Fargo TV series on FX - season 3 starts TONIGHT 4/19!!! (1 Viewer)

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

BTW, Lester definitely had two tickets in the flashback scene

 

[Sebowski]

"The following show is rated MAVL"

They couldn't find a reason to stick an "O" at the end there?

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

http://grantland.com/podcasts/ - Andy Greenwald has a 52 minute interview with Noah Hawley (writer/show runner).

 

[Sarnoff]

I'm good with the finale, but after not binge-watching like I did with True Detective, OITNB, House of Cards, etc., I have some nagging questions.

I think I'm not entirely OK with Solverson's character not wrapping things up. She didn't get to kill Malvo, fine. She did get the evidence against Lester, good. But did she really have enough to solve the whole case? I don't remember how much on her Crazy Wall was put together.

Does she know Malvo and not Lester killed Hess? And why?

Does she know why Malvo and Lester got connected?

Does she know why Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers were in Bimidji?

Does she know why Malvo shot up the Fargo Syndicate?

Did she clear Lester's brother?

The show was missing that last wrap-up scene where the detective gets it all put together. I'm OK with that, in part, but also the fact that she didn't kill Malvo and didn't catch Lester kind of leaves things untidy.

I think she has a bunch figured out. Lester killed his wife, called Malvo, the Sheriff walked in and Malvo shot him and wounded Lester. Malvo skipped town, Lester stayed around. Wrench and Numbers beat up Lester. Snowstorm, Numbers got killed, Wrench survived. Malvo shot up Fargo. Something happened in Vegas. Malvo came back. Someone shot Mrs. Lundegaard #2. Malvo shot the FBI guys, got wounded in Lester's house, got shot by Gus. Lester escaped and then drowned.

Still a lot of open threads from her perspective, though, right?

 

[pollardsvision]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

 

[Wingnut]

So what was the point of Oliver Platts character and story? It ended with the fish storm and that was that.

And how does Malvo drive the red BMW around town without being noticed?

And lastly, why not tell us what happened in Carradines past? They teased it twice without going into details.

 

[Sarnoff]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

I'm sure Solverson worked out a lot of it in the interim offscreen. But with Malvo and Lester dead before confessing, there are unanswered questions. My issue, and it's minor, is from a story/character arc perspective, Sovlerson's journey is somewhat unresolved. She didn't get Malvo, didn't get Lester, and didn't get all the answers. Getting just 1 out of 3 would have been enough to put closure on her path. I guess finding the tape answered some things, but, we know how little she actually has evidence of as far as connections we were given as an audience that she was absent for. That's all.

 

[Josie Maran]

So what was the point of Oliver Platts character and story? It ended with the fish storm and that was that.

And how does Malvo drive the red BMW around town without being noticed?

And lastly, why not tell us what happened in Carradines past? They teased it twice without going into details.

Regarding the last, I posted earlier I think that could be Season Two.

 

[Cjw_55106]

What if Lester didn't die? What if he returns as the new Malvo?

It didn't sit right with me when Solverson mentioned something about letting her know when the excavation was finished.

 

[belljr]

So did they show the brother released?

 

[Fennis]

So did they show the brother released?

no

 

[Zow]

What if Lester didn't die? What if he returns as the new Malvo?

It didn't sit right with me when Solverson mentioned something about letting her know when the excavation was finished.

I'd lose a lot of respect for this show if he lived. The show seems to care a lot about the "elements" of northern minnesota. It's pretty well understood that falling in ice is going to kill you... and it's pretty much a god awful way to die.

 

[Zow]

So what was the point of Oliver Platts character and story? It ended with the fish storm and that was that.

And how does Malvo drive the red BMW around town without being noticed?

And lastly, why not tell us what happened in Carradines past? They teased it twice without going into details.

1. I think the point there was that money changes people... but if they're little #####es they'll remain little #####es. Platt was a whiny ##### when he found the money and was equally so when he returned it.

