New season is starting up January 7. Out of all the non-old school TV network shows that have gotten so much acclaim the last few years (Breaking Bad, Mad Men, etc.), this is the only one I've really gotten into. SInce I only watch TV for movies, sports, Top Chef and the Daily Show, maybe I haven't tried that hard.
Much like many of my favorite thriller/mystery writers, the show takes the stance that the plot of any given show/season is just a mechanism to deliver multiple three-dimensional character studies, witty dialogue, and thrilling scenes. I was a big fan of Deadwood with Olyphant and it's fun to see how many alumni of that fantastic, short-lived show have made it over to Justified to banter with Olyphant's Raylan Givens. Both shows have/had a love for language which makes them so much fun to watch and quote the next day. Well done low art, backwoods noir.