Wynn & Raylan have had the very best scenes of this season. I too thought the season final was a bit disappointing (and messy). I think Erroll came back in a final attempt to earn his redemption and reclaim a place in Noble's Holler? It looks to be set up for Limehouse to be the main behind the scenes in season four as well, with Johnny as the new traitor/informer.
Yeah, it was a bit disappointing. Why did Limehouse tell Errol to leave in the first place? Did I miss something? I am glad that Limehouse is going to be back or at least I assume so. He has been an interesting character. Did Winn Duffy end up getting arrested for attempted murder on Quarles plus whatever charges are associated with blowing up a car?
I think it was because of the disappointment of Erroll going behind his back earlier in the season. Only now that all of the mess he created was gone or cleaned up, there was no need for Limehouse to keep him around.
Concur on all the above. Waaaaay too confusing. I should not be asking so many questions after a season finale. Didn't Arlo show up after the shooting, asking about the cop in the hat? If so how did he shoot the trooper? Or if it's supposed to be obvious that he's taking the fall for Boyd, why? a) He's been on the outs with Boyd; and b) he has growing dementia, so how are we supposed to trust his ability to plot and strategize, so it's hard--and annoying--to track. That sort of confusion is much different than, say, when Boyd was suddenly a preacher and the audience did not know if his faith was sincere or a ruse. And how does Quarrels waltz into Limehouse's territory, with no one around: The season literally began with some young kid almost getting killed for falling asleep on the sole bridge that led into the Limehouse holler. Half the episodes had scenes where visitors were escorted in when they wanted to see Limehouse, night or day. Raylan had four automatic weapons pointed at him just a few hours earlier. And now one dude with a gun and minivan is able to sneak up on Limehouse--who immediately coughs up a .5 million because Raylan (with a gun pointed at his head) says he'll leave him alone? Disappointing.
It felt very rushed, as if they suddenly ran out of episodes and realized they still have to give the audience some sort of conclusion?
As for Winona and Raylan's realization about Arlo's (possible) intended target in the shooting, should that really shock them so much? Arlo already deserved to win every "worst dad ever" award when he set his son up to be shot just to save his own hide in season one. He makes Darth Vader look like father of the year material. In other news, it's easy to forget what a beautiful woman Natalie Zea is. Yowsa!
Anybody know if Natalie Zea is really pregnant? That might have something to do with the patchwork feeling this season had at times. Her blurb on the Justified official site a) makes her sound really smart (as if she wasn't already sexy enough) and b) says she's currently writing a pilot for an independent series. And yes, agreed about that Arlo is a crappy dad, but I do think the reaction from Winona was important because she was empathizing with Raylan. Other thoughts: My wife says there wasn't enough exposition about Arlo's relationship with Boyd to support the claim Boyd made at the end. Does the fact that Raylan's mom got it on with Limehouse fuel some of Arlo's hatred for Raylan?
I think Arlo didn't need any reasons to be a dickbag. I think Boyd is closer to the son Arlo would have wanted. The irony is that Boyd is the son Raylan might have grown up to be had his hate for his criminal father not pushed him towards law enforcement!
Yeah,that's part of the dynamic. Don't forget,Arlo's dementia means he gets diminished capacity and gets parole. My problem was, they led with the ace. The scene in Wynn's RV is close to the best stuff I've seen on this show.Tom's death clearly put Raylan over the edge and he was gonna find Quarles.If he hadn't been focused on Quarles,he mightve shot Wynn just outta spite.. IIRC,Quarles snuck into the holler another time as well.
I was confused as well. I went with the "Limehouse knew serious trouble was coming and he tried to protect Errol" theory, but was hoping there was a better explanation. I also feel robbed of the Quarles/Raylan duel that I knew, knew, KNEW was coming.
The most disappointing part of the whole season was the way in which Quarles died. It was very anti-climatic and it was built up the whole season for Raylan to kill him. Yes, there needs to be surprises but it was one of those things you were hoping to see happen and for it to be well done. I did like the Piggy Bank joke and Raylan with his disarmed joke. I am wondering what they plan to do with Boyd. His dynamic with with Raylan is the best part of the show and I would think they would wait for the final season to actually put Boyd away for good. He is the best villan I have seen on TV since T-Bag in Prison Break. Thinking back to that, that actor would have played Boyd well too.
The only arument in favor of this is that Limehouse doing the killing puts Raylan in debt to him,thus ensuring more Mykelti Williamson.
Quarles was self-destructing as much as he was heading on a collision course with Raylan and I do think there's some danger in just having Raylan beat Quarles one on one, much as I wanted to see it. It's been done. In the first season he was beating bad guys to the draw every other episode. The writers are too smart to keep doing that. Plus the bit where Quarles was reaching to get his arm back from Raylan, with Raylan keeping it away from him, was almost freaky enough to make up for the messiness of the multiple plot (non) resolutions.
Yeah, I was let down by the season finale. A little too disjointed and the end of Quarles seemed anti-climatic for some reason. As always, there was still enough good parts (Limehouse/Errol, Raylon/Winona) that it wasn't a complete lose. I was a little worried that Boyd was going to be gone so it was a nice twist that Arlo took the fall for him... Will miss Quarles. It was predictable that he would be gone, but dam, there were some really great parts this season. Could he come back as a zombie? By the way, who gets to collect on getting rid of Quarles? Both Boyd and Wynn missed out on some money...