Sadly, Chadwick Boseman’s Ralph “Flex” Beeman was never able to fulfill his dream of becoming a successful magician. But it was not Raylan Givens who killed the young man. Instead, it’s fellow US Marshal Rachel Brooks (Erica Tazel), who shoots Beeman after he fires a gun at his brother-in-law Clinton Moss (Larenz Tate), whose criminal history has left deep wounds in his life. Rachel, whose sister (and Clinton’s wife) he killed in a car accident years before.
“For Blood or Money” centers in part on Moss’s attempts to flee the scene of a murder he commits at a halfway house, and at one point meets the “associate” and drug dealer Beeman in the hope of acquiring fund travel. When Beeman turns him down, Moss shoots him in the hand, causing Beeman to draw his own gun and hold Moss at gunpoint, which ultimately leads to the climactic shootout that costs Beeman his life and eliminates Boseman. of the greater “Justified” universe.
In his most famous role as the champion of Wakanda, Black Panther, Boseman is a royal and noble superhero and statesman, while Flex gave the actor a chance to showcase his range in character. quite different from T’Challa. And it’s exciting to step back and see a rising movie star in a great first episode of “Justified.”