Justified: The Complete Fourth Season

The fourth season of the Kentucky-set crime drama starring Timothy Olyphant as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens—a maverick agent sent back to the home state he once tried to escape—puts Raylan on the trail of a cold case from 30 years ago, which involved a getaway by parachute and a stolen cache of mob money. Meanwhile, Raylan's old friend and current nemesis, Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), tries to consolidate his control of the Harlan County crime culture in a tricky alliance with the area's business mafia—a relationship that offers its own challenges and betrayals. Initially adapted from an Elmore Leonard short story, Justified may be TV's smartest serial pulp fiction show, and this set builds on its rough-edged characters and colorful culture to deliver the best season yet, one that finds Raylan preparing for fatherhood, brings his knotty relationship with his weasel of a father (Raymond J. Barry) to a bitter conclusion, and introduces guest stars Jim Beaver and Patton Oswalt as fellow lawmen. Compiling all 13 episodes from the 2013 fourth season of this critical and popular FX hit, extras include audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes (the Blu-ray version includes two bonus featurettes), deleted scenes, and outtakes. Highly recommended. (S. Axmaker)