![]() All they’re offering is the retraction of a long-standing threat, with no promises a new threat won’t be made in years to come. They’re not offering to improve his life in any way. “I don’t want no part in playing their game.” And why would he? Sweety hasn’t been treated fairly by “the system” (not now, and not in the past), so why should he trust it? The courts aren’t offering to pay him back for the damage done to his bar. “I never asked the system to solve my problems for me,” he says to Carolyn. With Sweety’s knowledge of the city and Clement’s unflinching muscle, the two of them can make some serious cash - cash that can fix up Sweety’s bar, which only needs fixing to begin with because the cops tore it apart. For one thing, Clement offers him an apology of sorts: He wants to use the little black book stolen from Judge Guy (Keith David) to blackmail Detroit power players. This week, when she comes to him offering immunity in exchange for the gun and his testimony, he’s already been disincentivized to come forward. Last week, he went to Carolyn Wilder (Aunjanue Ellis) to find out what his options were in regard to Clement’s murder weapon. Just look at Sweety (Vondie Curtis Hall). The rest of the local cops seem to agree, and even those on the opposite side of the law are choosing to be there because they believe it’s the better, safer option.Īunjanue Ellis in “Justified: City Primeval” Courtesy of George Burns Jr / FX What Raylan is forced to wrestle with, both in this moment and in the episodes to come, is whether said period of reflection would do a guy like Clement any good. “I do have a problem rolling up on Mansell face down in a river, shot to death by some Albanian dipshits, when what we want is for the man to be prosecuted, forced to answer for his crimes, and a long period of reflection in a tiny cell.” “I have no problem getting things done,” he says. ![]() “Either the Albanians lead us to Mansell, or they turn him into little tiny pieces. But Norbert doesn’t care how Clement gets got, so long as it happens. In that same meeting, Norbert gives Clement’s name to Toma. And in this case, justice requires more than the law is willing or able to provide.”ĭespite Norbert’s impudent response to this eloquent assessment, everyone in Detroit seems to operate under Toma’s understanding of justice. Justice is meted out in accordance with the action it remedies. But order and justice, they are not the same thing. It is only satisfaction of a mandate for the appearance of order. ![]() “That justice,” he says, referencing the type of justice provided by the courts, “is really no justice at all. One might think that puts him on Raylan’s side, but Toma explains, in no uncertain terms, why law enforcement can’t rectify the situation to his satisfaction. Plus, they don’t want Toma’s Albanian army tearing up their fine city (and its residents) in search of Skender’s assailant.īut Toma isn’t “concerned” with hurting the “wrong people.” He’s concerned with justice. ![]() While aggravated assault doesn’t carry the same consequences as murder in the first degree, the cops would be happy just to get Mansell off the street. With a pushy Norbert (Norbert Leo Butz) in tow, Raylan arrives at the meeting planning to convince Toma to let Skender tell the truth: that he didn’t fall down the stairs (like a “clumsy Jesus”), and that he was, in fact, assaulted by Detroit P.D.’s most wanted criminal, Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook). 'The Office' Actor Returns $110,000 in Kickstarter Donations for Never-Made Stanley Spinoff Hell (and High Water) Break Loose in Chaotic 'What We Do in the Shadows' Ep. Like, say, Toma (Terry Kinney), the Albanian mob boss who invites Raylan for a chat after the “accident” suffered by his nephew, Skender (Alexander Pobutsky). Past bosses like Mags Bennett (Margo Martindale) and Ellstin Limehouse (Mykelti Williamson) are perhaps the best examples, given the credible moral dilemmas each local leader elicits from Raylan, but challenges of principle can come from just about anyone. Marshall is forced to reflect on the nature of his duties. A common occurrence in “Justified” sees Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) sit down with someone most people would consider scary, but rather than beg off, back down, or express much emotion (beyond his trademark frustration mixed with mild curiosity), the U.S. ![]()
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