Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Featured article: USA Today recommends tonight's "Justified"

I recently got into FX's excellent show "Justified," and a review of it is in the works. But in the meantime, USA Today lauds tonight's sure-to-be thrilling episode, where a lot of plots that have been building up should finally come to a head.

The link is here, but I decided to just reprint the short excerpt below for your reading pleasure.

"Critic's Corner: Justifiable praise for 'Justified'"
By Robert Bianco
If that Peabody Award recently won by Justified (* * * * out of four, 10 ET/PT) wasn't enough to make you tune toward this fabulous FX series, then this will.

Tonight's outing is the kind of artistic breakthrough that, if there's any justice at all, is certain to draw Emmy attention to the show itself, and to Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins and — tonight especially —Margo Martindale, who has a tour de force outing as Mags Bennett.

The spark is a "whoop-de-do" Mags throws to rally her neighbors against the mining company that has designs on her mountain.

But with this excellent series, nothing is as simple as it seems. Mags doesn't just have a plan, she has a dream, and Martindale brilliantly exposes every facet of her determination and delusions, to the point where we fear her and feel for her simultaneously.

There is humor and horror in near equal measure, as Boyd (Goggins) plays his trump card and Raylan (Olyphant) proves to be tougher than the Bennetts anticipated.

As for the Bennetts, note how marvelously Jeremy Davies, Brad William Henke, Joseph Lyle Taylor and Kaitlyn Dever embody the rest of the temporarily extended clan.

Or just sit back and enjoy one of the best hours you'll find anywhere this season.

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