[Closed] The new "Fargo" TV series - who's watching?

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PS I think its the best thing on the box 🙂

For some stupid reason I missed the first three episodes of the new series

Yeah, it's quite a good follow-up series so far.

Bad because it makes me want to light my stove...

A new series? Dagnabbit why does nobody tell me these things!

Not enjoying this series as much as the last one. Just doesn't seem as (dark) funny as the last, and the pace of it seems excessively slow, (I know that's part of it's production, but taken just a bit too far for me) Will likely stick with it to the end though.

Yeah love it though agree with @tthew about the humour & pace at first but as the series progresses each episode seems to crank it up but exactly the right amount & the last one was sheer brilliance. The attention to detail is jaw dropping at times.

I like!

Slow, steady and funny.

😀

I love it; it has all the Cohen hallmarks of wierdness and unexpected cockups as well as the atmosphere and the frightening characters, although nobody will ever match the menace of Bardem in No Country.

Not enjoying it as much as the last one, have to say. Needs a bit of Billy Bob.

MrsBouy absolutely loves it . Had her glued to the telly for the first series, we're recording this one as she's away and suspect when she returns it'll be on back to back.

Lacks a proper psychopath. It's nicely kookie, but it needs to start making ground soon.

Indian dude is well scary. All sub plots are heading towards one huge blood bath. Fargo definitely beating Walking Dead.

That scene were detective visits Ed & Peggy tell the anecdote about injured soldiers & lies - genius. As for a psychopath Dodd Gerhardt is about as bad as it gets IMO.
Mike Milligan plus that conversation between him & detective in typewriter shop 🙂

Really enjoying it, only criticism needs more Malvo.

Thumb up the arse 😯

Am loving every second of this series ....from the moment that amazing song comes on. Genius 😀

Thumb up the arse

I had someone pull that on me once. I swear I got that extra inch trying to get away from her...

for a psychopath Dodd Gerhardt is about as bad as it gets IMO.

Malvo was great no doubt he had the dialogue too & was more crafty with it., but you could actually be in Malvo's company & get away it it, Dodd is a paranoid agressive full on loon that you couldn't even be in the same room with at any time, Dodd is thick as **** too

"Lacks a proper psychopath"
Yes, because everyone goes to the barn to slice a few ears off 😀

Malvo wasn't a psycho, he was the Devil.

We love it (and we loved the first series too). Best thing on the telly! 😀

Brilliant as before.
Fargo, River and Catastrophe are all the TV I need.

I'm liking it.the fargo series is not as gritty and harrowing as the film 'winters bone'
But it's pretty decent. And let's face it, decent tv series are few and far between.

Loving it here. Had some difficulty engaging with the first episode, but as noted above, it's cranking up nicely with every instalment.

Enjoying the post-Watergate enui and the Vietnam War trauma themes.

Granted, there isn't a monster to match Malvo, but any attempt to do so might have felt forced, like they were setting out to top that character and performance.

As for the bumfoolery experience of Milligan, I seem to recall a reference to something similar in season 1. Is this set to become one of the Coen Brothers' many recurring motifs?

Aces.

It's not on yet, over here in China.
Is it based in Sioux Falls?

Loving tense stand-offs.

Ted Danson looks well cool.

And I didn't realise Ms. Dunst was so....well figured in her top half.

Great series.

the fargo series is not as gritty and harrowing as the film 'winters bone'

Why would it be? Am I missing something?

Love it, easily the best thing on tv at the moment 😀

And I didn't realise Ms. Dunst was so....well figured in her top half.

You'll need to go and remind yourself of "that" Spiderman scene 😯

Or the bouncing on bed scene from Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind

Love Fargo! As above, best thing on telly at the mo. Pound of "mince" anyone...... :-/

Loving the characters in this one. Better than series 1 so far. IMO of course

Ted Danson looks well cool.

delivers the best cake related line on TV ever !!!!

It's just brilliant.

Hmmm. Not sure about actually putting Reagan [i]in[/i] it, but having Bruce Campbell play him was a masterstroke.

> delivers the best cake related line on TV ever !!!!

