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.

Can someone tell me how far into the season the snake handling goes? I watched all of Justified up until this season, but the commercials with the snakes made me stop. Would I be able to follow storylines with my eyes closed, or should I just give up on this season altogether?

Scrappy, it didn't occur to me til then that that's his house, now. Raylan's home. The ending with the graves was just really good, it would take a lot of words to explicate all that.

Morgana, I think closing your eyes or even FFing through the snake handling won't really hurt following the story. When important stuff happens, I believe it also gets talked about after.

Although, ya know - snake in the face. That one's kinda hard to avoid, at least in part(s).

Whitefonted for Morgana's benefit.

Was that in the previouslies a bunch, is that what you mean? You might want to be wary of that, Morgana, but it's just a few seconds, I think. When it actually happens, you'll already have your eyes averted or whatever, I imagine.

It is a pretty horrifying image.