Characters / Justified Crowder Family

Crowder Family & Associates

In General

Harlan County's most prominent crime family, the Crowders made their money selling cocaine and offering protection to drug shipments passing through the county. They've since diversified into methamphetamines, OxyContin, heroin, and prostitution, and most local criminals pay up to them in one way or another. While the leadership of the family has changed, their role in Harlan has not.

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• Badass Family: Bo, Boyd, and Johnny are three of the most dangerous men in the show.
• Bandit Clan: The Crowder's are a rural, family-run gang of bank robbers, hijackers, and racketeers who have made the transition to more modern organized crime, reshaping themselves into a sort of "rural mafia."
• The Clan: The Crowder family was once much larger, with Bo, his unnamed brother, his nephew Johnny, and his sons Bowman and Boyd all being involved in the family business. Now it's down to just Boyd, the unseen cousin Lonnie, and, after the finale's Time Skip, Boyd's young son.
• David Versus Goliath: Ever since Bo's death, and Boyd's assumption of power, the Crowders have been the underdog in most of their confrontations with other criminal powers, including the Bennetts and the Detroit Mob. They survive based on Boyd's brains, superior marksmanship, and sheer dumb luck.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Boyd and Ava, and Johnny towards Ava. Otherwise, it's subverted; the Crowders are happy to betray each other when it suits them.
• The Family That Slays Together: Every Crowder we've met has been not only a criminal, but a full-fledged murderer.
• Like Father, Like Son: Bowman was a domestic abuser like his father. Boyd aspires to be a powerful crime lord like his father.
• Mob War: There's an interfamily war in Season 1 between Bo's empire and Boyd's band of vigilantes. Since then, Boyd and his new gang have tangled with the Bennetts, the Dixie Mafia, the Detroit Mob, and Hot-Rod Dunham's crew.
• Theme Naming: All the Crowders on Boyd's side have names that begin with 'Bo'. Bo, Bowman, and Boyd. Outside of Bo's branch, Boyd's cousins Johnny and Lonnie have names that end in "onny" sounds, although it's unconfirmed if this is intentional or coincidental.
• Vestigial Empire: Non-national example. After Bo's death, the Crowder empire essentially collapses, leaving multiple player to try and fill the void. Only Boyd, Johnny, and sister-in-law Ava are left in Harlan, holding together what remnants of the family empire they can.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Collectively, the Crowders and Givens partner up and fall out with regularity. They're always prepared to betray each other, and they're always willing to work together again.

Family

Bo

Bo Crowder

"That there is Crowder gospel. You mark them damn words, son."

Played By: MC Gainey

"I may not own a private plane or a fancy car, and when you look at me, you probably see some dumb redneck who likes to eat roadkill for breakfast and have sex with his cousins. I don’t eat roadkill and I don’t screw my relatives and I didn’t just get off of no shortbus."

Bo Crowder is the father of Boyd Crowder and Bowman Crowder and the uncle of Johnny Crowder. A vicious old man, hardened by years of running Harlan County's meth operation and associating with drug cartels, Bo was Harlan County's kingpin of crime, a position he aims to hold again. He seems to have few genuine feelings for his son and is more interested in returning to power and wealth after being released from prison. His shady business dealings put him in close association with Gio Reyes, Arlo Givens, and, by extension, U.S. Deputy Marshal Raylan Givens.