What line was that? I've just watched all 5 episodes in a row and my memory is a little blurry.

the best cake related line

Lou comes home after confronting Milligan and the Kitchen Brothers in the typewriter shop, Betsy and her father are home, and Betsy offers him a piece of cake. Hanks asks how the day has been and Lou explains that he met Milligan and the Kitchens and "we pointed out guns at one another for a while before going our separate ways". Hank says "maybe two pieces of cake".

Something like that. 🙂

I'm enjoying it [i]enormously[/i].

The film is a great favourite, season 1 was amazing, season 2 is doing really nicely.

The scene in season 1, where post-Vegas Malvo comes into the diner and tries to get Lou to tell him where he can find Lester was electric, and when it got out that the season 2 was going to be about the Sioux Falls incident that Lou faces Malvo down with, you just knew it was going to be great.

It has built slowly (I've only managed to see the first 4 here in Hong Kong), but everything is in place for a massive eruption. Worth noting as well, that season 1 did not behave as one might have expected - the break in the middle where Malvo disappears, Gus and Molly get over the shootout in the blizzard and Lester appears to have got away with it was almost an ending - that season got away with cranking up to a bloody climax twice. It also pulled a magnificent piece of misdirection in what actually ended up happening to both Malvo and Lester.It's hard to imagine that season 2 is going to behave itself.

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It's simply brilliant.

And I hadn't realised it was the same character...doh.

Watched the last couple - has picked up nicely now.

Enjoying it, but don't find the black guy menacing. In fact, his character and acting are poor.

Finally started catching up with 4od last night and noticed that today's the final day that episode 1 will be available. So if you're dithering or disorganised like me, sort it out.

Watching it on catch-up. It's different, but just as brilliant as the previous series.

Where is the moral centre, indeed.

The scene in season 1, where post-Vegas Malvo comes into the diner and tries to get Lou to tell him where he can find Lester was electric, and when it got out that the season 2 was going to be about the Sioux Falls incident that Lou faces Malvo down with, you just knew it was going to be great.

What a scene. Reminds you just how good BBT is, and that season 2 still has some way to go to match the first one.

It's great. I'm enjoying the second season more than the first tbh.

"Haven't had a piece of pie like that since the garden of Eden." (From the above S1 clip.)

It's such good writing and acting in both series. I need to watch them through from beginning, including the film, to make sense of it all.

don't find the black guy menacing. In fact, his character and acting are poor.

"Am I the only one here who understands the concept of law enforcement?"

I disagree.

I disdisagree.
If he came up to me and threatened me, i'd say 'am I supposed to feel threatened? You're trying to hard to be cool mate.'

Plus I found his aversion to bum/thumb interface completely unbelievable.

It's been fantastic. May need to rewatch series 1 and the film once this is finished. I really hope they go on to make more.

If he came up to me and threatened me, i'd say 'am I supposed to feel threatened? You're trying to hard to be cool mate.'

It's not him who is the threatening one. It's the two brothers, isn't it? He can afford to be cheerful/jovial/whatever.

Anyway, we can disagree happily. Understand? <threatening emoji> 🙂

What made Malvo such a good character was his menacing charm. Milligan is an attempt at the same thing. I think he will be every bit as psychopathic.

two brothers

"we pointed out guns at one another for a while before going our separate ways". Hank says "maybe two pieces of cake".

Plus I found his aversion to bum/thumb interface completely unbelievable.

It wasn't an aversion to it, he was merely surprised...

Lou = Lou

*penny drops*

Aaaaaah......

It's excellent, best thing on telly since, well, the last series, much better than some other sequel series I can think of (I'm looking at you True Detective)

It just gets better, I love the split screen editing & the music.

Two things from this week:

1. Molly really looks like her mum in some pictures, which is touching.

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2. Hanzee is not someone you want to see. But not being able to see him should be equally troubling.

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another twist another turn.... did not expect that 🙂 fabulous truely fabulous piece of TV

Watched 2 episodes on catch up before last nights episode. Could have happily watched another.

It really is top notch telly!

Karl Weather, the lawyer. His dialogue was brilliant. I could have watched him all night.

Forget Hanzee or Milligan, Kirsten Dunsts character is the most scary one - she's batshit mental.

she's batshit mental.

