When Tom and I were rewatching season 1 Justified last month, Tom pointed out that, in his opinion, once we got deep in the Crowder arc, we lost a lot of the standalone backstory with the criminals of the week, which were always really awesome. He missed it. So he was displeased with the new Harlan arc of crazy hillbilly Shakespearean drug dealing family nemeses.
The mom is SO FUCKING SUPER CREEPY it makes me want to watch from the hall a lot.
I am not wild about the violence against the ladies in 2 for 2. A teenager (abused by a sexual predator) and a pregnant lady (the dude just wanted to sadistically cut a baby right out of her)- ugh, come on people. Aren't there a lot of guys we can be violent against? Break it up a little, please.
Also Ava and Boyd WHUT? Did not see that coming!. Aside from picking on the weak, in the first 2 eps (which we watched back to back) everything's awesome. The entire Marshal's office, Winona ("and I thought sleeping with a witness was stupid!") and GARY, who gave that dude a personality?
Man, I was loving on Aunt Helen though. If violence against the ladies does become a theme, I am hoping that it means it leads to a Aunt Helen/Mags showdown at the end.
Ooh, that would be awesome.
Edited to remove excessive use of the word "awesome."