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• Abusive Parents: Bo admits he wasn't the best father, and Boyd implies he was at best emotionally abusive towards his children. He does genuinely love Boyd, but even then Bo is enraged when Boyd genuinely tries to reform. He also has Johnny beat Boyd to a pulp for destroying his meth shipment, and massacres Boyd's flock before leaving the bodies on display for him to find.
• Affably Evil: Bo is a very likable fellow despite being one of the most dangerous, ruthless, and powerful villains ever seen in the series. He has an easy charm about him and is quick with a big smile; it's easy to see where Boyd gets it from. Bo also engages in Pragmatic Villainy, isn't a sadist (although he shows no mercy when it comes to protecting his empire), and even gives Ava plenty of opportunity to leave town since he doesn't have any real desire to kill her. He just needs to settle that debt so he doesn't appear weak.
• Ambition Is Evil: Bo is utterly determined to reclaim his dominion over Harlan County, and is willing to kill anyone who stands in his way to get it.
• An Offer You Can't Refuse: Before going to jail, his main source of income was providing 'protection' to the other local criminals. If you did not hire him to protect your drug shipment, it might 'disappear' on the way to its destination.
• Apologetic Attacker: He apologizes to Raylan while trying to hand him over to Gio. He admits that while he won't be particularly sad about his death, he's disturbed by Gio's love of torture and would prefer to kill him quickly.
• Archnemesis Dad: To Boyd, though he doesn't want to be.
  Bo: We was never as close as we should have been, but how did it ever come to this?
  Boyd: I don't know, Daddy. I guess it's just one of those things.
• Authority Sounds Deep: He speaks with a deep, commanding voice, and No is the undisputed leader of the Crowder clan.
• Bad Boss: Downplayed. Bo's actually a mostly friendly boss, but he does not tolerate failure or betrayal. No matter how close you are to him, he will punish any screw-ups with copious amounts of murder.
• Bait the Dog: After Boyd blows up a meth lab, Bo comes to him to apologize for not taking well to his decision to become The Atoner. It quickly becomes apparent it's less because of genuine regret, and more because Boyd's vigilante justice has left all of Harlan's criminal underworld in fear of the Crowders once again.
• Baritone of Strength: Bo has a deep voice and is a Genius Bruiser great at both cunning manipulations and a hand-to-hand fight.
• Being Evil Sucks: Bo's life of crime and abusive behavior are heavily implied to be what screwed up Boyd and Bowman, and his continued pursuit of becoming the undisputed ruler of Harlan once again destroys his relationship with Boyd.
• Berserk Button:
  • He does not take well to being touched, and coldly threatens Raylan for smacking his hand in retaliation for threatening Ava.
  Bo: The last man that touched me like that, I beat him until his eyes bled.
  • In general, Bo lashes out whenever he feels disrespected. Anytime he feels called out, he'll drop his usual laid-back attitude and shift to cold threats.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Bo is a laid-back, amiable man who is as much of a Reasonable Authority Figure as a crime lord can be. Cross him, however, and he will kill you no matter what.
• Beware the Silly Ones: Bo is a friendly, jokey hillbilly who comes off as a simple-minded fool to those unfamiliar with Harlan. The reality is that Bo is a cunning, ruthless criminal who is T He Dreaded for a very good reason.
• Big Bad: He serves as the main antagonist of Season 1, and is the more present threat compared to Gio Reyes.
• Big Bad Duumvirate: With Gio Reyes, his partner in drug smuggling. Gio provides most of the drama in the first half, constantly sending agents to harass Raylan, but Bo takes over as the main threat for the final stretch, and is a much more immediate problem.
• Beard of Evil: He's a dangerous man who sports quite the bushy beard. It looks quite badass too.
• Broken Pedestal: Boyd loses any respect he had for him after Bo massacres his flock and hangs their bodies, shocked at the evil his father has stooped too.
• The Chessmaster: Bo is an extremely competent criminal, partly due to his ability to manipulate events to suit him.
• Character Death: Bo is rather suddenly shot through the back by a cartel sniper at his cabin in retaliation for the loss of Gio's shipment and subsequent imprisonment of Pilar and Ernesto. The bullet goes right through his back and bursts out the front of his chest, killing him quickly.
• Consistent Clothing Style: He's almost always seen wearing an overshirt and a brightly colored t-shirt, most commonly his stars and stripes shirt.
• The Corrupter: Boyd heavily implies that Bo deliberately forced him into a life of crime, and Bo doesn't react well to Boyd's decision to become The Atoner even before it starts negatively impacting him.
• Dad the Veteran: Bo is The Vietnam Vet and a father of two. Unlike Arlo, he's mostly unaffected by his service and far more stable - though just as evil.
• Deadpan Snarker: Having the best lines is apparently a Crowder family staple.
• Defiant to the End: When Boyd aims a gun at him with every intention of pulling the trigger, Bo confidently sneers to Get It Over With. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't Boyd's bullet that did him in.
• Despotism Justifies the Means: Bo's reign over Harlan County is implied to have been even worse than the Wretched Hive it currently is, and his plan after being released from prison is to flood it full of drugs once more. None of it really matters to him so long as he takes back the power and respect that was once his.
• Disc-One Final Boss: He's The Heavy and the primary Big Bad for most of Season 1, but he's murdered by Ernesto and Pilar halfway through the season finale and they take over as the final threat.
• Dirty Old Man: He spends his confrontation with Ava sexually harassing her, and taunts her by asking if she'll let him "lick her plate".
• Domestic Abuse: According to Boyd, Bo abused his mother and guilt-tripped her into staying with him.
• The Don: Bo was the Harlan equivalent, acting as patriarch of the local Bandit Clan and getting a cut from every illegal transaction in the county. More than any character before or since, he was out to be a rural mafioso.
• The Dreaded: He's feared in Harlan County years after his imprisonment. Before his debut, people talk about him in hushed tones and treat him with a degree of near reverence, even his own nephew Johnny.
• Enemy Mine: Gio Reyes was indirectly responsible for the destruction of Bo's criminal empire, having helped Hunter Mosley arrest him so he could take over Bo's operations. After his release, Bo still allies with him and sets up a partnership with Reyes.
• Establishing Character Moment: When a group of prisoners try to murder Boyd, Bo arrives and immediately scares most of them off. When one of them refuses to back down, Bo has mis men back him up and threatens that whether or not he's in prison, if the man touches Boyd he's as good as dead. It all establishes Bo as The Dreaded and not someone to be crossed, but someone who genuinely loves his family.
• Et Tu, Brute?: Bo never really liked Arlo, but he admits he was genuinely surprised he ran their empire into the ground through his own greed and was disappointed in him for it.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Cares enough about Boyd that he doesn't try to kill him, even after Boyd puts his neck in the noose with Gio Reyes. He's more disappointed than anything that Boyd refuses to follow him.
• Even Evil Can Be Loved: Bo is humanized by his and Boyd's mutually loving but deeply toxic relationship. The two try to kill each other several times, but they both clearly love each other and don't want things to turn out like they do.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Says that Cold-Blooded Torture isn't his style and that he'd sooner kill Raylan quickly than hand him over to Gio to die slowly.
  • He also seems rather repelled by the degree to which Bowman abused Ava, and is apologetic about it even while threatening her.
  • Despite Boyd's actions against him, he never attempts to kill his remaining son (though he's not above having Johnny beat him and murdering his flock).
  Bo: Who am I kidding? I can't hurt my son. (Beat) Johnny, hurt my son.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: For a given value of good, but Bo is utterly incapable of understanding Boyd genuinely wants to reform. He also can't understand why Boyd has moral objections to Bo's intentions to flood Harlan with drugs once again and make it into even more of a Wretched Hive, dismissing it as more of Boyd's religious nuttiness.
• Evil Is Bigger: He's a bulky man who towers over both Raylan and Boyd.
• Evil vs. Evil: What his feud with Arlo boils down too. They're both horrible people and Manipulative Bastards pushed into conflict because Arlo tried to skim money away from Bo.
• Evil Old Folks: He's into his 60s, and just as dangerous as ever.
• Evil Sounds Deep: Bo has a deep, authoritative voice, and he's a vicious crime boss.
• Evil Uncle: From Johnny's perspective, crippling him with a shotgun blast after he sold Bo out to Boyd.
• Eviler than Thou: He's ultimately murdered by the much more ruthless Miami drug cartel for losing their meth shipment.
• Fat Bastard: He's a heavy guy, although it seems that a great deal of it is muscle.
• Foil: To Arlo. Both of them have countless similarities; both of them are charming criminals and terrible parents who serve as a toxic influence on their own children, and both are widely feared throughout Harlan. However, Bo is genuinely Affably Evil and he actually does care about Boyd. Meanwhile, Arlo is a selfish, spiteful Jerkass who only views Raylan as a potential mark at best and tries to kill him twice, something Bo never does even at his lowest. And while Bo succeeds in corrupting Boyd, Arlo never drags Raylan down to his level.
• Friendly Enemy: It's nowhere close to Boyd and Raylan's odd friendship, but he remains quite friendly to Raylan for the most part. He even apologizes while trying to hand him over to be tortured to death by Gio Reyes, admitting he doesn't think Raylan deserves that.
• From Camouflage to Criminal: He was a soldier in Vietnam who, with the help of fellow vets Arlo and Drew, grew to become the drug kingpin of Harlan County.
• Genius Bruiser: He's a big guy who can throw a punch with the best of them, but he's also a highly intelligent schemer.
• Get It Over With: Says a version of this to Boyd when he aims a gun at him.
• Hates Being Touched: He briefly drops his folksy attitude after Raylan smacks his hands and coldly threatens to murder him on the spot.
