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Coming up next: Deputy Marshal Tim Gutterson and this certain way he has of walking (HINT: it's a word that William Shakespeare is given credit for either inventing or introducing to the world.)

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VJ Boyd came up through the assistant ranks before breaking in as staff writer on JUSTIFIED. He’s gone on to write for THE PLAYER and is producing his pilot THE JURY for ABC. He, along with writer Mark Bianculli and producer Carol Mendelsohn, recently sold the drama DOOMSDAY to ABC.

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Ghost Cop #2 (2013)

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Apparently the pilot of The Jury starts shooting today!

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"A proper KY dinner with some of my favorite peeps" -Ingrid Escajeda's Twitter

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Wynn cradling Mikey as he died coupled with the very lover’s-quarrel-y nature of the earlier scene where he begged for his freedom by offering to occasionally drive and pick the music re-raised an issue that has been bubbling up throughout the last two or three seasons: Were they, like, together? I reached out to Justified writer and producer VJ Boyd for some clarification, and this is what he said: “That depends on who you ask. I have always written them that way and say yes, although Wynn is bi. Graham would probably give a different answer, but at least half of us wrote them with the idea that Mike is a sort of consort.” We learn fascinating new things about Wynn Duffy every week.

‘Justified’ Recap: ‘Fugitive Number One’

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The truth about Storytron is, the things I remember are continuity-related details. There are a lot of things I don’t remember, and that Ben Cavell is better at keeping track of, but when it comes to nearly meaningless details, I am king. This just comes from growing up on sci-fi, such as *Star Trek*. When you’re watching something that’s not grounded, the only grounding you have is the continuity, the rules of the world, so I have a habit of keeping close track of that.

VJ Boyd, on his nickname "Storytron" and his encyclopedic memory of the show. (The Justified Production Blog: Q&A with “Raw Deal” Writer VJ Boyd)

I want to high-five VJ Boyd for this answer. This is a great answer. Star Trek wasn’t my thing, but The X-Files sure was, big time, and I never quite thought about it that way but it was definitely having to orient myself in all the conspiracies and mythologies and science fiction that honed my skills in paying attention to every detail of these fictional worlds. It's just innate, now. It's just the way my mind works.

Which, in turn, reminds me of something I read once that I’ve never forgotten. These may be “nearly meaningless details,” sure, but as soon as your mind is working this way, as soon as you have this focused interest in anything, it affects the way you see so many other things. Even when that interest is as a fan of a TV show, I’ve never not found this to be true:

Smart, challenging hobbies tends to affect your thinking on all matters. Even a completely passive, spectator-level interest in sports, with absolutely no desire to get out there and swing the bat or toss the ball yourself, develops your thinking on strategy and drama. A baseball fan doesn’t just see everything as a baseball metaphor; they see things others don’t see because they are a baseball metaphor.

Maybe VJ would or wouldn’t agree. But he got a job out of it, and I get a lot of joy out of it— it’s got to be worth something, right?

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"Kin" script pages via Justified blog

Those of you who enjoyed last week’s episode, “Kin,” are in for an exclusive look at selected script pages. The writers Fred Golan and VJ Boyd offer their thoughts – and a glimpse at their process – in the excerpts below.

Pages 4-5A, 4-5B: “This is Raylan and Winona’s first meeting this season.  It was very important to Tim Olyphant that we draw together the threads of Raylan’s story thus far, but also find a way to let him stumble, in Winona’s eyes.  I spent most of one weekend on the phone with Tim, revising and re-revising this, until we’d distilled it down to it’s essential elements.”

Page 31: “Notice on this page how specific we are about what Luke is wearing, what Ava’s putting in the box, etc.  We could actually stand to be even more specific, because this is the only thing the director, the props people, the set designers, and the other dozens of people who put this show together have to go on when they implement our vision.  If you’re writing something on spec (that is, to try and sell a new show or film), you can stand to be vague about things, but when what you’re writing is actually about to be made, you have to be specific.”

Page 40: “This and the Raylan-Winona scene are both good examples of scenes that are basically the same, but with dialogue that got tweaked on the day.  Few of our pages are shot exactly as written, dialogue-wise.”

Stayed tuned for more Justified goodness!