Justified
Justified

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What A Tangled Web

...and then we move to happier people, as Boyd is triumphantly telling Johnny that they have a visitor from Frankfort coming in a few minutes. After establishing that it's Wynn, Johnny wonders if maybe he's coming on a nefarious errand, but Boyd merely tells him to keep his sawed-off shotgun within reach. He adds, "You got my back, Cousin Johnny," and Johnny manages to make his reply of "Always" sound like "Stop being such a smug fucker" instead of "I am going to kill you so dead, and I am not joking." Boyd then heads to the door to greet Wynn -- only to find Colton, which wipes the smile off his face quick enough. He sits him down and asks where the hell he's been and Colton feeds him a cock-and-bull story about how he had to sleep, as he thinks he's catching something. Boyd is like, maybe you haven't heard, but part of the protocol of contract killing is a timely subsequent report? He presses Colton for details about the crime and Colton has obviously prepared them in advance, but Boyd then throws him a curveball by asking what Ellen May's last words were. Colton: "'I'm cold.'" That's a pretty good pull, Colton. I can even hear her saying that. Just then, there's another knock at the door, so Boyd wraps it up with Colton: "Next time I reach out to you, I don't care if it's a smiley face -- you text me back." I don't know, Boyd, there's a lot of variety in emoticons these days. Surely "we pulled off the murder" requires something with a bit more nuance. Boyd goes to the door and as Johnny puts the shotgun on the bar, I'm amused by the "pay in cash or get served buckshot" sign on the register. Boyd welcomes "Mr. Duffy," and offers him a drink, but while Wynn thinks that's a good idea, he tells Boyd they need to talk first. Boyd's festive façade cracks slightly, but he leads Wynn into the back...

...where they sit, but not before Boyd draws his gun and lays it on the table. Wynn mildly says he thought they were building a basis of trust, but it's hard to argue with Boyd's reply: "Mr. Duffy, we are not trustworthy men." Heh. Wynn says they can still build a better future together. "Remember Glasnost?" Ha! Not that that's the most obscure term by a long shot, but one of the most enjoyable things about this show is the lowlifes' command of a wide array of intelligent references. Not to be outdone, Boyd points out that Perestroika went hand in hand with it, making the point that a power restructuring would be appropriate and Wynn responds by silently pulling out a stack of bills from his inside pocket and sliding it across the table. Boyd asks "what precipitated the change in your weathervane," and Wynn's response is that he needs Boyd to help him find someone. Not sure exactly what Wynn's going to add to the effort, but I'm sure Boyd doing all the work will merely affect the price and not the fact of the agreement.

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