This episode’s title reminds me of the Elmore Leonard collection of short stories, When the Women Come Out to Dance” which is where you can read “Fire in the Hole” upon which Justified’s pilot episode was based. When the Women… could have fit this episode pretty well as a title, too.

Anyway, spoilers ahead!

“She at least leave you a note?”

I’m disappointed in the developments with Winona, although I guess you can’t entirely blame her with Raylan getting shot and shooting people in a motel room so frequently… Fair points. I’m glad we did end up getting a Winona scene towards the end of the episode, so we weren’t left completely Natalie Zea-less.

Art’s extremely long pause between “Oh…” and “Well shit.” was great. The little things like that are what make me love this show. It’s great that they work in great moments that breathe despite how much story is packed into each season. I’ll get back to that.

When Ethan (forget his name on the show, and the actor’s name, hmm…) said “I was raised in a commune of sorts,” immediately I thought that sounds like the Dharma Initiative! I’m going to imagine this is an alternate timeline where Ethan left the island for a simpler life in Kentucky as a teenager.

I was also happy with the abundance of Ava scenes this week. If Raylan wasn’t such a badass, I would say I wouldn’t mind if the whole show was just about Ava. And Boyd too, I guess. For context.

Why does Limehouse have to be so likeable? That smile and friendliness he shows Boyd and Ava, if we didn’t know what he was up to I’d think, what’s anyone got against this guy?

I’m predicting that next season will be about whoever is higher up than Quarles and the “guys up in Frankfurt.” So far each season has expanded to include the next level up etc. Breaking Bad has followed that same sort of path, which means there has to be some kind of end in sight or else it might become too much. But I’d rather it ramp up season to season rather than starting with a New York mushroom cloud *cough Heroes cough*.

I’m starting to have some sympathy for Wynn Duffy, and I kind of like him now… This is also similar to how I started to like Mike and Gus over on Breaking Bad.

Timothy Olyphant’s delivery of “Moved on from swastikas and rocket launchers!” has to be my favorite part of this episode… second maybe to the awesome trailer in motion fight. This show has the remarkable ability to make me laugh and enjoy violence. Again, this is a quality shared with Breaking Bad. Raylan laying down the law with Ethan (yeah whatever his name is) was hilarious. As far as I’m concerned that violence was completely fine, and I apologize, Justified, since he’s an abusive guy.

Alright, so the Charlie stealing the money thing… It has me wondering if this season might be doing a little bit too much? I’ll have to think back on the last two seasons, it might be right on track as far as the different things going on. Maybe that whole thing is more of a seed planted for season four. It definitely takes some of the heat off of Raylan and Winona’s antics with that money, but maybe Charlie knew and will use that as some kind of leverage?

Overall, another fantastic episode. Lots of Ava and a bit of Winona is always a good thing, and fisticuffs that make me laugh is like slapping on a “Grade A” stamp. I realize the theme of this episode’s review is that a lot of the stuff I love about Breaking Bad is also present here in Justified. If you haven’t watched Breaking Bad yet and find yourself yearning for more excellent television, Then go watch it while we’re waiting for next week’s episode!