I can't decide if I should be surprised or not that Ava shot Boyd. I mean, she already did it once before, so it kinda should've been obvious. But still, everyone was expecting a showdown between Raylan and Boyd, and now that seems very unlikely to happen.
Pretty sure this is the first time she's shot Boyd. She shot and killed Bowman Crowder, and pulled the same gun (at the same table) on Boyd. But, Raylan is the one who actually shot Boyd in the pilot.
Apparently, Ava does not only shoot people when they're eating supper.
Didn't expect Ava to be the one, but it makes sense.
Boon's gonna give us the quick draw shootout that we need to see Raylan win one more time. He's become a pretty strong character with just a few scenes.
I figured after he said it, Mike's remark about "my people" was going to eat at him and he'd act out against Duffy.
Only 3 episodes left. Damn.
I'm wondering about Boon. He could be one last quickdraw gunfight victory for Raylan. Or, he could be Jack McCall ... the no-name nobody that killed legendary gunslinging lawman Wild Bill Hic****. Now that a Raylan/Boyd gunfight to end all gunfights looks like it isn't coming -- with Boyd wounded and in custody -- there's a chance somebody else takes an overconfident Raylan down. Boon would be an interesting choice.
This is one of those twists that I didn't see coming, but probably should've ... which was the point. Raylan probably should've seen it coming, too. It was a logical play given that she was backed into a corner, with her CI agreement pulled and Raylan waiting in the bushes to kill or arrest Boyd. The viewers made the same mistake as Boyd and Raylan ... they got so caught up in outsmarting one another, they forgot to keep their eye on the girl.
This episode really upended the season. Boyd's wounded and in Marshal custody ... but with no evidence of the heist. Ava's on the run with the money everybody has been after all season. The Boyd/Duffy/Hale gang has come apart. The Boyd/Ava coupling is over. The Raylan/Ava CI coupling is over. The Duffy/Mike partnership is over. The Hale/Markham coupling is hanging by a thin thread. And, my guess is Raylan is going to get an earful from Art and Rachel when he comes in with this screw-up -- though, truthfully, it's mostly the lawyer's fault. If he hadn't pulled the plug on Ava's agreement, they'd have Boyd in custody with the $10M he stole and a big 'ol RICO charge coming up.
Everybody turned on everybody else. And, the expected endgame ... Raylan and Boyd, head-to-head in the finale, is in some doubt.
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