Just as Quarles, Miami thugs, Nicky Augustine, and the Crowes found out before them, the Tigerhawk team discoveres things aren't as easy as they expect. After all, if it was so easy, wouldn't Harlan have already been taken over by someone else by now? It is the Afghanistan of America. No one can get in or out. It's difficult to take over and impossible to hold. One may have thought these guys from the sandbox may have learned that lesson.
More callbacks to the pilot with Boyd and Raylan reminiscing about the last time they were all there for Ava's chicken. They both posit that it would end differently, Raylan no doubt referring to killing, rather than wounding, Boyd. And Boyd thinking he'll get the drop on Raylan this time. Between that, Art's warning, and Boyd's callback to knowing that Raylan's on his way to Florida make us sit uneasily.
The thing is, the Boyd-Raylan high noon showdown is completely expected at this point. And the thing Justified does best is subvert expectations. Something needs to happen like where Quarles got his arm hacked off. A good example in "Alive Day" was where, oh of course Choo Choo (chooooo chooooo!) is going to get smushed by the train. It plays with our expectations when the train stops short. Then again when Choo Choo does not get arrested but dies of his wounds.
Speaking of his wounds, the mercs are probably the best matchup Tim and Raylan have had when the numbers are close to even. A lot of missed shots, which was not expected, but the marshals did take down a red shirt and, eventually, Choo Choo.
- Alive Day was the name of James Gandolfini's HBO special where he interviewed troops wou'd been wounded. It refers to the day they sustained their near death injuries
- Eva and Katniss. Neither their dads came back fromt he mine
- Raylan's asking about Dewey. What episode does he see Dewey's necklace at Boyd's? I'll say nine.
- Caprice, in this scenario, is a prettier, smarter Ellen May
- Carl's in the house. Not sure how this is going to end.
- According to Rachel, the Hale case was made on the wire. Are Katherine and Avery chasing each other when in fact it's neither of them?
- I'm reading Riding the Rap and it's clear they based the episode "Fixer" (1-03) on it, so I rewatched it. Much more in season one was pulled from the source material in the one-off episodes. It was far from a 1:1 remake though, moreso inspiration that was repurposed into completely new scenarios for the show.
- Side note. Raylan is probably the least fleshed out character of the main cast in the books. It seems most of the time is spent with the criminals. I mention it because this episode had a huge stretch with no Raylan. It's an observation, not a criticism.
Today's drink: Black Saddle Bourbon Whiskey
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