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Fargo TV series on FX - season 3 starts TONIGHT 4/19!!! (3 Viewers)

A little late to the party but had no problem binge watching once I tuned in. This is movie quality television. The acting has been thru the roof all the way around. Dunst I want to choke, Danson I want to slap at times, and the Mike Mitchell character is something to behold.

I have really enjoyed and want so bad to go back now and watch season 1...$2 a pop but I might cave.

After I watch the finale tonight maybe I can drift back thru this thread and at least try and ask WTF the Bleeps are that just magically appear. It's funny, it somehow doesn't take away from the rest of the story but if I didn't know better it replaced the ability to allow the story to naturally conclude. It almost felt like we needed to throw in a little Independence Day for good measure but I tried to block it out and not even think about it. Maybe that's the point but I doubt it.

 
Generals gathered in their masses,
Just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
Sorcerer of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
As the war machine keeps turning.
Death and hatred to mankind,
Poisoning their brainwashed minds.
Oh lord yeah!

 
I didn't care for the final episode at all but with the UFO in the last episode I was ready for Noah's Ark to roll in this week. Truly once that scene happened in the midst of a pretty intense gun fight, it really took the story and show off track IMO.

I still love the previous 9 and the build up but this went kind of nowhere. We knew there was never gonna be a happy ending and I didn't cry a tear in that meat locker, who was anyone rooting for here outside the Deputy?

The last 15 minutes tonight borders on Inside Llewyn Davis for thrills.

This show is about a gazillion times better than most of the stuff out there, even stuff that comes with uber high praise like Mad Men which I always felt was overrated. This show really delivered the goods most weeks. Ending not great I would say but if that's the story then that's the story.

 
fatness said:
Mike Milligan, accountant. :lol:

Hanzee looked like Bob from Twin Peaks for a bit.
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I'm assuming that was a corporate America jab where we all train our whole lives to go and be somebody and then...it's a small office, typewriter/computer, see you with those reports in a few weeks as you've sold your soul for steady but meager pay.

 
The irony though in Danson's little speech towards the end, that little family managed to stay together where as the Gerhardts not so much as it turned out.

 
Buffalo Ricky is about to get what is coming to him and he blurts out "You the kid Otto had with the maid?" I'm thinking Hanzee was an accident but they said they pulled him off the street at 8...but I think he was probably the reference in that scene. Ricky mistakes MM for Hanzee.

That would explain why Hanzee always wanted revenge or to turn the tables on them.

 
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Ministry of Pain said:
I didn't care for the final episode at all but with the UFO in the last episode I was ready for Noah's Ark to roll in this week. Truly once that scene happened in the midst of a pretty intense gun fight, it really took the story and show off track IMO.

I still love the previous 9 and the build up but this went kind of nowhere. We knew there was never gonna be a happy ending and I didn't cry a tear in that meat locker, who was anyone rooting for here outside the Deputy?

The last 15 minutes tonight borders on Inside Llewyn Davis for thrills.

This show is about a gazillion times better than most of the stuff out there, even stuff that comes with uber high praise like Mad Men which I always felt was overrated. This show really delivered the goods most weeks. Ending not great I would say but if that's the story then that's the story.
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Lots of episodes of Fear Factor on DVD out there for you.

 
I liked last week a lot better, but like MOP said, way better than anything else on TV.

Just realized last week that Patrick Wilson, who plays Lou, is the brother of a local news anchor, and their cover band Van Wilson plays local venues/events sometimes...I actually saw them a few years ago in St Pete. All season long I was trying to place where I recognized Patrick from other than a few movies...then I remembered seeing him belt out 80s medleys as the lead signer in the band. Hilarious.

 
Wingnut said:
I liked last week a lot better, but like MOP said, way better than anything else on TV.

Just realized last week that Patrick Wilson, who plays Lou, is the brother of a local news anchor, and their cover band Van Wilson plays local venues/events sometimes...I actually saw them a few years ago in St Pete. All season long I was trying to place where I recognized Patrick from other than a few movies...then I remembered seeing him belt out 80s medleys as the lead signer in the band. Hilarious.
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They probably played "Come Sail Away", "Children of the Sun" and "Starman", right?

 
kupcho1 said:
Ministry of Pain said:
The irony though in Danson's little speech towards the end, that little family managed to stay together where as the Gerhardts not so much as it turned out.
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What was ironic about it?
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Danson says something like "this is what's important, being with family" or I think it was close to that. After the montage of brothers dead earlier in the show it seemed to tie in with his little speech towards the end was all I meant. Felt like irony as they had been chasing the Gerhardts all season and in the end that entire family except for the youngest is wiped out.

 
Slapdash said:
Admit that I'm surprised how well Danson played the part.
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I'm glad someone else brought him up because Danson is like a worn in pair of shoes, very calming and enjoyable to watch on TV/screen. At the same time I realized Danson has his limits. His best work since I saw him on Damages for 1 season where he played a bad guy and did it very well.

 
i didn't love the finale.

