a lake-lake or a pond. Once you get above a certain size there are a LOT of regulations now that come into play (both federal and State) and that may be what is adding to your costs.

What used to be fairly simple 50 years ago is a load of crap now.

Posted by: Vic at January 17, 2012 02:49 PM (YdQQY)

22 Only one show can make me not watch a Kentucky basketball game. Best thing about Justified to me - I am an old Kentucky girl - is that it really gets Kentucky. Oh, the caricature crooks and lawmen aren't really realistic, but the way it portrays the state is, and the accents are. And Timothy Olyphant is the hottest thing on the planet.

Posted by: rockmom at January 17, 2012 02:51 PM (A0UFZ)

23 so, never saw an episode. If i watch tonight, will it ruin seasons 1 and 2 for later viewing?

Posted by: joeindc44 - fully stoked tebow crazed rioter at January 17, 2012 02:52 PM (QxSug)

Posted by: joeindc44 - fully stoked tebow crazed rioter at January 17, 2012 06:52 PM

I'd recommend watching it in order. Lots of cliffhangers and character development in the first two seasons you'd be missing out on.

Posted by: milkandcheese at January 17, 2012 02:59 PM (duYnt)

25 watched season 2 straight thru on DVDs yesterday. Mags will be hard to beat

Posted by: Frank G at January 17, 2012 03:00 PM (cJqu0)

26 #24, No, they run this show like a mini-series, every season has a new storyline and set of villains to face off against Raylan, though there are a couple of continuing characters and there is one bad guy that was not killed last year but is in prison this year and probably will figure in the story. But there have been some huge twists in the final episodes so you may want to get caught up as soon as you can.

Posted by: rockmom at January 17, 2012 03:01 PM (A0UFZ)

27 BTW, looks like a pretty cool "American Experience" tonight about George Armstrong Custer. I think that runs from 9-10 p.m.

Posted by: rockmom at January 17, 2012 03:03 PM (A0UFZ)

28 Thanks re: bids. I am hoping this was the high bid as it almost made me faint. It is an 8-10 acre lake my Dad made in a valley on his land. Natural spring fed a pond, and fifty years ago he probably got a friend with a dozer to go wild one weekend and make the dam. Dam is about 50 yards long, and, unfortunately, trees were allowed to grow and weaken it. Beautiful place. Natural creek was/is the spillway (and beavers love it, another problem my brother is dealing with. I want beavers all dead as they helped weaken the dam). Lake is down to a pond now with advice to let it drain until spring and/or I win the Floriduh lottery. It has depressed me, the thought that it is gone forever. And, yes, Vic, the regulations are probably impacting the repair. We want to do it right, but cannot afford this amount.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky loves Rubio at January 17, 2012 03:04 PM (baL2B)

29 Best show on TV right now. I can't wait. Having a Justified watchin' party with some buddies from work tomorrow night. Pizza, beer, and good guys shooting bad guys, am I missing anything?

Posted by: DanInMN at January 17, 2012 03:11 PM (XqeyF)

30 I always thought the guy rapping on the intro song was white.

Posted by: sunny black at January 17, 2012 03:13 PM (0dyYY)

31 "f you haven't seen it, it's like Downton Abbey, but in Kentucky." Hahahahahaha!

Posted by: mike at January 17, 2012 03:19 PM (LVdhO)

32 Justified is great but so is Downton Abbey (in a guilty pleasure, turn in your man card sense).

Posted by: Jose at January 17, 2012 03:21 PM (srIqv)

Archer and Justified both rule. It's nice because football is dead to me for the rest of the season.

At what point can we talk about the show, since certain people routinely screwed up Walking Dead last season and I got yelled at for Justified spoilers

Posted by: USS Diversity at January 17, 2012 03:22 PM (PddVe)

34 >At what point can we talk about the show

I don't know, but I saw it early on a leaked torrent and Raylan shoots some dude and Dewey Crowe does something fuckin' retarded that made me laugh....Oh wait, I didn't see it early but I bet I'm close ;-)

Posted by: DanInMN at January 17, 2012 03:27 PM (XqeyF)

35 Ah, good. A reason to give a damn about TV again.

And Elmore Leonard just released a new Raylan Givens novel, too. Just got it on my Kindle, but haven't started it yet. Book Raylan is somewhat different from TV Raylan, but still good stuff.

Posted by: Stu-22 at January 17, 2012 03:32 PM (k4bdL)

36 Once it has aired on the left coast, it's fair game.

Posted by: Andy at January 17, 2012 03:33 PM (XG+Mn)

37 Another justified shooting. Haven't done links before, so copy/paste if necessary. Goes to Fox News. http://tinyurl.com/7eohc73

Senior citizen disposes of bad guy. Sorry if already mentioned.

