Justified season 3

The third season of the American neo-Western television series Justified premiered on January 17, 2012, on FX, and concluded on April 10, 2012, consisting of 13 episodes. The series was developed by Graham Yost based on Elmore Leonard's novels Pronto and Riding the Rap and his short story "Fire in the Hole". Its main character is Raylan Givens, a deputy U.S. Marshal. Timothy Olyphant portrays Givens, a tough federal lawman, enforcing his own brand of justice in his Kentucky hometown. The series is set in the city of Lexington, Kentucky, and the hill country of eastern Kentucky, specifically in and around Harlan.

Main

 * Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens, a suave deputy U.S. marshal who runs afoul of a dangerous Detroit-based mobster
 * Nick Searcy as Art Mullen, the chief deputy of Lexington's marshals office.
 * Joelle Carter as Ava Crowder, Boyd's lover who begins to take an interest in his operations.
 * Jacob Pitts as Tim Gutterson, a Lexington deputy marshal.
 * Erica Tazel as Rachel Brooks, a Lexington deputy marshal.
 * Natalie Zea as Winona Hawkins, Raylan's pregnant ex-wife who, despite becoming re-involved with him, begins having doubts about their relationship.
 * Walton Goggins as Boyd Crowder, Raylan's intelligent nemesis who begins to take over Harlan's criminal underground.

Recurring
• Neal McDonough as Robert Quarles, an unstable Detroit Mob lieutenant that intends to take over Harlan.

• Demetrius Grosse as Errol, Limehouse's untrustworthy lieutenant.

• Mykelti Williamson as Ellstin Limehouse, a scheming crime boss that other criminals entrust to hold their money.

• David Meunier as Johnny Crowder, Boyd's paraplegic cousin who works alongside him.

• Jere Burns as Wynn Duffy, a volatile and dangerous Dixie Mafia enforcer who begins working for Quarles.

• Raymond J. Barry as Arlo Givens, Raylan's criminal father who begins losing his mind after the murder of his wife.

• Jeremy Davies as Dickie Bennett, the last of the criminal Bennett family who plots to get his inheritance.

• Jonathan Kowalsky as Mike Cosmatopolis, Duffy's bodyguard.

• David Andrews as Tillman Napier, Harlan's sheriff who is up for re-election.

• Brendan McCarthy as Tanner Dodd, Quarles's duplicitous henchman.

• Damon Herriman as Dewey Crowe, a dim-witted criminal who befriends Dickie in prison.

• Jesse Luken as Jimmy Tolan, Boyd's henchman.

• Abby Miller as Ellen May, a naive prostitute that becomes involved in Harlan's criminal underground after witnessing a robbery.

• Jim Beaver as Shelby Parlow, Boyd's former foreman who he backs for county sheriff against Napier.

• Jenn Lyon as Lindsey Salazar, a bartender for the High Note that Raylan becomes sexually involved with.

• Peter Murnik as Tom Bergen, Raylan's state trooper friend.

• Todd Stashwick as Ash Murphy, a corrupt prison guard who deals with both Boyd and Dickie.

• William Gregory Lee as Nick Mooney, one of Napier's deputies.

• Kevin Rankin as Derek "Devil" Lennox, Boyd's henchman who begins to doubt his leadership.

• Stephen Root as Mike Reardon, an eccentric and harsh judge who rules over a case involving Dickie.

• Adam Arkin as Theo Tonin, the head of the Detroit Mob and Quarles's adoptive father.

• Kaitlyn Dever as Loretta McCready, a teenager formerly involved with the Bennetts that is now in foster care.

• Rick Gomez as David Vasquez, an assistant U.S. attorney that begins to believe Raylan is corrupt.

• William Mapother as Delroy Baker, Ellen May's abusive pimp.

• Max Perlich as Sammy Tonin, a Detroit Mob lieutenant and Tonin's pushover son.

• William Ragsdale as Gary Hawkins, Winona's ex-husband who is hiding from Duffy.

• Stephen Tobolowsky as Jerry Barkley, an FBI agent who believes Raylan is corrupt.

Guest

 * Carla Gugino as Karen Goodall (née Sisco), the Assistant Director in the Marshals Service. Reprising her role from the 2003 crime drama television series Karen Sisco, the character's surname was changed as FX did not own the rights to the Karen Sisco character or stories at the time at which the Justified episode in which she guest-starred initially aired.
 * Richard Speight Jr. as Jed Berwind, an imprisoned Bennett henchman that Raylan seeks help from.
 * Steven Flynn as Emmitt Arnett, a Dixie Mafia higher-up who owes money to the Detroit Mob.
 * Linda Gehringer as Helen Givens, Raylan's deceased maternal aunt and stepmother that Arlo imagines talking to.
 * James LeGros as Wade Messer, a Harlan petty criminal and drug addict who Raylan is hunting after he sold him out to Dickie in the previous season.

Production
The third season of 13 episodes was announced on March 29, 2011.

Filming
Episodes were shot in California. The small town of Green Valley, California often doubles for Harlan, Kentucky.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 96% with an average score of 9.6 out of 10 based on 28 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Justified continues to dispense its brand of spare dialogue and sudden violence, culminating in a very satisfying finale." On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim.

Robert Bianco of USA Today praised this season, writing: "As you'd hope from a show based on Elmore Leonard's work, the plots snap, the dialogue crackles and—to press on with the point—the characters pop." Verne Gay of Newsday said of the third season, "Lean, laconic, precise and as carefully word-crafted as any series on TV, there's pretty much nothing here to suggest that the third season won't be as good as the second -- or better." However, Emily Nussbaum of The New Yorker was critical of the third season, writing: "Extended storytelling has its own conventions and clichés, all of which appeared in Season 3... it echoed every cable drama, in the worst way."

Awards
Justified received two nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, with Jeremy Davies winning for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, and a nomination for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series. Fred Golan was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Episode in a TV Series for "Slaughterhouse".

Ratings
The third season averaged 2.391 million viewers and a 0.9 rating in the 18–49 demographic.

Home media release
The third season was released on Blu-ray and DVD in region 1 on December 31, 2012, in region 2 on February 25, 2013, and in region 4 on March 6, 2013. Special features on the season three set include nine audio commentaries by cast and crew, deleted scenes, four behind-the-scenes featurettes, and outtakes.