The Devil You Know (Justified)
The series is based on Elmore Leonard's stories about the character Raylan Givens, particularly "Fire in the Hole", which serves as the basis for the episode.
The series revolves around the inhabitants and culture in the Appalachian Mountains area of eastern Kentucky, specifically Harlan County where many of the main characters grew up.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.21 million household viewers and gained a 0.9 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
At prison, Dickie (Jeremy Davies) and Dewey (Damon Herriman) are brutally attacked by inmates until Ash (Todd Stashwick) takes them to the infirmary.
Dickie leads two crew members, Combs (Ed Corbin) and Junior (Adam Bartley), to Mags' old store to get the money from a cooler.
Knowing about Dickie's arrest, Lance sedates Dewey in their hotel room and calls an associate to tell him he may found a new way to make money.
In January 2012, it was reported that the fourth episode of the third season would be titled "The Devil You Know", and was to be directed by Dean Parisot and written by producer Taylor Elmore.
Despite that, series developer Graham Yost viewed it as an opportunity, "to show Boyd crossing a line, killing an old friend, an old colleague because he betrayed him.
[4] In its original American broadcast, "The Devil You Know" was seen by an estimated 2.21 million household viewers and gained a 0.9 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Club gave the episode a "B+" grade and wrote, "As we get deeper into Season Three, 'The Devil You Know' emphasizes the venality of the bad elements that have seeped into Harlan in the wake of Mags' death.
"[9] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, "'The Devil You Know' was pleasurable in a lot of ways, as the season's various moving pieces started bumping up against each other, as we said goodbye to a notable supporting character, and as Raylan found himself once again reluctantly saving Dickie from the many people who mean him harm.
"[10] Luke de Smet of Slant Magazine wrote, "A lot of talk regarding season three of Justified has centered around whether the show could successfully replace Mags Bennett.
The writers have cleverly embraced the gap Mags left behind; instead of trying to replace her directly, they've used her absence to create the sense of a town on the precipice of a crime war.
"[11] Ben Lee of Digital Spy wrote, "It's unclear at this stage how, if ever, the two new major shady characters will cross paths, but for now, both Neal McDonough and Mykelti Williamson are doing fabulous jobs embodying them.
At this point, every conversation is so densely packed with subtext that every word seems to pull the story forward a little bit and there is a palpable sense of picking up steam.
