I've mentioned before that Community is the best television show on the air right now. Let me amend this. Community is the best sitcom on TV...Justified is the best show on TV. Splitting hairs? You betcha...but still, Justified is an AMAZING show.
The third season is beginning in January and while the show has an overall story arc, it's more character driven than plot driven so it wouldn't be hard for you to hop on now. But I recommend you buy the first two seasons on DVD if only because the show is so damn good.
Proof? All right...
The show focuses on U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens who as you can see has a bit of a trigger finger...but not really. Raylan just doesn't tolerate bullshit. That's the key thing to remember about the guy. I'd say he's the toughest son of a bitch you'd ever meet but that's not exactly right. He's tough, but it goes deeper than that. He's just a very real man with a strong sense of honor and justice. He has a code that goes above what the law says he can and can't do. He's almost RIGHTEOUS.
Justified is basically a modern day Western with Raylan playing Wyatt Earp. That's about the truest and simplest explanation I can cut it down to. It's a phenomenal show. Highly entertaining, extremely well written, and thought provoking. At first glance many of the characters seem black and white, but that couldn't be less true. While some definitely are mostly black and white, everything has shades of grey when you get up close and personal and Justified exposes the ugly underbelly of everyone involved. Yet it doesn't dwell in garbage just to be controversial like other shows (I'm looking at you HBO). The characters are complex and interesting, but at the end of the day you can always count on one man to do the right thing.
The show is BADASS, I'm telling ya. Check it out. You won't regret it.
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