Justified
Justified

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Outside, Shelby repeats the name, and Raylan oh-so-casually asks him if it means anything to him. Shelby says sure -- "ain't nobody in Harlan the name doesn't mean something to" -- but he's dead. Unless, however, someone thinks he's alive, which maybe is why Raylan went to see Josiah in the first place? Damn, I can't believe the degree to which the show had me underestimating Shelby. Won't make that mistake again, nor will a lot of other people, I'm guessing. Raylan tries to peace out, but Shelby gets his full attention when he asks if his next stop is Boyd, and suggests they cut the shit -- Raylan won't talk to him or his men because he thinks he's in Boyd's pocket. Raylan: "I think Lynyrd Skynyrd's overrated. I know you're in Boyd's pocket." Heh. Shelby, however, says that, while they may be dealing with the amazing development of Thompson being alive, he knows for sure that Josiah Cairn is a parolee gone missing, and as such it's his duty to find him. "I brought you to Roz; if you think you've got a line on what happened to Josiah, you're gonna share it with me." Raylan asks if he's going to say "please," which is a characteristic way for him to hide how impressed Shelby just made him.

In a VA hospital or center or something, a dude in what looks like his early thirties appears and apologizes to Tim for keeping him waiting, explaining that the meeting went long. Tim's just glad he's going to meetings still, and asks about his leg; the guy rolls up his pants to reveal a long scar, saying he's got one more surgery, and the pins are pinching him like hell. "As much as oxy screwed up my life, it sure knocked out the pain." These boys are obviously Armed Services buddies, and when Tim suggests acupuncture and tells "Mark" about a friend of theirs (a "karaoke badass," which means the show is going to have Tim sing at some point or it's going to tell me why) it helped, Mark says maybe it'll aid Tim with his menstrual cramps. Tim: "Those went away once I went on birth control." Among the many, many things I love about Tim is his ability to keep a straight face.

Mark thanks Tim for coming, and Tim puts a hand on his shoulder as he says he thought from the message Mark left he might have "slipped up again," but Mark says no, he's two months clean. However, he still has some debts from when he was using, and he wonders if Tim might come with him on an errand, presumably to settle them. Tim agrees, but his attention is on Colton, who's just entered the building. As Colton passes by, Tim calls to him "Hey, Boyd Crowder's ride," and as effed up as he is, Colton still manages to come back by greeting "Marshal Givens' sidekick." Tim asks if he's there for a checkup, adding that he didn't think they took appointments so late, but Colton says yes, throwing in a rather fake-sounding attempt at a cough, although now that he's lied twice about getting sick and has been horsing it up to an insane degree, it's probably going to happen for real soon enough. When Colton's gone, Mark tells Tim he knows those eyes. "That guy's in a world of hurt." Well, if that's true, his philosophy is apparently to spread it around...

Justified

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