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

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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Justifying: Season 3, Part 1

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

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)

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

(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

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

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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