Raylan Shoots Clement | Justified: City Primeval (Timothy Olyphant, Boyd Holbrook)

[@sullybiker6520]

Old Raylan would have had that out of the way in the first episode. Probably the first scene.

[@mikemagnum9357]

Facts. Mansell was a weak and bumbling antagonist and "old man" Raylan was nothing like the character's original run.

[@surfdocer103]

You have got to be kidding me. A man familiar with violence facing a Marshall and that’s how he pulls out his surprise. I can’t believe you shot me😂😂

[@CTKearns]

Elmore Leonard wrote it, and he knew what he was doing. It was a bottle opener in the novel.

[@brianfergus839]

@@CTKearns OP is correct… that’s bad writing, unless Clement was trying to suicide by cop. Sorry Elmo

[@CTKearns]

@@brianfergus839 It's made clear in the novel, and in the show if you're paying attention, that Clement isn't quite right in the head, even beyond his dark triad behavior. He's like an evil child. The character really was surprised that Raylan didn't want to hang out with him. Criminals can be like this.

[@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052]

@@CTKearns I am probably in the minority here, at least when it comes to the vocal part of the viewers, but I actually really liked Clement, pretty much the only part of City Primeval I enjoyed. I have two thoughts on his death, firstly, it wasn't very satisfying, but it felt to be pretty in character, and the "why did you kill me" question is actually a pretty neat line. Secondly, another reason I disliked it was it being telegraphed. If you paid attention to Raylan's meeting with the ex-cop, they described the shooting with the bottle opener, and to me it seemed pretty obvious that this is exactly what would happen to Clement in the end. Alas, I was right, and it was about as satisfying as I thought it would be.

[@CTKearns]

@@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052 The cop at the bar was the protagonist in the novel.

[@robertthompson5701]

I loved this scene so much because it makes Boyd's prediction in the woods in season 6 come to pass, and he realizes that. He finally crosses the line, and his nature gets the best of him. Sure, he's shocked that he did the exact same thing Raymond Cruz did, but Boyd called it years before Raylan even met Cruz.

[@ComedyBros5]

This and the final 20min of the show were the only good parts of the whole season. Clement was very much a baddie that only should’ve been around for maybe 4 episodes if this was the original series. He just wasn’t made to run a whole season of the show.

[@joshtheplow]

Nah, Boyd is still relevant and his character is cartoonish in comparison

[@Aimee_Oakland]

I thought Boyd Holbrook was good but they just gave him crap dialogue to work with and not enough time with just Raylan. He had the right amount of charisma and fearlessness that would have made him an OG Justified villain.

[@ComedyBros5]

@@Aimee_Oakland That's what I thought. If they brought in Holbrook for that character somewhere in the original series (I'm thinking to replace the awful Crowe family in Season 5), Clement would be up there as one of Justified's top villains. This sequel series was just a massive misfire.

[@Aimee_Oakland]

​@@ComedyBros5 As I recall, Daryl Crowe Jr was actually based on Clement. Boyd Holbrook would have been too young but I think he would have been amazing on the original series and I'd take him over Michael Rappaport's god awful performance.

[@JaysterJayster]

If you watch as Raylan shoots him there was a gun in clements back waistband. As he is falling there is still nothing in his hand indicating that he hadn’t actually grabbed the cassette or the gun yet. He only pulls out the cassette after he is on the ground. 2:21 here you can see if you really play it in slow motion that his hand is just hovering back there, not grabbing either the gun or cassette

[@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx]

This is why the series didn't work. Clement was NEVER a threat to Raylan. He was never smart nor dangerous enough to be someone who could challenge Raylan. All he is was lucky.

[@gentity8589]

Yup, only Boon can. Well, like almost.

[@dcruicks1]

I disagree. It was just too short.

[@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052]

Clement clearly didn't want to fight Raylan, and they're just very different types of dangerous. Clement was very capable, I mean I think he killed more in one season (including the flashbacks) than Boyd in the entire run of Justified, whatever that's worth. I just don't think any of the characters really had any chemistry with each other.

[@mikemagnum9357]

I agree. Clement was a B class antagonist, more suited as a henchman than a seasonal antagonist. He was a completely lackluster villain, certainly not on par with Boyd or Mags. The old Raylan would've put this clown on ice by the end of a single episode

[@mmclaurin8035]

The series didn't work becuse noone wanted to see Raylan running around a city surrounded by new, uninteresting characters. Fans wanted Boyd. Period.

[@amrateeka]

The minute this clip transition to Miami is when the entire series comes alive. All the best stuff happens in the Miami to Kentucky scenes. Everything in Detroit was terrible and 90% of the scenes were shot in what appears to be the Ozark blueish black filter. You can't see a damn thing!

[@MrErizid]

The blue filter is what they do to make you think its night time so they can save money without actually filming at night.

[@Cazzer1604]

I really wish they'd have done a spinoff set in Miami. I was always intrigued to see what Raylan got up to when he's in the place he wants to be rather than forced to be. The other marshals and chief deputy marshall were intriguing and could have been good side characters. Plus there's tons of potential for interesting villains and happenings that would have been fresh and very different from rural Kentucky.

