Justified: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Justified Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Moonshine War
Feb 9, 2011
Raylan tangles with a ruthless Harlan County crime family while hunting for a fugitive sex offender.
The Life Inside
Feb 16, 2011
Raylan chases a pregnant fugitive who has fallen into the hands of human traffickers.
The I of the Storm
Feb 23, 2011
The hijacking of a bus full of drugs ends in murder, and Raylan pursues the likely culprit: Boyd Crowder.
For Blood or Money
Mar 2, 2011
When Rachel's brother-in-law makes a violent escape from a halfway house, Raylan is forced to hunt him down. Boyd entertains a dangerous offer in Harlan.
Cottonmouth
Mar 9, 2011
Raylan's hunt for a killer puts him on a collision course with the Bennett clan, while Boyd plots a heist with treacherous new partners.
Blaze of Glory
Mar 16, 2011
When a terminally ill ex-con is linked to a bank heist, Art and Raylan must find him before he and his young henchmen can strike again. However, the manhunt is complicated when Win
Save My Love
Mar 23, 2011
Winona's blunder could put her behind bars, unless Raylan can weave his way through a federal courthouse locked down over death threats.
The Spoil
Mar 30, 2011
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.
Brother's Keeper
Apr 6, 2011
Just as the bad blood between the Bennetts and the coal company threatens to boil over, Raylan must thwart one of Mags' sons.
Debts and Accounts
Apr 13, 2011
Raylan and Winona's idyll is shattered by violence, as Boyd and the Bennetts struggle to rise from the ashes of chaos in Harlan.
Full Commitment
Apr 20, 2011
Raylan realizes he wasn't the sole target of an attempted assassination, and confronts the unlikely culprit once and for all.
Reckoning
Apr 27, 2011
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 fa
Bloody Harlan
May 4, 2011
The Crowder and the Bennett clans go to war over control of Harlan, a move that leaves dead and dying on both sides.