Personally, Boone has struck me as a bit of a contrivance. He seems like a late-in-the-game addition to give Raylan a quintessential Western bad guy foe to slap leather with. He seems to be patterned after young cold-blooded Old West killers like Billy the Kid or John Wesley Hardin. But his single-action hogleg, bad haircut and mustache come across as a little too obvious. And kind of dopey; I don't think too many organized crime gunmen would welcome the attention that wearing a shiny holstered sixgun around in public might bring.
But he is effectively creepy, and the fact that the showdown seems obvious means there will probably be some twist to it. His little spiel about keeping a chamber empty is legitimate but how it was presented made no sense: He cocked as he drew and then dropped the hammer on the empty chamber, which would mean that the "safe" chamber hadn't been under the hammer but next in line. Still, I wonder if Boone's gun loading will have some bearing on the eventual shootout.
Some great moments of suspense and foreboding in the last one, very well done. Still quite a few ends to tie up, I'm really looking forward to the finale.
But he is effectively creepy, and the fact that the showdown seems obvious means there will probably be some twist to it. His little spiel about keeping a chamber empty is legitimate but how it was presented made no sense: He cocked as he drew and then dropped the hammer on the empty chamber, which would mean that the "safe" chamber hadn't been under the hammer but next in line. Still, I wonder if Boone's gun loading will have some bearing on the eventual shootout.
Some great moments of suspense and foreboding in the last one, very well done. Still quite a few ends to tie up, I'm really looking forward to the finale.