130 Fun Facts About Justified

On which network did Justified air?

Justified aired on FX for its whole run, from March 2010 to April 2015, alongside FX dramas such as Sons of Anarchy.

Who plays Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens?

Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens; he earned a 2011 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role.

Which crime writer's stories is Justified based on?

Elmore Leonard, author of Get Shorty and Out of Sight, created Raylan Givens; the series adapts his Raylan stories and Leonard served as an executive producer.

What is the title of the short story the show is chiefly based on?

Fire in the Hole, Elmore Leonard's short story in which Raylan confronts Boyd Crowder, gave the pilot episode its title.

Who developed Justified for television?

Graham Yost developed Justified and was its showrunner for all six seasons; he earlier wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film Broken Arrow.

In which part of eastern Kentucky did most of the main characters grow up?

Harlan County, in the coalfields of southeastern Kentucky, is where Raylan, Boyd and Ava grew up, and most of the series is set there.

In which city is the U.S. Marshals office where Raylan works based?

Lexington hosts the Eastern District of Kentucky marshals' office, run by Chief Deputy Art Mullen, where Raylan is reassigned after the Miami shooting.

How many episodes of Justified were made?

Justified made 78 episodes, from the pilot on March 16, 2010 to the finale 'The Promise' on April 14, 2015.

How many seasons did the original run of Justified have?

Olyphant and Yost chose to end it rather than do a seventh.

Whom does Raylan shoot in Miami, leading to his reassignment to Kentucky?

Tommy Bucks, a Miami gun thug, draws on Raylan at a hotel restaurant after ignoring his ultimatum to leave town, and Raylan shoots him dead.

Who plays Boyd Crowder?

Walton Goggins plays Boyd Crowder; he received a 2011 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the role.

What was originally going to happen to Boyd Crowder in the pilot?

Boyd was scripted to die at the end of the pilot, but test audiences responded so strongly to Walton Goggins that Graham Yost kept the character alive.

Whom does Ava Crowder kill before the series begins?

Ava shot her abusive husband Bowman Crowder, Boyd's brother, at the supper table before the series begins, and was never convicted for it.

Where does Raylan shoot Boyd in the pilot?

Raylan shoots Boyd in the chest at Ava's dinner table in the pilot; Boyd survives and later calls it a sign from God.

Which actor plays Boyd's father Bo Crowder?

M. C. Gainey plays Bo Crowder, the Harlan crime boss who is shot dead by Miami cartel gunmen in the season-one finale.

Who plays Raylan's father Arlo Givens?

Raymond J. Barry plays Arlo Givens, Raylan's estranged father, a career Harlan criminal who repeatedly sides with the Crowders against his son.

What does Boyd's "flock" of reformed convicts blow up in season one?

Boyd's born-again followers blow up meth houses in season one, which Boyd calls cleansing Harlan of drugs.

What is the name of Raylan's ex-wife?

Winona Hawkins is Raylan's ex-wife; she left him, married realtor Gary Hawkins, and later reunites with Raylan.

What is Winona's job?

Winona works as a court stenographer in the Lexington federal courthouse, which is how she keeps crossing paths with Raylan.

Who leads the Miami drug cartel that wants Raylan dead in season one?

Gio Reyes, the Miami drug boss whose enforcer Raylan killed in the pilot, sends gunmen after Raylan in the season-one finale.

Which crime family does season two focus on?

The Bennetts grow marijuana and have feuded with the Givens family for years; their dealings drive season two.

Who plays Bennett matriarch Mags?

Margo Martindale plays Mags Bennett, the matriarch of Bennett Hollow; the veteran character actress later played Mattie Fae in August: Osage County (2013).

What are the names of Mags Bennett's three sons?

Mags's sons are Dickie, Coover and Doyle: Dickie the limping schemer, Coover the dim-witted muscle, and Doyle the local police chief.

What left Dickie Bennett with a lame leg?

It happened at a high school baseball game.

How does Mags Bennett kill Loretta's father Walt?

Mags poisons Walt McCready with a laced drink after he phoned the marshals about a pedophile, bringing outside law into Bennett territory.

How does Mags Bennett die?

She asks Raylan to shake hands and settle the family feud first.

Who plays the teenager Loretta McCready?

Kaitlyn Dever plays Loretta McCready, the orphaned teenager Raylan watches over; Dever returned for the final season and later starred in Booksmart.

Which mining company tries to buy up Harlan land in season two?

Black Pike Mining, fronted by executive Carol Johnson, tries to buy up Harlan land for a mountaintop-removal operation; Boyd works security for it.

