Yes, this, exactly.
 
Was Doyle the guitar playing one? The one who shot people because of Coover and Dickie`s fuckup? Then, yes, it does seem like he would be capable ebough to inherit. So maybe Mags apparent affection for Loretta really was just the "if I had a daughter" stuff.
 
But imagine growing up being Mags` daughter! And furthermore, imagine how it would have affected the boys. Her hold on them is so based in fear, so physical in its abuse, I can only picture how it would have been for them as kids. And if that were cast against a daughter she treated any differently, and whoo.
 
Did I mention how I love Mags? Wouldn`t want to get within miles of her myself, but as a character? Pure genius.

Isn't the crooked sheriff (Doyle?) Mags' son too? I thought he would be the heir to her throne.

I'm thinking it would be a little hard (not impossible!) to run a criminal enterprise as sheriff?

I'm thinking it would be a little hard (not impossible!) to run a criminal enterprise as sheriff?

You have NO idea. The sheriff is the best possible position to have when running a crime syndicate.

In fact, in season 1, the sheriff was running a crime kingdom of some sorts.

Well, yeah, I guess that makes sense. How better to not get busted?

How better to not get busted?

Plus, access to the people and materials you need to do pretty much anything you want.

Before I went to work with the cops, my cynicism was huge, after? Ironclad.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad the police exist, but I have no illusions as to the nobility of some of the individuals in that fine institution.

Justified shows both ends of the spectrum in a fairly realistic way.

I think Coover definitely did it to spook Loretta. I thought the actor did an amazing job with his freak out--the sense of hurt and rage was really intense. And Jeremy Davies is knocking it out of the park.

Finally caught myself up on Justified, woot! It's weird watching it so fast and not having time to mull over each episode. Are these eps more arc-y than season 1's? I feel like I'm missing some good standalones. Or maybe that there's more mini-arcs (Kyle, Carol). Mags is delish, and Jeremy Davies always delights me. I'm also digging Ava more now. I really didn't like the comedy of errors ep with Winona and the bag of money, though. Truly did not enjoy on any level.

On a shallow note, as much as love the Boyd, his obviously blowdryed and badly hairsprayed hair is bugging. But I love that he keeps trying for the straight and narrow, and peoples perception of him keep dragging him down. And yet, he keeps making the most/best of bad situations. Heh, Boyd keeps getting dragged into trouble by "bad" people, Raylan by supposed law-abiding citizens.

So hour three of The Killing moved along nicely tonight, I thought. I didn't want to shove anyone's teeth down their throat other than maybe Gwen, who I suspect hacked into Jamie's account to send that email.

But you know, it's pretty brilliant, making me feel sympathetic towards Jamie, considering how amazingly skeevy he is.

I found myself confused by that whole storyline because it seemed like the candidate set the whole thing up himself.