Idle TV Thoughts

I didn't want to let this season of Justified go by without stating how very excellent I think it's been thus far. Last season was really good, but even with the great work done by the regular cast and guests like Kaitlyn Dever and the actors playing the Bennett sons, it was largely the Margo Martindale Show and as unbelievable as it was when she was on-screen, the show then felt a bit lacking when she wasn't. This season seems to be more evenly distributed between characters, and the result is Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Mykelti Williamson and Neal McDonough comprising this glorious cornucopia of all different kinds of swagger. The writing kicked up a notch too - the banter flows so smoothly, and whenever each of those four (but especially Williamson) steps up for a monologue, it feels like an aria. Reading back over that prose, it feels a little hyperbolic, but I'm honestly mesmerized by the show these days.