Boyd Crowder – Justified
Evil people who are also highly religious are the best. I don’t know why, but they just are. That odd balance of super good against the idea of someone who is actually bad just always strikes the perfect chord for me. And you can’t talk about evil doers who speak of God without bringing up Boyd Crowder.
First of all, spellcheck keeps trying to make me call him Boyd Chowder, which is really pissing me off. Second, you might already have some feelings ingrained for this character that are actually residual feelings from actor Walton Goggins’ past role on The Shield. That seems to only work in his favor though as career criminal Boyd Crowder on Justified.
The best part about this character is that Boyd was actually only supposed to be a one-off villain who died, but he had great chemistry on set with the other actors and had such an intense presence that they kept him on, and he ended up being one of the best things about this show.
But let’s (once again) flashback. Show me how fucked up he was as a kid. Show me how much darker and darker he got as he grew into a teenager. Show me all of it. Yes, he is a twisted bastard, but let’s see what it took to get him there.