[@ComedyBros5]

Absolutely. While I blame a majority of this season's problems on dropping Raylan in a story he just didn't belong in, it was no different than the Detroit scenes from S5 being one of main reasons S5 just didn't work. Raylan Givens just ain't made for the big city.

[@taffy4442]

Could be worse. They could have gone with the Game of Thrones hand over the camera lens trick.

[@edl4114]

It's funny to me how Boyd Holbrook is really good at playing douchebags. First _Logan,_ now this.

[@vs1146]

I know this was supposed to be some kind of big moment, but Clement was a dangerous, unpredictable psychopath. Anyone who knew what he was capable of would have reacted the same way.

[@JDSFLA]

2:20 If you go to settings and slow the video down to 25%, you will see the pistol located at Clement's back. Then from the front you can see that Clement has nothing in his right hand. He falls to the floor and THEN he pulls out the tape. You come to your own decision as to what he intended to pull out, but you sure don't put your hand behind like that and not expect to be shot.

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Looks like suicide by cop to me. He had to know that Raylan would assume he was pulling a gun.

[@theboxingboy7422]

Reason this series didnt work was because clement was not a good Antagonist to Raylan. He wasnt as cold and as a calculating as a Boyd Crowder, he was just wild man outlaw type that Raylan should of easily dealt with but obviously they had to drag 8 episodes out of it.

[@5150crazyfun]

This is why the new series wasn't as good as the original. They spent all the episodes building up Clement as a force to be reckoned with, only for Raylan to shoot him after a polite conversation? At least in the original series when they built up a bad guy they actually challenged Raylan. The ending for me felt very flat and unsatisfying after all the build up and anticipation for the showdown.

[@thomascamara8398]

This series is iconic ,,

[@barfo281]

Such a big disappointment of a show.

[@cbzgn38]

Was that...........Justified? LOL!

[@kwasijohnson2267]

Didn't look like it to me lol. The first series was great. Couldn't get through 2 episodes of this.

[@stevensparks3126]

No. Pulling a cassette on a person is not life threatening,,, unless your Chuck Norris.

[@gamblorrr]

​@stevensparks3126 You have an armed and wanted mass murderer breaking into a home and then reaching behind him for something in his belt. Ain't no cop being found in the wrong for that irl.

[@danf4447]

sad and awful. end of raylan as a justified character

[@JackbenimbleJackbequick-dc9lj]

Perhaps the producers should have made this character Boyd Crowder and Walton Goggins the Clement character

[@mountainman.4478]

THE ONLY GOOD 3 MINUTES OF THE LAST SEASON, IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO CALL THIS SH#TSHOW PART OF JUSSTFIED!!

[@amrateeka]

The thing is they already give away this ending in the scene with Raylan and Raymond Cruz. Cruz tells Raylan this exact story but with a different bad guy and I believe it was a wine opener or something. In the book, this is the big moment. In the series, this has zero impact. Clement did not matter to Raylan, so shooting him would not have the impact that they try to position it as (becomes part of his decision to ultimately quit). This was not a personal shooting. This was a person who meant anything to him. And Carolyn didn't mean anything to Raylan. Detroit meant nothing to Raylan.

[@WithoutRemorse12]

Uh, Raylan basically shot a man before he even saw the gun. He is practically acting out of fear. He is questioning in his old age if he is really cut out for this work anymore.

[@WithoutRemorse12]

The Raymond Cruz character should of been a bigger part of the tv series even though Raylan is replacing his role in the book.

[@fredcox6994]

​@@WithoutRemorse12Uhh, he thought he was going for a gun. Does he have to wait til he can read the make and caliber?

[@WithoutRemorse12]

@fredcox6994 You don't watch a lot of police videos with law enforcement interacting with white guys that are potentially armed.

[@fredcox6994]

@@WithoutRemorse12 I don't? Whew! I was beginning to think this shit was an addiction. I know that cops that wait too long when it looks like a suspect is reaching for a gun, end up having a lot of loud bagpipe music played for them

[@jaydaville1105]

Glenn fogal, the (Pawn shop), and the oxy dealer in the first season was more dangerous than this puttz.

[@chadbinette3201]

They tried to hard to make clement too much like Boyd. Boyd was just poetic. I was really hoping the season was gonna end with Clement being Boyds new cellmate.

[@JP-114]

Is it bad when i heard glass bream i thought stone cold steve austin was coming 😂

[@misterjoe3]

Nothing could save this show. What a disappointment. And don't get me started on the daughter.....

[@SLOTHSRIDEUNICORNS]

Finally.

[@ralphholiman7401]

Justified, as a series, would have been a lot better without this added on season.