  Bo: The last man that touched me like that, I beat him until his eyes bled. (cheerfully) I guess it's a lucky thing for both of us I ain't a convict no more, isn't it?
• The Heavy: After Bo gets out the rest of Season 1 becomes about dealing with the ramifications of his rebuilding his empire.
• Hidden Depths: While Bo abused his own wife, it's implied to a degree that he did regret it after she died. Notably, he holds no ill will towards Ava to killing Bowman and acknowledges he had it coming.
• Hypocrite: He admits to being disgusted with Bowman's abuse of Ava, but he abused his own wife and it's implied Bowman took after him in this regards.
• I Have No Son!: Done to Boyd after the latter blows up a shipment of his meth. That said, he's still willing to let him go alive despite having killed other men for much less than that.
• I Lied: When he confronts Boyd for blowing up a meth shipment, Bo offers to spare his flock if Boyd leaves Harlan forever. Boyd agrees, but Bo has his entire flock massacred and hangs their bodies as a message to anyone who dares cross him.
• I Own This Town: Bo ruled Harlan County as his own personal fiefdom when he was in his prime, and after getting out of prison aims to do so again.
• Kick the Dog: Even after Boyd agrees to leave town, Bo still has his flock murdered and hangs them up on the trees despite his promise to leave them be if Boyd left. It's also implied he left them for Boyd to find to punish his vigilantism. He admittedly did it so Gio wouldn't have him killed for the destruction of the meth shipment, but it's still rather cruel.
• Killed Mid-Sentence: By a sniper bullet.
• Knight of Cerebus: Not that previous villains were any laughing matter, but Bo's appearance kicks off the climax of Season 1 and has a big impact on the rest of the series. He puts an abrupt stop to Boyd's attempt at redemption, thereby destroying the religious belief that had guided him. Boyd eventually turns back to his criminal ways, ironically becoming the type of crime lord that Bo would have approved of. Bo also deepens the hatred between Arlo and Raylan to an irreparable degree, and permanently cripples Johnny, turning him into the bitter snake we all know and love.
• Large and in Charge: Bo is a heavy-set man - although a good deal of it is muscle - and he's the firm leader of the Bandit Clan that is the Crowders. He was an even bigger case prior to the series, having essentially been the one who ran Harlan.
• A Lighter Shade of Black: Zig-Zagged. He's much less sadistic and pointlessly violent than Gio Reyes, and Bo is generally too pragmatic to employ various Psychos For Hire like Reyes does. However, Hunter Mosley argues that Bo is the greater evil for Harlan in the long term since he floods the town with drugs, whereas Reyes simply uses it to transport them.
• Laughably Evil: Bo's wit and sarcasm makes him a riot to watch despite how ruthless he is.
• Likable Villain: Bo is a bad man and an even worse father, but his genuinely friendly, laid-back personality and razor-sharp wit makes him weirdly likable.
• Light Is Not Good: Bo is white-haired and always wears colorful clothing, but he's The Dreaded for a very good reason.
• Like Father, Like Son: Both his sons took after him in becoming criminals. Boyd in particular has Bo's intelligence and ambitions, while Bowman gained Bo's penchant for Domestic Abuse.
• Like Father, Unlike Son: Bo is shocked and angered when Boyd attempts to reform and becomes a Vigilante Man, since Boyd has become disgusted with his father's criminal activities. Unfortunately, Bo destroys Boyd's hopes of redemption and drags him back into the criminal underworld through his abuse.
• Loan Shark: Bo's primary business alongside drug dealing was loan sharking, using Arlo as his primary enforcer.
• Manipulative Bastard: Bo is a masterful string-puller, and well-known for it.
• Misogyny: According to Boyd, Bo reminded his mother of her wedding vow to obey him every time he abused her. Even if he admitted he didn't want to actually kill her, Bo's behavior toward Ava in the diner bordered on sexual harassment.
• Misplaced Retribution: He's murdered by Gio's men for losing his meth shipment, but the actual event was Johnny and Boyd's fault more than his.
• Never My Fault: He admits he wasn't the best father, but places the blame entirely on his prison sentence. He frames Boyd's religious egomania and Bowman's abusive personality as things outside of his control, when the former is clearly rebelling against how Bo forced him into crime and the latter modeled it after Bo's abuse of his own wife.
• Nothing Personal: He admits he doesn't really have anything against Ava and doesn't blame her for shooting Bowman, admitting she's likely right that he would have killed her. He simply has to appear tough to reinforce his status as The Dreaded, and since she refuses to leave town he doesn't have any other option.
• Obfuscating Stupidity: Bo is well-aware most people who don't come from Harlan view him as an idiot redneck, and while he doesn't like it, he's very willing to take advantage of it.
• Offing the Offspring: He threatens to murder Boyd if he attempts to interfere with his drug-running operation, though he's ultimately unable to bring himself to do it. Boyd's flock on the other hand is fair game.
• Only Sane Man: It's a relative thing, but Bo comes off by and large as the sanest of the Crowders and their gang. Where Boyd is consumed by self-righteous egotism, Johnny is The Starscream who betrays most of his allies, Henry and Bowman were by all accounts the worst of the Crowders, and Arlo is a spiteful, abusive moron, Bo is a cunning and self-aware planner who rarely lets his impulses get the better of him.
• Parental Favoritism: Definitely prefers Boyd over Johnny, which can be seen with all the chances he gives Boyd despite the man blowing up his drug shipment while later shooting Johnny in the gut for being willing to be a wannabe two-timer.
• The Patriarch: Villainous version, of the Crowder pack. He's the manly, somewhat stoic head of the family who strictly manages what his family does - and harshly punishes disobedience.
• Pet the Dog: He's introduced defending Boyd from several other inmates, and even at the end is still willing to let Boyd go after everything that's transpired between them.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: As mentioned above, Bo is misogynistic. He used his wife's wedding vows to guilt-trip her into staying with him despite his abuse, and despite not really wanting to kill Ava, he still sexually harasses her in the diner.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Has no desire to engage in unnecessary violence. It's why he tries to get Ava to leave town — he doesn't want to kill her, but if she stays, he will have to in order to retain the respect of his men.
• Properly Paranoid: Tells Arlo that he didn't give the reins to Johnny while he was in prison because he was concerned that Johnny would want to try and take over. Given Johnny's track record over the course of the following seasons, he certainly had a point.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Bo is frequently seen wearing bright, flashy, and almost flamboyant shirts. None of it detracts from just how feared he is by Harlan at large.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: A villainous version. Bo is undoubtedly a bad man, but he doesn't condone pointless violence and he's willing to negotiate with his enemies. He does not abide by being crossed, however, and will respond with violence.
• Small-Town Tyrant: Perhaps the most archetypal on the show, Bo controlled most of the drug trade within Harlan County, and much of the police and judicial system during his hey-day.
• Smarter Than You Look: Explains to Gio Reyes that this is the case, thanks all the same.
• Smug Snake: Downplayed. Bo is a deeply competent and cunning man, but he's ultimately outmaneuvered by Raylan and Boyd, and he dies in part because of his risky dealings with the cartel.
• Southern-Fried Genius: At first glance, he looks like an idiot redneck, something he himself lampshades, but he's crafty, tough, and someone you don't want to cross.
• Stout Strength: Bo's a heavyset man, but very strong, and makes his first appearance hauling several younger inmates off of Boyd with minimal effort.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: He never really liked Arlo, but recognized he needed the man's charm and muscle to succeed. Bo's just as happy ordering Arlo killed as he is working with him again, and only really views him as a tool - not that it's hard to blame him, considering what a Jerkass Arlo is.
  Arlo: You've known me for 50 years.
  Bo: I don't know if that's inclined to make me trust you more or less.
• The Vietnam Vet: He served in Vietnam before turning to crime.
• Villain Cred: Bo is deeply respected by Harlan's criminal underworld, and even his name is spoken with hushed awe and terror. His partner Gio Reyes doesn't show him the same respect, mainly due to his disdain for Kentucky's people in general.
• Villainous Friendship: Both Drew Thompson and Hot-Rod Dunham seem to have considered Bo a friend, and there's no evidence that it wasn't mutual. He and Arlo Givens were the villainous version of Vitriolic Best Buds — they didn't necessarily like or trust each other, but they needed one another, and Arlo seems genuinely saddened to hear of Bo's death.
• Villainous Incest: Defied. Bo brings this up as one of the stereotypes people like Gio frequently apply to residents of the Deep South and firmly states that he's not a moronic inbred yokel, but an intelligent man to be treated seriously.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: The best way to describe his relationship with Arlo. The two don't particularly like each other and are frequently at each other's throats, but they always wind up teaming up and frequently commiserate with each other.
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: He's frequently seen wearing a stars and stripes shirt.
• White Hair, Black Heart: Bo is completely white-haired and a ruthless criminal. He's not excessively violent, but he will punish any opponents with acts of startling brutality.
• You Have Failed Me:
  • Shortly after being released from prison, Bo puts a hit out on Arlo for running his criminal empire into the ground. He does give the caveat that he'll spare him if he can pay back his debt to Bo, but it's plainly obvious to most that Arlo simply doesn't have the money.
  • He shoots Johnny for betraying him to Boyd and leaves him to die, although Johnny manages to survive.
  • Bo dies as a result of this, being murdered by Ernesto and Pilar for losing Gio's drug shipment when Boyd destroyed it.

