Justified is a 2010 FX Network series; a modern western, based upon the character of US Marshal Raylan Givens, a recurring character in the works of pulp fiction writer Elmore Leonard. The series stars Timothy Olyphant (Deadwood, Damages), as Givens, a Cowboy Cop in pretty much every sense of the phrase. The series revolves around Marshal Givens who, in the pilot episode, gives a Miami gun runner he was investigating for a savage murder, twenty-four hours to leave town or else be killed. A broad daylight western-style showdown - where the gun runner pulls his weapon first and makes Raylan's shooting "justified" - quickly follows and leaves Givens in deep trouble with his superiors over the publicity said shooting receives in the media.