Justified: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
A Murder of Crowes
Jan 7, 2014
As Raylan investigates the Crowe crime family's role in the disappearance of a corrupt Florida Coast Guard officer, Boyd revives a failed drug deal to help keep Ava's murder case f
The Kids Aren't All Right
Jan 14, 2014
Boyd's plan to keep Ava from being tried threatens to unravel while an unexpected reunion with Loretta McCready pits Raylan against two hit men working for a ruthless Memphis drug
Good Intentions
Jan 21, 2014
Overseeing an asset forfeiture leads Raylan to discover a crime boss' hidden treasure, while Boyd continues his efforts to try to clear Ava's name. Dewey's cousins arrive from Flor
Over the Mountain
Jan 28, 2014
The search for a missing government informant pits Raylan against both the Crowder and Crowe clans while an investigation into in the death of Nicky Augustine threatens to implicat
Shot All to Hell
Feb 4, 2014
While working to undermine the murder charges against Ava, Boyd reaches out for new partners. Art steps up his investigation of the Tonin crime family.
Kill the Messenger
Feb 11, 2014
As Art's frustration with Raylan boils over, the Crowe family battles both the U.S. Marshals and the Crowders to stay in Harlan. Boyd enlists unlikely allies to ensure Ava's safety
Raw Deal
Feb 25, 2014
A computer hacker leads Raylan on a wild goose chase. Ava looks to secure her safety in prison, while Boyd and Johnny square off over a heroin deal in Mexico.
Whistle Past the Graveyard
Mar 4, 2014
When Kendal takes off with his uncle Jack, Raylan's search exposes the truth about their relationship to Wendy. Meanwhile, Boyd and the Crowes move heroin across the Mexican border
Wrong Roads
Mar 11, 2014
Raylan partners with a maverick DEA agent whose bad behavior feels uncomfortably familiar, while Boyd makes a hard choice to protect Ava.
Weight
Mar 18, 2014
Raylan and Boyd collide on the hunt for Dewey Crowe, while bad blood simmering in the Crowe family finally boils over.
The Toll
Mar 25, 2014
Following an attack on the Marshal's Service to avenge Danny's death, Boyd lands in the hot seat with Duffy and Picker. As Raylan struggles with being pushed aside at work, a power
Starvation
Apr 1, 2014
Raylan puts pressure on every criminal in town as a ploy to arrest Darryl Crowe Jr., while Boyd and Duffy enlist an unlikely ally to fight off cartel killers.
Restitution
Apr 8, 2014
Raylan has one last shot at taking down Art's would-be assassin, while cartel killers have Boyd's back against the wall.