Boyd

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Ava

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Johnny

Johnny Crowder

"You should have done right by me cousin. I was a believer there, for a little while."

Played By: David Meunier

"Well, I'll tell you what. Why don't you go on out there, and you get yourself cut in half by a shotgun blast, then stuck back together again. Then, when you come back here, we can talk about being one blood, cousin."

Johnny Crowder is the cousin of Boyd Crowder and one of the more visible members of the larger Crowder criminal empire. After patriarch Bo Crowder is released from prison and Boyd turns his attentions to Jesus, Johnny becomes the right-hand man to Bo. But, like most positions in the criminal underworld of Harlan County, Johnny's high standing is tenuous at best. Like his family members, Johnny is an opportunist, not bound by blood or honor so much as cash and the opportunity to acquire it through illegal means.

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• Affably Evil: Johnny's a genial guy for the most part, and he doesn't have any real enmity towards Raylan or Ava. He doesn't particularly enjoy violence, unlike most other villains or even Raylan, often trying to avoid it.
• All Love Is Unrequited: He's revealed to be in love with Ava. She is less than impressed.
• Ambition Is Evil: Most of his actions are motivated by his desire to be head of the Crowder crime family rather than Boyd, who he feels stole his place.
• Anti-Villain: Somewhat. He clearly doesn't hate Raylan or the Bennetts as much the rest of his family. Also, he warns Ava to get out of town when the situation between her and Bo Crowder gets too hot; it's implied he did that on his own accord.
• Apologetic Attacker: He's clearly reluctant when Bo orders him to beat Boyd in front of his flock, and sympathetically warns him it will hurt.
• Arc Villain: For the first half of Season 5, he's Boyd's main opponent, with an arc lasting from the end of Episode 2 until his death in Episode 7.
• Beard of Evil: Always has a goatee.
• Blackmail: When he discovers that Colt failed to kill Ellen May, he blackmails Colt for thousands of dollars.
• Boom, Headshot!: How Boyd kills him.
• Character Death: Johnny finally meets his end in the Mexican desert after being betrayed by Yoon. Boyd takes the advantage and ends up shooting him in the head, killing him.
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Betrays Bo, Boyd, and Hot-Rod, though in the last case, it was to preempt a betrayal on the other man's part.
• Clashing Cousins: He becomes bitter and resentful to Boyd after he inadvertently gets Johnny crippled, eventually resulting in Johnny betraying him.
• Co-Dragons: To his Uncle Bo, alongside Hestler Jones. Both of them have equal authority and serve as his right-hand men.
• Defiant to the End: Johnny's last act is to laugh in Boyd's face over his continued failures.
• Disabled Snarker: Becoming crippled has made him a lot snarkier.
• Disappeared Dad: It's implied Johnny's father is dead, given his lack of presence in the series itself.
• Disc-One Final Boss: For Boyd's Season 5 arc.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: His resentment of Boyd stems from the fact that Bo always cared more about Boyd than Johnny, no matter how reliable Johnny proved himself to be.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • He's concerned when he sees Teri with a bruised face. He has Colt pummel the john whom he thinks was responsible, unaware that it was Colt himself who hit her.
  • During a conversation with Devil, Boyd explains that for as much as Johnny liked money, he could never get on board with Boyd's white supremacist militia.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Johny really does care about Ava. He also recalls a fond memory of his father in a Season 2 episode, that implies he also cared about Boyd and Bo before they screwed him one too many times.
• The Evil Genius: Of Crowder's organization.
• Evil Cripple: Though with the caveats that he was evil before he was crippled, and is slowly recovering.
• Evil Former Friend: Johnny and Raylan used to play baseball together, and they're still on friendly terms even in the present day.
• Eviler than Thou: With Boyd in Season 5, when the two of them finally go to war over old betrayals, and the chance to be Yoon's American partner.
• Face Death with Dignity: Johnny remains unrepentant and sarcastic even when faced with certain death.
• Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Subverted in that they're not siblings, but he and Boyd were raised in close enough proximity that they practically were. Boyd tends to be irresponsible and prone to grandiosity, where Johnny is much more grounded and just wants to make money. The fact that Boyd was the family favorite, and that Johnny has been repeatedly screwed over by him has not helped their relationship.
• Friendly Enemy: He's quite friendly with Raylan, and despite the fact they're on opposing sides, Johnny would much prefer to play ball with him then to fight.
• Green-Eyed Monster: He's very jealous of Boyd's general success and how much Bo favors him despite all the work Johnny's done to keep the Crowder criminal empire running.
• Handicapped Badass: Getting near cut in half by a shotgun blast hasn't impaired his badassery, except he operates through his intellect rather than his fists.
• Killed Mid-Sentence: "Good luck getting that shit out of Mexico-"
• A Lighter Shade of Black: In comparison to the rest of the Crowders. Bo is ruthless and unhesitating about murdering any inconvenience except Boyd, Boyd is a Bad Boss and treacherous despite being a Noble Demon, and Bowman and Henry were by all accounts even worse. Johnny is ruthless, but he's much less willing to kill innocent people unnecessarily and would rather not pointlessly risk people's lives.
• Made of Iron: Took a point blank shotgun blast to the stomach in Season 1. By Season 5, he's able to walk unaided, with only the slightest limp.
• The Man Behind the Man: Revealed as the man behind the attack on Boyd's shipment at the start of Season 5.
• Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: First Boyd got him crippled, albeit unintentionally. Then he repeatedly sidelined Johnny, taking advice from Ava (his girlfriend who has no criminal experience), Arlo (a senile old man), and Colt (a drug addict) over Johnny. In "Raw Deal", we learn that Boyd stole Johnny's girlfriend in high school, suggesting that Boyd's mistreatment of Johnny goes back years. Johnny's betrayal is ultimately not that surprising.
• Morality Pet: Teri the hooker.
• Motive Rant: He gives a rather impressive and somewhat convincing one to Raylan and Rachel.
  Johnny: Boyd doesn't give a damn about nothing. Never did. When we was kids, he'd build half a tree house, and then he'd run off and go build a go-kart. And then he'd forget them both and spend the whole rest of the summer stealing candy and trading it for cigarettes... And he gets back from the war, and he finds Jesus. And he receives his ordination through the mail from one of them Bible colleges down in South Carolina or some shit, making us all learn the ways of white supremacy, as it was laid down by the Lord almighty. Then he goes on and on and on about white flight and all that shit. You know what that is?...White people moving to the suburbs.
  Rachel: 'Cause they want to cut grass and have barbecues?
  Johnny: Shit, no. 'Cause they want to get away from black people like you and all the greasers and the asiatics and all the goddamn Mexicans running around infecting the place. But, you know, these are Boyd's words...You know what he's doing now, Raylan? He's buying a house in the goddamn suburbs! Up there on Clover Hill, because the man is in love.
  Rachel: You sound like he stole your girlfriend.
  Johnny: Ha! No. He stole Raylan's girlfriend. He stole my job. Oh, but I did get this as a consolation prize for believing all of his bullshit.
• Never My Fault: Bo shot him because Johnny was willing to betray him to Boyd, yet Johnny lays all the blame on it for Boyd. It is justified to an extent, as Johnny's more angry about how Boyd always got special treatment in comparison to him than anything else, although he's still quite angry about being shot.
• Noble Demon: Johnny is a spineless Opportunistic Bastard prone to treachery, but he's also averse to pointless violence and tends to be one of the more affable members of Boyd's gang.
• Obfuscating Disability: Downplayed. Johnny is a cripple, and spends most of Seasons 2-3 in a wheelchair. However, what most people don't realize is that Johnny can walk; it just hurts him to. At one point, a group of men follow Johnny into a building, only to find his wheelchair just sitting there and him gone as he hobbles out the back.
• Oh, Crap!: When he realizes that Augustine has just betrayed him to Boyd.
• Opportunistic Bastard: Johnny is a schemer, but unlike Boyd, he rarely has a plan of his own, preferring to attach himself to Bo, Boyd, Augustine, Hot-Rod, and anybody else who can advance his agenda. Whether it was backing Boyd against Devil's internal coup, blackmailing Colton Rhodes about his drug addiction, providing the US Marshals with information, or manouvering between genuine power players like Boyd, his Uncle Bo, Wynn Duffy, Nicky Augustine, Hotrod Dunham, and Mr. Yoon, Johnny would grab at any chance to make a profit or increase his chances of taking over the Crowder family. Even after gaining control of Hotrod's organization in Season 5, he doesn't have a plan, beyond "hurt Boyd as much as possible", which leads to his defeat at the hands of his chessmaster cousin. Driven by greed and revenge (he held Boyd responsible for his crippling), and superb at playing the odds, Johnny could survive almost any situation in the short run, but the conclusion was never in doubt.
• Passive-Aggressive Kombat: He lobs biting comments at Colt after learning that Colt beat up Teri.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: He rather casually says homophobic slurs during his first appearance while talking with Raylan.
• Punch-Clock Villain: He's more concerned with making money than anything else and doesn't have anything personal against Raylan. He reserves his hatred for those who slight him personally such as Boyd and Colt.
• The Resenter: He plots against Boyd out of resentment for being shot and rendered handicapped in Season 1, though it should be noted that was at least partially Johnny's own fault for trying to play The Starscream. On some level he also seems to resent Bo for making him the right-hand man simply because Boyd wasn't interested in it at the time. He also resents the way Boyd welcomed Colt into their criminal enterprise so fast, as well as how Boyd and Ava hope to move to the suburbs and leave him behind. When Raylan and Rachel show up at Audrey's, he's more than happy to tell them where to find Shelby/Drew, thus ruining Boyd's hopes of turning Drew over to the Tonins for money.
• Saloon Owner: The modern day Harlan County equivalent. His bar alongside Audrey’s brothel is the primary Crowder HQ once Boyd makes his comeback.
• The Starscream: To Bo and Boyd, telling the latter he'd "back his play" if he decided to go against Bo while working for his uncle, then having little trouble with throwing Boyd under the bus when Bo decides to murder Boyd's followers and orders Johnny to beat the shit out of Boyd when Boyd blows up the drug shipment. That particular bit of double-dealing got him a gut-shot by shotgun from Bo. He later turns on Hotrod as well, though in that case, Hotrod was planning to sell him out to Boyd.
• Took a Level in Jerkass: He becomes much more bitter and resentful after being left wheelchair-bound by a shotgun blast.
• Villain Team-Up: With Hotrod Dunham.
• Villain with Good Publicity: He really, really wants to be one, but unfortunately the fact he's up to his neck in Bo and Boyd's business is an Open Secret. He'll still insist to anyone who listens that he's the "respectable one".
• Wearing a Flag on Your Head: On his hat.
• Wife-Basher Basher: When he thinks that one of Teri's clients has been abusing her, he shows up at the man's house with Colt in tow and orders Colt to give him a beating.
• White Sheep: Subverted. Johnny does his best impression of a "respectable business owner", but he's up to his neck in Bo and later Boyd's business and everybody knows it.

