Finished it last month and I have to say...not bad!
The Good:
- Having Raylan Givens back felt good from the start. Though 8 years older since we last saw him, he's still a character that draws you in the moment you see him.
- Excellent villain. You believe he's as bad as he pretends to be. A little cocky mixed with some smarts on how he knows the law and has been in the game long enough to sniff out a trap or betrayal. Very believable character.
- Raylan still makes me laugh. The show writers kept the integrity of the show the entire way through. That shouldn't be hard to do with only 8 episodes but...has anyone seen a Marvel show lately??? EEEE...
The Ho-Hum:
- Its 2023 and you have to check that diversity box these days for execs to approve your show. So they set the story in Detroit which made sense and also allowed a slew of diverse characters into the show.
The Bad:
- I HATE when they deconstruct a character. It's what EVERY writer likes to do these days because they aren't talented enough to write a continuation from a happy ending. Raylan and his wife are divorced, for NO reason Raylan falls in love with an old chubby lawyer (diversity check!) but when he finally quits the US Marshals at the end, it isn't enough to bring his true love back to him as she says in her cameo appearance in the end "You couldn't quit for me, I'm glad you're quitting for her" (the daughter) This was extremely disappointing but expected in today's limited writer's imaginations.
The GREAT:
Raylan gets his man in the end with 15 minutes left to go and you're thinking "Ok....what's next?" Then they hit you with a whopper!!!! Bringing back Boyd at the end....with a jail break and a cliffhanger that shows Raylan seeing the Alert, trying to ignore it while his phone starts ringing from a call by the US Marshalls.
PERFECT.
Whether or not they go with another season I don't care. Either way, that was a GREAT way to end the series.
Overall, I was happy with it and would welcome more if FX seemed fit.
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