'The Hatchet Tour' is tasked with juggling a lot of threads but it's the tension - always simmering - that makes this one so entertaining. Art, oddly enough, is the one to really light this fire with his epic tirade over Raylan's hijacking of a prisoner transfer. And there's also suspense with Colt, not just between himself and Boyd for losing Ellen May, but also for killing Tim's old Army buddy. These scenes are electrifying. But it's mostly because, from minute one, we're *so* close to finally learning Drew Thompson's secret. And it happens not with a bang but with a low-key conversation in the backseat of a car. Talk about upending expectations.
In and around all of this is the deepening of the tense relations between the various Harlan families. It's technical, almost workmanlike in its plot thread maintenance, but also absorbing from start to finish.
8/10
In and around all of this is the deepening of the tense relations between the various Harlan families. It's technical, almost workmanlike in its plot thread maintenance, but also absorbing from start to finish.
8/10