There have been a lot of moments this season that harken back to previous ones, creating a sense of coming full circle. The inevitable showdown between Raylan and Boyd is, of course, something fans have waited years to see. The opening scene of “Alive Day” showed that these two can still run verbal circles around each other, owning some of the show’s best dialogue and its thickest tension. I’m guilty of forgetting that Raylan and Ava were the show’s original power couple. They slept together a lot during the first season and Raylan (in his own roundabout way) even admitted back then that it was her that kept him in Harlan.
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