Lies and HopesTonight‘s episode of Justified is bookended by a pair of scenes that represent menacing violence looming on the horizon, and hope for the future.

Justified is still recovering from last season‘s Bennet-clan blowout, as evidenced in this week‘s episode.

This week, Justified embraced its serialized elements and focused exclusively on who the bad guys are, how their business operations are related, what their objectives are for the season and how determined they are to go through with it.

This week, the characters‘ past came back to haunt them. Raylan is partnered up with an old flame, Boyd is still trying to rectify some wrongs from the past, and this week‘s villain as well as the "victim," so to speak, where trying to escape or reconnect with the past for their very own reasons.

Raylan‘s WoundsRaylan has to recover from last finale‘s gunshot wound. His aim suffers from it as does his physical dexterity but other than that he is still his handsome charming self.

Last season on FX‘s western hit Justified, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) faced off against the deadly, apple pie-serving Mags (Margo Martindale).

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