Givens is a bad ass, sure. But I think US Marshal Tim Gutterson is far more intimidating, witty, and mysterious. He often has lines that make you wonder about his time as a Ranger, and often his upbringing. He always maintains his cool, acts rationally in the most stressful times, and keeps a 110% loyalty to him and his own. Tim Gutterson is the US Marshal's secret weapon they don't know they have, with a story to tell that I would love to see.
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Is this Idaho? Because I will not limbo in Idaho.
I like Tim too, but not as a lead. He strikes me as more of a sidekick kinda character, as in I don't particularly feel like his character would be that interesting to explore.
I binge-watched the last 2 seasons of Justified and hardly remember any of his "witty" lines. He does seem to like to use the word "boner" when being sarcastic though like "Oh all this talk about ... has given me a boner"... I don't think the writers really gave him much interesting stuff to say.
I've always thought a spinoff with Tim and Rachel(besides her being in Seattle in the series finale) running the Lexington office was a great idea.
shareAs much as I liked Tim and Rachel, I don't think those characters were charismatic enough to carry a show the way Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins did. I would rather see someone like Loretta land her own spinoff: she can be as "smooth as Boyd" and has the courage of Raylan Givens. She's essentially a mixture of the two characters we can't get enough of, so it would make sense to build a story that revolves around her life.
Additionally, there's always going to be some kind of conflict when you're in charge of a lucrative weed operation.
I would have loved an Art, Tim, and Rachel spinoff. I do not see it happening though, I read some time ago Pitts was asked that question, but he said FX wasn’t going to do a series with three “mid-low” ranking actors.
Gutterson would have been quirky enough for a more major role if he had more screen time. I think for a supporting character he got adequate time in S6, and maybe in S4, but for the most part the writers seemed to forget he was there. (One of the few things I would ever criticize these writers for).
They kept dropping hints about his PTSD, beginning from S1 in the second or third ep. he is evasive to Raylan on a question about Afghanistan. Then when he showed up half drunk and sardonic to get Raylan and Art in the VA he truly looked like a guy that wasn’t too far from the edge. I was sure it was leading to something.
At the beginning of S4 Art flat out said that Gutterson probably has PTSD and refers him as a “powder keg.” They hit on it in later with Colt, but never developed it; Tim’s temperment never got anywhere close to “powder keg” level. They also floated the idea of making Tim a character who was openly homosexual in an alpha-male world and dropped that.
Personally, I am glad they dropped the latter idea, for some reason I think that would have felt artificial in this show. I do wish they had gone somewhere with the Ranger background, based on his conversation with Daryl we know he served at least two tours, and being a successful sniper (Art said he had a number of commendations) he would have killed far more people than Boyd and Raylan combined. Why not use it? In S4, Pitts was convincing at simultaneously playing formidable, while still betraying vulnerability, a good PTSD storyline was there waiting.
As much as I liked Tim and Rachel, I don't think those characters were charismatic enough to carry a show the way Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins did.
I think Tim would be good on Homeland.
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