"Weight" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 62nd overall episode of the series and was written by co-executive producer Taylor Elmore and Keith Schreier and directed by John Dahl. It originally aired on FX on March 18, 2014.
The series is based on Elmore Leonard's stories about the character Raylan Givens, particularly "Fire in the Hole", which serves as the basis for the episode. The series follows Raylan Givens, a tough deputy U.S. Marshal enforcing his own brand of justice. The series revolves around the inhabitants and culture in the Appalachian Mountains area of eastern Kentucky, specifically Harlan County where many of the main characters grew up. In the episode, Raylan and Boyd collide on the hunt for Dewey Crowe, while bad blood simmering in the Crowe family finally boils over.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.04 million household viewers and gained a 0.7 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received positive reviews from critics, who praised the directing, fast pace on the episode and humor.
Plot
Kendal (Jacob Lofland) accidentally allows the family dog to cross the street and be hit by a truck. Meanwhile, Dewey (Damon Herriman) talks on the phone while unhooking his car from the tow truck, accidentally causing the car to roll and crash nearby. Dewey takes the drugs and leaves the scene. Danny (A. J. Buckley) makes his way home and tells Daryl (Michael Rapaport) that they have a problem.
Boyd (Walton Goggins) visits Ava (Joelle Carter) in prison, telling her he has been investigating Fekus (Danny Strong) for his fake attack. However, Ava tells him to stop investigating and to stop visiting her for their own safety, confusing Boyd. At the bar, Daryl talks with Boyd about their problem when Dewey calls them. Dewey has the drugs and demands the $250,000 that Boyd scammed from him when he bought the bar. Boyd accepts to his terms but reprimands Daryl for letting all of this happen. Danny and Darryl start collecting fake money to deliver to Dewey and trick him, when Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) appears looking for Dewey, attacks Darryl and takes the briefcase with fake money.
Raylan contacts Dewey through a prostitute's phone. He tells him that Boyd and the Crowes will go looking for him, offering to help him. Dewey declines his help and tosses his phone through the window. Dewey then uses a fake ID to visit Dickie Bennett (Jeremy Davies) in prison, offering him a partnership, which he accepts to do. Raylan also visits Dickie, who refuses to divulge Dewey's location unless he is given a transference to another prison. In prison, Ava intends to kill Judith (Dale Dickey) as Rowena instructed her to do, when Penny (Danielle Panabaker) interrupts as they're checking their cells.
Alison (Amy Smart) returns home and finds Kendal inside. Although Kendal does not want to return with his family, Alison calls Wendy (Alicia Witt) to pick him up. Dewey meets with Cyrus (Bill Tangradi) to work on their business when Cyrus betrays him for Daryl, alerting him of their location. Back at Audrey’s, Kendal and Wendy appear and Danny is furious upon discovering that Kendal allowed his dog to leave and get hit by the truck. This causes a fight, in which Kendal reveals that Danny killed Jean Baptiste, surprising Daryl as he thought he was in Florida. Meanwhile, Duffy (Jere Burns) meets with Katherine Hale (Mary Steenburgen), the widow of his former mentor. He pays her $50,000 to help with their problems.
Danny finds Dewey at Cyrus' house and confronts him about the drugs. The situation soon turns into a Mexican standoff, in which Cyrus gives Danny the heroin, minus keeping three bricks for himself, and gives Dewey a 2-minute headstart to run as Danny will go find him. Danny returns to his yard and grieves over his dog's corpse when Raylan appears. Raylan offers him a chance of being the only one arrested, because if Danny takes his bag near the bag, Raylan will have to arrest Wendy and Kendal. Danny then suggests they do "the 21-foot drill" and he runs towards Raylan with a knife when he suddenly drops into a hole that Kendal had been ordered to dig to bury the dog. Danny accidentally stabs himself with the knife at the throat and he dies in front of Raylan.