Justified (TV Series) For Blood or Money (2011) User Reviews

Not the Cosbys

[Mr-Fusion · 7/10 · 28 November 2016]

'For Blood or Money' hands over the A-plot to Rachel (for once), pressing her into service when her brother-in-law violently breaks his parole and takes it on the lam. It's a good story and leaves her dealing with some family issues ("When I was Nick's age, before my father's cancer, I thought we were the Cosbys.") and her first shooting - but it's the other subplots going on around it that are more interesting. Chief among them Boyd, who's still trying to fend off some potential partners-in-crime over a job her has no inclination towards.

The best scene, for me, is the sit-down early on between Raylan and Emmett Arnett. Not only does it recall Wynn Duffy, but their loaded conversation is characteristic of the series' velvety-smooth dialogue.

The pacing for this episode is off compared to those immediately preceding, but this show's never not entertaining.

7/10

A tragic Shakespeare style episode.

[mm-39 · 7/10 · 31 October 2019]

A tragic Shakespeare style episode. For Blood or Money has a Marshals family problems become a cause for a tragic domestic situation. The half way house father wants to give his child a gift. Regrettably violence and bad choices is the convicts decisions which creates a Shakespearean tragedy! Mixed into the story is Raylan dealing with the Dixie Mafia on a drug shoot. The back an forth Raylan style with the Mafia characters is good banter and character development, which cuts in an out with the father Shakespearean father tragedy. The mix of the two sub stories builds into a good episode. The intense father train wreck which the viewer can not keep one's eyes off of, has breaks with Raylan's humor and with investigating the Mafia. The two sub stories have tension, break, more tension, then a break until the stories climax. Just enough of a tease and break for entertaining television! The story, characters and direction makes a strong story, which is not a classic , but entertaining.

Great episode

[richardrc-18596 · 10/10 · 10 September 2021]

2021 folks. This is a good one. The brother in law has been given choices the entire episode. Bang it let it go. He wants to bang. Until finally The sister in law gets him to stop for his kid, whose mom he already killed, but we find out for a holy reason. Prime example of what we still have today in society with guys and their kids. OD parent, 1 survives, they have a kid, what happens? Surviving parent still wants to bang. Can't grow up. Crazy man. Great epic showing the banger with some compassion at the end. Maybe he finally gets it.