Who kills Raylan's aunt and stepmother Helen?

He recognised Arlo's gait during a robbery of his weed operation.

How much money does Winona steal from the courthouse evidence locker?

She panics and asks Raylan to help put it back.

How long did the Givens–Bennett truce brokered by Helen and Mags last?

It began after Raylan crippled Dickie at a baseball game.

Which mobster, exiled from Detroit, is the main villain of season three?

Robert Quarles, played by Neal McDonough, is a Detroit mob lieutenant exiled to Kentucky who tries to seize Harlan's oxycodone trade in season three.

Where does the season-three villain carry his hidden pistol?

Quarles carries a small pistol on a spring-loaded rail strapped to his forearm, which drops the gun into his hand from under his sleeve.

What does Ellstin Limehouse do to Quarles in the season-three finale?

Errol had ambushed Quarles and they shot each other first.

Who plays Ellstin Limehouse?

Mykelti Williamson, best known as Bubba in Forrest Gump, plays Ellstin Limehouse, the butcher who banks money for Harlan's criminals.

What is the name of the Black community Limehouse leads?

Noble's Holler is the Black enclave Limehouse runs as banker and protector; Dickie Bennett goes there in season three to claim the money Mags left in Limehouse's keeping.

Which state trooper does Arlo kill in season three, mistaking him for Raylan?

Arlo shoots state trooper Tom Bergen, who is wearing a hat, thinking he is Raylan; Arlo then confesses to that and to Devil's murder, clearing Boyd.

What is Wynn Duffy's usual base of operations?

Wynn Duffy runs his affairs from a motor home, a Winnebago he parks wherever business takes him; Jere Burns played Duffy in all six seasons.

What falls onto a residential street in Corbin, Kentucky, in season four's 1983 flashback?

Season four opens with a man with a defective parachute landing dead on a Corbin street in 1983, bags of cocaine strapped to him; the mystery of who he was drives the season.

What name is on the ID tag found with the dead parachutist?

The dead parachutist carried an ID in the name Waldo Truth; decades later a bag hidden in a wall of Arlo's house holds the same Waldo Truth license, starting Raylan's hunt for Drew Thompson.

Who turns out to be the fugitive Drew Thompson in season four?

Sheriff Shelby Parlow, played by Jim Beaver, turns out to be Drew Thompson, who faked his death in 1983 to escape the Detroit mob and hid in Harlan under a new name.

What kind of preacher cuts into Boyd's profits in season four?

Billy St. Cyr, a snake-handling revivalist preacher, draws Harlan's addicts away from Boyd's oxy trade; Boyd's dare to handle an unmilked snake ends with Billy bitten.

Who plays the bumbling Constable Bob Sweeney?

Patton Oswalt plays Constable Bob Sweeney, a small-town lawman with a 'go bag' who idolises Raylan; Oswalt is a stand-up comedian also known for voicing Remy in Ratatouille.

What does Theo Tonin reportedly carry in his pocket?

Theo Tonin is said to keep a severed human ear in his pocket and talk into it, a story told to underline how feared the Detroit boss is.

Who plays mob boss Theo Tonin?

Adam Arkin plays Theo Tonin; Arkin also directed several episodes of the show, including the series finale 'The Promise'.

How does Arlo Givens die?

Arlo is stabbed in prison by former sheriff Hunter Mosley, who wanted to stop him trading Drew Thompson's identity for a deal; Arlo dies telling Raylan to kiss his ass.

Whom does Raylan allow to be killed by Sammy Tonin's men in the season-four finale?

Nicky Augustine, who had sent men after the pregnant Winona, is gunned down in his limousine by Sammy Tonin's crew while Raylan stands by and lets it happen.

Which family provides the main new antagonists of season five?

The Crowes, headed by Darryl Crowe Jr., move to Harlan in season five after Dewey Crowe comes into a $300,000 lawsuit settlement.

Who plays Darryl Crowe Jr.?

Michael Rapaport plays Darryl Crowe Jr., head of the Crowe clan in season five; Rapaport was previously known for True Romance and Boston Public.

Who shoots Art Mullen through a hotel-room door in season five?

Darryl Crowe Jr. shoots Art through the door of the hotel room where Art is guarding a witness; Darryl then coerces young Kendal into falsely confessing to it.

Who kills Darryl Crowe Jr. in the season-five finale?

She recorded his confession first.

How does Boyd kill Ethan Picker in season five?

