“I was playin’ for Evretts, Dickie was pitchin’ for Bennetts. I got two hits off of him. First one was just Linda Ronstadt. Blue Bayou. Second one I got a hold of, but it went foul…the third one Dickie sent right into my head. I hit the dirt, and when I looked up, the benches had all cleared, and Dickie was pulling his foot back, putting his cleats in my face. I just picked up the bat, swung it, and got my third hit.”
From this weeks episode of JUSTIFIED, entitled “The Spoil.”
Where’s we leave off with E2? Buffalo Trace? Well with the morning after, Eva and Boyd have gotten into a uniquely shaped bottle of Jack and they didn’t take any breaks in between. That’s a Harlan evening if we’ve ever seen one.
Nursing a handover soon after, Boyd gets to meet new face Ty Walker. And unlike past visitors to Harlan County, Walker is more than willing to accept the kindness of a three-fingered pour. “Buffalo Trace” is his call, a simple man to please.
But the most surprising pour of the night belongs to Catherine Hale. Avery Marcum’s lover/possible foe calls Wynn Duffy and Boyd for a business conference… and she’s greeting them with Old Forester? Haven’t seen that around these parts in six seasons.
Things are rough in S6 for Eva Crowder. Her fiance is getting mixed up with the wrong people yet again; her ex is a federal agent threatening to send her back to prison should she slip up. So all things considered, it’s understandable that she’d resort to the ol’ Secret Breakfast with the fine Wild Turkey as a Jim substitute.
It’s only later on the episode, when things have settled down a bit and she’s feel a bit better about seeing ol’ Boyd Crowder, that she can graduate to more of a sipper like Boyd’s office stash of Buffalo Trace.
We’re sad too, Boyd… but no amount of Jameson will ease these sorrows. As Mr. Crowder ponders his next move in Harlan County, the inevitable end of Justifiedlooms when S6 wraps up. “Fate’s Right Hand” sets the table for what’s to come, and like any table on Justified,whiskey is being served.
Though beyond the Jameson, what’sbeing served is some what of a question. We know Art Mullen has a soft spot for Blanton’s, but this bottle doesn’t appear quite right and it’s being pulled out of something in velvet (ala Crown Royal, but that isn’t the right shape either). If you have any intel, certainly speak up.
If DEA lawman Alex Miller wasn’t a clear enough Ghost of Christmas Future for Raylan, he also fancies himself a whiskey drinker. Wild Turkey would’ve been too on the nose, so Maker’s Mark fits in here just fine.
