 See the first season of Justified for background information on Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens and the home of his youth... Harlan County (a hopelessly impoverished, backwoods coal-mining community in southeastern Kentucky). Storyline: Season two deals primarily with the criminal dealings of the Bennett clan. Family matriarch Mags Bennett and her three sons Dickie, Coover, and Doyle plan to expand their marijuana business into Crowder territory following Bo's death, as Boyd is reluctant to follow in his father's footsteps. Raylan gets involved in the struggle between the two criminal organizations, and because of a long-standing feud between the Givens and Bennett families, things start to get complicated with their past catching up with them. Meanwhile, an effort by a mining conglomerate to secure access rights to the mountain gets Raylan and Boyd involved on opposite sides of the operation and provokes local backlash against the Bennetts. Disc 1 of the Justified The Complete Second Season Blu-ray 2.01 The Moonshine War - Picking up where the finale left off, Raylan tracks Boyd down, and seemingly puts his Miami problems to rest. However, the void left by the Crowder clan in Harlan is looking to be filled by the ruthless Bennett clan, headed by Mags Bennett, who has a contentious history with Raylan's family. Raylan tangles with this ruthless Harlan County crime family while hunting for a fugitive sex offender. 2.02 The Life Inside - Raylan chases a pregnant fugitive who has fallen into the hands of human traffickers. 2.03 The I of the Storm - Dewey Crowe returns and tries to score on a drug shipment, but the bus carrying the drugs is hijacked, and he tries to impersonate Raylan Givens to get it back. Meanwhile Boyd gets a proposition from some fellow coal miners. 2.04 For Blood or Money - Raylan helps Rachel find her brother in law, who has left a halfway house without permission to see his son on his birthday. He also begins investigating the oxy bus shooting and makes contact with the Dixie Mafia. Rachel's recently paroled brother-in-law is on the run, and Raylan has to make sure Rachel's emotional involvement doesn't affect the case. Meanwhile, Boyd is approached with a nefarious opportunity, and the Bennett family begin to grow paranoid of Raylan's detective work. 2.05 Cottonmouth - Boyd reluctantly joins a payroll heist, but can he trust his new partners? Meanwhile, Raylan's investigation into a forged signature on a dead man's government check leads back to the Bennett clan. Disc 2 of the Justified The Complete Second Season Blu-ray 2.06 Blaze of Glory - Winona finds herself in hot water after she is a victim in a bank robbery, so Raylan does everything in his power to catch the culprits before anybody else does. A bank robbery further complicates the relationship between Winona and Raylan, as well as placing her in potential legal trouble. Art has the chance to track down a fugitive from his early career. 2.07 Save My Love - After Winona realizes that Raylan didn't recover her counterfeit $100 bill from the bank robbery, she drops another bombshell on him. Meanwhile, the coal mine offers Boyd a new job more suited toward his skills. Winona's involvement with the money in the evidence locker goes deeper than assumed, putting Raylan in a tense race through the courthouse to replace it. Boyd is hired by coal executive Carol Johnson to assist in a wrongful death suit against the company, as well as a growing conflict with the Bennett clan. 2.08 The Spoil - Raylan is assigned to protect a local coal mine executive as she tries to buy up land for the company but faces opposition from the Bennett clan. Raylan is assigned to protect Johnson while she attempts to convince Harlan County residents to sell their land rights over to Black Pike, with Boyd running interference to halt Mags from purchasing the same land. A shootout occurs at Arlo's house when a family attempts revenge on Johnson for a wrongful death. 2.09 Brother's Keeper - As the coal mine makes one final attempt to negotiate with the Bennett clan, Loretta begins to piece together what the Bennetts did with her father. Harlan residents all convene at Mags' home for a celebration. Mags and Carol both reveal their cards over their plans for the Harlan County land, with Boyd playing a deciding role in negotiations. Loretta learns the truth about what happened to her father, leading to a deadly confrontation between Raylan and Mags' son Coove.r Disc 3 of the Justified The Complete Second Season Blu-ray 2.10 Debts and Accounts - As Winona begins divorce proceedings, Raylan begins to contemplate his future as a marshal. Meanwhile, Dicky Bennett takes exception to his family's new business arrangement with Boyd Crowder. Harlan's criminal community begins to shift in the wake of Mags' deal with Black Pike, as Boyd begins rebuilding his criminal empire and Dickie (Jeremy Davies) goes behind his mother's back to set up his own operation. As relationships between Raylan, Art and Winona continue to strain, Raylan contemplates a transfer. 2.11 Full Commitment - Raylan tries to find out who tried to kill him, but the investigation leads to an unlikely source. Meanwhile, Dicky retaliates after Boyd stakes his claim on the Bennett clan's marijuana business. Raylan defies his fellow marshals in order to look into an attempt on his and Winona's lives, a move that brings him back into contact with her ex-husband Gary and Dixie Mafia lieutenant Wyn Duffy. Raylan discovers that Gary has ordered the hit and figures out that Gary will be killed by Duffy once the hit is carried out. Raylan then saves Gary and tells him to leave Harlan and never return. Boyd enlists Arlo in a move against Dickie's drug dealing business and hijacks a deal. When Dickie comes to Arlo's house in the middle of the night, he kills Helen. 2.12 Reckoning - Raylan tries to track down Dicky after Helen is killed, but he is forced to turn to Arlo to make a deal and get Mags' blessing. A deadly home invasion hits Raylan personally, placing him in a race with Boyd and Arlo to find the killer. Mags is forced to make decisions about her involvement in the Bennett family's criminal activities and the fate of Dickie, who concocts a deadly plan with his brother Doyle to absolve himself of responsibility. 2.13 Bloody Harlan - The bad blood between the Bennetts and the Crowders reaches its boiling point and results in bloodshed, and Loretta returns from Lexington to avenge her father's death. The Crowder and the Bennett clans go to war over control of Harlan. Winona tells Raylan that she's pregnant. Loretta goes missing and Raylan goes after her, suspecting that she's trying to avenge her father. Boyd and Mags call a meeting to settle the tension but Mags sets up an ambush on Johnny Crowder's home and Ava Crowder's home. Johnny blows up his house, killing the two assassins. Boyd, aware of the ambush, has all the Bennett hired guns killed except Dickie, who shoots Ava in the chest before escaping. Raylan's caught by Dickie and hung from a tree as Dickie hits him with a bat in revenge for the limp Raylan gave him. Boyd shows up but Dickie persuades Raylan and Boyd that they need him alive to save Loretta, on her way to Mags. Raylan and Dickie drive to the Bennett home, where Loretta confronts Mags about the death of her father. When Loretta shoots Mags in the leg, the Bennett forces shoot Raylan in the stomach. Just as Doyle's about to shoot Raylan, he's shot in the head by Marshals, whom Art has brought to save Raylan. Dickie is taken into police custody. Raylan confronts Loretta, who gets Mags to confess to murdering her father. Raylan and Mags then drink her moonshine (Apple Pie), with Mags poisoning herself the same way she killed Loretta's father. The feud's settled with a handshake as she dies. IMDb Rating (03/30/12): 8.8/10 from 12,240 users
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
