Justified: City Primeval Preview (with Sarah Marrs)
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Hey Decoding TV,
David Chen here. Justified is a show that’s dear to my heart, so when I heard that they were going to be rebooting it for the streaming era, I was…apprehensive? Justified was one of the few shows that was not only enjoyable throughout its entire run, but also stuck the landing after six seasons. With the first two episodes of Justified: City Primeval hitting Hulu and FX this week, will the reboot bring the show into the modern era, or just become proof that with some great shows, you should leave well enough alone? I’m not sure, but we’re going to find out together!
Joining me for weekly recaps and reviews of Justified: City Primeval is Sarah Marrs. Sarah is the deputy editor of Lainey Gossip and her work has appeared at Decider and Pajiba. But she’s also one of the biggest Justified fans I’m aware of, having watched the entire run of the show many times. I’m so thrilled she’ll be joining us to share her love and expertise of Justified!
In this preview episode, we discuss what we love about the original Justified, recap the biggest story beats of the show that might be relevant for newcomers, share how we feel about the reboot, and speculate on what we might see on Justified: City Primeval. Justified: City Primeval will premiere tomorrow (July 18th) with its first two episodes, then air weekly. You should expect a weekly recap within 1-2 days of when each episode airs.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV, a podcast about television. |
| 0:04.4 | I'm David Chen, and in this episode of Decoding TV, we're going to be offering you a preview |
| 0:10.4 | of the new justified reboot, justified city primeval. Here to join me for that enterprise, |
| 0:17.6 | she is a writer whose work has appeared on websites such as Decider and Pajayba. She's currently |
| 0:22.8 | the deputy editor at Laney Gossip. And also, from what I understand, one of the biggest |
| 0:28.6 | justified fans on the internet, Sarah Mars, welcome to Decoding TV. |
| 0:33.8 | Thanks for having me. It's such a pleasure to have you here. What we're going to do here on |
| 0:38.8 | today's podcast, we're going to talk a little bit about our love for justified, why it is we |
| 0:43.9 | are fans of justified, and what our feelings are about justified coming back in the form of |
| 0:49.2 | justified city primeval, which will debut on Hulu in July. We're also going to give a little |
| 0:55.1 | rundown of where we are in the justified universe so people can get a little caught up if they |
| 1:00.3 | want just by listening to this episode. So that is the plan for today on this episode of Decoding TV. |
| 1:05.8 | You can find more episodes of decoding TV at podcast.decodingtv.com, |
| 1:12.0 | email us at decodingtv.gmail.com and find us on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter at Decoding TV. |
| 1:19.8 | So all that said, Sarah Mars, let's talk about justified the TV show, which ran for six seasons |
| 1:26.2 | on FX, one of the kind of defining shows of FX to my mind, right? |
| 1:32.0 | Yeah, I would say after the Shield and Sons of Anarchy, it's justified. |
| 1:36.0 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. So let's talk a little bit about it. Sarah Mars, how many times have you seen |
| 1:41.2 | justified all the way through? All the way through, I think it's about six. There are select episodes, |
| 1:48.0 | I've lost track of how many times I've watched them and I've watched seasons two and four |
| 1:53.2 | the best seasons, probably at least a dozen times. Wow, astonishing. There are 78 episodes of |
| 2:00.8 | justified over the course of six seasons for those who are unaware. So that is a big commitment. |
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