“You're a little touched, aren't you?" as Hank so diplomatically put it.

🙂

Absolutely brilliant! The cinamatography is outstanding.

Is it just me or is every episode getting a bit more Tarantino?

Yep, brilliant.

So much for 'The undertaker'!

The gore is getting more choreographed for sure.

I can't quite work out the links with series 1 yet. I need to refresh my memory.

I do have one message for channel 4 though : your 4od app is shite! I wanted to catch up on some episodes, launch 4od on the tablet and settle down in front of the TV ready to cast it. No dice. No casting function. No worries thinks I, I'll just cast the screen. "4od doesn't support TV play". WTF?

Oh.

OK, then.

Well let me just go... To this hooky site here... Copy that url... Put it into that app... And oh look, I can now cast fargo in HD on my TV with no annoying ads.

Looks like I won't be needing 4od again.

Stupid dicks.

justs gets better and better....

I can't quite work out the links with series 1 yet.

So far:

- Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson) appears in Season 1, he is Molly's dad;
- Lou delivers that description of the massacre at Sioux Falls to Malvo. We know (as at the end of episode 7) that Hanzee is in Sioux Falls, tailing the Blumquists, who have Dodd; and we know Lou and Hank are going there, so we're inevitably closing in on that harrowing conclusion;
- Ben Schmidt (who is a shit cop, he does surely know it) is Gus' commanding officer in Season 1;
- Sam Hess (the first person Malvo murders in Season 1) has organised crime connections with Fargo and runs a trucking business - I don't think there are Gerhardts running organised crime by the time the events of Season 1 unfold.

Any more links?

Didn't watch series 1 (as didn't want to ruin the film experience) so not getting the references so much.
Still loving the series though 🙂

- Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson) appears in Season 1, he is Molly's dad;
- Lou delivers that description of the massacre at Sioux Falls to Malvo. We know (as at the end of episode 7) that Hanzee is in Sioux Falls, tailing the Blumquists, who have Dodd; and we know Lou and Hank are going there, so we're inevitably closing in on that harrowing conclusion;
- Ben Schmidt (who is a shit cop, he does surely know it) is Gus' commanding officer in Season 1;
- Sam Hess (the first person Malvo murders in Season 1) has organised crime connections with Fargo and runs a trucking business - I don't think there are Gerhardts running organised crime by the time the events of Season 1 unfold.

I am going to have to re-watch S1 arent I?

How the hell do you remember all that stuff?

I was expecting the undertaker to be Malvo.

Thanks Bigdummy, all now becomes clear!

Great post.

I absolutely loved the first series and this series is just as good! Like someone said earlier - best thing on the box.

I love the way the story creates tension. Just about the catch up on last night's episode.

Never seen the film. Is it in a similar vein?

How the hell do you remember all that stuff?

I'm cheating a bit tbh - I watch a S2 episode, typically a week late in Hong Kong, then I read a couple of blogs. I'm liking [url= http://www.tvfanatic.com/2015/11/fargo-season-2-episode-7-review-did-you-do-this-no-you-did-it/ ]this one[/url], which was where the Schmidt detail came from.

Incidentally, watching a complete series as it comes out, giving each episode a week to marinate, is [i]waaaaay[/i] nicer than binge-watching an entire season in a weekend. 🙂

Never seen the film. Is it in a similar vein?

Well worth your time. The series takes the style and feel of the film up very nicely. And there are a couple of references in season 1 to things that happen in the film.

I now need to re-watch the film. And probably season 1. And then S2 just because it's so good.

Just caught up last night.
Excellent,some cracking scenes.
Karl Weather(King of breakfasts)and Betsy,then the Bear and Simone in the woods with those overhead shots.

Bear and Simone in the woods

There is some speculation floating around that he hadn't actually killed her. That didn't occur to me for a second.

Karl and Betsy was heartbreaking.

There is some speculation floating around that he hadn't actually killed her. That didn't occur to me for a second.

They haven't been shy of showing deaths so far so obviously not showing her die throws some doubt in...

Oh and having an episode open with Jethro Tull as the soundtrack is rather excellent! 🙂