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Eddie jemison elf8/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Still, when Winona turned up in the scene where Ava met U.S. These days, with most shows operating on a tight budget where only a handful of actors are budgeted to appear in every single episode, the idea of who is or isn't a "regular castmember" is less aesthetic than it is contractual.If the series can be fluid about its format - standalone-only if the story's good enough to carry the hour (like last week's fugitive dentist plot), and a mix when it's not - I'll be very pleased. And I liked the way this episode flipped the format, with the more serialized and personal plots taking the forefront but with an engaging, and brief, episodic story about Raylan playing gardener to catch a fugitive. Not only does Raylan vow to put Arlo back in prison, somehow, but we're reminded that Boyd has a very large family, and most of them - including papa Bo (who will also require great casting, after the build-up here) - aren't too happy with either Raylan or Ava. It'd make any man angry and death-obsessed.)Īfter the last few episodes were largely self-contained adventures of Raylan and the other Marshals, "The Lord of War and Thunder" suggested that "Justified" may have room for some longer-term storytelling, after all. (And, really, can you blame him after seeing the little cemetary outside his childhood home? We all figuratively have a gravestone waiting with our name on it, but Raylan had to grow up looking at a literal one. He has his code, and he makes sure his opponents know it if they follow his rules, they get a pass, and if they don't, he can always tell himself it's their own fault they're dead. He can let it out when necessary, but usually he does it in a controlled manner. And just as Arlo vowed to be the opposite of his own father, Raylan the son of a criminal not only went into the law, but made himself into a man with a tight leash on his own fury. Raylan's angry, but he grew up in the home of a man who couldn't control his anger. In that moment, Raylan was alone with the ghosts of his childhood, and anyone else in the room was irrelevant, except as someone whose ass Raylan could kick if they were dumb enough to make him.Īnd it's also a mark of both Olyphant's performance and the way Yost and company have written the character that he did not, in fact, go off on Perkins or his nephews when the opportunity arose. In that scene, Raylan wasn't talking to Perkins, and was barely even talking at him. ![]() It wasn't because of the content of the speech, since a lot of the Givens family backstory was already strongly implied (as I've said, Graham Yost characters tend to spell out more than is necessary), but because of how Olyphant played it. In particular, I loved the scene where Raylan goes to Perkins' house and tells the story of his childhood. Barry as Arlo, in part due to Timothy Olyphant putting Raylan's more laid-back qualities aside for an episode and unleashing that anger we all know he plays so well. Fortunately, "The Lord of War and Thunder" was up to expectations, thanks in part to the casting of ace character actor Raymond J. ![]() "But our stories are our own, huh? We all got our cross to bear." -Arlo GivensThe early episodes of "Justified" dropped so many ominous hints about Raylan's father that the episode introducing Papa Givens was going to have a lot to live up to. After OJ witnesses something spectacular in the sky, he and Em –with the help of a tech salesman (Perea) and a documentarian (Wincott) - set about trying to capture this UFO on camera.A review of tonight's "Justified" coming up just as soon as I get my dignity back. OJ (Kaluuya) is running the family’s California ranch, which is in the business of providing horses for Hollywood productions, and his sister Emerald “Em” (Palmer) is the more charismatic of the two. While the premise of Peele’s latest film has been kept quiet, the trailers have divulged a few details so audiences know a little of what to expect going into the theater. The cast also includes Barbie Ferreira, Keith David, Wrenn Schmidt, Donna Mills, Devon Graye, Eddie Jemison, Osgood Perkins, Terry Notary, Andrew Patrick Ralston, and Jennifer Lafleur. Steven Yeun portrays Ricky “Jupe” Park, but his relation to the Haywood siblings has yet to be clarified - audiences will just have to wait to see how he fits into the plot. The two siblings are accompanied by Brandon Perea as Angel Torres and Michael Wincott as Antlers Holst. ‘Nope’ Film Review: The Parts of Jordan Peele’s Latest Are Greater than the Whole Who Is in the “Nope” Cast?ĭaniel Kaluuya plays OJ Haywood, the California ranch owner and older brother to Keke Palmer’s Emerald Haywood. ![]()
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