Justified (season 6)

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Justified
Season 6
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Season 6 DVD cover
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes13
Release
Original networkFX
Original releaseJanuary 20 (2015-01-20) –
April 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)
Season chronology
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The sixth and final season of the American television drama series Justified premiered on January 20, 2015, on FX, and concluded on April 14, 2015, consisting of 13 episodes.[1] The series was developed by Graham Yost based on Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story "Fire in the Hole".[2] Its main character is Raylan Givens, a deputy U.S. Marshal. Timothy Olyphant portrays Givens, a tough federal lawman, enforcing his own brand of justice in his Kentucky hometown.[2] The series is set in the city of Lexington, Kentucky, and the hill country of eastern Kentucky, specifically in and around Harlan.[3] The sixth season was released on DVD and Blu-ray in region 1 on June 2, 2015.[4]

Cast and characters[]

Main[]

Recurring[]

Guest[]

Production[]

On January 14, 2014, it was announced that Justified was renewed for a sixth season, which is the final season based on a decision by executive producer Graham Yost and lead actor Timothy Olyphant.[5]

Filming for the season began in September 2014.[6] Also in September 2014, Sam Elliott and Garret Dillahunt (who previously starred with Olyphant on Deadwood), were cast in recurring roles for the final season.[7] In November 2014, Jeff Fahey was cast in a recurring role.[8] In January 2015, it was announced that Jonathan Tucker signed on to play Boon for the final five episodes.[9]

Episodes[]