Picker had tried to have Boyd killed at a meeting with Duffy.

Which veteran actor plays season six's Avery Markham?

Sam Elliott won a Critics' Choice award as Best Guest Performer for Avery Markham.

What business does Avery Markham run in Colorado?

He returns to Kentucky to reconnect with Katherine Hale.

Who plays Katherine Hale?

Mary Steenburgen plays Katherine Hale, a crime boss's widow and Wynn Duffy's old associate; Steenburgen won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Melvin and Howard (1980).

Under what business is Markham's vault located in season six?

Markham keeps his cash in a vault beneath Pizza Portal, a Harlan pizzeria; Boyd spends much of season six scheming to tunnel into it.

Who plays Markham's psychopathic marksman Boon?

Jonathan Tucker plays Boon, Markham's hat-fixated gunman; Tucker later starred as Jay Kulina in the series Kingdom.

Who is Ava's uncle who helps Boyd tunnel toward the vault?

Zachariah Randolph, Ava's uncle, a miner played by Jeff Fahey, digs Boyd's tunnel; he later dies setting off dynamite in the mine while trying to kill Boyd.

Who stops Boon from finishing off the wounded Raylan in the finale?

As the dying Boon reaches for his gun, Loretta steps on his hand; Boon dies of his wound and the wounded Raylan lives.

How many years forward does the series finale jump?

The finale jumps four years ahead: Raylan is back with the Miami marshals, sharing custody of his daughter with Winona, and pays Boyd a last prison visit.

What does Raylan tell the imprisoned Boyd about Ava in the finale?

Raylan tells Boyd that Ava died in a car accident, a lie to keep Boyd from ever looking for her and the son she is raising in California.

Justified ends with an exchange between Boyd Crowder and Raylan Givens; what are the series' final words?

"We dug coal together" / "That's right" closes the series: Boyd asks why Raylan told him in person and realises that shared past is the reason.

To whom is the series finale dedicated?

Leonard had died in August 2013.

What is Raylan's daughter's name?

Willa, Raylan and Winona's baby daughter, is the reason Raylan plans to leave Kentucky for Florida; she appears as a teenager in Justified: City Primeval.

Who plays Chief Deputy Art Mullen?

Nick Searcy plays Art Mullen, chief deputy of the Lexington office, who was once Raylan's firearms instructor at the marshals' academy.

What was Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson before joining the marshals?

Tim Gutterson served as an Army Ranger sniper in Afghanistan before joining the marshals; Jacob Pitts plays him as a dry, watchful marksman.

Who plays Deputy Marshal Rachel Brooks?

Erica Tazel plays Deputy Marshal Rachel Brooks, the steady, by-the-book member of the Lexington office who often partners with Raylan in the field.

Who plays Ava Crowder?

Joelle Carter plays Ava Crowder across all six seasons; Carter modelled before acting and earlier appeared as Penny in High Fidelity (2000).

What does Dewey Crowe believe has been taken from him in season three?

In season three's 'Thick as Mud', a prison nurse cons Dewey into believing his kidneys have been removed and he must rob for the money to buy them back; they were never taken.

What did Raylan play in high school?

Raylan played high-school baseball in Harlan; it was during a game that he wrecked Dickie Bennett's leg, starting their lifelong feud.

Who paid for Raylan's college education?

Raylan's aunt Helen, who later married Arlo, paid for his college; she gave him the money that got him out of Harlan.

What is Judge Mike Reardon known for wearing under his robes?

Judge Mike 'The Hammer' Reardon, played by Stephen Root, wears nothing but a gun and Speedo trunks under his robes, a running joke in season one's 'The Hammer'.

Who plays the dimwitted Dewey Crowe?

Damon Herriman, an Australian actor, plays Dewey Crowe; in 2019 he played Charles Manson in both Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Mindhunter.

Where is Dewey Crowe from?

Dewey Crowe comes from south Florida, home of the Crowe clan; he first appears in season one as a hapless member of Boyd's white-supremacist Crowder's Commandos.

What is Johnny Crowder to Boyd?

He is left paraplegic after Bo shoots him.

What is the name of the Harlan brothel Boyd and Ava take over?

Audrey's is the Harlan bar and brothel Boyd and Ava take over from the pimp Delroy in season three; Ava runs it and Ellen May is one of its working girls.

What is Wynn Duffy's bodyguard called?

Duffy's bodyguard Mike Cosmatopolis serves him loyally for years, then turns on him in season six after learning Duffy informed on Katherine's husband Grady Hale.