Bowman

Bowman Crowder

Played By: N/A

Boyd's older brother, Bowman is Ava Crowder's abusive husband, whom she kills just before the start of the series.

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• Asshole Victim: He was a domestic abuser killed by his victim. Very few people mourn for him. Even his family seems more upset by the man he became instead of his actual death, with Boyd and Bo even admitting on separate occasions that Ava was probably justified in shooting him dead.
• Beneath the Mask: Ava tells Boyd that Bowman was "sweet as candy" before they married. After they married, he beat Ava and treated her like property.
• Domestic Abuse: He frequently beat up Ava, and most everyone in town knew about the abuse.
• I Coulda Been a Contender!: Bowman was the star running back in high school, but never became a professional like he dreamed.
  Raylan: Boyd always said Bowman had what it took to go pro. I was never that sure.
• Inadequate Inheritor: After Bo went to prison, Bowman was set to inherit the criminal enterprises, but he seemingly lacked the brains or competence necessary to properly run them and ended up working in a partnership with Arlo over collecting Bo's protection money that Arlo had far more control over. Bowman basically gave it up after Arlo managed to run it into the ground.
• Karmic Death: Met a shotgun blast from his abused wife.
• Like Father, Like Son: His father Bo was also a domestic abuser.
• Pet the Dog: Ava admits that he tried to do this.
• Posthumous Character: Ava kills him prior to the series.
• The Unfavorite: The Crowders as a whole don't really seem to have liked Bowman, if only because of his abuse of Ava, and agree he had it coming.
• The Unseen: Due to being a Posthumous Character.

Henry

Henry Crowder

Played By: N/A

Once considered the only 'good' Crowder, before he kidnapped, raped, and killed a young girl.

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• Beware the Nice Ones: Henry was widely considered to be the only good Crowder in a family of bad apples. He ran a bookmobile and was generally liked, until the day he showed his true colors.
• Karmic Death: He died at the hands of Hunter Mosley, whose niece he raped and killed.
• Posthumous Character: Henry is long-dead by the time the series begins.
• The Unseen: Comes with being a Posthumous Character.
• Would Hurt a Child: He was a murderous pedophile.

Lonnie

Lonnie

Played by: N/A

A cousin of Boyd's who lives in Alabama and is a hotelier and preacher.

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• An Arm and a Leg: He lost a leg in a drunk driving accident and turned to religion afterward.
• Family Man: He's implied to be a husband and father, as Ava refers to Boyd's kin in Alabama who they want Ellen May to stay with being "decent people", plural.
• The Ghost: He's never seen and is only mentioned in one episode.
• Good Shepherd: Boyd thinks so, saying he probably won't hold Ellen May's past as a prostitute against her and is likely to enjoy the challenge of helping her improve her life.
• Hypocrite: Downplayed. He's a preacher who owns a No-Tell Motel, but it isn't as if he can choose his customers.
• The One Who Made It Out: He owns a profitable-sounding motel far away from the Wretched Hive county where his relatives live and is a respected preacher, although the Tangled Family Tree nature of his relationship with Boyd makes it unclear if he's from Harlan County in the first place.
• Tangled Family Tree: It's unclear if he's a Crowder or is a maternal cousin of Boyd, although the fact that he visited Bo once implies the former. His name rhymes with Johnny's, so it's possible that they're brothers.
• White Sheep: Boyd and Ava describe him as an honest man and there's no indication he's faking it like Johnny and Henry. However he also lives in a different state than his other relatives.

SPOILER CHARACTER

Zachariah

Played by: Rhyder Cohen

Boyd and Ava's son, born during the Time Skip in the finale.

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• Children Are Innocent: He's a shy but kind-looking three-year-old.
• Dead Guy Junior: He's named for Ava's late uncle.
• Disappeared Dad: He has no contact with his father and Ava convinces Raylan to keep things that way, as she feels Boyd's presence would ruin Zachariah's life.
• Strong Family Resemblance: He looks like Boyd and even buttons his shirts the same way.

Associates

Jimmy

James "Jimmy" Tolan

"They want a war? We'll stack 'em up like cordwood!"

Played by: Jesse Luken

"You know I'd follow you anywhere, Boyd."

A young man recruited by Johnny Crowder as hired muscle for the Crowders' new empire in Season 3. Unlike most of Boyd's other henchmen, Jimmy has proven himself to be a loyal follower for Boyd, sticking by him irrespective of how bad things get. Fluent in Spanish, smarter than he lets on, and prepared to do anything his employers asks of him, Jimmy is the ideal man to do Boyd's dirty work.

