Justified: City Primeval: Backstabbers (2023)
Season 1, Episode 3
6/10
Not my Justified
26 July 2023
I came into this with such high hopes and I have been sorely disappointed. A kinder, gentler, gun holstered Raylan is not my Raylan. There were high hopes when he shot out the truck tire in Ep 1 but that didn't pan out. The lawyer, that previews hint will be a "romantic" interest, she's dull and as a lawyer, she's no Vasques. And I'd much rather gouge my eyes out than even consider that she and Raylan will hook up. The "villain," he is no Boyd Crowded.

This "series" lacks everything that made the original so special.

To be kind, I'll not voice my issues with the forced child's voice of Willa. Vivian's acting is wonderful but her voice feels forced into sounding like a child when she us supposed to be a young adult.

The lack of any connection to the original, not even a mention of Tim, Rachel, or Art, feels dysfunctional. And no Winona is just wrong. I'll watch until the end but my expectations are low at this.

The saving grace is that Raylan isn't wearing that god awful hat from the original series finale he took off the idiot. I hated that aspect of the original.
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