See also: List of Justified episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
661"Fate's Right Hand"Michael DinnerMichael Dinner & Fred Golan & Chris ProvenzanoJanuary 20, 2015 (2015-01-20)2.17[10]
Raylan heads up a RICO case against Boyd Crowder, for abducting crooked Federal agent from Mexico. Dewey has been released from jail based on a bad confession and a record of harassment from Raylan, who despite a petition to keep a thousand feet away attempts to coerce Dewey into turning on Boyd. Dewey returns to Boyd and asks him to let him back in. Boyd employs Dewey to drive a tow truck with drugs in it which Raylan follows. However, Raylan realizes too late that Dewey was just a decoy. Boyd uses the opportunity to rob the safety deposit boxes of a bank he'd cased earlier, but his crew are frustrated to find that the boxes do not contain cash as promised but a ledger and deeds. Raylan pressures a scared Ava to fulfill her obligations as an informant and produce actionable information on Boyd or be returned to prison. Ty Walker earns Raylan's suspicion by offering a suitcase of cash for Arlo's old house and farmland. At the end of the episode, Dewey reminisces with Boyd about Crowder's Commandos saying it was the happiest time of his life, but Boyd believes there's no future left in Harlan and those days are behind them. Boyd kills Dewey, saying that he could no longer trust him any more. Later, he stands over a sleeping Ava.
672"Cash Game"Dean ParisotDave Andron & VJ BoydJanuary 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)1.71[11]
Raylan and Tim work the bank robbery and meet with the owners of the safe deposit boxes to discover what was stolen. Their first stop is prominent local realtor named Calhoun Schreier who claims he'd emptied his box the day before the robbery. Calhoun takes the opportunity to attempt to broker the sale of Arlo's property for Ty Walker. Meanwhile, Katherine Hale is pursuing a relationship with Avery Markham, a big-time criminal recently back from Colorado with a small fortune from legalized cannabis. Katherine is suspicious of Avery, who left Kentucky when her then-husband and his partner Grady Hale was ratted out to the Feds fifteen years prior. Ty Walker tries to buy another old family farm; the owners are adamant in their refusal to sell so he returns later that night. Ty also intimidates the bank manager and learns that the Marshals top suspect in the robbery is Boyd Crowder. Ava finds the ledger and deeds Boyd hid in the barn and shows them to Raylan. The ledger is actually a list of details and accounts Calhoun has been keeping for his own protection. Boyd tries to sell the ledger back to Calhoun. However, when Boyd brings the ledger to Calhoun's office, he finds Raylan waiting and hands over the stolen documents. Later, with Ava's help Boyd realize where the money is hidden.
683"Noblesse Oblige"Peter WellerTaylor Elmore & Benjamin CavellFebruary 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)2.01[12]
After a night of heavy drinking and celebrating with Boyd, Ava is called in by Raylan to a surprise meeting with Rachel and David Vasquez, who outline the terms of her confidential informant agreement. Ava agrees to case the pizza portal for Boyd, slipping down to the basement and taking pictures of the old vault. Raylan and Rachel look for explosives that might be used to breach the vault, finding that the log books for one mine don't balance. Meanwhile, Boyd's crew are discussing their new job when Ty Walker arrives and informs them that they are not robbing Calhoun, but his boss, and warns them of the consequences should they continue their course. That night, Sean and Choo-Choo kidnap Boyd from the bar, bind him in a stress position until morning, then set him free saying he will receive no further warnings. When Boyd returns home he find Avery Markham and Ty Walker in Ava's home; he apologizes to Avery, who threatens to kill them if he sees them in the pizza portal again. Boyd calls a meeting with Katherine and Wynn, demanding to know why they didn't tell him their real target was Avery Markham.
694"The Trash and the Snake"Adam ArkinChris Provenzano & Ingrid EscajedaFebruary 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)1.65[13]
Boyd leaves Ava in The Hotel Samuelson; she updates Raylan then finds Katherine wants to get to know her. Ava ends up having to do cocaine and participate in high-ticket shoplifting scheme to convince Katherine she's not an informant. Katherine's questions about Albert Fekus' changing his statement worries Ava. Meanwhile, Wynn introduces Boyd to a safe cracker who attempts to break open a similar vault but accidentally blows himself up. Boyd and Raylan both deduce that Avery is buying up farms in Harlan to grow soon-to-be-legal cannabis. Raylan checks in with Art, who is on extended leave recovering from gunshot wounds. Art advises Raylan to concentrate on the case against Boyd and not to go after Avery Markham. Raylan and Tim ask Calhoun about the properties being bought up for Avery, noting a number of fires and, most recently, carbon monoxide deaths. They visit Dickie Bennett in prison and learn that he unknowingly sold his ancestral land to Loretta McCready. Raylan and Markam meet for the first time at Loretta's house.
