Justified is smart enough not to mess up the basics.
Terrifically promising television, with an irresistible fish-out-of-water hook and a hero of deceptive simplicity.
It is lush with the beauty and weirdness of the folkloric backwoods, gritty with the coal dust of the miserable mines - a sublime pulp terrain.
Slant Magazine March 16, 2010 Finishing each episode is like closing up a really great, gritty, little crime novel.
Watch for any length of time and you may – as I did – have the eerie if not unpleasant feeling that you’ve been teleported to ...
Fine character actors abound, playing people on the rural edges, but it’s the main character and Olyphant’s performance that lift the s...
Has a swagger to it, and also a sly sense of humor.
Olyphant’s iconic look and portrayal of Raylan Givens recalls every badass good guy in Western lore, and you find yourself liking him more ev...
New York Times March 16, 2010 He [Olyphant] underplays so consistently that Givens, with his mixture of gunman’s swagger and lawman’s tortured conscience, doesn&rsqu...
The latest installment in the cable network’s consistent commitment to badassery.
The Guardian June 24, 2014 All round, it’s proved to be quite a breath of fresh air,
online.wsj.com March 16, 2010 The pitch-perfection of such an hour, lush and brightly lit, is sublime.
FX’s Justified translates the intense interactions of author Elmore Leonard’s characters into dialogue that’s unpredictable, dyna...
Justified hits the FX bullseyes – however many of them they might be.
A riveting, perfectly paced, expertly acted piece of drama that simply must be seen.
Olyphant is surrounded by a terrific supporting cast, but in the end, it comes down to hard stares and that combination of drawled amusement a...
New Yorker March 16, 2010 Once the writers break free of Leonard’s text, the fun begins.
Justified has a clear sense of its strengths and shrewdly plays to them.