Which sheriff hosts swinger parties for Harlan's wealthy?

Funeral director Lee Paxton is a member of his club.

What was Boyd's old army buddy Colton "Colt" Rhodes's role in the service?

Colt Rhodes served as a military policeman in Iraq alongside Boyd; Ron Eldard plays him in season four as Boyd's drug-addled enforcer.

What is Wendy Crowe's profession?

Wendy Crowe, played by Alicia Witt, works as a paralegal, which is why Darryl leans on her for legal cover; her 'brother' Kendal is in fact her son.

Which prison guard falsely claims Ava attacked him?

Albert Fekus, the guard played by Danny Strong, claims Ava stabbed him so she is moved to state prison; he later recants after Raylan leans on him.

Which Markham enforcer, brain-damaged in the army, is nicknamed Choo-Choo?

Mundo, nicknamed Choo-Choo, is Ty Walker's brain-damaged army buddy in Markham's crew; shot by the marshals, he sits on the tracks to be hit by a train but dies before it arrives.

What is Rodney Dunham's nickname?

Rodney 'Hot Rod' Dunham, played by Mickey Jones, is a Memphis weed dealer who does business with Boyd and later the Crowes across seasons three to five.

What was the working title of Justified?

The series was developed and picked up by FX under the working title Lawman, after its marshal hero, before being renamed Justified ahead of its 2010 premiere.

Where was the Justified pilot filmed?

The pilot was shot in and around Pittsburgh, with the town of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, standing in for Harlan; the series then moved production to California.

Which small California town often doubled for Harlan, Kentucky?

Green Valley, a small town north of Los Angeles, stood in for Harlan for most of the series; after the pilot the production was based in California.

Which building appears as the small-town airport in the pilot?

The half-built Consol Energy Center played the new courthouse.

Which camera did the show switch to from season three?

From season three Justified was shot on the RED Epic digital camera, replacing the cameras used for the first two seasons.

Who performs the theme song "Long Hard Times to Come"?

Gangstagrass, a bluegrass–hip-hop outfit, performs the theme 'Long Hard Times to Come' (featuring rapper T.O.N.E-z); it was Emmy-nominated for main title theme music in 2010.

Which member of Toto composed the show's score?

Steve Porcaro, keyboardist of Toto, composed Justified's score and is credited as series composer across its run.

Who directed the Justified pilot?

Michael Dinner directed the pilot 'Fire in the Hole' and stayed on as an executive producer and frequent director for the show's whole run.

How many viewers watched the Justified pilot?

The pilot drew about 4.2 million viewers on March 16, 2010, one of FX's strongest series premieres to that point.

Which two Justified actors won Primetime Emmys for the show?

Margo Martindale and Jeremy Davies are the show's two Emmy winners, both for playing Bennetts: Martindale as Mags (2011) and Davies as Dickie (2012).

How many Primetime Emmy nominations did Justified receive in total?

Two of them turned into wins.

Which award did Justified receive for its 2010 debut season?

Justified received a Peabody Award for 2010, its first season, honouring its adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Raylan Givens stories.

Which Emmy did Jeremy Davies win for playing Dickie Bennett?

Jeremy Davies won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 64th Primetime Emmys in 2012 for his season-three work as Dickie Bennett.

How did the author of the source stories describe Olyphant's casting as Raylan?

Leonard ranked the show among the best adaptations of his work.

In which two novels did Raylan Givens first appear?

Raylan Givens first appeared in Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto (1993) and Riding the Rap (1995), before the 2001 story Fire in the Hole.

Which actor played Raylan in the 1997 TV movie of Pronto?

LeGros later recurred on Justified as Wade Messer.

Which novel by the show's source author was adapted as Jackie Brown?

Rum Punch (1992) became Quentin Tarantino's 1997 film Jackie Brown, with the heroine renamed from Jackie Burke to Jackie Brown.

In which year did the author of the source stories die?

Elmore Leonard died on August 20, 2013, aged 87, between the show's fourth and fifth seasons; he was credited as an executive producer.

In which city was the author of the source stories born?

Elmore Leonard was born in New Orleans in 1925; his family moved often before settling in Detroit in 1934, the city he made his literary home.

Which HBO Western first brought the actor who plays Raylan wide attention?

Deadwood (2004–06) made Olyphant's name as Sheriff Seth Bullock; he returned to the role for Deadwood: The Movie in 2019.

In which sport was the actor who plays Raylan a national finalist in 1986?

Olyphant was a competitive swimmer at USC and a national finalist in swimming's 200-metre individual medley in 1986.

