The final act of Justified: City Primeval has made the differences between the FX miniseries and the original Justified particularly clear. While the underlying theme of City Primeval has been Raylan Givens adapting or not adapting to a new time and place, those moments were often more subtle or left unspoken. However, the penultimate episode clearly declared that viewers were watching a new Raylan — at least for now.City Primeval’s penultimate episode “The Smoking Gun” teased a face-off between Raylan and his new nemesis Clement Mansell. In fact, the hour’s entire synopsis was that “Raylan and Mansell show down.” What actually happened was not only unexpected, but the exact opposite of Raylan’s defining scene from Justified’s premiere 13 years earlier. It was another clever callback to history… but it also may have an interesting effect on the series finale and Raylan’s legacy as a whole.Raylan Givens’ defining character trait is that he’s not afraid of confrontation. He’s had so many memorable standoffs that there’s a montage of them. Raylan is always ready to take action — and that includes a willingness to use lethal force. That was established immediately in the very first scene of Justified, which featured him tracking down a mobster in Miami. Raylan had given the man 24 hours to get out of town or he was going to shoot him on sight. But when the time ran out — and his adversary pulled a gun — Raylan shot the man twice in public view with zero hesitation. It was that incident which resulted in him being transferred from Florida to Kentucky, thus setting up the premise of Justified. But it also clearly defined who he was: a man of his word, a man who prioritized justice most of all and someone who’d never be intimidated.RELATED: Justified’s Timothy Olyphant on City Primeval Return: ‘The Hat Still Fits’
The final act of Justified: City Primeval has made the differences between the FX miniseries and the original Justified particularly clear. While the underlying theme of City Primeval has been Raylan Givens adapting or not adapting to a new time and place, those moments were often more subtle or left unspoken. However, the penultimate episode clearly declared that viewers were watching a new Raylan — at least for now.
City Primeval‘s penultimate episode “The Smoking Gun” teased a face-off between Raylan and his new nemesis Clement Mansell. In fact, the hour’s entire synopsis was that “Raylan and Mansell show down.” What actually happened was not only unexpected, but the exact opposite of Raylan’s defining scene from Justified‘s premiere 13 years earlier. It was another clever callback to history… but it also may have an interesting effect on the series finale and Raylan’s legacy as a whole.
Raylan Givens’ defining character trait is that he’s not afraid of confrontation. He’s had so many memorable standoffs that there’s a montage of them. Raylan is always ready to take action — and that includes a willingness to use lethal force. That was established immediately in the very first scene of Justified, which featured him tracking down a mobster in Miami. Raylan had given the man 24 hours to get out of town or he was going to shoot him on sight. But when the time ran out — and his adversary pulled a gun — Raylan shot the man twice in public view with zero hesitation. It was that incident which resulted in him being transferred from Florida to Kentucky, thus setting up the premise of Justified. But it also clearly defined who he was: a man of his word, a man who prioritized justice most of all and someone who’d never be intimidated.
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