Season 1 Quotes
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SEASON 1 QUOTES Variety, March 12, 2010 (Brian Lowry) “…the ‘Deadwood’ alum enlivens every scene he’s in…” “…a wonderfully old-fashioned drama…” “…Olyphant delivers an unabashed star turn in this one.” “…an enormously appealing performance…” “Thanks to Olyphant, women, too, might find more to like about the show than your average dry cop procedural.” “JUSTIFIED has a clear sense of its strengths and shrewdly plays to them. For FX, that savvy combined with Olyphant’s charisma has all the makings of a series destined to nail its target.” USA Today, March 23, 2010 (Robert Bianco) “No matter how good a show’s pilot may be, you’re always justified in worrying that a good pilot may be all the show has to offer. So you should be relieved to hear the next two episodes of FX’s extremely promising JUSTIFIED are just as smart and sharp as last week’s premiere.” “JUSTIFIED stars a terrific Timothy Olyphant…” “Surprisingly funny, and at times, equally surprisingly violent, JUSTIFIED is FXs most entertaining series since ‘Rescue Me.’ And that’s high praise, indeed.” USA Today, March 16, 2010 (Bruce Schwartz) “One of spring’s most promising new series…” USA Today, March 2, 2010 (Robert Bianco) JUSTIFIED was included as one of Robert Bianco’s TV Picks for the month of March in his “The I’ds (I’d Watch) of March” “One of spring’s most promising new series…” Associated Press, March 27, 2010 (Frazier Moore) “The show is colorful and quirky, befitting its roots in the fiction of crime novelist Elmore Leonard.” Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2010 (Nancy deWolf Smith) “..this is one cool show.” “For all that is familiar here, just as much feels new.” “The pitch perfection of such an hour, lush and brightly lit, is sublime.” 1 “In general though, the biggest thrill to be gotten from JUSTIFIED may come from the way it can cover old ground and still end up in a new place.” Time, March 15, 2010 (Jim Poniewozik) “…the terrific new drama JUSTIFIED….” “There’s a remarkable scene in the pilot in which he [Givens] uses the threat of his quick draw to talk down a thug with a shotgun pointed at Givens’ head…which left me with a thorough man crush on him.” “Dark streaks aside, JUSTIFIED is also, as you’d expect from Leonard (and writer Graham Yost, formerly of ‘Boomtown’), a funny show, with taut dialogue and a distinct sense of place. Its supporting characters are a riot of wiseass agents, sardonic thieves and big-and small-time hustlers. Its Harland County is both timeless and of the moment…(The fourth episode …It’s excellent as well…)” “The result is a new-style western that’s both entertaining and as mesmerizing as Givens’ cold- blooded speech to the crook with the scattergun…” “…in the compelling character study of JUSTIFIED, Leonard, Yost and Olyphant have fashioned quite a weapon. I can’t wait to see how they use it.” People, March 15, 2010 ***+ ½ out of **** “As deputy U.S. marshal Raylan Givens, Timothy Olyphant has found a role that clicks with him…” “Olyphant plays this laconic, loping lawman with a smiling minimalism that makes Givens both iconic and contemporary. The supporting cast includes the excellent Walton Goggins as an old friend gone wrong.” Entertainment Weekly, April 9, 2010 A Reader’s Dilemma: “Southland” vs “Parenthood” vs “Justified” Dalton Ross writes, “…go live with my favorite, JUSTIFIED.” Ken Tucker agreed, “…watch the one you want to talk to friends about the next day. For me, that’d be JUSTIFIED.” Lesley Savage advised, “Watch JUSTIFIED….” Entertainment Weekly, March 19, 2010 “The Must List- the top 10 things we love this week: #3 JUSTIFIED” Entertainment Weekly, March 19, 2010 (Ken Tucker) A 2 “I knew from this moment on that I’d kinda fallen in love with a new TV show.” “…one of ‘The Shield’s finest, Walton Goggins.” “…two superb actors [Olyphant, Goggins].” “Many of the producers behind JUSTIFIED have worked on some of my favorite TV shows of the past decade…good work is good work, and in TV, creators of cult shows often end up making hits.” “Olyphant is surrounded by a terrific supporting cast including ‘Dirty Sexy Money’s’ Natalie Zea as Raylan’s ex-wife and Nick Searcy as his deceptively cornpone boss. But in the end, it comes down to hard stares and that combination of drawled amusement and sudden violence that makes him so cool yet exciting.” Entertainment Weekly.com, December 2, 2009 (Ken Tucker) “…JUSTIFIED is the show I’m all-in on: I’ll bet the contemporary drama starting Timothy Olyphant as a sheriff tracking down badguys will be one of the best new shows of the upcoming year.” “…this drama would seem to have both quality and fun on its side.” “If you thought Olyphant was cool/sexy/smart/intriguing in Damages and Deadwood, you’ll want to see him in JUSTIFIED.” TV Guide, April 12, 2010 (Bruce Fretts) “Cheers to JUSTIFIED for doing right by Walton Goggins. The intensely talented actor, who was unjustly denied an Emmy nomination for his searing work on FX’s ‘The Shield,’ has returned to the network with a killer