2. This is a pretty valid point. Bemidji isn't a terribly big place. It's bigger than a standard Minnesota town, though. That said, Malvo's cabin seemed to be on one of the county roads outside of town.

3. They did essentially. He was on duty, encountered a really bad guy, bad guy came after him and shot him in the hip.

 

[Zow]

I'm good with the finale, but after not binge-watching like I did with True Detective, OITNB, House of Cards, etc., I have some nagging questions.

I think I'm not entirely OK with Solverson's character not wrapping things up. She didn't get to kill Malvo, fine. She did get the evidence against Lester, good. But did she really have enough to solve the whole case? I don't remember how much on her Crazy Wall was put together.

Does she know Malvo and not Lester killed Hess? And why?

Does she know why Malvo and Lester got connected?

Does she know why Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers were in Bimidji?

Does she know why Malvo shot up the Fargo Syndicate?

Did she clear Lester's brother?

The show was missing that last wrap-up scene where the detective gets it all put together. I'm OK with that, in part, but also the fact that she didn't kill Malvo and didn't catch Lester kind of leaves things untidy.

I think she has a bunch figured out. Lester killed his wife, called Malvo, the Sheriff walked in and Malvo shot him and wounded Lester. Malvo skipped town, Lester stayed around. Wrench and Numbers beat up Lester. Snowstorm, Numbers got killed, Wrench survived. Malvo shot up Fargo. Something happened in Vegas. Malvo came back. Someone shot Mrs. Lundegaard #2. Malvo shot the FBI guys, got wounded in Lester's house, got shot by Gus. Lester escaped and then drowned.

Still a lot of open threads from her perspective, though, right?

I concluded from the fact that there was essentially a nationwide manhunt for Lester (the last scene was in Montana) that Solverson pieced it all together, got her satisfaction with the phone cal, then realized that bad guys aren't worth worrying about after they're gone.

 

[Wingnut]

So what was the point of Oliver Platts character and story? It ended with the fish storm and that was that.

And how does Malvo drive the red BMW around town without being noticed?

And lastly, why not tell us what happened in Carradines past? They teased it twice without going into details.

1. I think the point there was that money changes people... but if they're little #####es they'll remain little #####es. Platt was a whiny ##### when he found the money and was equally so when he returned it. 2. This is a pretty valid point. Bemidji isn't a terribly big place. It's bigger than a standard Minnesota town, though. That said, Malvo's cabin seemed to be on one of the county roads outside of town.

3. They did essentially. He was on duty, encountered a really bad guy, bad guy came after him and shot him in the hip.

In the restaurant, he told Malvo about a horrific scene he went to back in 79 ..something about bodies and blood..Then he told Gus' daughter when she asked him about being a cop that he was for 18 years, took a bullet in the hip on a traffic stop and retired full pension..then when asked if he ever stood guard he said he did once back in 79 (when Molly was 4 years old), a bad person or thing came after him but not the night he stood guard...two totally unrelated stories, but the story that took place in '79 was definitely part of the same story he told Malvo.

On point #2, Malvo was sitting in the car in town when he called the FBI...they made it look/seem like he was in front of the police station, but its hard to really tell...but you can definitely see that he is in town.

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

Lester, wait...

 

[Sarnoff]

I'm good with the finale, but after not binge-watching like I did with True Detective, OITNB, House of Cards, etc., I have some nagging questions.

I think I'm not entirely OK with Solverson's character not wrapping things up. She didn't get to kill Malvo, fine. She did get the evidence against Lester, good. But did she really have enough to solve the whole case? I don't remember how much on her Crazy Wall was put together.

Does she know Malvo and not Lester killed Hess? And why?

Does she know why Malvo and Lester got connected?

Does she know why Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers were in Bimidji?

Does she know why Malvo shot up the Fargo Syndicate?

Did she clear Lester's brother?

The show was missing that last wrap-up scene where the detective gets it all put together. I'm OK with that, in part, but also the fact that she didn't kill Malvo and didn't catch Lester kind of leaves things untidy.