705"Sounding"Jon AvnetDave Andron & Leonard ChangFebruary 17, 2015 (2015-02-17)1.73[14]
Ava tries to find a way to escape from everything, Boyd decides to stay in Harlan and compete with Avery Markham, and Katherine Hale and Wynn Duffy come up with a plan to see if Ava is an informant.
716"Alive Day"Peter WernerBenjamin Cavell & Jennifer KennedyFebruary 24, 2015 (2015-02-24)1.81[15]
Ty and Sean bury Calhoun's body in the woods unaware that bear hunting season just started, and Calhoun's body is later discovered. Meanwhile, Choo-Choo lures out the only witness who saw them at Calhoun's office, but she is so nice to him that he has second thoughts about killing her. Ty takes two men and meets him in the woods with plans to kill Choo-Choo. They are followed by Raylan and Tim who expose Ty's duplicity. Nonetheless, Choo-Choo remains loyal and draws first, starting a shootout that allows Ty and Choo-Choo to escape both wounded. Zachariah visits Ava, whom he raised after her father died in a mine collapse. He makes Boyd's crew give up their guns as they climb into the shaft and spread out for radio contact. At one point, Boyd crashes through a hole and is saved by Zachariah. Later, when one of the men notice that the boards were cut Zachariah pushes him to his death. Boyd leaves Earl to protect Ava at her house, and she plays him for information about what Boyd is doing. When Boyd returns, Limehouse calls him and informs on Ava's antics the previous day.
727"The Hunt"John DahlTaylor Elmore & Keith SchreierMarch 3, 2015 (2015-03-03)1.73[16]
The Marshals launch a manhunt to find Ty Walker. He asks Sean for his help but Avery stops him from helping with a stack of cash. Ty cleans his wounds in a washroom and pays a couple of guys to deliver his bullet proof vest to Orlando. His car breaks down and he calls an ambulance with a plan to rob their medical supplies but, is recognized and kills both paramedics when one tries to sedate him. Raylan spends time with his daughter and Winona and she tells him that she wants Raylan back in her life and by her side raising their daughter. Boyd takes Ava up to his father's hunting cabin in Bulletville where he retrieves and opens a rare bottle he'd been saving for his wedding night. He talks about writing their vows, commitment, trust and loyalty. He takes her hunting then confronts her about her informing to Raylan. She admits to selling him out but he is more concerned if she is sleeping with Raylan, which she denies. Boyd apologizes, saying he'd let her down when she was in prison, and that if they trust each other they can have Raylan going in circles while Boyd gets enough money for them to start over again.
738"Dark As a Dungeon"Gwyneth Horder-PaytonChris Provenzano & VJ BoydMarch 10, 2015 (2015-03-10)1.80[17]
Raylan cleans up Arlo's house and burns the contents of his old army footlocker. He makes arrangements to have the family remains interred on the property to be moved to the town cemetery. Raylan meets with Avery Markham and ask for his help in capturing Ty Walker and taken Boyd down. Later, Ava tells Raylan that Boyd is tunneling the mine to get to the vault. Raylan informs Rachel on the case asainst Boyd and tells her that he thinks that Ava's been burned.
749"Burned"Don KurtDave Andron & Leonard Chang & Jenny DeArmittMarch 17, 2015 (2015-03-17)1.81[18]
Using the files Katherine gave Art, he gets Simon Poole's documents unsealed and learns that Wynn was the informant against Grady. Art and Raylan threaten to leak this to Katherine, and blackmails Wynn's to inform on Boyd. Wynn tells Boyd that Avery is moving the money during a party at the pizza portal that evening, provoking him to move up his timetable. Loretta McCready is threaten by Avery's goon, which forces her to seek Boyd's help. Raylan offers to sell Arlo's property to Loretta. To compete with Avery, Loretta offers to buy the landowners land for cash but, let them keep their homes, hire locals as security and farm hands and keep the profits in the county. Boyd joins Zakariah in the tunnel but, the moment Boyd lights the fuse Zackariah attacks him and chains him to a support post. Carl hears Boyd's screams and helps him escape just in time.
7510"Trust"Adam ArkinBenjamin CavellMarch 24, 2015 (2015-03-24)1.72[19]
Raylan and Tim push Avery's paranoia, suggesting that Katherine is working with Boyd to steal his money and predicting that she will inquire about how he's moving it. Avery tells her that he's moving the money to Charlotte, she tells Wynn who tells Boyd. Raylan sets up a decoy truck to be attacked, but Boyd sees through the ruse. Boyd kidnaps Katherine for ransom and forces Avery to bring the cash to him. As Boyd leaves with the money he informs Avery that robbing him was Katherine's idea from the beginning. Raylan tells Ava that Vasquez is pulling the plug on her deal. She tells Raylan that Boyd killed Dewey and she will get him to confess. Later, when she meets Boyd she shoots him and takes off with the 10 million dollars. Meanwhile, Mikey has been dismayed over Wynn's ease with snitching out his allies. He ask Wynn if he was the one who snitched on Katherine's husband. After getting an implied yes, Mikey physically subdues Wynn, handcuffs him and calls Katherine.
