I can understand that a lot of what you wrote. I think the casting for her was definitely on purpose. Winona isn't from Harlan and has only been there once for Helen's funeral. She's a "big city gal" from Lexington (or possibly Louisville). She's not supposed to be country, and most likely raised in a upper middle…

Joelle Carter has a fivehead and an underbite that makes me angry.

I've read it only picks up about a week or two after the season 3 finale.

I've read it only picks up about a week or two after the season 3 finale.

Well, he has to set a precedent for his role as the well meaning yet unreliable absentee father. No better way to start than missing the birth of your first born.

Well, he has to set a precedent for his role as the well meaning yet unreliable absentee father. No better way to start than missing the birth of your first born.

She never thought he was guilty of murdering Gary. It was obvious BEFORE she found the gun given the fact that she took the initiative to go look for it, when for all she knew it was planted in his car. She even told the detective that Raylan never wanted him dead. The whole point of the episode was to show that even…

There are 50 states and thousands of countries Winona could have gone to if she actually never wanted Raylan to come looking for her again. And obviously neither one of them took it literally as we saw in the end he knew where she was and she let let him in. And I know the stolen money is the most horrible crime in…

She went to her old house to look for the gun for the sole purpose of locating it for Raylan without him asking and at risk of her being caught tampering with evidence. What else would you have her do? And screw Raylan's reasoning, it was not his place to keep the information that anyone was trying to kill her from…

Getting Raylan and Boyd back to those terms will definitely be a slow burn and I wouldn't be surprised if we saw them interact less next season than they did this one. I'm not so emotionally invested in Boyd's storyline or any for that matter outside of Raylan's, in that for me it's more of watching him get his…

I love that in setting Shelby up in the sheriff's office, Boyd may have just played a key role in his own demise. Atleast I'm guessing that is the trajectory they're taking with him in the next three (hopefully) seasons.

I think there is also this notion of female characters unquestionably "standing by their man." Their only purpose should be in the service of making their men's lives better while sacrificing their own happiness, general safety, moral code, etc. And their mistakes are almost always amplified by the audience. In short…

@avclub-3e4d20980bad82814414cb12fecc0e18:disqus Is there a link to this interview? Seeing as how Yost says Winona will be part of the story as long as the show is on I doubt that if ths was true she would come back at all as she's not contractually obligated to.

Well according to Yost, Timothy Olyphant had a 104 degree temp. during those ending scenes in the office.

Him going to talk to Winona wasn't hokey or out of place for him at all if you've seen the pilot episode.

You mean the same Gemma Teller who pulled a gun on a baby? I'm gonna go with no.

I've never had a problem with Winona either. And I've always found the hateful reactions to her to be way overblown.

I'm thinking that only works for Raylan.

I had a True Blood flashback and was waiting for the kid to turn into a pitbull.

Well, she wore it better than Liberace.