I think she has a bunch figured out. Lester killed his wife, called Malvo, the Sheriff walked in and Malvo shot him and wounded Lester. Malvo skipped town, Lester stayed around. Wrench and Numbers beat up Lester. Snowstorm, Numbers got killed, Wrench survived. Malvo shot up Fargo. Something happened in Vegas. Malvo came back. Someone shot Mrs. Lundegaard #2. Malvo shot the FBI guys, got wounded in Lester's house, got shot by Gus. Lester escaped and then drowned.

Still a lot of open threads from her perspective, though, right?

I concluded from the fact that there was essentially a nationwide manhunt for Lester (the last scene was in Montana) that Solverson pieced it all together, got her satisfaction with the phone cal, then realized that bad guys aren't worth worrying about after they're gone.

I did not infer she put together everything. Sure, she knows Lester murdered his wife, that was in the tape. But does she know if Lester or Malvo killed Hess? She may think Lester did, and that's why it was a big search. Or maybe she thinks Lester is involved with killing the FBI agents, making it a federal case. We don't have enough information to know what she concluded, other than she was on the wrong track earlier (thinking Lester and Malvo worked together as a team or something).

I'm not really complaining about it, other than it's disappointing that she didn't get the whole picture, or kill Malvo, or catch Lester. Solverson, as awesome a character as she was at the beginning, kind of disappeared from the action of the plot after the time jump. Everything she did was carried forward by other characters, pushing her to the background.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Is it possible that they will have a season 2?

 

[Zow]

So what was the point of Oliver Platts character and story? It ended with the fish storm and that was that.

And how does Malvo drive the red BMW around town without being noticed?

And lastly, why not tell us what happened in Carradines past? They teased it twice without going into details.

1. I think the point there was that money changes people... but if they're little #####es they'll remain little #####es. Platt was a whiny ##### when he found the money and was equally so when he returned it. 2. This is a pretty valid point. Bemidji isn't a terribly big place. It's bigger than a standard Minnesota town, though. That said, Malvo's cabin seemed to be on one of the county roads outside of town.

3. They did essentially. He was on duty, encountered a really bad guy, bad guy came after him and shot him in the hip.

In the restaurant, he told Malvo about a horrific scene he went to back in 79 ..something about bodies and blood..Then he told Gus' daughter when she asked him about being a cop that he was for 18 years, took a bullet in the hip on a traffic stop and retired full pension..then when asked if he ever stood guard he said he did once back in 79 (when Molly was 4 years old), a bad person or thing came after him but not the night he stood guard...two totally unrelated stories, but the story that took place in '79 was definitely part of the same story he told Malvo.

On point #2, Malvo was sitting in the car in town when he called the FBI...they made it look/seem like he was in front of the police station, but its hard to really tell...but you can definitely see that he is in town.

Good points

 

[identikit]

I'm good with the finale, but after not binge-watching like I did with True Detective, OITNB, House of Cards, etc., I have some nagging questions.

I think I'm not entirely OK with Solverson's character not wrapping things up. She didn't get to kill Malvo, fine. She did get the evidence against Lester, good. But did she really have enough to solve the whole case? I don't remember how much on her Crazy Wall was put together.

Does she know Malvo and not Lester killed Hess? And why?

Does she know why Malvo and Lester got connected?

Does she know why Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers were in Bimidji?

Does she know why Malvo shot up the Fargo Syndicate?

Did she clear Lester's brother?

The show was missing that last wrap-up scene where the detective gets it all put together. I'm OK with that, in part, but also the fact that she didn't kill Malvo and didn't catch Lester kind of leaves things untidy.

I think she has a bunch figured out. Lester killed his wife, called Malvo, the Sheriff walked in and Malvo shot him and wounded Lester. Malvo skipped town, Lester stayed around. Wrench and Numbers beat up Lester. Snowstorm, Numbers got killed, Wrench survived. Malvo shot up Fargo. Something happened in Vegas. Malvo came back. Someone shot Mrs. Lundegaard #2. Malvo shot the FBI guys, got wounded in Lester's house, got shot by Gus. Lester escaped and then drowned.