turn as Boyd Crowder…Now if Goggins gets an Emmy nod, that would truly be JUSTIFIED.” TV Guide, April 12, 2010 The Hot List “Because Raylan is the coolest dude on TV right now…” TV Guide, March 15, 2010 (Matt Roush) “…terrifically entertaining new instant classic. Like its leading man (a literary creation of Elmore Leonard), JUSTIFIED is cool. It is hot. And it is great.” TV Guide, March 15, 2010 (Margy Rochlin) “What is it about JUSTIFIED that’s made it one of the most buzzworthy new shows of the season? There’s Olyphant’s sexy pitch-perfect lawman, a great supporting cast of good ol’ boys and girls and the hollers of eastern Kentucky as its unusual setting.” “JUSTIFIED isn’t your average police procedural.” The New Yorker, April 5, 2010 (Nancy Franklin) “…the pleasures that this series may bring…” 3 “Others around Olyphant shine: Rachel (Erica Tazel)….Searcy….who delights us whenever he’s onscreen. Each time Mullen assigns Givens a job, we’re sorry to leave the office; it means saying goodbye to Mullen.” The New York Times, March 14, 2010 (David Carr) “There are notes of laconic characters played by Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones in his [Olyphant] performance…” The New York Times, March 16, 2010 (Mike Hale) “The dialogue sometimes has a snap that’s rare, or let’s just say nonexistent, in prime time.” “JUSTIFIED is in many ways an upgrade over what’s currently available…” “…solid supporting performances by Nick Searcy, as Givens’s boss, and Erica N. Tazel, as a young marshal. And the funny parts are worth waiting for…” New York Magazine, March 22, 2010 (Mike Flaherty) “Not since John Wayne has an actor made such an impression simply by walking.” “Olyphant is one of those actors whose magnetism grows as the screen gets smaller, in parts that unspool slowly over time, allowing for ambiguity and flaws.” New York Post, March 16, 2010 (Linda Stasi) *** “…you can’t help but to fall for JUSTIFIED.” “…it’s nonetheless a true male fantasy show…” Sunday New York Post, January 2, 2010 (Robert Rorke) JUSTIFIED is included in Sunday’s New York Post TV Week as one of “The Greatest Hits of 2010.” New York Daily News, March 21, 2010 (Mike Lupica) “JUSTIFIED, the new FX series based on the great Elmore Leonard character Raylan Givens, is merely terrific. Every once in a while, Hollywood still gets it right with Mr. Leonard, the greatest living American writer. Not crime writer. Just the best writer there is. New York Daily News, March 16, 2010 (David Hinckley) **** “Creating a television series that does justice to the hard-bitten prose of Elmore Leonard isn’t one of your easier conversion tasks, but FX is off to a satisfying and promising start with JUSTIFIED. Much of the credit falls to Timothy Olyphant, who plays U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens with a calm, almost bemused façade that papers over a restless fury.” “JUSTIFIED is smart enough not to mess up the basics.” 4 NJ.com/The Newark Star-Ledger, April 6, 2010 (Alan Sepinwall) “…a lot of fun, extremely compelling and hopefully a signpost towards more good things to come.” The Newark Star-Ledger, March 16, 2010 (Alan Sepinwall) “JUSTIFIED has the kind of muscular confidence and style that makes it a worthy Leonard adaptation and a good match for FX.” “The pilot, in which Yost liberally borrows Leonard’s trademark lean dialogue from ‘Fire in the Hole,’ has a swagger to it, and also a sly sense of humor.” The New York Observer, February 8, 2010 (Christopher Rosen) JUSTIFIED is included in one of the top four new TV Shows to set your DVR to. Los Angeles Times Magazine, April 4, 2009 “The new FX series…proves when the words of Elmore Leonard come to life in just the right way, it’s can’t miss-entertainment.” Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2010 (Maria Elena Fernandez) “For the viewer, the result is electric. Olyphant and Goggins have an unquestionable chemistry.” Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2010 (Mary McNamara) “…a fine and upstanding addition to FX’s gallery of mangled mavericks.” “…it’s as refreshing as a glass of sweet tea to watch a show set somewhere outside of the traditional East Coast/West Coast metropolitan areas, and writer/executive producer Graham Yost certainly has a musical ear…Olyphant and Searcy in particular go at it like top-ranked graduates of the Robert Duvall Academy of Prairie Poets.” “In the end JUSTIFIED is another of TV’s many Broken But Brilliant Men…but it appears it’s going to be a good one.” Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2010 (Denise Martin) “Best series to happen to FX since ‘The Shield.’ Chicago Sun-Times, March 30, 2010 (Paige Wiser) “If you haven’t given Timothy Olyphant a chance as a throwback hero, you should.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 27, 2010 (David Hiltbrand) “The season’s best new show…” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 16, 2010 (Jonathan Storm) “Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins sitting there at the kitchen table would make a pretty good TV show.