Tag Archives: Justified

Justifying: Season 3, Part 2 (with Greg Boyd)

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Les Chappell

Due to a mix of obligations personal and professional, I didn’t have a chance to write about FX’s Justified as much as I wanted to this season. I checked in after a few episodes to note approvingly that the characters … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Television Collision Aftershock #1 (with Phoebe Raven)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Les Chappell

Over at CC2K, my friend Phoebe Raven has relaunched the podcast accompanying her regular Television Collision column, now under the heading “Television Collision: Aftershock,” and she asked me to come in as a special guest for the inaugural installment. Given … Continue reading →

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Justifying: Season 3, Part 1

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Les Chappell

One of the interesting things about watching a television show is the fact that, by virtue of it being an ongoing story with multiple installments, there’s rarely one moment that you can point to where it crosses the threshold from … Continue reading →

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Hanging One’s Hat: Haberdashery as TV Criticism

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Les Chappell

Last Sunday, sandwiched between the juggernaut of the NFC/AFC championships and the surprising resilience of Once Upon A Time, NBC elected to burn off the two remaining episodes of their beleaguered drama Prime Suspect. The decision came as no surprise … Continue reading →

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Podcast: Best TV of 2011 (with Cory Barker and Andy Daglas)

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Les Chappell

Yesterday, I teamed up with my good friends Cory Barker and Andy Daglas to discuss the worst television of 2011 in a podcast over at TV Surveillance. For those of you who had the patience to listen to all two … Continue reading →

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Justifying: Season 2, Part 3

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Les Chappell

(Editor’s Note: The earlier installments looking at this season can be found here: Part 1 and Part 2.) The dust has settled over Harlan County, the blood’s stopped flowing out onto the dirt and the wind’s blowing gently through acres … Continue reading →

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Justifying: Season 2, Part 2

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Les Chappell

Welcome back to my analysis of the second season of FX’s Justified, coming to you a week ahead of schedule. I was originally going to slot this installment in after the next episode, breaking the analysis into three sections of … Continue reading →

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Justifying: Season 2, Part 1

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Les Chappell

In the second episode of “Justified’s” sophmore season, Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) and Winona Hawkins (Natalie Zea) appear to be having a friendly conversation about his wardrobe, but it begins heating up into an argument as soon … Continue reading →

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