Still a lot of open threads from her perspective, though, right?

I concluded from the fact that there was essentially a nationwide manhunt for Lester (the last scene was in Montana) that Solverson pieced it all together, got her satisfaction with the phone cal, then realized that bad guys aren't worth worrying about after they're gone.

I did not infer she put together everything. Sure, she knows Lester murdered his wife, that was in the tape. But does she know if Lester or Malvo killed Hess? She may think Lester did, and that's why it was a big search. Or maybe she thinks Lester is involved with killing the FBI agents, making it a federal case. We don't have enough information to know what she concluded, other than she was on the wrong track earlier (thinking Lester and Malvo worked together as a team or something).

I'm not really complaining about it, other than it's disappointing that she didn't get the whole picture, or kill Malvo, or catch Lester. Solverson, as awesome a character as she was at the beginning, kind of disappeared from the action of the plot after the time jump. Everything she did was carried forward by other characters, pushing her to the background.

Well, she was expecting.

 

[3C's]

Is it possible that they will have a season 2?

yes

 

[heckmanm]

2 things...

1- im assuming he let the car dealer go free ,his car was not in Lesters driveway .

2 - I liked the story about the gloves and the train...im also guessing it meant ''do the right thing'' Lester

I thought she was telling Lester that he was the second glove. She didn't care if Malvo killed him, as long as they got Malvo.

 

[Sarnoff]

Yeah, based on Carradine's conversation with his daughter in the finale, of running into Malvo at the diner, it did not seem that he meant to infer (as we had previously speculated last week) that Carradine thought Malvo was the man behind whatever happened in '79.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I'm good with the finale, but after not binge-watching like I did with True Detective, OITNB, House of Cards, etc., I have some nagging questions.

I think I'm not entirely OK with Solverson's character not wrapping things up. She didn't get to kill Malvo, fine. She did get the evidence against Lester, good. But did she really have enough to solve the whole case? I don't remember how much on her Crazy Wall was put together.

Does she know Malvo and not Lester killed Hess? And why?

Does she know why Malvo and Lester got connected?

Does she know why Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers were in Bimidji?

Does she know why Malvo shot up the Fargo Syndicate?

Did she clear Lester's brother?

The show was missing that last wrap-up scene where the detective gets it all put together. I'm OK with that, in part, but also the fact that she didn't kill Malvo and didn't catch Lester kind of leaves things untidy.

I think she has a bunch figured out. Lester killed his wife, called Malvo, the Sheriff walked in and Malvo shot him and wounded Lester. Malvo skipped town, Lester stayed around. Wrench and Numbers beat up Lester. Snowstorm, Numbers got killed, Wrench survived. Malvo shot up Fargo. Something happened in Vegas. Malvo came back. Someone shot Mrs. Lundegaard #2. Malvo shot the FBI guys, got wounded in Lester's house, got shot by Gus. Lester escaped and then drowned.

Still a lot of open threads from her perspective, though, right?

I concluded from the fact that there was essentially a nationwide manhunt for Lester (the last scene was in Montana) that Solverson pieced it all together, got her satisfaction with the phone cal, then realized that bad guys aren't worth worrying about after they're gone.

I did not infer she put together everything. Sure, she knows Lester murdered his wife, that was in the tape. But does she know if Lester or Malvo killed Hess? She may think Lester did, and that's why it was a big search. Or maybe she thinks Lester is involved with killing the FBI agents, making it a federal case. We don't have enough information to know what she concluded, other than she was on the wrong track earlier (thinking Lester and Malvo worked together as a team or something).

I'm not really complaining about it, other than it's disappointing that she didn't get the whole picture, or kill Malvo, or catch Lester. Solverson, as awesome a character as she was at the beginning, kind of disappeared from the action of the plot after the time jump. Everything she did was carried forward by other characters, pushing her to the background.