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• Affably Evil: Jimmy's an easygoing, if quiet, guy with a sociable side. He'll also kill anybody if they so much as look at Boyd funny.
• Ascended Extra: Starts out as just another Boyd henchman to fill the jobs that wouldn't be logical for the others to do. Since Devil's death, he's replaced him as Boyd's main hitter and has more screentime as a result. Following Johnny Crowder's betrayal and Colton Rhodes' death, Jimmy steps up even more, serving as Boyd's go-to killer for all of Season 5, before finally meeting his end in "Restitution".
• Badass Boast: "They want a war? We'll stack 'em up like cordwood."
• Blood Knight: Implied in his first appearance, when he's very excited at the prospect of bloodshed.
• The Brute: In Seasons 3 & 4, Jimmy plays back-up to whoever Boyd's current Dragon is, acting as an enforcer, but not really a member of the inner circle. In Season 5, he's been forced to take more of a leadership role, as there is no one left to fill the position.
• Character Death: After trying to escape, Jimmy is taped to a chair and shot in the chest by Alberto Ruiz's henchmen in 'Restitution', much to Boyd's horror.
• Co-Dragons: In Season 5, with Devil and Arlo long gone, Colt dead, and Ava in prison, Jimmy and Carl, both of whom are happy to be The Brute, end up as Boyd's Co-Dragons by default.
• Deadpan Snarker: He may not talk much, but when he does, he can snark with the best of them, telling Raylan that his assault rifle is to fend off "wild Apaches," and charging Daryl Crowe for the beer he drank while threatening Jimmy and Boyd.
• Dumb Muscle: Downplayed. Jimmy's no genius, and he doesn't talk much, but he's far smarter than the likes of say, Coover Bennett, or even Devil and can be trusted to not make disastrous decisions. Season 5 ultimately subverts the trope, with the reveal of his language skills and ability to think on his feet; a cut scene would also have outed him as an experienced bank robber with six successful jobs behind him.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Seems downright offended by Gunner Swift's Neo-Nazi inclinations, referring to he and his gang as "Hitler humpers." He also appears rather affected in the aftermath of killing Elmont Swain, a helpless old man.
• Evil Sounds Deep: Has one of the deepest voices of anybody on the show.
• Facial Horror: When he and Colt sneak into Last Chance Salvation Church, he is attacked by the St. Cyr's snakes. Afterwards, Jimmy's face is swollen and discolored from snake venom, and a severed snake head is still attached to his cheek.
• Fearless Fool: His introduction sets him up as one, with him pulling a gun and yelling "Whoo Daddy! Good times in here today!" while Johnny talks about how they can never be sure what he'll do. Ultimately subverted in the long run, as Jimmy proves to be a loyal, reliable, and reasonable henchman who won't hesitate to use violence when advantageous, but shies away from pointless or suicidal confrontations.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Now has a face full of evil scars, courtesy of the St. Cyrs' snakes.
• Hidden Depths: Turns out to be fluent in Spanish, acting as Boyd's interpreter in Mexico. A scene that didn't make it into the final cut would have revealed that he was a very successful bank robber before being hired by Johnny and Boyd.
• Manly Tears: In "Starvation", he quietly sheds a tear while talking on the phone with Boyd as cartel men hold him at gunpoint.
• No One Should Survive That!: Jimmy barely survived multiple bites from the St. Cyr's snakes. This leads Boyd to realize that the St. Cyrs have been milking their snakes so that their bites deliver less venom.
• Shotguns Are Just Better: Keeps one behind the bar at all times.
• Smarter Than You Look: First shown in Season 5, when his bilingualism is displayed.
• The Stoic: Daryl Crowe Jr. describes him as a "cold fish" and that's pretty fair.
• Suddenly Bilingual: Season 5 reveals that he's fluent in Spanish.
• Undying Loyalty: To Boyd. He's furious that Johnny betrayed them, refuses to sell Boyd out to Raylan even when threatened with prison, and outright states "You know I'd follow you anywhere." His last act is trying to escape to warn Boyd about Ruiz, an act of loyalty that Ruiz praises him for before killing him.
• Villainous Friendship: With Boyd. They're regularly seen hanging out on their downtime, and clearly enjoy one another's company. Jimmy is Boyd's one loyal henchman, while Boyd for his part is deeply upset when Jimmy dies.
• Vocal Dissonance: He's a baby-faced young man with a deep, imposing voice.

Carl

Carl Lennon

"Crime does pay. As long as the criminals you're working for don't screw you over all the time."

Played By: Justin Welborn

One of Boyd's henchmen, hired after Johnny's betrayal and Colt's death.

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• Beard of Evil: A goatee.
• Big Brother Mentor: To his younger brother Earl.
• Character Death: After Boyd persuades Carl not to assassinate him, Boyd shoots Carl to create a diversion in the hospital so that he can escape.
• Co-Dragons —> The Dragon: He and Jimmy share the role of Boyd's Number Two man after Colt dies, with Jimmy typically doing the killing, while Carl operates in the field. After Jimmy dies, Carl becomes Boyd's sole Dragon and confidante.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In "Sounding", when Earl is thrown to the ground by a methane explosion, Carl rushes over to him and shows loving concern for his brother. In "Fugitive Number One", he agrees to hunt down Boyd so that Markham will not kill Earl.
• Hidden Depths: Possibly the smartest henchman Boyd has employed since Cousin Johnny, displayed when he talks his way out of both a Crowe kidnapping and possible US Marshal custody.
• I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: In "Fugitive Number One", Markham threatens to kill Earl unless Carl executes Boyd.
• Oh, Crap!: When he realises that Johnny is working with Hot-Rod Dunham.
• Siblings in Crime: With his younger brother Earl.
• Troll: Takes every opportunity to mock Danny Crowe.
• Villainous Rescue: After giving him a beating, Danny takes him captive by tying him to a chair at Wade Messer's old house. When the Marshals arrive, however, neither Carl nor Danny wants to be arrested. Carl tells the Marshals that he and Danny were engaging in consensual BDSM.
• Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Carl has a fear of rattlesnakes and isn't too happy about being in mines either, so he has ophidiophobia and claustrophobia.

Colt

Colton "Colt" Rhodes

"I guess I'll quit today."

Played by: Ron Eldard

Colt: It's [Afghanistan] not that different from here [rural Kentucky]. Bunch of clans, living in the hills, led by guys with beards, running around, shooting at each other.

Tim: Except they're not speaking Pashto.

Colt: Might as well be, sometimes.

Colton 'Colt' Rhodes is a former military police officer who once served with Boyd Crowder in Kuwait. In fact, Colt threw Boyd in jail a few times. Eventually, Colt was tossed out of the military himself for more than one instance of violent insubordination and goes to work for Boyd in Harlan County as an enforcer. He appears affable and likable — until crossed or under orders from his friend and boss to do unpleasant things.

