How Many Episodes Are In Justified: City Primeval?
It's only been two years since it was announced that Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) would be returning to FX in "Justified: City Primeval." Considering fans of the original series have been waiting eight years for their favorite Western drama to return, that two years felt like a decade, but with recent release of "Justified: City Primeval's" second trailer, the wait is worth it.
The season premiere of "Justified: City Primeval" will debut Tuesday, July 18, 2023, on FX with next-day streaming on Hulu, and fans will be treated to the first two episodes right out of the gate. The first season will consist of eight episodes, but as of June 1, 2023, IMDb only has titles for the second and third episodes: "The Oklahoman Wildman" and "Backstabbers." While it's being called a limited series, there's been talk about creating more of the "Justified" universe, with Olyphant remarking he'd be there when asked at a Television Critics Association session if he'd be interested in stepping into Givens's shoes in the future.
It's set a decade after the original ended
"Justified: City Primeval" jumps ahead ten years after the original series ended, with the U.S. Marshal raising his now 15-year-old daughter, Willa, played by Timothy Olyphant's real-life daughter, Vivian Olyphant. Olyphant and his daughter had a hilarious dynamic on set, according to the actor.
"Do you know what it's like to have to whisper to your daughter, like, 'You can't talk to me like that,' on the set of your own show?" he told Seth Meyers, before admitting that working with her was "lovely."
Givens is brought to Detroit by special request to deal with Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook), aka The Oklahoman Wildman. Mansell is a sociopathic criminal who show-runner Dave Andron described to Entertainment Weekly as "a little bit of a mirror [of Givens], but also a big obstacle." Unlike Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), the big bad from the original series, Mansell is more erratic and unstable.
"Boyd Crowder had kind of an amoral code, but he still had a code," show-runner Michael Dinner said. "I'm not sure that Clement Mansell, the bad guy in this, does at all, and that makes him really dangerous. It's a pretty formidable antagonist for our protagonist."