Well, she was expecting.

she thought they were both complicit in the murders ...she just didnt know to what length

 

[identikit]

I'm good with the finale, but after not binge-watching like I did with True Detective, OITNB, House of Cards, etc., I have some nagging questions.

I think I'm not entirely OK with Solverson's character not wrapping things up. She didn't get to kill Malvo, fine. She did get the evidence against Lester, good. But did she really have enough to solve the whole case? I don't remember how much on her Crazy Wall was put together.

Does she know Malvo and not Lester killed Hess? And why?

Does she know why Malvo and Lester got connected?

Does she know why Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers were in Bimidji?

Does she know why Malvo shot up the Fargo Syndicate?

Did she clear Lester's brother?

The show was missing that last wrap-up scene where the detective gets it all put together. I'm OK with that, in part, but also the fact that she didn't kill Malvo and didn't catch Lester kind of leaves things untidy.

I think she has a bunch figured out. Lester killed his wife, called Malvo, the Sheriff walked in and Malvo shot him and wounded Lester. Malvo skipped town, Lester stayed around. Wrench and Numbers beat up Lester. Snowstorm, Numbers got killed, Wrench survived. Malvo shot up Fargo. Something happened in Vegas. Malvo came back. Someone shot Mrs. Lundegaard #2. Malvo shot the FBI guys, got wounded in Lester's house, got shot by Gus. Lester escaped and then drowned.

Still a lot of open threads from her perspective, though, right?

I concluded from the fact that there was essentially a nationwide manhunt for Lester (the last scene was in Montana) that Solverson pieced it all together, got her satisfaction with the phone cal, then realized that bad guys aren't worth worrying about after they're gone.

I did not infer she put together everything. Sure, she knows Lester murdered his wife, that was in the tape. But does she know if Lester or Malvo killed Hess? She may think Lester did, and that's why it was a big search. Or maybe she thinks Lester is involved with killing the FBI agents, making it a federal case. We don't have enough information to know what she concluded, other than she was on the wrong track earlier (thinking Lester and Malvo worked together as a team or something).

I'm not really complaining about it, other than it's disappointing that she didn't get the whole picture, or kill Malvo, or catch Lester. Solverson, as awesome a character as she was at the beginning, kind of disappeared from the action of the plot after the time jump. Everything she did was carried forward by other characters, pushing her to the background.

Well, she was expecting.

she thought they were both complicit in the murders ...she just didnt know to what length

Yeah, true.

Was referring to the bolded part.

 

[Sarnoff]

she thought they were both complicit in the murders ...she just didnt know to what length

Exactly, we, as an audience, never got the cathartic payoff of seeing her piece the whole thing together. Or, failing that, actually get one of the bad guys herself. I just missed having that moment in the story's structure.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

she thought they were both complicit in the murders ...she just didnt know to what length

Exactly, we, as an audience, never got the cathartic payoff of seeing her piece the whole thing together. Or, failing that, actually get one of the bad guys herself. I just missed having that moment in the story's structure.

but i liked that her husband had the opportunity to redeem himself after dropping the ball with his first run in with Malvo

 

[Slapdash]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

 

[Zow]

2 things...

1- im assuming he let the car dealer go free ,his car was not in Lesters driveway .

2 - I liked the story about the gloves and the train...im also guessing it meant ''do the right thing'' Lester

I thought she was telling Lester that he was the second glove. She didn't care if Malvo killed him, as long as they got Malvo.

this was my take. that she considered them the same evil

 

[BustedKnuckles]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

 

[aardball44]

Lester's brother could still be in prison, doing time for illegal weapons possession.

I wonder if he served any time with Shep Proudfoot.

Maybe Season 2 will give us more of that brother, and more of his wife.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

What did Gus mean when he told Malvo he had figured it out? Figured what out? Everyone knew at that point Malvo was the killer - anyone else left wanting that answered?

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

What did Gus mean when he told Malvo he had figured it out? Figured what out? Everyone knew at that point Malvo was the killer - anyone else left wanting that answered?

the riddle

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

What did Gus mean when he told Malvo he had figured it out? Figured what out? Everyone knew at that point Malvo was the killer - anyone else left wanting that answered?

the riddle

I don't remember the riddle ...little help?

