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Fargo - Season 3 - Brothers, Bridge, and Backstabbing in 2010 Minnesota - Wed on FX
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Couldn't agree more. Toss in Twin Peaks, American Gods and Silicon Valley and we're talking one of the best seasons in recent memory.
show me your skeleton
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screwdrivers and teeth? no thanks.
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Well, that was just a flying saucer. But Meemo just getting that exact suit out of nowhere is simply strange.
Ending it after this season would be fine for me. 3 seasons is a good run for a show like this.
Unless we figure out how to get Benedict Cumberbatch to do a Minnesotan accent, fuck it.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I hope they do more with her in the back half of the season. I'm glad we got that L.A. episode, because otherwise she hasn't gotten to do that much. Few moments here and there but this is Carrie Frickin Coon, let her loose!
I'm not sure if I'm really liking this season sadly.
It's fantastic at places and got the classic Fargo shenanigans and what not, but I'm really not getting where this season is going. There is no real mystery, "conspiracy" and most characters just come of as unnaturally dumb (even for Fargo). I mean even Vargas, the supposedly mastermind-ish antagonist isn't that cunning or interesting to me besides his eating disorder really, his confrontation with the police was surprisingly buffoonish and suspicious for a guy that apparently doesn't want to stick out and keep things on the down-low. Things could change when his motive is clearer I guess, but he's easily the weakest "villain" in Fargo so far.
Raymond's death was really brutal tho and sadly kinda anticlimactic for my taste as he was my fave character this season and the more interesting brother. Both Ray and Emmit are fools sure, but Emmit is just such a flat, goody two shoes and nondescript kinda guy in comparison. Kinda makes me sad that they didn't give Ewan MacGregor a much more potent and charismatic kinda character to play this season as that would play to his strength as an actor more in my opinion.
The fact that it's been 6 out of 10 episodes now and I'm still not sure what's going on and why the policewoman character is even relevant to this story besides the initial murder of the Ennis Stussy is pretty bad imo.
It's fantastic at places and got the classic Fargo shenanigans and what not, but I'm really not getting where this season is going. There is no real mystery, "conspiracy" and most characters just come of as unnaturally dumb (even for Fargo). I mean even Vargas, the supposedly mastermind-ish antagonist isn't that cunning or interesting to me besides his eating disorder really, his confrontation with the police was surprisingly buffoonish and suspicious for a guy that apparently doesn't want to stick out and keep things on the down-low. Things could change when his motive is clearer I guess, but he's easily the weakest "villain" in Fargo so far.
Raymond's death was really brutal tho and sadly kinda anticlimactic for my taste as he was my fave character this season and the more interesting brother. Both Ray and Emmit are fools sure, but Emmit is just such a flat, goody two shoes and nondescript kinda guy in comparison. Kinda makes me sad that they didn't give Ewan MacGregor a much more potent and charismatic kinda character to play this season as that would play to his strength as an actor more in my opinion.
The fact that it's been 6 out of 10 episodes now and I'm still not sure what's going on and why the policewoman character is even relevant to this story besides the initial murder of the Ennis Stussy is pretty bad imo.
Yeah he was about as subtle as a rock in that police scene. I agree that his threat seems to be whittling down per episde.
Also I found it weird that the police duo didn't push him more on his identity. He said 'you'll know at the right time' and they just brushed that off. He was trying to be as suspicious as possible there. They're getting to the bottom of this, but somehow they didn't push this on the spot.
I never expected something nearing s2 in quality, but this is a far cry from both seasons. It's still okay and I'm looking forward to how it wraps up, but I wouldn't mind if this was the last season either.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Fish raining from the sky is a thing that happens irl though.
Agreed. Given the anthology nature of the series, Fargo could last any number of seasons, but if Hawley is running out of ideas maybe it's better if he ends it sooner rather than later.
Lord of Castamere
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I wonder if they only did that scene in that way to subvert expectations. I was expecting the gun to come into play. A classic pull the gun on him, leading to struggle, and accidental homicide. Instead we got the glass death. It was the same, more or less, but done in a weird way intentionally. I actually respect that scene. I have several issues with the season so far, but honestly, that's not one of them.
I mean, this is the best season by virtue of not having incredibly dumb characters and asinine plotting but it's not like i'm watching, thinking to myself 'this is so good'. Fargo never was. It has all the elements of a top tier tv series excluding the actual 'content' itself.
Never understood the vibe of this show or what it was trying to get across with its many peculiarities. Though they are very clear this season about their story of mistaken identities, mixing-ups, random complications and escalation by coincidences. Ray's death was stupid and possibly too early.
Never understood the vibe of this show or what it was trying to get across with its many peculiarities. Though they are very clear this season about their story of mistaken identities, mixing-ups, random complications and escalation by coincidences. Ray's death was stupid and possibly too early.
