(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Series: “Justified“Where You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Trigger-happy deputy U.S.
Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) gets transferred from Miami to his childhood stomping grounds of Harlan county, Kentucky at the beginning of “Justified.” There, he crosses paths with Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), a loquacious and intimidating man in black who is constantly refashioning himself into whatever type of villain best suits his needs.
A soulful neo-Western at heart, “Justified” uses a near-procedural format to tell a story about circumstance, class hierarchies, and the trickiness of American mythmaking.As a series based on the writing of Elmore Leonard, the show respects its bad guys as much as its heroes, and often blurs the lines between them in interesting ways.
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