 

[FootballDummy]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

What did Gus mean when he told Malvo he had figured it out? Figured what out? Everyone knew at that point Malvo was the killer - anyone else left wanting that answered?

Think it had something to do with the wolf.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

What did Gus mean when he told Malvo he had figured it out? Figured what out? Everyone knew at that point Malvo was the killer - anyone else left wanting that answered?

the riddle

I don't remember the riddle ...little help?

Just before Gus pulls the trigger on Malvo, he tells him, "I figured it out… your riddle." What riddle was he talking about?

That's a reference to Episode 4, when Gus had to watch helplessly as Malvo walked out of the police station free as a bird after posing as a harmless minister named Frank Peterson.

When Gus stopped Malvo on the way out and asked him how he can lie like that, Malvo responded with his own question: "Did you know the human eye can see more shades of green than any other color? My question for you is: Why?"



Gus didn't have an answer, so Malvo told him, "When you figure out the answer to my question, you'll have the answer to yours." Later in the episode, Molly gave Gus the answer: "Because of predators."

As Fargo creator Noah Hawley explains to Yahoo TV, "Before men had homes and they lived in the wilderness, you had to be able to spot the predators. There are so many shades of green in nature that the human eye developed to be able to see them all. But for Gus, what it meant was you're either predator or you're prey. In that moment, Malvo was telling Gus, 'The reason that I can come in here and lie and walk out the front door is because I'm a predator and you're not.'"

So basically, Malvo was a predator willing to lie, cheat, and steal (and kill) in order to survive. And finally, Gus realized that to put a stop to Malvo, he had to become a predator himself. So he puts five bullets in Malvo, redeeming himself for letting Malvo go in the premiere.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

I'm fine with it.

Lester and Malvo are dead. The brother is out of prison. I'm sure she pieced together many of those questions off screen.

I actually prefer Gus pulling the trigger on Malvo. Gus had been a little ##### all season, and it was right for him to get to be the hero and protector of is family.

The contrasting journey's of Lester and Gus was pretty awesome to watch. Both came into the season weenies. Lester felt empowered as the season went on, with Gus losing testosterone by the episode until he found himself.

It worked out much better for Molly, I think, that Gus pulled the trigger. He needed that win, and it was no doubt great for their family. (She gets to be Sheriff anyway, after all)

What did Gus mean when he told Malvo he had figured it out? Figured what out? Everyone knew at that point Malvo was the killer - anyone else left wanting that answered?

the riddle

I don't remember the riddle ...little help?

Why the human eye can see more shades of green than any other color.

 

[Rove!]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

Malvo stole his passport...not sure how long it takes to get a new one...

 

[Jaysus]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

Malvo stole his passport...not sure how long it takes to get a new one...

Is that what he swiped from the glove box of the car in the police parking lot?

 

[TheIronSheik]

2 things...

1- im assuming he let the car dealer go free ,his car was not in Lesters driveway .

2 - I liked the story about the gloves and the train...im also guessing it meant ''do the right thing'' Lester

I was expecting her story to be a morality or a warning story, but I didn't get it from that. I wasn't sure what the purpose of the story was.

Other than that, I thought it was a great ending.

Yeah. We were lost on her story too. I'm usually always lost on these things, but when my GF said she was perplexed as well, I knew it was odd.

 

[JZilla]

2 things...

1- im assuming he let the car dealer go free ,his car was not in Lesters driveway .

2 - I liked the story about the gloves and the train...im also guessing it meant ''do the right thing'' Lester

I was expecting her story to be a morality or a warning story, but I didn't get it from that. I wasn't sure what the purpose of the story was.

Other than that, I thought it was a great ending.

Yeah. We were lost on her story too. I'm usually always lost on these things, but when my GF said she was perplexed as well, I knew it was odd.