Lumpy Onion
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That tooth picking scene was something else. Yikes.
Maintenance
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Never even knew who she was before Fargo.
That's perfectly understandable. She comes from a theatre background and the relatively recent Gone Girl was her first film, though I'd say it was the equally relatively recent The Leftovers that put her on the map for most (myself included).
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Are you saying buying the same suit isn't?
Fried Food
Banned
easily the weakest season, won't be surprised if there isn't another one.
dead souls
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Hawley still can't outdo Pizzolatto though. Nothing is as awful as True Detective season 2.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Lord of Castamere
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Oh you mean, by Emmit letting the only thing that could get his wife back die, and/or get incarcerated? or Sy being smart enough to get Nikki to confess over the phone but not recording it, showing the stupidity of both characters? Emmit and Sy not having the bank notified that Emmit has a twin is another. Shocked that he hasn't tried this before.
I'm also not sure how Asian hitman planned to kill Nikki. He had a garrote, but was he expecting her to walk backwards into the bathroom? There's no way that ended quietly.
Username1198
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Yea I thought that last part was pretty dumb. He trashes the room and leaves the door open......lol that's hell of a trap
And yea, Sy is pretty fucking dumb all around. This season is pretty weak, with especially weak characters. And lame ass villains. Lmao at him picking his teeth with a screwdriver, I guess that means he's a bad ass?
UrbanDandy
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That was a wolf mask; Yuri was holding it in Varga's HQ when he was sent to go to the Library/Police Station
Self-explanatory if you watched the other seasons. Take Law Officers for example. Season 1 had two dumb-as-nail FBI agents that magically can't even hear Malvo mascaraing an entire building they are parked next and other shit like that.
In S2 you had a police chief that can't make heads or tails from the most simple crime scene and takes ages to start looking for cars for this obvious hit-and-run despite them finding the victim's boot on top of a tree FFS. Of course, if he acted like any man in his position should have, then the bad guys of S2 couldn't get to town fast enough to start their own investigation and be numerous steps ahead of the cops.
This season you actually have competent and serviceable officers that are holding their own with the limited leeway and resources they are given.
Absolutely, i agree. I didn't mean S3 is beyond reproach or scrutiny (which is why i'm still indifferent about it and why i was always perplexed at the acclaim Fargo got) but if you compare the level of preposterousness, this season is the least egregious.
Oh. Weird. Thank you.
Smokey_Run
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Imagine sitting down with a plate of food and that's the scene that happens next when you hit play. Cause that just happened to me.
Dominican Power
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What a shitty ending for Ray.
This season is great, I'm really enjoying it, but yeah, it's not hitting me like the first two seasons.
That is probably just because there is too much competition on right now. The Leftovers, Better Call Saul, The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods are all a lot more interesting right now. The Americans and Fargo are in the next tier, right now at least.
That is probably just because there is too much competition on right now. The Leftovers, Better Call Saul, The Handmaid's Tale and American Gods are all a lot more interesting right now. The Americans and Fargo are in the next tier, right now at least.
What do you think of the police chief this season? (The chief that's pressuring Carrie Coon's character to stop investigating)
Molly was pretty competent in season 1 and so was Lou Solverson in season 2.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Great season. Varga >>>>>>> most.
UrbanDandy
Member
Does anyone here expect a violent shoot out like in season 1 and 2? It feels like one would.
ZackieChan
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Love Varga, but that's about it. Season is a total bore. Every time something spectacularly interesting seems to be set up, they do the most boring thing with it. From the look on the lawyers face when they were beating up Mary Elizabeth Winstead, you'd think they were doing something ghastly. Nope! They just kicked her a lot, apparently.
Set up for two serious confrontations in the latest episode, one turns out to be a brother's slap fight that turns deadly in a very boring way, the other nothing. Not feeling this season at all.
But Lupin is putting in some work. He's an amazing character. Wish he actually did interesting things.
Set up for two serious confrontations in the latest episode, one turns out to be a brother's slap fight that turns deadly in a very boring way, the other nothing. Not feeling this season at all.
But Lupin is putting in some work. He's an amazing character. Wish he actually did interesting things.
brianmcdoogle
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I'm probably an episode or two behind, but as he drank from the Worlds Greatest Dad mug, as predictable as the summer days are long, I just thought that "this is bad, an embarrassing whiff like Casey at the bat." Rather save the remaining several hours of this season to read a book.
I'm liking this season so far. Ewan McGregor with his double role was doing a great job.
pretty much. it might seem like it's "shitty death" but it perfectly fits the character, and that's the point.
Cornballer
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New episode tonight:
Safe to say.
Think it was the Ennis Stussy file
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