Justified
The Lord of War and Thunder
TV Flash files “The Lord of War and Thunder” as hour 5 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Justified (2010–2015) on FX, season 1, episode 5, aired 2010-04-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E05: listed hour 5 of 78 in the Justified guide, hour 5 of 13 in season 1. It aired 2010-04-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Long in the Tooth” (S01E04). Next is “The Collection” (S01E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Raylan's step-mother and aunt, Helen, calls him to tell him Arlo is in jail. Raylan reluctantly goes to Harlan, where Helen tells Raylan he needs to bail out his father. Raylan is wary about getting too involved with his father, who made Raylan live in fear growing up and who was constantly involved in some sort of scheme. Arlo in part blames his behavior on his own father, a religious man who mistreated him. Raylan eventually discovers that Arlo planned to use his own son as a shield from Oxycontin ("hillbilly heroin") runners, whom Arlo had stolen from. Arlo's plan works, as Raylan finds Oxy at the drug runners' house (planted by Helen) and threatens the Oxy runners with jail if he goes after Helen and Arlo again. Raylan doesn't even bother asking Arlo where the stolen Oxy or money is because he knows Arlo will not tell him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Lord of War and Thunder sit in the Justified guide?
S01E05 is listed hour 5 of 78 — hour 5 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 5.
When did Justified S01E05 air?
The Lord of War and Thunder aired 2010-04-13 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Do I need Elmore Leonard first?
No. The series is developed from the Raylan Givens stories; Leonard cool is the dialect, not a reading list.
In the series
Why this series still plays
U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens returns to Harlan County, where grudges never cool. Graham Yost's Elmore Leonard FX western is Olyphant's hat and Walton Goggins's Boyd as a long flirtation with bullets. Six seasons of lean crime poetry, regional voice, and a finale people still cite as closing time done right. Talk as much as shootouts.
The group chat is still on Boyd. Graham Yost developed Elmore Leonard's Raylan stories for FX (March 16, 2010): U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens returns to Kentucky coal country where old flames and feuds never cool. Timothy Olyphant's hat, Walton Goggins's Boyd Crowder as a long flirtation with bullets, Joelle Carter, Nick Searcy, the Harlan bench. Drawls hide gunfire. Harlan County is the real co-lead. (Spoiler-free, mostly: the county does not cool.) Lana can photograph the hat. **The ship is Raylan/Boyd and the…
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- Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder
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