[Direckshun]

Seriously,

Spoiler!

We need to spend less time on Ava in prison. We know Boyd will get her out. And we need to spend less time on Johnny and/or the Crowes. We know Boyd and/or Raylan will outmaneuver them.

The only suspense this season is in the Raylan vs. Art storyline and the Mexican drug cartel storylines. Those two storylines can more than carry a full season, but they've barely, barely touched on them.

That's why I really like the Big Bad format. People shit on that, but this show has written Raylan and Boyd up to be damn near undefeatable (Raylan especially), which is fine but you need somebody who's equal to them, or close to it, to make the show suspenseful. Seasons 2 and 3 were great in that regard, as the Bennetts/Quarles/Limehouse were excellent foes.

Season 4 was so well written and acted that it was a breath of fresh air from the Big Bad format, but it's just really hard to see how Season 5 can replicate that.

What's Season 5 about? Can anybody even tell me what it's about? Season 2 was about the Bennetts. Season 3 was about Quarles/Limehouse. Season 4 was the Drew Thompson mystery. Season 5 is just a bunch of things kind of happening.

Love Justified, it's still well written dialogue and brilliantly acted. But we need some better plotting.