We feel like this season so far has been more of an ensemble
show than a show about our favorite rule-bending, wisecracking cowboy. It seems
like all the criminals get way more screen time than Raylan, and we are not
liking it. What we do get of Raylan this week was good, but we want more. Watching
the mostly idiotic baddies bicker is getting old. We like Limehouse though.
Neal McDonough gets Devil on his side, and Devil tries to
get Johnny to turn on Boyd with him. Johnny doesn’t take this deal and ends up
shooting Devil in the chest in front of Boyd. Good. One less bad guy to take
screen time away from our Hillbilly Whisperer. We did get to see Raylan visit Loretta. He got
no information about the Mags money from her though.
Dickey and Dewey escape from prison, and this is pretty
funny. Dickie arranges to get the Mags money from Limehouse for Ash. Raylan and
Rachel block the way to Limehouse’s area of town so that no drug money can get
in or out. Raylan tracks Dickie to a safe house, where he sees Ash in the
street. Ash tries to pull his gun and Raylan runs Ash over with his car, twice.
Raylan gets on out of the car, questions Ash, and calls an ambulance, all the
while teasing Ash. We want more Raylan teasing people!
Ash’s men take Dickie to the Bennett general store where
they are not very nice to him. Limehouse saves Dickie, but Dickie finds out
that Mag’s money is only $46,000 rather than three million. Dickie refuses the
money and tells Limehouse to take it back and increase it. Limehouse agrees in
order to honor his original deal with Mags.
We ship Rachel and Limehouse. Not because they are both
black, duh. Because they have clear chemistry. This episode was a little slow,
despite all the happenings. Again, we chalk it up to the show switching its
focus from Raylan to the ne’er-do-wells of the area. We like that Neal is a
little scary, Boyd is a little crazy/a little awesome, and Limehouse has a
definite good side. But the others can go pound sand. The focus on the villains' set-up may be good for the season overall though. While for one or a few episodes, it tries our patience, we admit it will make things so much better to watch when Raylan takes everyone down.
Episode grade: B-
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