Okay I finally got thru S2, great season!
Anyone else get the impression that Mags might have planned to commit suicide before the events of the finale? In retrospect, the way she was setting everything in order seemed to be the actions of a person who is planning to end their life.
She talked about getting Doyle and his family to safety, but not about joining them and enjoying spending time with her grandkids. With a big pile of money, why not plan for that kind of retirement? All I can think of is, she isn't the kind of person who would be happy no longer running a criminal enterprise and having power. And all the way back in the scene where she murdered Loretta's father, her dialogue showed that death didn't scare her.
I just don't see the notion that only Dickie of her sons survived as the kind of thing that would precipitate suicide. Why not instead stay alive and make sure Doyle's family is secure? Doyle's death should give her a motive to live, not to die.
Going into S3 next week, I expect more direct confrontation between Raylan and Boyd. They've just been dancing around the edges of that storyline so far. Time to dig into it!