Boyd Crowder: Truth always sounds like lies to a sinner.
Raylan Givens: I hope I didn't take you away from anything.
Boyd Crowder: Well I was this close to bringing a sinner to Jesus and now he is consigned to eternal damnation. I hope that you're happy.
[giving the prayer at Boyd's camp]
Raylan Givens: Dear Lord, before we eat this meal we ask forgiveness for our sins, especially Boyd- who blew up a black church with a rocket launcher, and afterwards he shot his associate Jared Hale in the back of the head out on Tate's Creek bridge. Let the image of Jared's brain matter on that windshield not dampen our appetites, but may the knowledge of Boyd's past sins help guide these men. May this food provide them with all the nourishment they need. But, if it does not, may they find comfort in knowing that the United States Marshal Service is offering fifty-thousand dollars to any individual providing information that will put Boyd back in prison. Cash or check, we can make it out to them. Or to Jesus. Whoever they want. In your name, we pray. Amen.
Raylan Givens: The answer is: me and dead owls don't give a hoot.
In the competition between Amazing Lines on the amazing show Justified, I'd call it a dead heat between Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) and Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant). On the one hand, Boyd has my vote because a) he played Sammy in one of the best movies of all time (The Apostle) (another character named Devil was also in the Apostle, but, come on, I can't seriously root for Devil) and b) he started this series as a born again Christian (following a little dust up with his nemesis, Raylan.) His church in the woods drew all manner of lowlife, and he was a bona fide preacher of the gospel to them. For a time, before his father's death, Boyd attempted to actually clean up the hollers around Harlan, Kentucky of the meth and oxy addictions, and did so using the name of Jesus. That didn't last long, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the temporarily saved.
On the other hand, we have Raylan, whose delivery is sweet as honey, most especially when it's followed by the heel of his boot. It is his prayer to the lowlifes of Harlan above, though, that gives him the edge. Talk about a prayer that preaches law and gospel; that's especially helpful to a crowd that is outside of the law on a regular basis. They need to hear the gospel, in this case, 50,000 Almighty Dollars. His prayer also convicted (or should have) Boyd of his past sins involving the black church and the dead friend, and also to the rest of the "congregation" that their spiritual leaders is a) likely to kill them as spit on the ground and b) if they decide to "do the right, thing," they might be rewarded for it handsomely.
Best part?
He made it a Christian prayer, but asking it all in Jesus' name.
We are currently on a Justified torrent, sometime watching as many as two per night! (I'm being held back by my lightweight wife!) It is usually violent, occasionally creepy and features one of the best characters in television, Margo Martindale's Mags Bennett. Her on again, off again compassion/tyrannical mother from hell would be a case study in psychosis.
Raylan Givens: Dear Lord, before we eat this meal we ask forgiveness for our sins, especially Boyd- who blew up a black church with a rocket launcher, and afterwards he shot his associate Jared Hale in the back of the head out on Tate's Creek bridge. Let the image of Jared's brain matter on that windshield not dampen our appetites, but may the knowledge of Boyd's past sins help guide these men. May this food provide them with all the nourishment they need. But, if it does not, may they find comfort in knowing that the United States Marshal Service is offering fifty-thousand dollars to any individual providing information that will put Boyd back in prison. Cash or check, we can make it out to them. Or to Jesus. Whoever they want. In your name, we pray. Amen.
Raylan Givens: The answer is: me and dead owls don't give a hoot.
In the competition between Amazing Lines on the amazing show Justified, I'd call it a dead heat between Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) and Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant). On the one hand, Boyd has my vote because a) he played Sammy in one of the best movies of all time (The Apostle) (another character named Devil was also in the Apostle, but, come on, I can't seriously root for Devil) and b) he started this series as a born again Christian (following a little dust up with his nemesis, Raylan.) His church in the woods drew all manner of lowlife, and he was a bona fide preacher of the gospel to them. For a time, before his father's death, Boyd attempted to actually clean up the hollers around Harlan, Kentucky of the meth and oxy addictions, and did so using the name of Jesus. That didn't last long, but I have a soft spot in my heart for the temporarily saved.
On the other hand, we have Raylan, whose delivery is sweet as honey, most especially when it's followed by the heel of his boot. It is his prayer to the lowlifes of Harlan above, though, that gives him the edge. Talk about a prayer that preaches law and gospel; that's especially helpful to a crowd that is outside of the law on a regular basis. They need to hear the gospel, in this case, 50,000 Almighty Dollars. His prayer also convicted (or should have) Boyd of his past sins involving the black church and the dead friend, and also to the rest of the "congregation" that their spiritual leaders is a) likely to kill them as spit on the ground and b) if they decide to "do the right, thing," they might be rewarded for it handsomely.
Best part?
He made it a Christian prayer, but asking it all in Jesus' name.
We are currently on a Justified torrent, sometime watching as many as two per night! (I'm being held back by my lightweight wife!) It is usually violent, occasionally creepy and features one of the best characters in television, Margo Martindale's Mags Bennett. Her on again, off again compassion/tyrannical mother from hell would be a case study in psychosis.
Of course Luther would love Justified, because, well, that's what the Reformation headline was: We're all Justified (by Grace through Faith).
Great idea, terrible title.
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