It’s almost the end of the exciting last season of
Justified. I’m expecting the some
gunfire, a death or two, but not of any main characters until the finale. Pour some bourbon and let’s check up on our
favorite friends in Harlan.
Katherine and Wynn discuss recent events with Boyd via
phone. The two are made at Boyd’s
“explosive” methods. Katherine reminds
him, “That they are supposed to be on the same side.” The burning question
(puns, apologies) is when and where Avery will move his millions.
Wynn checks in with Raylan. He wants to sever his ties with
the Marshalls. Raylan isn’t happy with Wynn’s “help” so far. Raylan wonders if the failure of the explosion
was intentional.
Boyd reluctantly meets with his old adversary Limehouse. Boyd is vague about his problems but mentions
he almost died in the mine. “I don’t like you, but I need you.” Limehouse
reasons the Crowder’s are “fixin’ to leave.” They haggle about the fee for Limehouse’s
services. Boyd agrees to give him the “Walker money” (100K). Limehouse wants
Boyd to promise that he’ll never return to Harlan.
Ava discovers Dewey’s necklace hung on a baby gator in the
bar. She pockets the blood stained
evidence.
Nobody’s favorite new character Boon runs into Raylan and
Boyd. Boon talks almost as much as Boyd, but makes half as much sense. Boon
singles out that any man can wear a hat, and it’s his job to give them a
reality check. (Not sure if I want to even know this jerk so late in the
series.) Avery wonders if Raylan is going to arrest him. Raylan asks him to
call Katherine and see how long it takes for her to mention the location of the
money. Avery wants to prove Raylan wrong, calls Katherine. She asks about the money nearly immediately.
Avery tells her he’s planning to move it to North Carolina.
Wynn and Boyd, armed with new information from Katherine,
discuss where to best hit the money transport. Boyd has years of experience
transporting drugs, knows the best location to rob the vehicle. Wynn finishes
the call and hops into the “douche mobile.” Mike is texting someone. Wynn asks
Mike if he’s done lecturing him about becoming a snitch. Mike cryptically
replies, “I’m done with the code.”
Tim and Raylan watch the action around the Pizza Portal
after the fire. Raylan muses that Boyd’s too smart to trust the information
regarding the money transport. “Last time we tried to catch him in the act, we
ended up with a duffle bag of underwear.” (Dewey’s important mission earlier
this season.)
Back at the bar, Ava asks Earl if he knows what happened to
Zachariah. He obviously doesn’t care and tells her he thinks he’s dead or
trapped. Ava doesn’t seem ready to
accept this given what an experienced miner her uncle was. Boyd is excited about the upcoming showdown.
He realizes that the Marshalls have set the money-moving plan in motion, but he
has an alternative plan. Ava fingers Dewey’s necklace as Boyd departs. (Will
she use it as leverage later?”)
Vasquez and Rachel speak to Raylan over the phone. Raylan
explains that Boyd won’t hit the “bait truck” based on information he’s
received from Ava. Vasquez is exasperated with Ava’s performance as a C.I. He
threatens to send her back to prison unless they capture Boyd in the commission
of a RICO crime. Raylan says, “Do you really
think this will end in a trial, not a blaze of gunfire like the outlaw he’s
always been?”
Katherine meets Boyd who promptly pulls out a gun and
kidnaps her.
Avery sits down to a meeting with Loretta’s aunt Lillian.
They discuss Loretta’s past and her time in foster care. Lillian is bitter with
the system that didn’t think they were good enough to have custody of her.
Lillian sees Avery’s intention, he wants her to sell to him and if she doesn’t,
he’ll kill her and get Lillian to sell.
Avery exits the house, telling Boon that Lillian is as tough
as a “knotty pine.” Avery asks Boon if his conscience ever bothers him. Boon
shrugs, he has no problem with conscience. He enters Lillian’s home and two
gunshots are heard. (Assume that Loretta is the next target.)
Boyd has Katherine in his truck as he calls Avery. Boyd
informs him that he knows the money is really not on the move to the location
the Marshalls have set. His demand is simple, cash or Katherine dies.
Avery leaves Boon to meet Boyd. Boon offers to come along,
but Avery wants to not take any chances on this mission and dismisses him.
Wynn and Mike are in the “douche mobile.” Mike asks, “You
said ‘this time’ when you agreed to work with the Marshalls. You ratted on
Grady.” Mike hits Wynn’s head against the table then handcuffs him. Wynn moans
as Mike calls Katherine, “I think I may have something that might interest
you.”
Katherine tells Boyd he’s “too cool.” Boyd calls Avery to
set the time and location of their meeting.
Up the interstate, Earl is arrested alone. Rachel concedes,
“Raylan was right. Ava did give us the correct information.” Ava meets with
Raylan at her home. She shows him the passport provided by Limehouse. (Why?)
Raylan informs her that Vasquez is “pulling the plug” on her deal and that she
will likely go back to prison. Ava assures him that she’ll help bring in Boyd
with the money. “Sorry.” Raylan says. Ava shows him Dewey’s necklace,
highlighting the fact that there is blood on it. Raylan shakes his head, “It
ain’t enough.” Ava persists, “What if I can get him to confess to killing him?”
Boon is at the diner where he taunts the “hipster” server
over his hat. He also bothers the single
young woman the hipster is flirting with. He menacingly offers the man one
hundred dollars for his hat. The server, wishing to avoid further trouble,
gives Boon the hat. After trying it on,
he decides it doesn’t suit him and leaves. Not sure what the point of this
scene is except to prove that Boon is an ass.
Raylan tells Ava he can’t see Boyd confessing to murdering
Dewey. Ava drawls, “You doubt I can’t
use my feminine wiles to make him do whatever I want?” She then muses what her life would have been
like if she had left Harlan with Raylan when they were teens. Regarding Boyd, Raylan says, “I want to trust
you..”
Avery meets with Boyd and Katherine. “Ain’t this a
conundrum, someone always has to go first.” Avery brings two large duffle bags
filled with cash and places them in the back of Boyd’s pick up. Boyd lets
Katherine go but proclaims, “Ripping you off, it was her idea to get back at
you for murdering her husband!”
Avery asks, “You think I had Grady murdered?” She looks more
frightened, “Are you going to kill me?”
Boyd calls Ava, whooping with the thrill of his success. Ava
arrives at Boyd’s location and they embrace. Suddenly, a shot rings out. Ava
has shot Boyd in the chest. Stunned, he crumples to the ground. Raylan emerges
from the woods, asking Ava to put the gun down. Ava is defiant, “I gave you
everything you wanted, Boyd bleeding at your feet! Now shoot me or let me go!”
She gets in the truck and leaves!
There are two episodes left. It’s clear from the previews
that Boyd does survive. (At least for a little bit longer.) But many questions
remain. Katherine might be free, but now will Avery kill her? What will Mike do
to Wynn? Will Ava find a place someone can understand her drawl and where
she’ll be safe?
It seems the final
showdown will not be between Boyd and Raylan, but Boon and Raylan. It would be sad for that punk to take down
our favorite Marshall. But all cowboys die in the end…
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