Boyd asking Raylan if he wanted him to walk around the court room and check for explosives broke my heart. (Jesus, Raylan, let him help you without blowing him off so quickly.) You could tell that from the very beginning Boyd didn't believe that anyone could want him to be anything other than a bad guy. But then it went on for so long, that he started to believe they could and started to think about his job in ways that he could be helpful. But then when the boss came clean about her intentions, you could see the resignation on Boyd's face.

Oh and when they said Boyd and Raylan's relationship sounded more like a love story, I could have hugged the TV.

Winona to Raylan: "You're going to save me." I couldn't have disliked her more. Or understood their relationship more. Give me Ava back, at least she'll shoot your ass without any help from Raylan.

Mags comment to Jeremy Davis during the punishment scene confused me. I got that she was resentful of his injury. But she was resentful because she couldn't hurt him also or instead. I got the feeling that she caused the injury but it may have been, like his brother's fingers, something that Mags has rationalized that they brought on themselves. Maybe Raylan and Jeremy Davis' character had an altercation and Mags didn't like the outcome, so she took a bat to his leg. I can see her justifying that as Raylan's fault. But it may be as the Wiki says too. Maybe Raylan directly caused the injury. Mags creeps me out so much that I tend to think my version is plausible.

Oh and when they said Boyd and Raylan's relationship sounded more like a love story, I could have hugged the TV.

Oh, yes.

Man, I love Boyd SO MUCH that I can hardly stand it.

Looks like TNT will be re-running a couple of episodes of Leverage starting next hour.

AMC confirms that Mad Men won't be back 'til early 2012.

Yikes.

Just saw that, sumi-- AMC wants to axe two actors to save money, lop two minutes off each episode for more commercials, and also incorporate product placement, which-- how in HELL are they going to manage that in a 60s-set series is beyond me.

I was almost hoping that AMC would cancel it and maybe HBO or Showtime or STARZ would pick it up.

how in HELL are they going to manage that in a 60s-set series is beyond me.

cars, appliances, and food probably.

I wonder what kind of product placement they have for Breaking Bad. Sudafed?

They did a nice job with the Heineken product placement on Mad Men, but I imagine that takes a lot of effort.

BMW's been one of their big commercial sponsors but it wasn't a car I imagine a lot of people were driving around in during the 60s, with the emphasis on buy American.

And how many products exist now in a similar fashion to how they did in the 60s? They've got Coke and maybe stuff like Kraft Mac n' Cheese.

The bottom line, however, is I just can't see Matt Weiner compromising his vision of the show to try to shoehorn in products. But what do I know? I suspect the attempted axing of two actors might be of greater import.

They did a nice job with the Heineken product placement on Mad Men, but I imagine that takes a lot of effort.

And Utz potato chips.