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• Alas, Poor Villain: His last moments before his death are spent talking Ava out of killing Ellen May, attempting to finish the deed himself so her conscience and criminal record won't be further tainted, apologizing to Tim for killing his friend and preparing himself for the end while enjoying a cigarette.
• Blatant Lies: He tells Boyd that he was discharged from the military police for violence against an officer. In "Decoy", however, Tim reveals that Colt was actually discharged for drug use. Ellen May runs off before Colt can kill her, as per Boyd and Ava's orders. Colt lies to Boyd, telling him that he killed Ellen May, but meanwhile tries frantically to track her down.
• Celebrity Resemblance: He notes sarcastically that he would like a young Gérard Depardieu to play him in a movie.
• Character Death: Just as he's about to kill Ellen May, Tim turns up to confront Colt about the death of his friend Mark. Colt admits to killing him, takes One Last Smoke, and raises his gun in a clear Suicide by Cop. Tim is a crack shot and a quick draw even when he's not already aiming a gun at you, and he doesn't hesitate to put a bullet in Colt's chest. Colt falls onto a pew and quickly dies.
• Cool Shades: Almost always wears a set of sunglasses. This is most likely to hide his bloodshot eyes.
• Dirty Business: He's guilt-ridden when ordered to kill Ellen May and has to snort drugs to overcome his inhibitions.
• Dirty Cop: Colt tells Boyd that he was demoted and eventually discharged from the military police for violence against an officer. In reality, he was discharged for drug use.
• The Dragon: Boyd's new one in Season 4. He loses this position when Boyd learns that he not only failed to kill Ellen May per Ava's orders, but lied to Boyd for weeks about it.
• Drugs Are Bad: Suffers from a serious heroin addiction he picked up in Afghanistan.
• Evil Counterpart: To Tim. Both are ex-military badasses, both are sidekicks to our two central characters (Raylan and Boyd), both suffer from PTSD relating to combat in Iraq and/or Afghanistan, and both have substance abuse problems. The key difference, obviously, is that Tim is dealing with his issues and remains a moral person, while Colt is slowly consumed by his drug addiction and war trauma, until there's nothing left.
• Functional Addict: This is gradually being subverted. Colt's heroin addiction turns him into an unstable man who uses violence and threats unnecessarily.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Not in an overt way, but when he first meets Johnny and Ava he rubs them the wrong way very quickly. They never do warm up to him. When Boyd initially recruits him, he seems to express some moral pangs about the prospect of killing people as Boyd's dragon. At the end of that same episode, when Boyd tells him to 'take care of' the guy they just intimidated (by which Boyd meant 'cut him out of the chair he's taped to') Rhodes shoots him in the head without a second thought.
• Karmic Death: Killed by the best friend of the man he murdered.
• One Last Smoke: Seemed fully aware he was going to meet his end at Tim's gun, so he lights up one last cigarette beforehand.
• Pet the Dog: Subverted. It looks like he's going to have one with Tim's friend Michael, but he kills him instead.
• Shell-Shocked Veteran: Colt served as a military policeman in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's implied that he started using drugs to cope with the trauma he experienced there. When he talks about how the better part of Tim's friend Mark died in Khandahar, he's really talking about himself.
• Sociopathic Soldier: Sociopathic ex-soldier anyway. Whatever morals Colton once had have long since eroded by the time Boyd contracts him.
• Spanner in the Works: Colt's drug use makes him erratic and unpredictable, making things very complicated for Boyd.
• Suicide by Cop: When Tim tries to arrest him, Colt has One Last Smoke and then raises his gun. Tim already has his gun drawn and aimed at Colt and Colt knows that Tim will not hesitate to fire and will not miss.
• Would Hit a Girl: Boyd and Ava arrange for Colt to quietly kill Ellen May. Fortunately, Ellen May escapes before he can perform the deed. However, Colt was clearly hesitant to do so and had to snort drugs to steady himself. He pummels and threatens Teri because he thinks she has information on Ellen May's whereabouts. He also chokes Cassie because he thinks she knows about Ellen May's whereabouts, and might have killed her had not Tim intervened.

Earl

Earl Lennon

Played By: Ryan Dorsey

Carl's younger brother and a member of Boyd's criminal empire.

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• The Bully: To Tyler Kent, whom he browbeats and threatens into helping him with a crime.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Earl might be a violent henchman, but he genuinely loves his brother Carl.
• Groin Attack: From Raylan.
• Hidden Depths: He's surprisingly gentle and almost innocent when around Ava, trying to change her opinion on thrash metal and looking genuinely terrified after Boyd quips he's hitting on his girlfriend. Seems that the explosion at the mine shaft was a humbling experience.
• Hot-Blooded: Earl is such a short-sighted, angry fool that he tries to pick a fight with a U.S. Marshal. And later he tries to do the same thing again.
• Jerkass: Earl often comes across as just a basic prick.
• Manchild: He acts like a teenager much of the time, with his aggression toward Tyler Kent and his bashfulness around Ava (who tells Boyd he's halfway a child).
• Siblings in Crime: With his older brother, Carl.
• Too Dumb to Live: It's clear that Earl is living on borrowed time, such is his stupidity, particularly when it comes to dealing with law enforcement (who he challenges to fight).

Devil

Derek "Devil" Lennox

"I'll take point on muscle. You know me: people person."

Played By: Kevin Rankin

"I just wanna know which Boyd Crowder I'm being asked to follow."

Derek "Devil" Lennox is one of Boyd Crowder's go-to henchman, and a dangerous, if not especially intelligent, combatant. He has been with Boyd since the boss's days as a white supremacist, but his loyalty to the head Crowder isn't exactly beyond question.

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• Beard of Evil: Had one during his Neo-Nazi days, though he's shaved it off by the time Boyd hires him again.
• Berserk Button: He's quite pissed off when Dickie insults his White Russian and accuses him of drinking a milkshake, eagerly asking Boyd if he can beat him up.
• Blood Knight: Devil quite likes beating people up, and specifically requests that he serve as Boyd's muscle.
• Boom, Headshot!: Boyd delivers this as the finishing blow, though in this case it's intended as a Mercy Kill to spare Devil the pain of bleeding out and choking on his own blood from the chest shot.
• The Brute: He's not too smart, but nowhere near as dumb as Dewey, and he's mostly used as muscle while Boyd relies on Alan and Johnny for planning.
• Deadpan Snarker: He's quite sarcastic if nothing else.
• The Dragon: Was Boyd's Dragon during his Neo-Nazi days, and returns to the role in Seasons 2 & 3 when Boyd starts putting his gang together. However, due to Boyd's personal transformation, he needs someone who can do more than throw a punch when it's called for. Being a violent thug was fine during the Neo-Nazi days when Boyd was manipulating everyone, but Devil now finds himself delegated to The Brute due to Ava and Johnny being much more competent.
• Dumb Muscle: Devil's IQ is somewhere below average. He makes up for it by being one of the best fighters in Boyd's crew.
• Due to the Dead: Despite his betrayal, Boyd can’t help but give his old friend Devil a proper, if informal, burial.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He very quickly finds himself disgusted with just how much of an obnoxious Smug Snake Dickie Bennett is, and eagerly asks Boyd if he can beat him up.
• He-Man Woman Hater: His attitude towards Ava is condescending at best.
• Jerkass: He's a surly, unpleasant bigot.
• Karmic Butt-Monkey: He quickly finds himself being relegated to The Brute in favor of Arlo, Ava, and Johnny, much to his displeasure. He's also bludgeoned on two separate occasions by Boyd and Ava for getting too big for his britches.
• Karmic Death: Devil is killed by the man he was planning to betray.
• Leader Wannabe: After Boyd goes to prison, Devil tries to serve as the de-facto head rather than Ava out of a hunger for power and general misogyny. He quickly proves fairly incompetent at it, and Ava disciplines him by hitting him the face with a frying pan.
• More Despicable Minion: He's not much worse than Boyd in terms of deeds, but he lacks his boss's charm and he's an unpleasant bigot.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: He was a member of Boyd's Neo-Nazi Commandos gang and still holds those beliefs, showing a clear hatred for black people and particularly Noble's Holler. He is also extremely disrespectful to Ava when she takes an active role in the operations of Boyd's new gang. This causes simmering friction with Boyd that Quarles exploits to turn him into The Starscream.
• Real Life Writes the Plot: Kevin Rankin landed a lead role on Unforgettable and had to be written out of the show, hence Devil's seemingly quick turn on and betrayal of Boyd.
• The Starscream: He no longer trusts Boyd's motivations, is outraged by the idea of working with the likes of Limehouse (or black people in general) and hates that he is relegated to a secondary role in Boyd's group. Devil decides to kill Boyd and take over when Quarles approaches him with a business offer.
• Tattooed Crook: Like the rest of Boyd's Commandos, he has both Neo-Nazi and Neo-Confederate tattoos.
• Those Wacky Nazis: Devil first met Boyd when he joined 'Crowder's Commandos', Boyd's Neo-Nazi group. He still wears the tattoos proudly.
• Too Dumb to Live: His plan to kill Boyd was less than brilliant, given that it involved shooting him at a table, and trusting the treacherous (and far smarter) Johnny.
• Trademark Favorite Food: He likes his White Russians.

