Enter from Florida the very worst of the Crowe clan (where they fed victims to the alligators). In Kentucky Boyd Crowder's crooked rackets are now under threat. Inevitable now is a fight to the death. Problems thus mount for laid-back Marshall Raylan Givens.
Another strong season, sly humour and great turns of phrase much in evidence as bodies mount. As always, Raylan has unconventional ways of achieving justice, playing villains against each other a speciality. They have every reason to be wary of him, he so much on their wavelength.
Heads of a strong cast, Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins are great - their Raylan and Boyd different sides of the same coin, cunning survivors both.
Prepare for inter-gang warfare, betrayals, unexpected alliances and dramatic departures with much spattering of blood. Fine scripts, atmospheric music (never intrusive) add a genuine air of menace (some of the women's prison scenes uncomfortable to watch). Perhaps we should be repulsed, but throughout there is style hard to resist.
13 episodes. No bonuses.
Season 6 will be extra special, for all good things must come to an end.