Praise Elmore! The much-anticipated second season of "Justified" finally returns tonight (10pm, FX).

I've watched the first three episodes and there's not a whole lot to say about it without giving away plot points, except for this: Season 2 is every bit as fantastic as Season 1. Fans will love every second Timothy Olyphant's white hat-wearing, gun-slinging federal marshall Raylan Givens is on the screen, and they'll beg for more screentime from Walton Goggin's complicated bad guy, Boyd Crowder.

The first episode's action picks up immediately after last season's game-changing shoot out. Raylan has some loose ends to tie up, and that takes him back to Miami. And then there's also the matter of handling his worthless father and tracking down Boyd, and while working a sex-offender case. It's all good stuff.

FX just released a new trailer promoting the upcoming Season 2 of "Justified," a wonderful drama based on the stories of Elmore Leonard, and starring Timothy Olyphant (right). The trailer seems to mostly be a recap of the first season, but it's still very cool. If you missed the first season, do yourself a favor and get over to iTunes or Amazon Video, or be on the lookout for the dvd release. Season 2 debuts in February 2011.

Click below to watch the trailer.

One of the more obvious lessons learned from watching the first three episodes of the new FX drama "Justified," is that if U.S. Federal Marshall Raylan Givens tells you he will shoot you, he will shoot you.

Oh, he'll warn you first. And if you're lucky, he'll take pity on you and may not kill you dead on the spot. But he will, very matter-of-factly, shoot you down.

Raylan, played with white-hat-hero perfection by Timothy Olyphant ("Deadwood," "Damages"), is badass for sure. But he's no brute and he's not annoyingly invincible, like too many fictional crime fighters. This complex creation of legendary writer Elmore Leonard is deadly, but civilized. And thank the lord, he has a sense of humor.