UVA_Guy81
Well-Known Member
I'm a huge Justified fan. I started watching it when the first show was released. It's well written, a little bit over the top with Raylan's super-cool demeanor, but truly one of the best action/dramas on television. FX is not "cancelling" the series, the series is ending. From what I've been able to read, Olyphant, who is the executive producer, has stated that the characters have pretty much run out the string. The bad guys, especially Boyd Crowder, can't continue to kill people, run drugs and prostitution trailers with total impunity. That and the audience will begin to get very bored because the story lines have eventually got to come to a close.
I read that the writers are trying to come up with a change of venue for Raylan, other than the southeastern United States. Problem is relocating his "slow, southern style" in a modern fast moving city. Then they have to find a story line that will re-grab the audience. One possibility is that Raylan could be transferred to a cold climate like northern Maine which is equally remote and strange as Harlan County, or another Canadian bordering state and have him go after terrorist infiltration. Only problem is that the terrorist plots have pretty much been beaten to death.
None the less I watch it every week and DVR it so I can watch it again to see what I missed the first time.
I think that nothing is going to change at all, especially since this will be the final season. No need to change what works, at least in my opinion. It looks like Boyd is going to be the main plot with a couple of side plots thrown in this year with Garrett Dillahunt and Sam Elliott being a part of the cast for this season.