8.4/102,015 votes#1 - 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.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard
7.8/101,807 votes#2 - 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.
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Benjamin Cavell
8.2/101,806 votes#3 - 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.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Dave Andron
7.7/101,769 votes#4 - 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.
Director: John Dahl
Writer: Wendy Calhoun
8.5/101,805 votes#5 - 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.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Taylor Elmore
8.0/101,745 votes#6 - 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.
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Benjamin Cavell
8.3/101,805 votes#7 - 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.
Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Graham Yost
8.4/101,732 votes#8 - The Spoil
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2011
Raylan is assigned to protect a local coal mine executive as she tries to buy up land for the company but faces opposition from the Bennett clan.
Director: Michael W. Watkins
Writer: Dave Andron
8.9/101,974 votes#9 - 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.
Director: Tony Goldwyn
Writer: Taylor Elmore
8.1/101,650 votes#10 - 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.
Director: John David Coles
Writer: Chris Provenzano
8.5/101,680 votes#11 - 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.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Benjamin Cavell
8.8/101,806 votes#12 - 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.
Director: Adam Arkin
Writer: Dave Andron
9.2/102,239 votes#13 - 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.
Director: Michael Dinner
Writer: Fred Golan
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A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky,...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:FX
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"The Moonshine War" is the best rated episode of "Justified" season 2. It scored 8.4/10 based on 2015 votes. Directed by Adam Arkin and written by Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, it aired on 2/9/2011. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Life Inside".