Justified Episodes 1 & 2

So a friend of mine tells me:
"Watch Justified" "Justified" "Watch That Frakking Show!"
Even though he wouldn't say what it was about, he'd tell me to view it, and like an idiot, I gave in without thinking, and started watching.

What did I get?
Timothy Olyphant in a big cowboy hat shooting a criminal, then going back to his home town, working in a small marshall department and finding white supremacist pricks.

It's not the most original, or even the most entertaining, show, it's too focussed on the premise and loves the lead character too much without letting him grow and trying to add some cliched characters, the boss who doesn't stand in his way, the girl he used to fancy, all growed up and the likes, it's nothing new, and although it could grow, so far we've had a story of a man with a hat and a gun shooting people on sight, then chasing down a fugitive and finding a further 2 evildoers, in the form of the ex-wife and new husband on the hunt for hidden treasure.

Whilst this second episode has it's moments and Olyphant is charismatic as ever, the show never seems to be more than man with hat and gun against bad guys, and even then it takes the 40 minute alloted time to get from entering the scene to shooting the man, if he even does that.

I'm hoping it's a grower, but so far, it's middle of the road leaning towards boring.
2.5/5