I just re-watched the Art scene to confirm it was as sad as I first thought. And it's as you said - Raylan coming back to Dad, hoping, almost expecting, to get a (male version of a ) hug; an Art version of "I'm proud of you." ; Raylan's relief he can come back to the "family"; and then his shock that he isn't wanted…

EW's post-mortem with Graham Yost:

One of the all time greatest any shows.

He's whatever you want him to be, big boy.

Carl is great!
Comment made because 1) it's true and 2) Graham Yost said he reads the AV club sometimes and I'd like to encourage Mr. Yost to invite Carl back for another 13 glorious weeks with us.

So did Ti-i-i-m! (spoke Spanish- tho don't know if hez's fluent.)

DISQUS disqussed me. As I was saying, Yost said last week that if they could manage to cast Scarlet Johansson on the show, he would ok a scene with Raylan and Boyd having the sex with each other.

I'm a female and I love Tim. I could think about him in a certain way for hours and yet as someone brilliantly broke it down last week, Tim has spoken proudly of his boners now to three men and no women , which might give credence to the "Tim is gay" theory. The actor even said he wrote the "it gets me hard"line.…

http://textsfromharlancount…

One of my favorite Raylan "you're an idiot" moments:
Raylan: You know where I'm from, asshole?
Carter: No.
Raylan: Harlan County.
Carter: So?
Raylan: [punches Carter] Down there we know the difference between dynamite and road flares.

From Jacob Pitts :

Don't diss Tim! Don't diss Tim, I tell you!

Or just the Tim show.

That was horrible , just horrible. It took that poor boy way too long to finally expire.

In this Q &A for Reddit last week,this is what Yost had to say about who will be where next year:

The only way I can see next season ending is Art doing a "Race for Your Love" as Raylan's car/plane/train/bus is about to disappear over the horizon.

I believe Clark's speciality with Martha is oral sex.

If my husband can read my Tim Gutterson fantasies on the AVClub ( and he does), than Jacob Pitts can as well.

I know! That was great.

Thank you again Bhammer100. I enjoyed this so much.