[@Leviathan_actual]

I can watch this series for years and still never enjoy it

[@jarrellmckenna2988]

Is it like the ØG? No. It’s kind of like an interlude to Boyd getting his last run . Also it gives us a chance to see Raylan as a dad. Carolyn love interest was hit or Miss to some and I personally don’t believe Raylan is a one night stand kind of guy but eh she’s cool enough to me. Clement was bigger than he thought he was . But again he got under Raylan skin more than some average thug and used a lot of his luck to his advantage up until this. He ain’t no Crowder though.

[@Salaamio]

He pulled first

[@mikemagnum9357]

Justified has certainly lost a step. Woke nonsense, a mostly defanged and tame Raylan, and a villain that wouldnt have lasted beyond one episode in the original series. Sure, Boyd would certainly bring some much needed life into the new series but he and Raylan were already given the perfect ending.

[@Rob.S859]

Ooooopps!!🥴

[@RossMalagarie]

What you shot me for? What you kill me for? This from the guy that threatened a US marshals' family, his daughter. And he can't believe he shot and killed him? Yeah this poor show has NOTHING on the original, that is just horrible writing.

[@rhizomorph-music]

You need to watch the Police Activity channel and watch a bunch of the police shooting videos there. It is extremely common in those shootings for perps in real life with records of extremely violent crime to protest "Why'd you shoot me man? I didn't do nuthin!" when they get shot and/or arrested for things like carjacking and murder.

[@AvatarAnt_]

I think it was more him kinda going at this moment I wasn’t threatening you so technically this shooting wasn’t justified. Raylan was always about putting people down who were a threat to him but at that moment he wasn’t threatening him. But I do agree this show is shit compared to the OG

[@RossMalagarie]

@@AvatarAnt_ he threatened his daughter, when someone threatens your child he already decided he is going to kill you its just how and when to be able to get away with it, because scum isn't worth losing your freedom for.

[@Aimee_Oakland]

@@RossMalagarie I agree, Raylan's whole mantra was "you make me pull, I'll put you down" and this seems like cause enough to make him pull.

[@mohammedfarid9161]

@@Aimee_Oakland Now that's a point a lot of fans in comments haven't made.You actually nailed it by highlighting Raylan's Mantra."you pull -I will put you down."

[@VideoHostSite]

The only thing that died in this series was Justified's dignity. By the end of it, I was fully expecting Raylan to be bottoming for Filipino Tboys while apologizing for being a white man.

[@gamblorrr]

wtf dude lol

[@stevensparks3126]

Too woke. Writing /story sucked. No Boyd Crowder. Didn't get past 2 episode.

[@LeonWick526]

"We are made up of the same atoms and molecules of those who passed before us." "Clement, stop." Brilliant writing right there. Clement touched a nerve with Raylan because the latter hates his father and believes he is nothing like him. Then Clement reaches into his pocket and Raylan executes him which makes him realize that he can be just like his father. An interesting twist on the novel's ending and a bit of character development for Raylan. Justified: City Primeval is better than most fans realize.

[@ComedyBros5]

Nah, it's definitely as bad as most fans realize. This and the bit where Raylan confronts him with his daughter were the only bits of fine dialogue and writing of the whole season. Everything else was absolutely mediocre.

[@Aimee_Oakland]

I don't think this has anything to do with Arlo. Sure, there's always going to be that anger inside Raylan that comes from his traumatic childhood and Arlo. But the incident in question was not a reflection of how he is or isn't Arlo.

[@LeonWick526]

@@Aimee_Oakland Then why did Raylan get annoyed when Clement mentioned how we are made up of the same stuff as our parents? It's a bit too coincidental. Also if you recall, Raylan wondered what would've happened if Tommy Bucks didn't pull on him. He also almost murdered Dickie after he killed Raylan's aunt but didn't. Things like these are tied with the Mansell shooting.

[@Aimee_Oakland]

@@LeonWick526 I saw it as him getting annoyed that Clement was delaying the inevitable. He didn't want to hear anymore of Clement's BS. I just don't think Raylan would be personally impacted by something Clement says because this man means nothing to him. If it came from Boyd or really anyone in Harlan, it would mean something. If they had done a better job of establishing some banter between Clement and Raylan, I think it could have worked.

[@taffy4442]

Help me out, Justified fan friends. I ain't gonna watch this City Primeval crap or chase down clips, so...what's on the tape?

[@CMage101]

Probably the little punk singing.

[@EliteXclutchX21]

This show is TERRIBLE !!

[@lohi172]

Agreed. The only reason I finished it was out of respect for Olyphant and the OG show.

[@ComedyBros5]

I watched through the original series before I watched this. The quality drop from the original series to whatever this is was so blatant. What were they doing? How was Olyphant a producer on this?!

[@TheWorryingWolverine]

Yep, Justified was just perfect: "We dug coal together."

[@amrateeka]

@@lohi172 Same. Olyphant was great and I thought Boyd Holbrook did a fine job but he was trapped in a terrible show too.

[@CarsonsChannel]

I couldn't make it to the end, but, unfortunately, it just didn't work for me.

[@klausaltmann9125]

I am openly rechtsradikal

[@milan777-]

I am first 🥇