In tonight's episode of FX's Justified, "The Devil You Know," Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) hunts for Dickie (Jeremy Davies) and Dewey (Damon Herriman), who break out of jail with the help of a guard, Ash (Todd Stashwick, The Riches, Men of a Certain Age). Figuring that the trio (which is actually a sextet at first) is heading for Dickie's family money, Raylan goes after the holder of said money, Ellstin Limehouse (Mykelti Williamson, 24, Forrest Gump). Which results in misguided machinations, leaving Ash nearly dead and Dewey killed. Dickie, with some help, takes out two more of the group, and escapes.
Meanwhile, Robert Quarles (Neal McDonough, Desperate Housewives, Tin Man) goads Devil (Kevin Rankin) into standing up to Boyd (Walton Goggins). Devil gets Johnny (David Meunier) behind him, but that doesn't stop Boyd from killing Devil first as soon as Devil makes a threat.
While Justified has been back on the air for three weeks now, it's a hard series to review, and getting harder all the time. That's because episodes, including "The Devil You Know," aren't about a certain event or complete story anymore. As the series goes on, plots get more and more serial, with each week just adding a piece to the larger framework, rather than standing alone. This is certainly not a complaint, as only the best shows are able to successfully do this. But it makes it quite difficult to review an hour at a time.
Justified reaches some awesome new levels in season two with the Mags story, and it's gratifying that there are continuations of that still occurring in season three. Yes, Mags is dead, but her money sets the sights of many a bad dude on her son Dickie. Dickie is now out of prison, but Limehouse tells him that there is little money left. Too bad that's not something that the people after the cash are likely to believe, especially with how untrustworthy Mags turns out be towards her neighbors. Dickie is still, and will continue to be, a wanted man.
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Article comments
1 - sickboy22
dude dewey is not dead. what are you talking about?!
2 - Mike
I think it was unclear that Dewey is dead...he was tranquilized earlier in the jail hospital, that didn't kill him. However, it did seem that the jail doc had some very nasty plans for him, so he COULD be dead.
3 - Jerome Wetzel
You are right in that it isn't explicit that Dewey is dead. But the second time he got the drug, the bad dude got out the plastic sheet. That says just one thing. Unless there's a big twist up their sleeves.
4 - wat
You guys didn't watch the previews at the end of the episode? Dewey's alive and wakes up in a bathtub minus two kidneys that prison orderly guy removed.
5 - Jerome Wetzel
Really? I had a screener copy, so I didn't watch the episode on TV. But I try not to watch previews so I am surprised. That's cool!