Justified

Justified

He's law and order.

8.0

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.

  • Release Date: March 16, 2010
  • Status: Ended
  • Languages: English
  • Production: Sony Pictures Television, Rooney McP Productions, Timberman/Beverly Productions, Nemofilms, FX Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
CrimeDrama

Cast

Seasons

  • Season 1

    Season 1

    7.7

    March 16, 2010

    Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens is exiled to his hometown in Kentucky after the shooting of a Miami drug cartel hitman raises debate over Givens' renegade style of law enforcement. It isn't long before the people he left behind begin to surface in the most unexpected ways.

    Episodes: 13

  • Season 2

    Season 2

    8.0

    February 9, 2011

    In the aftermath of the deadly showdown that freed Harlan County from the Crowder family crime reign, Raylan takes on even greater criminal forces looking to seize power, including hell-bent nemesis Boyd Crowder and brutal new adversary Mags Bennett.

    Episodes: 13

  • Season 3

    Season 3

    7.8

    January 17, 2012

    Surrounded by dirty politicians, drug cartels, murder frames, hidden fortunes and multiple criminal forces warring for control, Raylan finds himself in everyone's crosshairs.

    Episodes: 13

  • Season 4

    Season 4

    7.6

    January 8, 2013

    Raylan unravels a mystery that echoes all the way back to his boyhood and his father's bad dealings, while Boyd finds his criminal grip on Harlan County loosening.

    Episodes: 13

  • Season 5

    Season 5

    7.6

    January 7, 2014

    Raylan harbors a secret that could threaten his career and put the rest of the Marshals in jeopardy. Meanwhile, the brutal Crowe family reemerges, and Boyd desperately tries to protect Ava and gain control of Harlan's heroin market.

    Episodes: 13

  • Season 6

    Season 6

    8.0

    January 20, 2015

    Raylan is torn by how far he will go to bring Boyd down—including using Ava as his secret informant. Additionally, both Raylan and Boyd must contend with a drug lord intent on building his own empire in Harlan.

    Episodes: 13

Reviews

  • GenerationofSwine

    GenerationofSwine

    10

    January 14, 2023

    GenerationofSwine

    There are a lot of coded reviews about this...mostly based on politics. And, unfortunately, it's the worst kind. The despise all things remotely rural for intelligentsia snobbery politics kind. In other words, you break down a lot of the negative reviews, and most of them really tend to be based around the fact that it takes place in Kentucky and tells the story of people living in the country. Moving past that it's Elmore Leonard and stories don't get much cooler than him. Plus it's the merging of Elmore Leonards famed westerns with Elmore Leonards famed crime novels and...if you can't love that you really have no heart. or at least no love for fine pulp literature. And then there are complaints that it's based in Kentucky and Obviously shot in California. There's no excuse for that. It's as Kentucky as the first Halloween was Illinois. They should have filmed in Georgia like everyone else is these days and gotten the scenery a little closer to legit. Beyond that, in typical Elmore Leonard fashion, the characters are all great and pull off amusing and ominous at the same time. And the actors are talented enough to reinforce the prototypical Leonard characters. The entire run pulls off Leonard's ability to twist and turn character arcs into unlikely alliances, have ominous and malicious villains that are an entertaining and humorous pleasure to watch, and heroes that can walk the line between vice and virtue like alcoholic on a bender and still come out with something resembling a moral compass. In other words, it's an Elmore Leonard show, you're going to be entertained despite its faults.

  • fdweir

    fdweir

    No review

    May 7, 2023

    fdweir

    This has to be one of the most overlooked TV shows of recent years. Crammed full of excellent characters played brilliantly by the cast. All headlined by Timothy Olyphant channeling his inner Eastwood but with a more wry, modern twist. But the show is stolen by Walton Goggins as the main protagonist Boyd Crowder.

  • Ellie_Ol1

    Ellie_Ol1

    No review

    November 8, 2025

    Ellie_Ol1

    This is my favourite show of all time , Timothy Olyphant is an incredible actor , as is everyone else in the show, especially stars like Walton Goggins and Margot Martindale. Justified is definetley an overlooked show , the plot lines are amazing and it constantly keeps you hooked . Raylan's attitude and personality is one of the things in the show that keeps drawing you back , along with his relationship with Boyd both personally and proffesionaly . This show is incredible and definetley deserves more credit.

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