He actually admitted that and the version in
Raylan is basically the
Justified version, not his original one. Not to mention Boyd and some others.
I liked early
Justified, but when the first season starts into its arc and dumps case of the week stuff is when it really takes off and that ending is just whew. No episode has ever been better titled than "Bulletville."
The second season is one of the best of anything ever, Mags is fucking amazing. The only real problem is that she makes everyone else from then on out less threatening. And the overarching plot I thought was really smart in terms of tackling the multiple real life issues of the location of the show, "we dug coal together" starts to lose its impact over the final two seasons as things get seemingly too big even when they try to force it for the final season. Even the drug storyline (how each family's fortunes and power is dependent on their drug trade but the rise of heroin and then meth, along with Boyd's actions, undermine this stable system) starts to fall apart.
Quarles and Duffy's adventures in season three are still great though, actually all of Duffy I love, and Limehouse. Quarles is arguably handled ideally in a way that the Crowes are not, he comes in as the outsider who is an ultimate monster, only to find that Harlan County is the real ultimate monster.
It's really the last two seasons where Michael Rapaport and Sam Elliott are huge nobodys with stupid plans. Mary Steenburgen is waaaay better as a final villain level character I thought, and she gets the best ending in exchange. But I guess Sam Elliott is kinda a genre/forth-wall/inverting tropes pick. Since we all know Boyd has to be the final showdown and the rest are just to fill the time for that. Though I liked who they got for Avery's enforcers, great casting. Boon is just too much to pack in and goofy but I was glad how they ended his arc.
why can i not find this scene from the season four finale of raylan and winona by itself in something closer to a proper ratio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8YhQ_dxtGg&t=1m50scan't even find the scene where Tim recognizes the trap in the road
will have to settle for this: