Just finished this show. Took 3 months...
Wow, what a show. I totally was not watching this when it was on.
I don't see it cracking top 5 series of all times, but top 25? Hmm
The best thing about the show?
The one sista? No.
The Haitian dude there for a few minutes? No. (Though I wonder what they had planned for him, and I have an inkling)
Brother BBQ Gangsta? No.
PAWGS? No.
Rednecks? No.
Country music soundtrack? Hell 2 da Naw.
Shoot Outs? No.
The Social Commentary? No.
The same thing that made Succession great, Newsroom great...
The damn dialogue.
If Shakespeare wrote lines for Hillbillies, this is what it would sound like.
Obviously you've got Boyd Crowder
Him and Raylan got so many quotables. I would say I'm reminded of No Country for Old Men, but Elmore wrote that too.
Mags at the Town Hall
But this scene, with some damn extras that we never see again
Can't find the full scene, but
I was crying from laughing so hard.
Season 5 with Michael Rappaport was prolly the worst one.
Season 6 - all of the characters seem to have gotten sick and tired of one another in unison.
- Boyd got more obviously evil.
- Raylan got less crafty and dirtier.
- The ASA Vasquez got more power hungry out of nowhere.
- All the other marshalls less competent.
- Mikey, Wynn Duffie's body guard, got balls all of a sudden..
I guess I'll start Primeval at some point.
But thanks to The Coli for recommending this.