FX 'Justified' Episode Spoilers & Recap: Raylan Givens Raises Pressure on 'Burned' Episode
As the FX hit drama "Justified" is approaching the end of its sixth and final season, a "kind of urgency" is building up -- a feeling that was palpable in Tuesday's ninth episode, "Burned," Screen Rant noted.
"It is the culmination of plot points that then wind up invariably being set on divergent courses thanks to some unlikely obstacles that help keep the audience guessing as to what will happen next," the website detailed.
Things in Harlan County are changing rapidly, and Raylan Givens and Boyd Crowder are putting Ava Crowder's loyalty to the test, Celeb Dirty Laundry summarized. Meanwhile, the U.S. Marshal ups the pressure on his criminal investigators, Boyd goes after Avery Markham's money, and Ava "finds herself caught in the crossfire again," FX detailed.
"Justified" is of course centered on Givens, the character of a deputy U.S. Marshal created by novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard for his short story "Fire in the Hole." And Timothy Olyphant, who plays Givens on the FX show, made a special effort to understand what the daily lives of those serving America's oldest federal law enforcement agency are like.
"I started visiting a bunch of U.S. Marshals before the show started in order to get a feel of how a marshal carries themselves, what a regular work day is like for them," Olyphant told Rolling Stone.
And the 46-year-old actor was struck by one detail in particular.
"Every one of their offices had a poster of 'The Fugitive' up on the wall. Every single one," Olyphant said. "It's 'The Fugitive' and old Westerns -- they love those movies."
But during his last visit, new artwork graced the Marshals' office, he added, "They had a poster of 'Justified' up," Olyphant beamed.
The Honolulu native is not only indebted to the real-life agents but also to Leonard, who died from a stroke in 2013 at age 87.
"All the good things about Raylan -- they came directly from Elmore," Olyphant said. "You can go into any party or public gathering, and you'll see lots of people trying to act cool, and then there's always one person off in the corner, not doing much, who's the real deal. That was Elmore," he added.
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