I think that was the least "fun" episode so far, but I really liked it. It explained a lot of why Raylan is who he is.

I was a bit creeped out by the headstones in the front yard. Especially when you realize that the third one was Raylan's.

cute promo for elmore leonard.

sad that as fondly as raylan remebers his aunt, when he turned his back on his father, he cut her out of his life as well.

oh, hey! no one died this ep!

sad that as fondly as raylan remebers his aunt, when he turned his back on his father, he cut her out of his life as well.

Yeah, but it does seem like when she has to choose, she chooses Arlo.

I was a bit creeped out by the headstones in the front yard. Especially when you realize that the third one was Raylan's.

That reminded me of a couple old houses around where I grew up, that had the family plot right near the house. My grandparents and my mom had their plots picked out in the local cemetary, paid for and headstones in place, for many years before they died. My home used to have such a gravesite, but I was told that when my family bought the place, my mom's uncle tore up the headstones and discarded them. The two families did not get along. I always figured that explained why the place was haunted.

I mean, I have relatives from the country, and I've definitely seen plots on the family's land, but never in the front yard.

Oh yeah. Ours was on the left side of the house as you drove up, and so were a couple others that I recall. Funny, I never really thought about it being odd before, but I guess it is.

That's one of the things I'm enjoying so much about Justified. Every episode I hear myself saying, yep, that's right, or, is that my cousin?!

I imagine it just depends on where you might find some bit of land that is less steep: eastern Kentucky being pretty darned hilly.

Yeah, but it does seem like when she has to choose, she chooses Arlo.

No doubt, which just makes it extra harsh and sad. I wonder who turned whose back first? It would make sense if he ditched Harlan and everyone and everything in it, somewhere in there mom dies (what was the year on her tombstone?), and sometime in Raylan's absence, and therefore (I'm cringing as I type this) Arlo's outlet for his ugly side is gone, and Helen forgets any reason why she ever stood silently against him.

I suspect that he might feel a little odd about the fact that his mother's sister married his father.