It's the sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn. Once a month or so, we check in with

our pals at the AV Club to find out what is worth watching or enjoying that we might

have missed in the world of arts and entertainment. This month, we're joined by Editor-in-Chief

Josh Modell and Film Editor Scott Tobias. Gentlemen, welcome to the Sound of Young America.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

It's a pleasure to have you. Well, you know what I want to start with. Scott, let's talk

about justified. This is a new series on FX. It's a Western series starring Timothy Oliphant

based on novels by Elmore Leonard. Let's hear a clip from the show.

You do know that we're not allowed to shoot people on site anymore. I didn't.

And haven't been for, I don't know, maybe 100 years.

He pulled first.

It's not about who pulled first.

You remember the methad last year when I pulled a shotgun? That ended up in what page 9?

This is going to be on the nightly news.

So I read Scott and I think it was the New Yorker this week that the writing team of this

show were wearing wristbands that said, W-W-E-L-D, which stood for what would Elmore Leonard

do. I think people think of Elmore Leonard as a crime writer, but how does his

Western work translate onto the television screen?

Well, it's actually not quite a Western. It's a detective procedural, I mean, starring

a character who behaves as if he is an Old West sheriff. And that's kind of the hook.

Timothy Oliphant plays Rayland Givens. He's a US marshal, you know, who kind of, you

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