‘Justified: City Primeval’ Episode 1 Preview: Photos, Cast, and Plot Details

Timothy Olyphant slips back into the role of Raylan Givens for FX’s Justified: City Primeval, a sequel to the two-time Emmy Award-winning drama Justified. The eight-episode limited series premieres on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 with back-to-back episodes that catch up with Raylan after he’s moved to Miami.

Episode one, directed by Michael Dinner from a script by Dinner and Dave Andron, airs at 10pm ET/PT followed by episode two, “The Oklahoma Wildman,” at 11:15pm.

In addition to three-time Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant, the limited series stars Aunjanue Ellis as Carolyn Wilder, Boyd Holbrook as Clement Mansell, Adelaide Clemens as Sandy Stanton, Vondie Curtis Hall as Marcus “Sweety” Sweeton, and Marin Ireland as Maureen Downey. Norbert Leo Butz is Norbert Beryl and Victor Williams plays Wendell Robinson.

Timothy Olyphant’s daughter Vivian plays Raylan’s daughter, Willa.

“City Primeval” Plot: Fifteen years after Raylan Givens left the hollers of Kentucky, a chance encounter in the Florida swamps sends him to Detroit and places him on a collision course with a violent sociopath and a formidable defense attorney.

The Plot, Courtesy of FX:

Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind.

A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell’s lawyer, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught in between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well.

These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.