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I think it was perfect. It was a situation where you hate your family member and don't care if they die but when they die, you are completely unprepared for the emotional impact it has on you.

Johnny was the one sending him the texts about Ellen Mae and got him to leave the bribe there. They showed Johnny at the field breaking and throwing away the cell phone he was sending Colt the texts from after he left the money in the shed. That was the proof Johnny needed that Colt didn't kill her.

Johnny seems to have multiple scams going. I don't know if he is all in with Wynn or playing them both off each other. Boyd asked for the favor to help him defang the local power players. Augustine warned Boyd that that would create a debt. That means if Boyd doesn't get Drew Thompson, he is going to be in some deep doo-doo. A big play if he wins though. I still go back to that DQ. I was laughing pretty hard at that one. The Corleones tried to go legit with a casino. But a DQ?

Both Boyd and Eva jumped and made a squeal when Raylan shot the buttonman. Boyd seemed to know before Raylan did that he was a hit man. He didn't seem to know it while being led out in handcuffs by him.

Pretty sure Boyd knew the guy was the hitman sent by Theo. Wouldn't Boyd know all Shelby's deputies?

Precisely
I was listening for a clever tell from Boyd to Raylan that only the two would know but the writers couldn't think of one either

Ha. Oh my! Where was my head?

Now I remember that. You're right, and thanks for the re-cap.

I was thinking the same thing, especially after this episode. The scene with Arlo, Raylan saying something like "give me something, anything" was clearly a double meaning, and Tim's hopeful/sad facial expressions were perfect. Nice to see some film acting chops on a series.

This show has grown to be the best thing on commercial TV for me. The writers are on a roll this season, just firing on all cylinders, and the actors seem to get it, everyone on the same page.

Definitely on par w/ Breaking Bad.

You would think. However, I didn't see any indication that Boyd thought the sheriff was bad. I know he would have tried to get Raylan to intervene. All Boyd talked about was that Raylan sent Shelby after him again and that Raylan would still be invited to the wedding. Plus both Boyd and Eva were shocked at the gunfight. And Boyd wouldn't have wanted Eva that close to the gunfight. She definitely was in danger where she was standing. Boyd didn't say anything afterwards. I think Boyd just figured it out quickly.

Agree fully. Oliphant kept the smart ass facade in place, with only a subtle hint on his face that he was asking for far more than just a name. The temptation to overplay it must have been strong-its the kind of scene that wins an emmy. But Oliphant kept it just the way Raylan would act, expecting the audience to be smart enough to get it. Very few actors could have done it so well.

Didn't he say "come closer"?

I thought it was interesting that the writers resisted the temptation to humanize Arlo, just a little, in his swan song scene. Once an a$$hole, always an a$$hole, right up to the end.

But I assumed Arlo would figure into the final reveal of Drew somehow. Sure didn't see him bowing out so soon. Who is this guy that all these people feel not only the need to kill him, but to keep his identity secret and kill anyone who might reveal who he is? That's why I can't see him being Shelby.

The only person we've seen that has the power displayed by Drew, is Theo.

Except that Theo wants Drew dead (and doesn't know who he is either).

Of the regular or recurring characters we know of, I can't imagine who it could be.

All that can be factually said is that he's getting a lot of people killed. Big chess game maybe ...

Yup, love the way they kept Arlo in character. Tough old basted, (sic) did himself well in his final fight too.

I've officially changed my mind. I say Drew Thompson is the gone bad lawman in jail. That's why he killed Raylan's daddy to keep him from talking, not that he would have. Raylan will realize that he caused his father's death by telling the ex-lawman that his father knew who Drew was and was offered a deal to talk.

Can't be. If you watched the preview for next week, it shows him addressing someone you can't see and he calls them Drew.

I dunno.. That could be a purposely misleading preview. I hadn't thought of it, but it makes sense. The big clue is after surviving all this time Arlo was killed right after the the ex sherriff found out he knew who drew thompson was. Good catch, philw...make that great catch You might not be right, but its the best theory I've heard so far.

Boyd is a perfect example of EL's typical criminal, he always reminds readers these guys are not half as smart as they, and we, think they are...

You would think; I took it Boyd didn't.

Yeah, but they should have...
How about Boyd saying, in Raylan's presence, "Hey, have you met Shelby's new deputy?"
It would have gotten Raylan suspicious straight up.

Previews are often deliberately misleading. Then again, it's only a theory based on what I've seen minus any previews. I think we'll all find out!

+1

Good point.
I don't know of anyone revealed so far who warrants this kind of hunt or secret....
Art?

+2

Still, the guy was in jail...easy to dispose of him there.
How could he be a threat to Theo there?

I don't know about EL's typical criminal, but years of gangster movies have taught me that when a crook starts talking about settling down and finally going legit, they're not long for this world. I've got a nagging worry about Boyd... Plus, any clue that the deputy wasn't real would have stepped all over the "I sure hope I was right about this" line.:)And speaking of the shootout, like I said about Matt Dillion...notice who drew and shot first? Course that might change if Lucas should happen to do a movie version.

Superb episode - tried keeping track of the body count but lost it after the first 4 or 5. RIP to Raymond Barry for his excellent portrayal of Arlo from the very first episode. One of the best scripts for quotable lines:
1. Browning to Boyd - "you best be prepared for me to get inhospitable
2. Raylan (?) Which one of these coincidences is just a coincidence?"
3. Boyd to Raylan after he notices Ava's engagement ring - "As onerous as our relationship has been lately, Raylan, you're on the guest list."
4." Sit your white collar ass down"

Just finished watching the first season of "The Killing" so it was interesting to see Brent Sexton re-emerge as the incarcerated ex-deputy assigned to kill Arlo in the prison barbershop.
Edited by ggsantafe - 2/28/13 at 6:15am

I took the DQ thing as showing Boyd (and the typical criminal) has his sights set much lower than a Hollywood trained viewer would anticipate.

I'm watching The Sopranos for the first time right now - just started season 5 I think. They're breaking arms over who mows whose lawn. They're taking a piece of the mowing as well. And these are captains. Whatever, they're making the same point - these guys aren't nearly as glamorous and big-time as people like to think.

I felt so sorry for Boyd - a few hundred grand and a DQ is his dream. On the other hand, if that's a legitimate dream, then it shows where he came from, which is even scarier (poor white trash wise.)

I have read all of his books, with the exception of his westerns....just not into the genre.

Unless WG wants to move to something else (God, I hope not), Boyd will be there.
His departure would be a great loss to the series.

You are absolutely right.
Hollywood portrays these guys as Lex Luthors or Hans Grubers...they're not.

Sure he does.
Look at who his Daddy was....

That was my thought as well after the last episode.

I'll go with that.

I've watched it again and Boyd did not know. Eva came out first before Boyd came and said "I should have known." meaning that Raylan was behind Boyd's arrest. Boyd them came out and asked why did Raylan have Shelby bring him in again. Boyd and Eva were surprised at the shootout. They didn't know.

Yeah, I think you're right. But Boyd should have known.

Re: Dairy Queen:
http://articles.philly.com/1986-07-05/news/26097419_1_drug-overdoses-drug-dealers-informant

Re: who is Drew Thompson, I found this book on Amazon- The Bluegrass Conspiracy: An Inside Story of Power, Greed, Drugs and Murder by Sally Denton. a true story about Drew Thornton who parachuted to his death in 1985.
Recall the very first scene in Season 4 Episode 1.