Posted by: Burnt Swamp Catawampus at January 17, 2012 03:34 PM (KbqSK)

38 Oh, yeah. Police chief in that story is a truly good moron.

Posted by: Burnt Swamp Catawampus at January 17, 2012 03:36 PM (KbqSK)

39 Justified turned me on to Elmore Leonard. I lucked into a yard sale and scored about 10 old paperbacks of his. Elmore has been reliably cranking out pretty good yarns for a long time. Interesting thing is that almost all the characters are unique and interesting and vary considerably from novel to novel.

Posted by: Hrothgar at January 17, 2012 03:38 PM (i3+c5)

40 Justified turned me on to Elmore Leonard. I lucked into a yard sale and scored about 10 old paperbacks of his. Elmore has been reliably cranking out pretty good yarns for a long time. Interesting thing is that almost all the characters are unique and interesting and vary considerably from novel to novel.

I hadn't really seriously paid attention to Leonard until Justified either. Now I've been gradually picking his stuff up in e-book form. His early western stories and novels are especially damn good, I think.

Posted by: Stu-22 at January 17, 2012 03:44 PM (k4bdL)

41 No time for an hour drama. But a thirty minute genius comedy... well... new Archer in 3 days!

Posted by: Bender Bending Rodriguez at January 17, 2012 03:46 PM (1H47k)

42
Surprised that you didn't note that Nick Searcy is one of us, an AoS moron in real life.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 17, 2012 03:50 PM (XCHGh)

43 I was pretty disappointed in the last season of Justified, hopefully they get their stuff together for this one. I did like the little girl's character but man is she going to be a mess when she grows up.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 17, 2012 04:06 PM (r4wIV)

44 Not real fond of the romance stories they keep putting him into either, although his girlfriend in the first season was a lot more interesting than his ex wife.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 17, 2012 04:07 PM (r4wIV)

45 So who will be the villains this season?

Posted by: toby928© at January 17, 2012 04:15 PM (GTbGH)

46 Nick Searcy plays the Maggie Smith character.

Posted by: mike at January 17, 2012 04:15 PM (LVdhO)

47 ^{36
Ah, good. A reason to give a damn about TV again.

And Elmore
Leonard just released a new Raylan Givens novel, too. Just got it on my
Kindle, but haven't started it yet. Book Raylan is somewhat different
from TV Raylan, but still good stuff.}

^{Posted by: Stu-22 at January 17, 2012 07:32 PM (k4bdL)}

Local rag had an interview with him regarding the Raylan character and the TV show. Said he loves the show, Olyphant nails Raylan, but the hat is not exactly his Raylan's.

The reason for the new Raylan book? To give the show's writers more material to work with.

Got to love a guy like that.

Posted by: MrCaniac at January 17, 2012 04:17 PM (uuOfy)

48 ^{46
So who will be the villains this season?}

^{Posted by: toby928Â© at January 17, 2012 08:15 PM (GTbGH)}

Not me!

Posted by: Zombie Coover at January 17, 2012 04:18 PM (uuOfy)

49 ^{46
So who will be the villains this season?}

^{Posted by: toby928Â© at January 17, 2012 08:15 PM (GTbGH)}

The previews show Dickie Bennet, Boyd Crowder, and shows the actor Neal McDonough. So I would guess they will be.

And you just know Dewey will have to be back.

Posted by: NrCaniac at January 17, 2012 04:25 PM (uuOfy)

50 The last Elmore Leonard Book I read was Road Dogs and I just didn't care for it. He basically made the ultra cool Jack Foley seem like a worthless putz. Be Cool sucked too, he needs to avoid sequels.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 17, 2012 04:26 PM (r4wIV)

51 Okay. You see.

Third season. This is where it gets tricky.

This is FX.

And, as someone who was raving about the shield when only myself and 3 other people were watching it, I can tell you that FX puts on one helluva a show, until they don't.

They feel the need to keep making it edgier and more gritty until, one day, someone has their face planted against the hot coils of a stove and a male cop is forced by drug lords to give bjs.

Enjoy it while it lasts, because they will totally jump the shark, and unless they've learned anything from the past, it won't be long before they do.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 17, 2012 04:36 PM (piMMO)

52 Its really hard to keep good content up for a long time. England has a more clever system where they do shows only as long as they have a story, then they stop. If they come up with another story, they do another set of shows, but they don't try to drag a series on forever and scramble for what new to put on the screen.

