Justified: City Primeval: Season 1 - TV Reviews (2024)

A little sluggish but alls well that ends well.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 16, 2023

It may not match Justified at its prime, but this fresh exploration of Marshal Givens works on a level that will serve to keep veteran viewers happy indeed. And yes, the mane is still intact.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2023

The secret of the coherence and strength of Justified is based precisely on the ability that its creator and its main writers have had to interpret Leonard's work... [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Sep 7, 2023

A decade later, the hat is back. Good news: it still fits.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 6, 2023

While not all subplots work, the series is compelling, effective, and delivers what it promises... [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 5, 2023

More Raylan Givens? YES, PLEASE.

Full Review | Aug 31, 2023

Whether it’s the ugliness of this new city’s underbelly, or the deeper nerves struck by more thorough character development, Olyphant succeeds at every opportunity to draw Justified viewers in.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 31, 2023

It’s not that City Primeval is a bad show, it’s just not very fun.

Full Review | Aug 31, 2023

Olyphant remains at the top of his game in “City Primeval” while continuing to imbue Givens with an irresistible Southern charm and credibility as a veteran of these sorts of cases

Full Review | Aug 16, 2023

Even with all its flaws, the skilled acting chops of Olyphant, Ellis-Taylor, and Hall make Justified: City Primeval worth watching.

Full Review | Original Score: 3 | Aug 9, 2023

Justified: City Primeval is one of the best shows on TV right now, and it just keeps getting better as it goes.

Full Review | Aug 8, 2023

City Primeval is considerably more careful in its treatment of that violence, of that anger, embodied in the handsome frame of a middle-aged white man. It’s an admirable project for a reboot.

Full Review | Jul 31, 2023

The absurdity of Justified’s law-breaking now comes with doleful understanding that you can never truly put a burden behind you. There’s a slew of reboots on the way, hopefully they’ll age as appropriately as this one has.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 28, 2023

With Raylan unmoored from his previous life in a present that seems to have no need of him -- in a show that doesn’t seem to be pursuing that angle with any real gusto -- he’s never felt like more of an anachronism.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2023

It is diner food, perfectly executed, seasoned with flair, a dish steeped in memory you are happy to eat again.

Full Review | Jul 24, 2023

There’s plenty for fans of the original show to dig into. But if you missed the first incarnation of “Justified,” “City Primeval” stands on its own without much confusion...

Full Review | Jul 24, 2023

As darkly funny, excellently cast and fast-paced as any original Justified adventure, even though the spin off lacks the charming scuzz of Raylan’s frenemy Boyd Crowder.

Full Review | Jul 21, 2023

Fans of the original series should rest assured that both Timothy Olyphant and City Primeval itself return to the character of Raylan Givens as though he never left. And, some quibbles aside, that’s really what counts.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 21, 2023

If you’ve come to Justified: City Primeval for the ultra-cool Elmore Leonard of it all, then this time-warp aspect is tremendous fun...

Full Review | Jul 21, 2023

“Justified” may not officially be back, but let’s hope that Raylan sticks around for a while.

Full Review | Original Score: A- | Jul 21, 2023