Yes, the series hits a little too close to home for some of us. Still, I wish you would stay to comment on future eps, because we need your perspective, as someone who was at the center of such a world.

The mark of a well-written character. That scene in the pilot ep where she is crying in the hospital hallway just kills me. Besides being a decent actor, Minka was unbearably beautiful at that age—and still is.

Garrity's one of those solid gold characters who is the GEN-YOO-INE article. He is a force of nature. He really IS that stereotypical jokey, motivated guy—corny and self-serving and unashamed of it. So annoying and so beautifully played by Leland.

My hometown near the border of Texas was also around 40,000 and ACTED like a small town—still does. Oh yeah, and we had 2 high schools—fierce rivals in football.

As Kitsch is growing his chops, he carries the role of jock and balls-out partier on sly smiles and animal magnetism alone. And the guy just has a lot of soul. Most beloved character in a series of beloved characters. RIGGINS FOREVER!

Soulful dude. If you want to hear Kitsch have a go at another tough accent, watch him play a South African in The Bang Bang Club.

He's the grown ass man. There's a little ass man, too.

Howdy, neighbor!

Season 2 has its great moments, even though it wanders off track. For instance, every scene Riggins is in.

I don't even like football that much either, Sonia—or at all, truth be told—but from the opening pans of the depressed little town, the radio chatter hyping the game, the accents—THE ACCENTS!!—I was hooked by the authenticity of FNL. I grew up in that part of the world, and found myself both horrified and deeply…

A lot of us agree with you on that last point, Cutlass12. But Raylan deserves to be remembered for his acts of concern and kindness toward Kendall (got him out of jams, gave him money,) and Loretta. He hates to see a kid in trouble, and is heavily counting on Wendy to flip out and give her shiftless brother Daryl, Jr.…

If Charlotte dies, I'm on board!

Ah! One of my favorite scenes in GPB!

Yes, the exchanges between Raylan and Ava were troubling at every level. I liked how, despite the fact that Ava is in prison, beleaguered with troubles and brought low, she still pulls attitude with Raylan, saying—on his second visit—she can't believe he thinks she's the one who should apologize.

Not subtle.

Rachel's a class act, isn't she?

Something that's been bothering me is the way Boyd reacted to Ava's breaking it off. He didn't say, "Ava darlin' I know you are discouraged but I refuse to accept this." He reacted instead with outrage, "Do you realize all that I've done for you?"

Naw, PolarBears, the anus is on Wendy Crowe to make Daryl Jr.'s life miserable if Kendal's case even gets to court. She's going to come out of her fog any minute now—or maybe she just did, in that last scene—and figure out that Kendal is taking the fall for Daryl. She will raise some Crowe hell the likes of which no…

An excellent question, spork. Whenever I take my hat off, I have to make a lobotomy joke.

It's those open-necked henleys.