TV GUIDE: The Tuesday Playlist: State of the Union, Justified Goes Footloose
Feb 12, 2013
by Matt Roush
... Most of the new action is on cable, most notably with FX's Justified (10/9c), in a harrowing but witty episode that made me cringe and laugh in equal measure. "Oh great, it's the man in the hat" — not a bad alternate title for this terrific show — which is what one of the stooges groans as Raylan pursues a treacherous trail, including a severed foot, that he hopes will lead him to the elusive Drew Thompson. Said appendage, which doesn't take long to inspire a "game's afoot" pun, belongs (or belonged, rather) to Gerald McRaney's Josiah, who's in the clutches of hapless kidnappers literally stumped about how to keep their maimed captive alive.
Every subplot crackles with pungently funny dialogue and taut pacing, including a rare storyline for Deputy Tim, but Boyd and Ava steal this episode as they weasel their way into Harlan's upper crust in their own search for Drew, then enjoy a memorable romantic interlude. Hard not to love even the villains in this show (well, maybe not Boyd's right-hand muscle Colt, who's becoming more monstrous by the week)...
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE EPISODE TRAILER FOR JUSTIFIED'S 'FOOT CHASE'
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