In this particular epistle from the Land of Dork, I feel like I need to fess up about my current guilty pleasure. Justified is just about the best TV drama going in my opinion. There are lots of great cameos (Cameron from Ferris Bueller). Timothy Olyphant, as Rayland Givens, is totally cute, and is such a character with his overdone accent, cowboy hat, and his big line which is, "If I see you again, I'll kill you".
The whole premise of the series is that Rayland Givens finally got out of his Kentucky coal mining town to work as a federal marshall in Miami. While in Miami, he gives his big "I'll kill you" line to a low life drug lord type, then pulls out his gun at a poolside restaurant and is true to his word. It is actually pretty hardcore for TV. Anyway, for this public killing which may not be completely "justified", Rayland Givens is punished by having to move back to Kentucky and work in his hometown as a federal marshall if he wants to keep his job.
Rayland drags his feet and complains, but ends up back in Kentucky dealing with meth heads, skin heads, girls who have had lifelong crushes on him, his appalachian looking family, and a bunch of killing and gun fighting. It is great. GREAT.
Also, Timothy Olyphant was a college swimmer, and he seems quite tall, and I love how he has great lines to say when he is staring down a gun. The theme song is positively fierce. I mean there is a slight chance that I love the show, because of the theme song. I encourage you to watch it.
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