Man, I'd been avoiding this thread like whoa, and towards the end of watching it I kept thinking "omg, Boyd's going to have Colt kill Ava! The church lady's gonna kill Ellen May (even though everyone pronounces it like Ella May, drives me nuts), omg Boyd's gonna kill Ava himself! omg the eps gonna end with Picker shooting Winona!".

Man, despite Ava unable to do the deed, she finally got ugly in my eyes. I haven't thought it through to justify (heh) why, but maybe it's because she finally hit the line of "Oh my gosh, I have a line I can't cross" and that pisses me off that she isn't a cheery bad guy killing people left and right, but oh I'm a wooby who feels bad about doing this, I'm so conflicted!" Something about it makes me non-sympathetic whereas with other characters do really bad shit, but somehow manage to convey "Isn't is sad that circumstances/life choices led me to this point which is at the wrong end of Raylan's gun?". Maybe it's because they own it, and Ava isn't?

I missed the ep before this and it didn't show up on my On Demand until now. I do know who made it to the next episode but I'm still nervous watching it. I should be clearing off my dvr but I really want to see this Justified.

It isn't Ella May?

Also: Tim and Church Lady are cute.

It isn't Ella May?

That's how it almost always sounds but they've been pretty clear it's Ellen May.

How much do I love Tim in the previous episode? All of the love I have. All of it.

Julie,

Ava was physically ill when she agreed to have Colt take EM away. Because of this weeks ago, I knew she wasn't going to be able to shoot her.

I think it was the gun in her own hand that really bespoke her hypocrisy. And which bugged. I think it's her half-assedness with the badness. You're running a whorehouse, your beau is killing people, your employees are dumping bodies in mineshafts, you killed your abusive husband. I can't feel for that kind of character when they get cold feet, I'm not feeling your pain when you get slapped with the cold hard reality of deliberately causing someone's death, and I felt that way back when she got all weepy about the initial decision to kill Ellen May. That's one of those "think about your life, think about your choices".

I think I just don't get Ava. And I also have the constant urge to write her name in all caps, like it's an acronym.

Whew. Justified. I am wrung out.

Good season.

This is petty, but was anyone else bothered by the fact that Raylan was drinking Heineken? It seems out of character.

I was not. I don't figure he's particular, just picked up whatever was on display near the register. And after spackling up the whole in the wall that poured forth all this mayhem, nothing like a cold beer.

I loved that he was sealing up the wall at the end.