Hollywood Backlot: ‘Justified’

On the Angeles National Forest location set of FX’s “Justified,” Michael Mosley as Kyle, center, hangs out with Alex Solowitz as Marcus, left, and Nathan Sutton, as Pruitt.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Walton Goggins studies his lines on the set of FX’s “Justified.” Goggins plays Boyd Crowder, a boyhood friend of Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant).   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The hands and clothing of actor Walton Goggins are soiled for a scene by set costumer Felicia Molinari.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The foreman’s office of the mine set for “Justified,” in the Green Valley area of Angeles National Forest, north of Canyon Country.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Walton Goggins jokes and shows off his gun-handling skills from his time on “The Shield,” with assistant prop master Doug Poole, left.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

On the mine set of FX’s “Justified,” in the Green Valley area, north of Los Angeles.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Alex Solowitz, as Marcus, takes part in a robbery scene on the mine set.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Under a dark cloth, director of photography Francis Kenny, right, monitors a scene with a camera operator while filming on the mine set.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Alex Solowitz, left, Nathan Sutton, Jim Beaver, Walton Goggins and Michael Mosley joke between scenes.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A look at the mine set, outside the foreman’s office, minutes before filming a scene in which the parked black truck blows up.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

With a fiery blast, the truck explodes.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke billows as the truck burns in this scene for an episode of FX’s “Justified.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

An old barn in Green Valley is used for the “Church of the Two-Stroke Jesus” set (part garage, part church, part junk shed) for a scene in the episode.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Paint decorator Eddie Lozano adds the look of rust and dirt to an ATV that is part of the “Church of the Two-Stroke Jesus” set.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Stunt double Ian Eyre wears a shirt with a religious theme in the style of the Jack Daniel’s bottle label, as a wardrobe detail for the “Church of the Two-Stroke Jesus” scene.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Stunt double Ian Eyre, left, is “soiled” by costumer James Spensley, alongside actor Michael Shamus Wiles, before shooting a scene.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Michael Watkins, center, talks over a scene with Timothy Olyphant, left, and Michael Shamus Wiles (who plays Winston Baines).  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Tools of the trade on the set of FX’s “Justified.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A crew member sits beside lighting equipment on the set. The days can be long, with extended periods of time waiting for sets to be changed, lighting to be adjusted and multiple takes of a scene to be completed.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Actor Timothy Olyphant, left, gets a touch-up before shooting a scene inside the “Church of the Two-Stroke Jesus” set.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The “hero” Stetson is used for scenes in which actor Timothy Olyphant doesn’t have to get dirty, but a stunt hat is always nearby.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Director Michael Watkins, at the left of the frame, judges the proper amount of smoke to be emanating from the crotch of actor Michael Shamus Wiles, on the floor for a scene in which he is hit by a taser.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Timothy Olyphant on the Green Valley set.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

The one-hour drama begins its second season on FX on Feb. 9.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)