Overview: Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl.

A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once.

Blu-ray Verdict: When Justified ended in 2015, I thought it was a fitting end to a fantastic series. It was like saying goodbye to a friend you had known for years. Fast forward to 2023 and Timothy Olyphant retrieves his iconic Stetson to make a comeback as Raylan Givens in a new miniseries.

Based on Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval High Noon in Detroit, Raylan Givens is back. Though he’s older and more grey, his laconic and dry humor hasn’t changed as well as his tendency to think outside the box and ready to brandish his Glock 17. He still wears his well worn Stetson.

Raylan’s grown daughter Willa (Vivian Olyphant, Timothy Olyphant’s real life daughter) has seemingly picked up some of rebellious streak. Raylan has left Harlan County, Kentucky behind and has returned to Miami, Florida.

Raylan and Willa find themselves stuck in Detroit following a series of events which sees him being asked by the Detroit Police Department to assist them with a taskforce including Detectives Wendell Robinson (Victor Williams), Maureen Downey (Marin Ireland) and Norbert Bryl (Norbert Leo Butz).

Raylan and the detectives are heading on a collision course with sociopathic criminal Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook) who has slipped through law enforcement in the past. Clement is continuing his warpath and has returned to his former lover Sandy Stanton (Adelaide Clemens) who is helping him.

The rest of the cast includes lawyer Carolyn Wilder (Aunjaune Ellis) and Marcus Sweety Sweeton (Vondie Curtis Hall).

So, now that I have finished the entire new season, all I can say is that every episode has just blown me away. The show is just as good as the original series. It’s more darker and gritty, and we’re bound to see a new season of it, with a new baddy to chase, in the near future, I would like to guess.

In closing, Justified fans should be excited to see the return of Raylan Givens here in Justified: City Primeval. He’s back and it’s so good to see him again. It was a terrific series and a fantastic return to form.