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Based on | "Fire in the Hole" by Elmore Leonard |
Developed by | Graham Yost |
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Opening theme | "Long Hard Times to Come" by Gangstagrass |
Composer(s) | Steve Porcaro |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
Running time | 38–53 minutes |
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Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
Release | |
Original network | FX |
Original release | March 16, 2010 | – April 14, 2015
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Justified is an American crime drama television series that premiered on March 16, 2010, on the FX network. Developed by Graham Yost, it is based on Elmore Leonard's short story "Fire in the Hole".Timothy Olyphant portrays Raylan Givens, a tough deputy U.S. Marshal enforcing his own brand of justice in his hometown of Harlan, Kentucky. The series is set in Lexington and in the Appalachian mountains area of eastern Kentucky, specifically in and around Harlan. The series, comprising 78 episodes, aired over six seasons, and concluded on April 14, 2015.
Justified received critical acclaim throughout all six seasons, particularly for its acting, directing, art direction, writing, and Olyphant's and Walton Goggins' performances. Justified was nominated for eight Primetime Emmy Awards, with two wins, for Margo Martindale's performance as Mags Bennett and Jeremy Davies' performance as Dickie Bennett.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is something of a 19th-century–style, Old West lawman living in modern times, whose unconventional enforcement of justice makes him a target of criminals and a to his U.S. Marshals Service superior. In response to his controversial but "justified" quick-draw shooting of mob hitman Tommy Bucks in Miami, Givens is reassigned to Lexington, Kentucky. The Lexington Marshals office's jurisdiction includes Harlan County, where Raylan was raised and which he thought he had escaped for good in his youth.