They did throw some weight towards an unreliable narrator, as opposed to an omniscient narrator

Mike Milligan's fate reminded me of The Shield. It was funny and I get the jab at corporate America, but the way they stitched it on just seemed too unrealistic to have any impact....

Ted Dansons speech at the end would have been good for an average show, but compared to the performances we have seen this season, it was anti-climactic...

Great show....one of the best seasons of TV I have seen

 
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Tiger Fan said:
I know some are not big on Sepinwall, but his review is pretty spot on and makes me appreciate the finale even more. And I obviously missed the season 1/Hanzee connection, but pretty cool.

Finale review - http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/review-fargo-sticks-the-season-2-landing-with-palindrome

Season 1 connection - http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/how-the-fargo-finale-revealed-a-hidden-secret-from-season-1
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Connection to season 1 was pretty neat.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
A little late to the party but had no problem binge watching once I tuned in. This is movie quality television. The acting has been thru the roof all the way around. Dunst I want to choke, Danson I want to slap at times, and the Mike Mitchell character is something to behold.

I have really enjoyed and want so bad to go back now and watch season 1...$2 a pop but I might cave.

After I watch the finale tonight maybe I can drift back thru this thread and at least try and ask WTF the Bleeps are that just magically appear. It's funny, it somehow doesn't take away from the rest of the story but if I didn't know better it replaced the ability to allow the story to naturally conclude. It almost felt like we needed to throw in a little Independence Day for good measure but I tried to block it out and not even think about it. Maybe that's the point but I doubt it.
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Found this site earlier for season one.. other then a few popups at times it worked so far to re-watch the first 3 episodes of season 1. :thumbup:

 
didn't love the finale, but still better than anything else currently on TV.

love how Mike was looking to ride in and take over the territory, like old school gangsterism. instead, he has a tiny office with a typewriter, and the dude from the mailroom just got all of California.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
fatness said:
Mike Milligan, accountant. :lol:

Hanzee looked like Bob from Twin Peaks for a bit.
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I'm assuming that was a corporate America jab where we all train our whole lives to go and be somebody and then...it's a small office, typewriter/computer, see you with those reports in a few weeks as you've sold your soul for steady but meager pay.
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They were setting that up from the beginning. I loved that Kansas City was always shown as running like a cold cooperation, not like a gang at all.

 
Wasnt a big fan of the final two episodes. Sure, its better than most things on TV, but thats a poor excuse for wrapping up a great series with less than stellar episodes.

 
Slapdash said:
Sebowski said:
Slapdash said:
Admit that I'm surprised how well Danson played the part.
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What's great about both seasons is how good the acting is all around. From Danson and Dunst, to actors I've never seen before. They cast and direct so well.
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Evidently Hawley is doing a mini-series adaptation of Cat's Cradle. Will be interesting to see if he pulls that off.
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That book has been on my to-do list. I'm on it.

 
Rove! said:
i didn't love the finale.

They did throw some weight towards an unreliable narrator, as opposed to an omniscient narrator

Mike Milligan's fate reminded me of The Shield. It was funny and I get the jab at corporate America, but the way they stitched it on just seemed too unrealistic to have any impact....

Ted Dansons speech at the end would have been good for an average show, but compared to the performances we have seen this season, it was anti-climactic...

Great show....one of the best seasons of TV I have seen
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Good post, agree with your thoughts, mirrors much of mine. Episode 9 is basically the finale and the episode 10 is mostly a last go around the track and waive to everyone. Sensational television though, left me wanting even more, that's usually good.

Easily best thing I have seen since BB which wasn't that long ago but I would even measure it to a couple of the Gus centered episodes like Mexico and the hospital scenes, this was pretty incredible. I wish they wouldn't tack things on though like the big saucer and stuff like that.

 
Ministry of Pain said:
Rove! said:
i didn't love the finale.

They did throw some weight towards an unreliable narrator, as opposed to an omniscient narrator

Mike Milligan's fate reminded me of The Shield. It was funny and I get the jab at corporate America, but the way they stitched it on just seemed too unrealistic to have any impact....

Ted Dansons speech at the end would have been good for an average show, but compared to the performances we have seen this season, it was anti-climactic...

Great show....one of the best seasons of TV I have seen
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Good post, agree with your thoughts, mirrors much of mine. Episode 9 is basically the finale and the episode 10 is mostly a last go around the track and waive to everyone. Sensational television though, left me wanting even more, that's usually good.

Easily best thing I have seen since BB which wasn't that long ago but I would even measure it to a couple of the Gus centered episodes like Mexico and the hospital scenes, this was pretty incredible. I wish they wouldn't tack things on though like the big saucer and stuff like that.
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Most of the finale had kind of an Epilogue feel to it. I think that's what I liked so much about it. It was a great ride, and they pulled our cart in to the port at the end there. Which was nice of them. I don't always want to jump out at the peak.

 
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