The BEST episodes of Justified season 2

Every episode of Justified season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Justified season 2!

At the explosive center of the action, Western-style, gun-slinging U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens confronts murder, drugs, bank heists, mobsters, crime families, corrupt politicians and even his own tumultuous past and never backs down. His ultimate adversary is the cunning, complex outlaw Boyd Crowder, but the real wild card is Ava Crowder, the mysterious woman torn between the two men and both sides of the law.

Last Updated: 9/24/2025Network: FXStatus: Ended
Bloody Harlan
star
8.30
3318 votes

#1 - Bloody Harlan

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/4/2011

The Crowder and the Bennett clans go to war over control of Harlan, a move that leaves dead and dying on both sides.

Directors: Michael Dinner
Writer: Fred Golan
Watch Now:Amazon
Brother's Keeper
star
7.88
3127 votes

#2 - Brother's Keeper

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/6/2011

Just as the bad blood between the Bennetts and the coal company threatens to boil over, Raylan must thwart one of Mags' sons.

Directors: Tony Goldwyn
Watch Now:Amazon
Reckoning
star
7.86
3030 votes

#3 - Reckoning

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/27/2011

A deadly home invasion hits Raylan personally, placing him in a race with Boyd and Arlo to find the killer. Mags is forced to make decisions about her involvement in the Bennett family's criminal activities and the fate of Dickie, who has a deadly plan to absolve himself of responsibility.

Directors: Adam Arkin
Writer: Dave Andron
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Full Commitment
star
7.83
3114 votes

#4 - Full Commitment

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/20/2011

Raylan realizes he wasn't the sole target of an attempted assassination, and confronts the unlikely culprit once and for all.

Directors: Peter Werner
Debts and Accounts
star
7.82
3274 votes

#5 - Debts and Accounts

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/2011

Raylan and Winona's idyll is shattered by violence, as Boyd and the Bennetts struggle to rise from the ashes of chaos in Harlan.

Directors: John David Coles
The Life Inside
star
7.79
3097 votes

#6 - The Life Inside

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2011

Raylan chases a pregnant fugitive who has fallen into the hands of human traffickers.

Directors: Jon Avnet
Watch Now:Apple TV
The Spoil
star
7.76
3296 votes

#7 - The Spoil

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2011

Raylan must protect a cunning coal executive who is out of her element when negotiating with the powerful Bennett clan.

Directors: Michael Watkins
Writer: Dave Andron
Cottonmouth
star
7.75
3350 votes

#8 - Cottonmouth

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/9/2011

Raylan's hunt for a killer puts him on a collision course with the Bennett clan, while Boyd plots a heist with treacherous new partners.

Watch Now:Apple TV
The Moonshine War
star
7.75
3541 votes

#9 - The Moonshine War

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/9/2011

Raylan tangles with a ruthless Harlan County crime family while hunting for a fugitive sex offender.

Directors: Adam Arkin
Writer: Graham Yost
Save My Love
star
7.68
3115 votes

#10 - Save My Love

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/23/2011

Winona's blunder could put her behind bars, unless Raylan can weave his way through a federal courthouse locked down over death threats.

Directors: Jon Avnet
Writer: Graham Yost
Blaze of Glory
star
7.68
3213 votes

#11 - Blaze of Glory

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2011

When a terminally ill ex-con is linked to a bank heist, Art and Raylan must find him before he and his young henchmen can strike again. However, the manhunt is complicated when Winona worries that a hundred-dollar bill she took from an evidence room locker will be traced back to her after it is taken in the robbery.

Directors: Jon Avnet
The I of the Storm
star
7.65
3293 votes

#12 - The I of the Storm

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2011

The hijacking of a bus full of drugs ends in murder, and Raylan pursues the likely culprit: Boyd Crowder.

Directors: Peter Werner
Writer: Dave Andron
For Blood or Money
star
7.55
3218 votes

#13 - For Blood or Money

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2011

When Rachel's brother-in-law makes a violent escape from a halfway house, Raylan is forced to hunt him down. Boyd entertains a dangerous offer in Harlan.

Directors: John Dahl