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.
Ava (Joelle Carter) cleans herself after killing Judith and Penny (Danielle Panabaker) takes her back to their dorm just as a lockdown begins.
Raylan suspects Daryl (Michael Rapaport) was involved but Rachel says they can't do anything, as Marshal Kirkland (Shashawnee Hall) will come and temporarily take Art's spot.
Boyd (Walton Goggins) meets with Duffy (Jere Burns), Katherine (Mary Steenburgen) and Picker (John Kapelos) to discuss their now-missed heroin shipment.
In February 2014, it was reported that the eleventh episode of the fifth season would be titled "The Toll", and was to be directed by Jon Avnet and written by co-executive producer Benjamin Cavell.
While Jon Avnet shot the episode in 6 days instead of the usual 7, writer Benjamin Cavell added a gunfight and an explosion to the script.
"[3] In its original American broadcast, "The Toll" was seen by an estimated 2.05 million household viewers and gained a 0.6 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Seth Amitin of IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.2 out of 10 and wrote in his verdict, "We've paid quite a bit to get to 'The Toll' and things are starting to pay off.
"[8] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix wrote, "This has been a disappointing and at times frustrating season of Justified, and last week's episode arguably had more high notes than this one.
"[9] James Quealley of The Star-Ledger wrote, "This season of Justified has been so uneven that I spent a few minutes leaning back after watching 'The Toll', wondering if familiarity was breeding my contempt.
"[10] Matt Zoller Seitz of Vulture gave the episode a 3 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "Things continue to fall apart on 'The Toll'.
"[11] Holly Anderson of Grantland wrote, "Where this episode really sings is bringing characters together in long-missed or unfamiliar pairings and watching them work in so many combinations.
"[12] Carla Day of TV Fanatic gave the episode a 4.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "It quickly shifted when shots were fired and Art's life was on the line.
The site wrote, "Witt displayed a mother's utter devastation — that her boy, so young, would be take such action or, worse, be compelled to engage in a cover-up.