Justified (TV Series) The Life Inside (2011) User Reviews

Sniper Ranger

[gplusr · 8/10 · 25 January 2015]

Case of the week is back at least once this season, but it was actually better than most of those on season 1.

In this episode, we had only a little bit of investment on the Bennett storyline in an increasing relationship between Mags and Loretta, and we finally got to see what Tim Gutterson is capable when given a gun in his hands and some little more screen time.

Nice performance by the beautiful Sarah Jones as the pregnant- convicted-kidnapped Jamie Berglund, back then I really hoped she was brought back to the show, somehow.

MVP: Tim Gutterson (Jacob Witts).

Hard knock life indeed

[Mr-Fusion · 8/10 · 25 November 2016]

The Bennetts are largely absent this week, save for a Mags appearance early on (the liking she's taken to Loretta is sick; the boys just finished tossing her father's body down a mine shaft!). Boyd's also little-seen, relegated to a low-level mining job and renting a room in Ava's house.

'The Life Inside' sees Deputy Marshals Gutterson and Givens transporting a pregnant inmate to her doctor appointment - the transfer of which naturally goes south, leaving our lawmen in pursuit. For a crime-of-the-week, it's great for eliciting sympathy for the woman's plight, as well as the rough nature of Raylan's chosen profession. The first season gets a bad rap for having a few by-the-book procedural episodes, and even though this is (mostly) another one, it still maintains the show's newfound swagger and it's still forwarding the major plot threads.

8/10

Another fugitive of the week...

[amsterdam-92719 · 7/10 · 21 February 2022]

Only a bit of our new antagonists, the Bennetts, and a bit more for now working man Boyd Crowder and his new friend...

We do get a pretty good story with the requisite Justified twists and turns (not to mention the expected sharp dialogue) that keep it from feeling stale.

Better than your average procedural if a bit disappointing for Justified, especially with all the new material it has to work with! There are definitely worse ways to spend a short hour...