Cyrus

Cyrus Boone

Played By: Bill Tangradi

A drug addict and street level dealer working for Boyd.

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• Bullying a Dragon: Mouths off to Wynn Duffy. This doesn't go well for him.
• Jerkass: Cyrus is a basic asshole, mouthing off to Wynn Duffy and whining about not getting his drugs.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Wynn (who he had tried to mock) tortures him with his own BB gun, which he'd previously used to shoot at a mentally disabled man.
• Manchild: His idea of fun includes hanging out on a street corner with his fellow criminals, shooting a mentally disabled man with an air gun, and having encounters with "Candy" involving Pop-Rocks.
• Too Dumb to Live: Mouthing off to Boyd and Duffy? Failing to see "Candy's" seductive wiles as a trick? Sharing sensitive drug shipment information? Very dumb.

The Pig

The Pig

Played By: Shawn Parsons

A new member of Boyd's criminal empire.

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• Character Death: Zachariah Randolph tosses him down a hole in a mine, killing him.
• He Knows Too Much: When he spots that the board Boyd fell through was purposefully cut and not just rotted, Zachariah tosses him down the same hole to his death.
• Ironic Nickname: He's named the Pig in spite of being a good-looking young man.
• Mauve Shirt: The Pig gets very little in the way of characterisation before his demise, but his frequent appearances make him a familiar enough face that his death is felt.

Hestler

Hestler Jones

"We all have imaginations, don't we? Differentiates us from the beasts. I, for one, imagine all sorts of things."

Played By: Ray Porter

Boyd: You have to tell all your neighbours you a pervert?

Hestler: What better way to see the new talent?

One of Bo Crowder's most trusted henchmen, and perhaps the closest thing he has to a right-hand man, Hestler Jones is a convicted sex offender, released at about the same time as Bo himself. An unrepentant predator, Hestler acts as an enforcer and trigger man for Bo, and leaves everyone around him feeling thoroughly disgusted.

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• Beard of Evil: A full on neckbeard.
• Character Death: He's killed by Boyd during the shoot-out at Bo's cabin.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Perhaps the closest thing to one on Justified, Hestler comes off as proud of his prison time and status as a sex offender.
• Cheshire Cat Grin: A big, broad, genuinely happy smile that appears whenever he's creeping on someone.
• Co-Dragons: To Bo alongside Johnny Crowder.
• Ephebophile: If Hestler was in jail for statutory rape, then it's a guarantee he's tried to have sex with at least one teenager.
• Fat Bastard: Hestler is rather portly, and he's a disgusting statutory rapist and criminal.
• Faux Affably Evil: Always smiling and quick with a joke, but he's a vile sex offender who clearly feels no remorse.
• Fingore: Raylan breaks his finger to stop him from being able to shoot Ava.
• Hate Sink: Bo and Johnny are too cool to hate, but Hestler nicely soaks up all of the audience's disgust.
• Interplay of Sex and Violence: At the core of his character.
• Jerkass: Hestler is a disgustingly crass, sleazy rapist who takes pride in being a sex offender.
• More Despicable Minion: Bo and Johnny have numerous likable qualities despite their villainy, with Johnny even bordering on being an Anti-Villain. Hestler on the other hand is a despicable, openly sleazy rapist who is downright proud of being an ephebophile.
• Murderers Are Rapists: Inverted. Hestler's a sex offender who shows no qualms about graduating to murder when Bo asks him to.
• Obviously Evil: Hestler is unkempt and never makes any attempt to disguise that he's bad news. Where Bo and Johnny are generally professional and Affably Evil, Hestler is openly creepy and constantly threatens to rape Ava.
• Psycho for Hire: Gets off on frightening others, and works for Bo to have the chance to do so.
• Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Hestler was in prison for statutory rape; the full details aren't clear but he's a very unsettling man. When Ava briefly mocks him by asking if she's "too old" for his tastes, he candidly replies back "a little" and that he can always just "close his eyes".
• Sadist: A psychological sadist who gets off on discomforting those around him, especially Ava.
• Slimeball: Around Ava, he gets too close for comfort, drooling over her in-between veiled threats to rape her.
• Smug Smiler: He usually has a great big grin on his face when sliming all over the rest of the cast.
• Stalker without a Crush: He stalks Ava not out of interest (though he has no issues with creeping on her) but because Bo told him to harass her.

Caleb

Caleb

Played By: James Logan

A bartender at Boyd Crowder's bar.

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• The Bartender: For Boyd's bar.
• Butt-Monkey: Caleb has been variously threatened, beaten, shot and otherwise treated poorly. He's on the verge of replacing Dewey as the character who goes through the most pain.

Bobby Joe

Bobby Joe Packer

"You saved my life, Boyd."

Played by: Brad Carter

A former meth cook who left to join Boyd's 'flock' of ex-criminals seeking holy redemption.

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• The Atoner: For his life as a former meth cook and addict.
• Fallguy: He willingly takes the fall for Boyd's accidental murder of a meth cook.
• Put on a Bus: To prison, from which he has not returned.
• Undying Loyalty: To Boyd, who he believes saved his life from drug abuse.

Jared

Jared Hale

Played By: Ryan O'Nan

A white supremacist who is trying to join Boyd Crowder's gang in Harlan, Kentucky.

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• Acquitted Too Late: Boyd learns that Jared was straight-up after he kills him for supposedly being a police informant.
• Bald of Evil: He's a skinhead, of course.
• Boom, Headshot!: How Boyd kills him.
• Character Death: Suspecting him of being a police informant, Boyd coldly shoots Jared in the back of the head.
• Danger Takes a Backseat: Boyd stays in the backseat of Jared's truck to shoot him.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Jared is a white supremacist.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Jared dies in his very first scene.

Pork Brothers

The Pork Brothers

Played By: Joel Marsh Garland & Daniel Stewart Sherman

• The Brute: They're the first brutes seen working for Boyd.
• Character Death: Both of them die in a shoot-out with the Marshals.
• Fat Bastard: Their weight might be the entire reason they're called "Pork" if it isn't their actual surname. Either way they're a pair of overweight Neo-Nazis.
• Politically Incorrect Villain: Due to being Neo-Nazis, of course.
• Siblings in Crime: They're brothers and criminals.
• Tattooed Crook: They're both plastered in Neo-Nazi tattoos.

Longbaugh

Longbaugh

Played By: Clay Wilcox

A drug dealer under the protection of Boyd Crowder.

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• Ax-Crazy: Or maybe sword-crazy.

• Character Death: He's killed by Quarles.

Parker

Parker

Played By: Blake Heron

A drug dealer who had been protected by Boyd Crowder.

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• Boom, Headshot!: Quarles shoots him in the head.
• Character Death: He's murdered by Quarles.