Miniseries · FX
Justified: City Primeval
He's law and order.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Timothy Olyphant
Raylan Givens
8 eps
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Carolyn
8 eps
Boyd Holbrook
Clement Mansell
8 eps
Adelaide Clemens
Sandy
8 eps
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Sweetie
8 eps
Marin Ireland
Maureen
8 eps
Norbert Leo Butz
Norbert
8 eps
Victor Williams
Wendell
8 eps
Vivian Olyphant
Willa Givens
8 eps
Keith David
Judge Alvin Guy
1 eps
Amin Joseph
Jamal
1 eps
Ravi Patel
Rick
2 eps
Alexander Pobutsky
Skender Lulgjuraj
1 eps
Regina Taylor
Diane
1 eps
Ian Bratschie
Barry Tenderbock
1 eps
Rae Gray
Rose Doyle
1 eps
Jalen Gilbert
Tyrone Power
1 eps
Paul Calderon
Raymond Cruz
1 eps
Michael Hargrove
Jackson Lee
1 eps
Eddie Martinez
Hector
1 eps
Erin Minervini
Waitress
1 eps
Walton Goggins
Boyd Crowder
1 eps
Natalie Zea
Winona Hawkins
1 eps
Ahna O'Reilly
Officer Gerret
1 eps
Evan Mulrooney
Agron Darke
1 eps
Penelope Walker
Mary Alice
1 eps
Zahra Kadence Dowd
Young Carolyn
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Justified: City Primeval actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Justified: City Primeval reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens is now based in Miami, balancing life as a marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a Florida highway sends him to Detroit and he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent sociopath who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and wants to do so again.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
Kokomo
Raylan tangles with the Albanian mob. Mansell forms a new alliance. Carolyn lets her guard down.
- Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton
- Written by Taylor Elmore
S01E08
The Question
Raylan and Carolyn cross the line, as Raylan attempts to make it out of Detroit alive.
- Directed by Michael Dinner
- Written by Michael Dinner, Dave Andron
S01E02
The Oklahoma Wildman
Raylan hunts a killer. Carolyn takes on a former client. Willa makes a new friend.
- Directed by Michael Dinner
- Written by Michael Dinner, Dave Andron
S01E03
Backstabbers
Raylan and the Detroit Police round up some promising suspects, provoking Carolyn’s ire. Mansell and Sandy move on the Albanian mark. Things with Willa reach a breaking point.
- Directed by Jon Avnet
- Written by Chris Provenzano, Eisa Davis
S01E07
The Smoking Gun
Raylan and Mansell show down.
- Directed by Katrelle N. Kindred
- Written by Michael Dinner, Dave Andron
S01E06
Adios
A botched kerfuffle sends Raylan’s pursuit of Mansell into chaos.
- Directed by Sylvain White
- Written by Taylor Elmore, VJ Boyd
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E08
The Question
- Directed by Michael Dinner
- Written by Michael Dinner, Dave Andron
S01E07
The Smoking Gun
- Directed by Katrelle N. Kindred
- Written by Michael Dinner, Dave Andron
S01E06
Adios
- Directed by Sylvain White
- Written by Taylor Elmore, VJ Boyd
S01E05
You Good?
- Directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
- Written by Chris Provenzano, Eisa Davis
S01E04
Kokomo
- Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton
- Written by Taylor Elmore
S01E03
Backstabbers
- Directed by Jon Avnet
- Written by Chris Provenzano, Eisa Davis
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Chris ProvenzanoExecutive Producer
- Timothy OlyphantExecutive Producer
- Michael DinnerExecutive Producer
- Eisa DavisProducer
- Dave AndronExecutive Producer
- Taylor ElmoreExecutive Producer
Writing
- Chris ProvenzanoWriter
- Michael DinnerWriter
- Eisa DavisWriter
- Dave AndronWriter
- Taylor ElmoreWriter
- VJ BoydWriter
Direction
- Jon AvnetDirector
- Michael DinnerDirector
- Gwyneth Horder-PaytonDirector
- Sylvain WhiteDirector
- Kevin Rodney SullivanDirector
- Katrelle N. KindredDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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