Justified
Blind Spot
TV Flash files “Blind Spot” as hour 7 of 78 in the TV Flash guide — Justified (2010–2015) on FX, season 1, episode 7, aired 2010-04-27, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 78 in the Justified guide, hour 7 of 13 in season 1. It aired 2010-04-27 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Collection” (S01E06). Next is “Blowback” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After disrupting an apparent assassination attempt on Ava, Raylan is hellbent on tracking down the responsible parties. However, he soon discovers that Ava may not have been the real target. It is revealed that a hitman employed by the Miami mob wanted Raylan dead. Harlan county Sheriff Hunter Mosley (Brent Sexton) kills the hitman to protect himself and then exposes his true affiliations to Raylan. Ava helps Raylan turn the tables on Mosley and his partner, and Raylan and Ava escape. Boyd is almost killed in prison for talking to Raylan as other inmates view Boyd as a snitch, but Boyd's father Bo saves Boyd.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Blind Spot sit in the Justified guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 78 — hour 7 of 13 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Justified S01E07 air?
Blind Spot aired 2010-04-27 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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- Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens
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- Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder
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- Nick Searcy as Art Mullen
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- Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder
Joelle Carter’s Ava Crowder gave Justified its Harlan County heat — grudges that never cool, Graham Yost’s Elmore Leonard FX western, Olyphant’s hat and Walton Goggins’s Boyd as a long flirtation with bullets. Six seasons of lean crime…
- Erica Tazel as Rachel Brooks
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- Jacob Pitts as Tim Gutterson
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