Shot All to Hell
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Episode 5
| "Shot All to Hell" | |
|---|---|
| Justified episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Adam Arkin |
| Written by | Chris Provenzano |
| Featured music | Steve Porcaro |
| Cinematography by | Francis Kenny |
| Editing by | Steven Nevius |
| Original air date | February 4, 2014 |
| Running time | 49 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Shot All to Hell" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of the American Neo-Western[1] television series Justified. It is the 57th overall episode of the series and was written by supervising producer Chris Provenzano and directed by Adam Arkin. It originally aired on FX on February 4, 2014.
The series is based on Elmore Leonard's stories about the character Raylan Givens, particularly "Fire in the Hole", which serves as the basis for the episode. The series follows Raylan Givens, a tough deputy U.S. Marshal enforcing his own brand of justice. The series revolves around the inhabitants and culture in the Appalachian Mountains area of eastern Kentucky, specifically Harlan County where many of the main characters grew up. In the episode, Raylan's secrets are at stake when a mob revenge plot descends upon Kentucky, and Boyd's recent successes are tempered by a crushing defeat.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.39 million household viewers and gained a 0.9 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received critical acclaim, with critics praising the writing, character development, Alan Tudyk's guest performance and ending.
Paxton (Sam Anderson) wakes up in the middle of the night when Mooney (William Gregory Lee) calls him to tell him that they found six corpses in his funeral home associated with a shooting, causing Paxton to deduce Boyd (Walton Goggins) is alive. When he hangs up, he finds Boyd in his bedroom, who taunts him by saying that his reputation and legacy are ruined. He then shoots Paxton in the mouth and stages his death to make it look like a suicide.
In Windsor, Ontario, Al Sura (Will Sasso) is killed by a hitman named Elias Marcos (Alan Tudyk) after confessing to all the crimes committed by his associates. Meanwhile, Wendy (Alicia Witt) arrives in Harlan and takes custody of Kendal (Jacob Lofland) from Alison (Amy Smart). Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) tells her that he wants the Crowes out of Kentucky and plans to reinstate their parole. Art (Nick Searcy) watches a meeting between Duffy (Jere Burns) and Picker (John Kapelos) when he notices Marcos nearby. He talks with Marcos outside a fast-food restaurant and threatens him to leave. Art then talks with Duffy and Picker in the restaurant, when Marco enters and demands that they hand over Picker. Art dissuades him and Marcos leaves.
Daryl (Michael Rapaport) and Baptiste (Edi Gathegi) visit Boyd at his bar, demanding that he returns the money that he stole from Dewey (Damon Herriman). Boyd and Jimmy (Jesse Luken) force them to leave when they threaten them with guns. Boyd meets with Hot Rod (Mickey Jones) about partnering in smuggling heroin to Mexico but Hot Rod is very skeptical of its success. He later meets with Mooney and Mara (Karolina Wydra) in a restaurant and after Mooney states that Paxton will now be responsible for the corpses, a hitman hired by Boyd enters and kills Mooney. Boyd tells Mara that the man is dying and he supplied his family with the money that he was going to give to Mara. He tells Mara to leave Harlan and never come back. With Mooney's and Paxton's deaths, the case against Ava (Joelle Carter) is dropped and she will be released the next day.
Raylan sees Art and Vasquez (Rick Gomez) questioning Picker, who reveals that Marcos is Theo Tonin's consigliere. Raylan privately talks with Picker, threatening him to reveal Marcos' location. Raylan and Art head to a warehouse, where Marcos awaits for them with a large shotgun. After a tense gunfight, Raylan kills Marcos by shooting him in the back. Art laments that they lost the only man who could lead them to Tonin when authorities discover a blood trail to a container. They open the container to find a bandaged Tonin (Adam Arkin) inside.
In prison, Ava and an inmate are visited by Fekus (Danny Strong), who takes a knife and stabs himself. The inmate then exclaims that Ava stabbed Fekus and guards take Ava. An angry Boyd goes to the county jail, where he is told that she will now be transferred to a state penitentiary. At Audrey's, Wendy allows Daryl to keep Kendal if he provides a better home for him and agrees to stay in Harlan. Baptiste talks with Danny about missing grocery items and their talk soon turns into a confrontation, which ends when Danny suddenly kills Baptiste with a shotgun in front of Kendal. He then threatens Kendal to never tell anyone about the murder.
Hot Rod visits Johnny (David Meunier) during a poker game night with Jay (Wood Harris) and Roscoe (Steve Harris) when Jay and Roscoe point their guns at Johnny, as Hot Rod reached a deal with Boyd for Johnny. However, Johnny reveals that he invested his money and split it with Jay and Roscoe, who now point a shocked Hot Rod with their guns. At the Marshal's office, while they celebrate, Vasquez reveals to Art and Raylan that Picker confessed that a lawman worked on Sammy's pocket and allowed the assassination of Nicky Augustine. Raylan gets nervous, until Vasquez states that it was probably missing FBI Agent Jerry Barkley. After Vasquez leaves, Raylan also goes. However, he returns and tells Art that the lawman wasn't Barkley.
Production
Development
In January 2014, it was reported that the fifth episode of the fifth season would be titled "Shot All to Hell", and was to be directed by Adam Arkin and written by supervising producer Chris Provenzano.[2]
Writing
Series developer Graham Yost described the episode, "it's an extraordinarily active episode. The next few episodes regroup, in a way. Stuff moves forward, but the big thing, especially in the next episode, is the aftermath of this one: the effect it has on Boyd to have Ava whisked away to a worser house of incarceration and then on Raylan for having stepped up and admitted to Art, in the best way he could, what Art already kinda knew. We had this idea that we wanted all three stories to reach a peak where everything is going great for everyone, and then it all falls apart in the matter of one act."[3]
Casting
Alan Tudyk, who played Elias Marcos in the episode, is credited as "Wray Nerely". Yost said, "it's something that he's doing, sort of like a documentary or something, about the life of an actor in a character or something. I didn't spend time with him, so I don't exactly know what the thing is." Tudyk would later play a character named Wray Nerely on the web series Con Man.[3]