I have a theory that a lot of these shows have one or maybe 2 good seasons of ideas in them, then they just try to figure out something to put out after that and the show suffers. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, whatever that superhero show was, on and on. Its really rare you get a show that has legs like Rockford Files or NCIS and keeps being great entertainment year after year. It seems like the high concept shows are the worst at this, they start off with a bang then sort of stagger around confused and die off after a few years.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 17, 2012 04:39 PM (r4wIV)

53 so, never saw an episode. If i watch tonight, will it ruin seasons 1 and 2 for later viewing?

I would start at the beginning

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 17, 2012 04:48 PM (piMMO)

54 Its really rare you get a show that has legs like Rockford Files or NCIS and keeps being great entertainment year after year. It seems like the high concept shows are the worst at this, they start off with a bang then sort of stagger around confused and die off after a few years.

I could watch reruns of Rockford Files every night.

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 17, 2012 04:49 PM (piMMO)

55 And Quincy

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 17, 2012 04:49 PM (piMMO)

56 Nick Searcy plays the Maggie Smith character. Posted by: mike at January 17, 2012 08:15 PM (LVdhO) Brian Dennehy plays Raylan's Glock.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 17, 2012 04:54 PM (FIE/L)

57 Wait. Ace watches Abbey? That's a chick show... On PBS.

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 17, 2012 05:08 PM (niZvt)

58 Got my glass of wine and my shot of tequila ready. Bring on Timmy boy. Man.. that guy is the best eye candy for us moronettes since I don't know when.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 17, 2012 05:16 PM (Z71Vg)

59 I can't wait for this; I only have about 4 shows that I watch religiously, and since "Sons of Anarchy" is on hiatus, "Justified" fits in perfectly. I'm as big a sucker for gunplay as anyone, but I love how sharp the dialog and characterizations are. Last season was great watching Raylan TRY NOT to shoot people, until he had to and then it was all about the shootin'.

Posted by: UGAdawg at January 17, 2012 05:16 PM (WYOrt)

60 I'm gonna miss Mags though. Damn, she was good.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 17, 2012 05:17 PM (Z71Vg)

61 Downton Abbey kicks ass and is unapologetically conservative.

Posted by: President Chet Roosevelt at January 17, 2012 05:17 PM (hCMR9)

Posted by: UGAdawg at January 17, 2012 09:16 PM (WYOrt)

I'm a huge SOA fan, but had never seen season 1. After this last season ended my neighbor bought season 1 and loaned it to me. As great as I still think the show is, nothing will top season 1.

Posted by: jewells45 at January 17, 2012 05:18 PM (Z71Vg)

63 Just read on another blog an entirely plausible explanation for why the residents of Harlan County are so violent; the wretchedness of Kentucky football.

Posted by: UGAdawg at January 17, 2012 05:19 PM (WYOrt)

64 jewells, I thought season 2 was actually the best, and maybe one of the top 5 best seasons of any TV show. Watching the tension between Ron Perlman's and Charlie Hunnam's characters reach a boiling point, then watching the Sons go after the Nazi's was a dump truck full of awesome.

Posted by: UGAdawg at January 17, 2012 05:21 PM (WYOrt)

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 17, 2012 08:36 PM

I agree about The Shield to a point. There was about a season worth of material the show could have done without, and they did push the envelope a little too far from time to time. I thought the last season was amazing, though. Especially the finale.

Rescue Me, on the other hand, started off great but got old after the second season.

Posted by: milkandcheese at January 17, 2012 05:24 PM (duYnt)

66 Thanks Ace. This show is awesome. Need something now that Terra Nova is done.

Posted by: WeekendAtBernankes at January 17, 2012 06:13 PM (DOm3D)

67 I liked Mags too, she was a great character, wonderful actress.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at January 17, 2012 06:56 PM (r4wIV)

He only had one shooting in Season 2. And it was justified.

Posted by: Z Ryan at January 17, 2012 07:25 PM (tsC/8)

69 Love Justified. Meant to rewatch season two before it started. Oh well.

Posted by: RWC at January 17, 2012 07:39 PM (zeBf8)

70 Tonight's lesson: Don't play gun games with a U.S. Marshall. Especially on a tablecloth!

Posted by: SoCalSteeler at January 18, 2012 12:24 AM (xUem0)

71 64 Just read on another blog an entirely plausible explanation for why the residents of Harlan County are so violent; the wretchedness of Kentucky football.<<

Nobody gives a rip about football, really. It's all about the basketball.

Posted by: Kerry at January 18, 2012 04:41 AM (a/VXa)

72
That could be the theme song for the Daily DOOM article...

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie © at January 18, 2012 05:30 AM (1hM1d)

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