Where was the actor who plays Raylan born?

Timothy Olyphant was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1968 and moved to Modesto, California, at the age of two.

In which 2007 sequel did Olyphant play villain Thomas Gabriel?

Olyphant played cyber-terrorist Thomas Gabriel in Live Free or Die Hard (2007), the fourth Die Hard film; the same year he starred as Agent 47 in Hitman.

Which FX series had the actor who plays Boyd starred in before Justified?

He played Shane Vendrell.

Which Oscar-winning short film did the actor who plays Boyd star in and co-produce?

The Accountant (2001), a short directed by Ray McKinnon, starred and was co-produced by Goggins; it won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

In which state was the actor who plays Boyd born?

Walton Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1971 and raised in Lithia Springs, Georgia.

Which Tarantino film cast the actor who plays Boyd as Chris Mannix?

Goggins played Chris Mannix, the would-be sheriff, in Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (2015), after a smaller role as Billy Crash in Django Unchained.

Which 1994 action film did the show's developer write?

Graham Yost wrote Speed (1994), the Keanu Reeves bus thriller, and then Broken Arrow (1996) before turning to television.

Which spy drama did the actress who plays Mags win two Emmys for after Justified?

Martindale won Guest Actress Emmys in 2015 and 2016 for playing the KGB handler Claudia on FX's The Americans.

In which state was the actress who plays Mags born?

Margo Martindale was born in Jacksonville, Texas, in 1951; the small East Texas town is where she grew up.

What time limit did Raylan give the Miami hitman to leave town?

Raylan gave Tommy Bucks 24 hours to leave Miami; when the deadline ran out Bucks drew on him at the hotel restaurant and Raylan shot him.

Who plays the Miami hitman Raylan shoots in the pilot?

Peter Greene, best known as Zed in Pulp Fiction and Dorian Tyrell in The Mask, plays Tommy Bucks, the hitman Raylan kills in the pilot.

What does Winona call Raylan in the pilot?

He had wondered whether he would have shot Bucks anyway.

In which city is Justified: City Primeval mainly set?

Justified: City Primeval (2023) is set in Detroit, Michigan, following Elmore Leonard's 1980 novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit.

What is Clement Mansell's nickname in City Primeval?

Clement Mansell, the killer played by Boyd Holbrook, is known as the Oklahoma Wildman in both Leonard's novel and the series.

Who plays Raylan's teenage daughter Willa in City Primeval?

Vivian Olyphant, Timothy Olyphant's real-life daughter, plays the teenage Willa in City Primeval, her first major screen role.

Which Out of Sight character does Paul Calderón reprise in City Primeval?

Paul Calderón reprises Detective Raymond Cruz, the Detroit cop he played in the 1998 film Out of Sight, adapted from Leonard's 1996 novel.

Who plays defense attorney Carolyn Wilder in Justified: City Primeval?

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor plays Carolyn Wilder, the Detroit defense attorney who becomes Raylan's ally and love interest in City Primeval; she had just been Oscar-nominated for King Richard.

Who are the showrunners of City Primeval?

Dave Andron and Michael Dinner, both veterans of the original series, created and ran City Primeval; Dinner also directed episodes.

How many episodes did FX order when it first picked up Justified in 2009?

FX's initial 2009 order was for 13 episodes of the show then titled Lawman; the pilot aired the following March as Justified.

Art Mullen knows Raylan from their time at which place?

Glynco, Georgia, is home to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center where marshals are trained.

Which TV-created marshal did Elmore Leonard write into his final novel, Raylan?

Rachel Brooks, Erica Tazel's character, was invented for the show, but Leonard adopted her for the page.

How many seasons had FX been prepared to run Justified before Olyphant and Yost chose to end it?

Network president John Landgraf said he 'regretfully' accepted their decision to stop at six.

Who plays Johnny Crowder, the bar owner who keeps betraying Boyd?

David Meunier plays Johnny Crowder, Boyd's scheming cousin, from the first season until Boyd kills Johnny in season five.

Which director of photography persuaded Sony to switch the show to RED Epic cameras?

He argued the change would boost production tenfold and 'look spectacular'.

In which city was Justified: City Primeval mainly filmed?

Chicago stood in for Detroit during the 2022 shoot of Justified: City Primeval, whose cast included Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Boyd Holbrook.

In season four Raylan lives above a bar and dates which bartender?

Lindsey Salazar tends the bar downstairs while Raylan stashes money away for the baby and chases the Drew Thompson mystery.