What a cool show, and another strong episode. You can almost see Raylan pondering his escape, not realizing that at the exact same moment all of the elements that will force him to remain in Harlan accelerating in momentum. You have Boyd deciding to resume his criminal career, retaking all that his Daddy once controlled. And you have the Bennett's family feud which has all the potential of blowing up. And you just know that all of this will erupt in the kind of war that only Raylan will be able to sort out and finish.
Along the way in this episode you had a classic redneck reinterpretation of the Godfather 'you went against the family, you never go against the family scene'. When Mags delivered that line it was just classic, 'you are not a part of the family any more'. And of course now Mags is set up for another visitation of the 'just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in' scene.
And watching Boyd's mind spin as he sits and lets Dickie Bennett talk big about being in control just tells you that someone bit off more than they can chew, and it sure as hell wasn't Boyd.
The big question of course is who the hell sent those gunmen after Raylan? He clearly didn't recognize them in his classic scene ('I'm out of sorts from shooting and killing a man 3 days ago, so why don't you just drive a different direction?) And I doubt Mags or Boyd would hire someone to take him out at this point. Actually I don't think they were after Raylan, I think they were after Winona. Follow me on this, we know Gary is back in cahoots with the Dixie Mafia guy. And we know that Gary needs money. And when the divorce settlement involves a big argument over insurance, then you know where that is leading. Of course if that means the Dixie Mafia has decided to tip it's toe back in Harlan that cannot bode well for anyone.
God I love all of this, it's like a cross of the Soprano's, Deadwood, with some Deliverance mixed in for color.
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