tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post4054319253148769381..comments2024-03-29T05:43:36.177-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Justified: When the Guns Come OutBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-84864792852687404552023-09-17T14:37:47.149-04:002023-09-17T14:37:47.149-04:00"She is written as someone who has no empathy..."She is written as someone who has no empathy for him, no understanding of why he is the way he is, no understanding of where he comes from. She had never even been to Harlan or met Arlo until Helen's funeral in season 2."<br /><br />You do realize that Raylan and Winona met far away from Kentucky and Raylan did not actually return to Kentucky until 6 years after they divorced? Why would she have met any of Raylan's family? You think he invited Arlo and Helen to his wedding? LOL. It's completely logical that the first time to set foot in his childhood home is for the funeral. They had gotten back together and she was now part of his life again. You're trying to find reasons to claim Winona is emotionally abusive but conveniently skip over how emotionally immature Raylan is. In fact you could classify his behavior as emotionally abusive - just because he doesn't scream or lash out doesn't make him his behavior any less painful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-30695252650753474712021-12-16T17:24:54.067-05:002021-12-16T17:24:54.067-05:00Wyn Duffy continuing to be silently freaked out by...Wyn Duffy continuing to be silently freaked out by Quarles is still one of the funniest things to me and I'm not sure why. I just still remember my impressions of Wyn Duffy from season 1 and it's just funny to feel concerned for him now. I love dark material in general but I'm glad Justified got a little easier to watch again after Devil's death. <br /><br />Ellen May is really cuteOnigirlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10070327483035350298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-7982795243870456542013-07-15T17:08:36.962-04:002013-07-15T17:08:36.962-04:00I just started watching Justified last week and am...I just started watching Justified last week and am up to season 3 already - TERRIFIC show!<br /><br />I think @EZ has the right of it - Winona really does treat Raylan very badly. Even how she leaves him is cruel - a two-line note?? Really? I never liked her much at all but her behaviour over the money last season and now this stuff has really pushed me into straight-out loathing. One of the things that I found really horrible was her joking with Raylan over leaving him for the realtor who was selling her house! I mean, REALLY? You broke his heart once before by doing that and you think it's ok to make jokes about it? I hate that she's pregnant because he's now in a very painful and very awkward situation with her and will never really be able to move on. Very sad. He doesn't deserve it.<br /><br />I liked seeing Ava with the poor beaten up Ella May - she was very kind and sweet to her. And the way Raylan looked at Ava when she was advising her how to deal with her injuries - I think he'd almost forgotten the hell that she lived through, just like his mother did. Ava's so strong and ballsy that it's easy to forget what she endured for so long. He's ignored her for ages now - it was good seeing them working together again.<br /><br />Erishttp://www.inlovewiththemovies.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-61923725361614110882012-10-07T13:30:34.646-04:002012-10-07T13:30:34.646-04:00I really am so upset by this development with Wino...I really am so upset by this development with Winona. And I don't hate her - I really want to like her! And I like Raylan and her together, and Natalie Zea does a fantastic job. But if she was a real person, the way she treats Raylan could only be described as emotionally abusive. I totally understand her objections to the way he lives his life, nobody could argue with that. He is self-destructive, and he is reckless. But it's the way she goes about voicing her concerns that galls me as a viewer. She is written as someone who has no empathy for him, no understanding of why he is the way he is, no understanding of where he comes from. She had never even been to Harlan or met Arlo until Helen's funeral in season 2. She also takes a shocking lack of responsibility for own stupid choices eg, the money, and for the ways she has hurt Raylan - she cheated on him, for Christ's sake! And still takes the moral high ground all the time! And now she's disappeared again - what a cowardly, childish way to leave a relationship. To not even talk to him about it first, let him think that everything was fine, and then whip the carpet out from underneath him all of a sudden. How cruel. If the writer's aim was to redeem her in the eyes of the viewers - they have not. And as somebody who has been abused, this situation just gets to me. She treats him so badly and she refuses to see her own flaws, and he won't call her on them. It's particularly interesting that he won't even get angry at her. Won't even allow himself to feel anger towards her, probably because he would see that as being like wifebeater Arlo and he has a horror of being like that. It's also typical of people who grew up in abusive homes, like Raylan did, to just acccept this sort of behaviour. Abusive patterns are normal to them, so they don't even see it.<br /> If I could give the writers some advice on how to redeem her, besides "don't do this!", they could have her, a) apologise! and acknowledge her own faults for once! and b)come to understand more of what it was like for him growing up in Harlan in a home like his, and stop judging him so much! Whatever Raylan's flaws, Winona has an abundance of her own.<br />And I'm probably overattached here, but I hurt for Raylan. :( I wish Winona would treat him better. <br />(getting off soapbox now)Ezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973392170210759018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-84541677459323833802012-05-04T17:41:56.538-04:002012-05-04T17:41:56.538-04:00Can I just say, pissed off Raylan is fun to watch....Can I just say, pissed off Raylan is fun to watch. The scenes with Arlo (I'm concerned about him as well) and with Boyd were really well done.<br /><br />The guy tied up on the bed is creeping me out. It's actually really well done by the writers -- I'm sure our imagination is much worse than anything they could ever film. Or maybe, I'm still recovering from last night's viewing of Joffrey.<br /><br />I'm sorry that Winona is giving up -- especially with a baby on the way. But, she made a great point with the poker game analogy. It's hard to image our hero without his star.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-37169277910587791102012-02-26T14:00:59.987-05:002012-02-26T14:00:59.987-05:00Loving this season so much. Quarles and Limehouse ...Loving this season so much. Quarles and Limehouse are both brilliant additions to the show.<br /><br />I just started liking Winona and Raylan together, then they split them up. Typical :(MischievousNinjanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40684121913079509462012-02-25T10:31:44.985-05:002012-02-25T10:31:44.985-05:00At the end of the Limehouse paragraph, you mention...At the end of the Limehouse paragraph, you mention Limehouse not remembering Arlo. This is erroneous, because he recognized Arlo on the bridge in the opening scene of episode three. It was Raylan who he did not remember, in episode four.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-32642931516198462232012-02-25T03:45:24.250-05:002012-02-25T03:45:24.250-05:00"I'm getting that vibe from Arlo."
...<i>"I'm getting that vibe from Arlo."</i><br /><br />Me, too.<br /><br /><i>"A fistfight in a moving oxy clinic. That was new."</i><br /><br />And awesome! It was so out of tune with the rest of this show, because most of the violence is really laconic thanks to the fabulous Mr. Givens. <br /><br /><i>"How very Deadwood.</i><br /><br />Me, too.<br /><br /><i>"This would probably be funnier if I had any idea who Kenny Chesney is."</i><br /><br />I think he's a rather cheesy current country singer without any real street cred.Josie Kafkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17892717530356699008noreply@blogger.com