Review: ‘Justified: City Primeval’ pulls off a pitch-perfect balance of fresh and familiar.
Olyphant’s commanding turn hasn’t skipped a beat—the sexy swagger, the dry humor, the subtle shades of vulnerability infusing his every interaction. Raylan’s still got the hat and the instincts; his impatience and mild superiority complex still occasionally get the best of him. He remains a great, just-flawed-enough TV protagonist. The idea to situate him in a new world—one derived from a Leonard novel in which Raylan isn’t even a character—keeps him interesting and surprising.
There’s something moving, and maybe rare, about watching two actors in their 50s and with decades of experience find that crackle together. One moment in the third episode follows Carolyn alone in the courtroom, wandering toward the judge’s chair she secretly aspires to. The scene stays silent as she sits in it and delivers a powerful expression of steadfast ambition amid systemic dysfunction.
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