I thought it was a kind of clumsy way to say they were throwing Lester back out as bait. So Malvo was the first glove. Not sure, though.

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

Malvo stole his passport...not sure how long it takes to get a new one...

Is that what he swiped from the glove box of the car in the police parking lot?

I thought he stole the book with the FBI code number in it.

Lester didn't have the option to leave after that because he was escorted home.

 

[Rove!]

2 things...

1- im assuming he let the car dealer go free ,his car was not in Lesters driveway .

2 - I liked the story about the gloves and the train...im also guessing it meant ''do the right thing'' Lester

I was expecting her story to be a morality or a warning story, but I didn't get it from that. I wasn't sure what the purpose of the story was.

Other than that, I thought it was a great ending.

Yeah. We were lost on her story too. I'm usually always lost on these things, but when my GF said she was perplexed as well, I knew it was odd.

I thought it was a kind of clumsy way to say they were throwing Lester back out as bait. So Malvo was the first glove. Not sure, though.

me too

 

[Rove!]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

Malvo stole his passport...not sure how long it takes to get a new one...

Is that what he swiped from the glove box of the car in the police parking lot?

I thought he stole the book with the FBI code number in it.

Lester didn't have the option to leave after that because he was escorted home.

you're correct

passport may have been in the safe...at the crime scene

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Lester had his opportunity to go right after wife #2 was killed but before the police knew about it. He actually started to get his passport out of the safe but put it back and went to the diner instead.

 

[Jaysus]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

Malvo stole his passport...not sure how long it takes to get a new one...

Is that what he swiped from the glove box of the car in the police parking lot?

I thought he stole the book with the FBI code number in it.

Lester didn't have the option to leave after that because he was escorted home.

you're correct

passport may have been in the safe...at the crime scene

Ahh, code book makes more sense.

I missed the whole passport thing, how do you know Malvo had Lester's passport? I do not recall even seeing Lester's passport.

 

[Rove!]

Most of what y'all are mentioning didn't really bug me. What does bug me is that Lester isn't getting his ### in gear to leave as soon as he gets back to town.

not sure i follow you...at which point was he in town that he could have left?

Malvo stole his passport...not sure how long it takes to get a new one...

Is that what he swiped from the glove box of the car in the police parking lot?

I thought he stole the book with the FBI code number in it.

Lester didn't have the option to leave after that because he was escorted home.

you're correct

passport may have been in the safe...at the crime scene

Ahh, code book makes more sense.

I missed the whole passport thing, how do you know Malvo had Lester's passport? I do not recall even seeing Lester's passport.

I was incorrect

I thought he may have grabbed it to keep Lester in town, but it was probably still in the safe at the crime scene

 

[3C's]

Malvo got the code book, which was how he called off the backup agents.

Passports were still in the safe. Lester got them out but put them back when he got the idea to go to the diner and report shots fired.

 

[3C's]

Here's a "that doesn't make sense to me" issue. In the first episode Malvo gets in a little accident and goes to the hospital for minor injuries (which is where he meets Lester). In the finale he has serious injuries and whips out a medical bag and takes care of himself. I realize he was more of a known/wanted man at the end but I'd think after seemingly a lifetime of crime and after he just lost a naked man from his trunk he would be more selective about going to a hospital.

 

[BustedKnuckles]

2 things...

1- im assuming he let the car dealer go free ,his car was not in Lesters driveway .

2 - I liked the story about the gloves and the train...im also guessing it meant ''do the right thing'' Lester

I was expecting her story to be a morality or a warning story, but I didn't get it from that. I wasn't sure what the purpose of the story was.

Other than that, I thought it was a great ending.

Yeah. We were lost on her story too. I'm usually always lost on these things, but when my GF said she was perplexed as well, I knew it was odd.

I thought it was a kind of clumsy way to say they were throwing Lester back out as bait. So Malvo was the first glove. Not sure, though.

me too

Allison Tolman tweeted this a little while ago: The line we cut is "it's not a story about a man who loses a glove. It's a story about a man who gives his gloves away".