7611"Fugitive Number One"Jon AvnetTaylor Elmore & Keith SchreierMarch 31, 2015 (2015-03-31)1.96[20]
Art comes back from leave to take over Marshal operations in Kentucky. Vasquez questions Raylan and his relationship with Ava, whom he allowed to escape with the money, suggesting they are working together. Boyd is under arrest in the hospital and suggest to Raylan that Ava may be getting help from Zachariah. Katherine seeks to get revenge on Duffy but Mikey has a change of heart. Avery arranges for Earl's release so that he can ask Boyd where he took the 10 million dollars. Boyd is able to convince Earl to not kill him but turns the tables on him and escapes custody. Learning that Carl has failed, Avery orders his dirty cops to kill him but, Raylan arrives just in time. Earl tells Raylan about Grubes, and how Ava and Boyd was going to use him to sneak Ty Walker through the hills. Meanwhile, Ava and Zachariah are able to escape the Marshals but, find Grubes long dead in his cabin.
7712"Collateral"Michael PressmanChris Provenzano & VJ BoydApril 7, 2015 (2015-04-07)1.83[21]
Raylan leaves his badge behind and heads towards the hills. He meets a mountainman and learns that Arlo used them to move drugs up and down the mountain so as revenge Raylan signs over the deed to Arlo's place to them as restitution. Zachariah digs a grave for Grubes, and tells Ava that the smartest think to do is to lay low on the mountain. They hear on a police scanner that Boyd has escaped custody, Zachariah wants to ambush him but Ava is terrified and runs with $1M. Wynn Duffy is released from custody and arranges for purchase of two passports, a gun, and a dog-grooming van with a large well-hidden compartment. Constable Bob Sweeney hears the FBI BOLO for Raylan and leaves to help Raylan. Bob happens on Ava trying to break into his car. Raylan sees Boyd and they exchange gunfire but, Boyd slips away. Bob gets shot by Boyd and when Raylan takes him to the hospital he is taken into custody by state troopers. Ava is dies when gunshot Zachariah blows himself up with dynamite. Avery and Loretta become partners.
7813"The Promise"Adam ArkinGraham Yost & Fred Golan & Dave Andron & Benjamin CavellApril 14, 2015 (2015-04-14)2.24[22]
The cops on Avery's payroll take Ava to him. He has her call uncle Zachariah to arrange a money transfer but, Boyd picks up the phone. Boyd escapes the Marshals man hunt by throwing dynamite at them. He gets the drop on Avery and his security detail and kills them. Meanwhile, Art secures Raylan's release from the state troopers and sends him to pursue Boyd. Boyd surrenders to the Marshals, while Ava is riding back to the station with Raylan. While in route, Boon confronts Raylan on the road and after drawing their weapons, Boon is shot in his chest while Raylan is shot through his hat. While his on the ground, Ava escapes in his car. Raylan says his goodbyes and moves to Miami. Four years later he is part of his daughter's life though Winona is with someone else. Raylan gets a lead and finds Ava living a quiet life on a ranch in Lebec, California, where she reveals that she and Boyd have a son named Zachariah. She desperately asks Raylan not to tell Boyd about him. Raylan leaves Ava but visits Boyd and tells him that they just put together that Ava died in a car crash with a stolen identity three years earlier. Boyd asks why Raylan went out of his way to deliver the news in person, and answers himself, "We dug coal together", to which Raylan responds, "That's right."

Reception[]

Critical response[]

The sixth season has received critical acclaim from television critics, and has a Metacritic rating of 89 out of 100 based on 11 reviews.[23] It currently holds a 100% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 9 out of 10 based on 25 reviews with a critics consensus stating, "Justified returns to form for its endgame, rebounding with crisp storytelling and colorful characters who never take themselves too seriously."[24][25]

Accolades[]

For the 5th Critics' Choice Television Awards, it was nominated for Best Drama Series and received four acting nominations–Timothy Olyphant for Best Actor in a Drama Series, Walton Goggins for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Joelle Carter for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and Sam Elliott won for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series.[26] For the 31st TCA Awards, the series was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Drama.[27]

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