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[Baroquemantic]

I'm gonna say he's Lucifer or some shit. Looks like Satan kinda dude.

Spoiler

Only half serious

 

[Sean C]

Oh goody, we're back to the rest of the cast. I sure missed them.

 

[IronRinn]

Poor Sy.

All this stuff about Russia is causing me to get Master and Margarita vibes from Varga and his henchmen now.

 

[SunDimension24]

Why varga gotta do Sy like that
Edit: 3 month time skip

 

[Sadsic]

dat time jump

 

[Baroquemantic]

Damn, he's been there for a minute.

 

[DAVIDHUXLEY]

Nikki going to work?

 

[Sean C]

I pretty much mute Varga's monologues at this point.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Holy shit, let's goooo!

 

[IronRinn]

I pretty much mute Varga's monologues at this point.

I love Varga.

Great episode, especially the first half.

 

[IronRinn]

Edit: Duh, this was episode 8.

 

[Einchy]

The woods and bowling alley scenes were sooo good.

 

[Cornballer]

- Sepinwall's review
- Onion A|V Club review
- Rolling Stone review
- NY Times review
- NY Mag review

- TV Guide: DJ Qualls on His Mysterious, Murderous Fargo Role
- The Wrap: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Talks ‘Painful’ Getaway Shoot, Learning Sign Language on Set

- Promo for next week's episode (please spoiler tag any discussion)

 

[firehawk12]

Wait, I thought American Gods airs on the weekends????

lol

 

[RatskyWatsky]

this is by far the most enjoyable episode this season so far

MTE.

That was easily the best episode of the season, and the first that I thought was great all the way through.

The entire first 15 or so minutes were as tense as anything in the previous seasons.

EDIT: Not quite sure how to feel about the bowling alley stuff though. It was pretty wild.

 

[TJ Bennett]

I'm surprised none of these reviews called out the obvious homage to The Assassination of Jesse James at the beginning of tonight's episode. I loved it.

 

[vatstep]

lol at DJ Qualls getting killed off after five minutes of screen time. I can't stand that guy.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Now this is the Fargo I've been waiting to see. Excellent episode. Loved all of Nikki's getaway.

 

[Einchy]

I wonder what the fuck happened to Yuri. Did his past victims get 'em? That cut to Helga was super creepy.

 

[Madouu]

Anybody know what the music at the end of the episode was?

 

[captjohnboyd]

Anybody know what the music at the end of the episode was?

Not sure the artist but it's def New Orleans brass band music. Maybe Rebirth Brass Band, Hot 8 or Soul Rebels

 

[Bakkus]

Step up from the many miserable episodes this season, but they still just couldn't help making contrived scenarios this time either. how did Nikki and Numbers manage to move their ass and not gettting spotted when Varga's men was put in the shot and made their way down into the woods? Also, why didn't they go and see if Yuri was dead and pick up the axe again? While season one and two had some contrived moments, this season has had probably 20+

 

[Turin]

It's like the show finally woke up this episode. Loved it.

 

[Fury451]

Great episode, still had about 10 minutes left before I had to leave and finish later

What's the over/under on Ray Wise being

Spoiler

Ehrmentraut

?

Or maybe he's just a surreal supernaturalish character.

This season is just so interesting to me. Can't wait to rewatch it all once th pieces are there.

 

[kurahador]

Really can't stand that chinese dude. He's just so random and ridiculous.
Same as Varga's monologues.

 

[Cornballer]

- Inside Installment 3: Connectivity and References (youtube vid)

 

[iddqd]

He's insufferable

Same for me, I roll my eyes now every time he gets going.
Really weird how the same ingredients of the FARGO stew are not working for me this season.
Hope there is a good in depth interview about it with Hawley one day.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Really can't stand that chinese dude. He's just so random and ridiculous.
Same as Varga's monologues.

I actually like him. He feels a little more real to me than Yuri, since he's just invading personal space to create​ menace, taking advantage of these people's need to appear nice. Yuri is just way too much.

 

[IronRinn]

- Sepinwall's review

Huh:

“Paul Marrane” is one of many names ascribed to The Wandering Jew, who was cursed to walk the earth until the Second Coming because he taunted Jesus on the cross

 

[Cornballer]

- Warming Glow: ‘Fargo’ Frozen Five: Nikki Swango Runs, And Fights, And Abides

Shouts to Qualls for landing a role on a big-time prestige drama in which he a) botches a hit on a prisoner, b) botches a second hit on the same prisoner, and c) gets his head torn off his body by a prison chain. Guy was on screen for maybe four minutes. That’s efficient.

- Warming Glow: Analyzing The Music Of ‘Fargo’: Emmit’s Faustian Bargain

 

[shoelacer]

Same for me, I roll my eyes now every time he gets going.
Really weird how the same ingredients of the FARGO stew are not working for me this season.
Hope there is a good in depth interview about it with Hawley one day.

Agreed completely. All the pieces are there, but they just don't fit for some reason. This episode was much much better than the rest of the season to me though.

 

[TTOOLL]

Remember this guy was on the plane next to Gloria earlier this season, and then later at the bar.

Holy shit! They will never explain the guy, right?

 

[TB14]

Watching now. 6 minutes in... This is gonna be good.

First the couple, now the hunters. Some unlucky people in this episode.

 

[bubaglobalj]

So why exactly are they chasing the chick? What is the bad guy's interest in catching her?

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

Just got around to this episode. Best ep f the season BY FAR. And it's not just the weird stuff, at least not entirely. I feel like the whole season has been leading up to this one. The episode before it was getting interesting as well, but ep 8, REALLY something special! I'm happy with season 3 now lol

 

[tearsintherain]

Meh, I guess I am in the minority at how completely ludicrous all of this is becoming. Sure, there have been moments in previous seasons but they were sly winks on the side and you could sorta hand wave it away (invincible Malvo, UFOs) but a literal bowling alley purgatory with more speeches than a Sunday gospel sermon. Its just crazy thing happening after another with very little glue to tie anything together in a coherent fashion.

 

[Herr Schwarz]

So why exactly are they chasing the chick? What is the bad guy's interest in catching her?

She's a key witness and the only loose thread for them.

 

[Zelenogorsk]

Awesome episode.

Spoiler

R.I.P. Sy

 

[Beer Monkey]

Holy shit! They will never explain the guy, right?

He's the Wandering Jew. It's really explicit.

 

[TheNatureBoy]

Awesome episode.

Spoiler

R.I.P. Sy

You think he would have learned not to drink anything from Varga.

I see by the end Emmet got tired of all the fukkery.

Really enjoyed the opening with Nikki and Mr. Wrench fleeing and the struggle in the woods.

 

[orava]

Fargo is in the Twin Peaks universe. Ray Wise's character is a spirit that has taken Leland's appereance. Obviously.

 

[Creamium]

Damn, this episode was amazing. The forest chase was so well done that I wouldn't have minded if it went on longer. Really felt like the first truly great episode of the season.

Fargo is in the Twin Peaks universe. Ray Wise's character is a spirit that has taken Leland's appereance. Obviously.

That entire sequence felt like it came straight out of a Lynch movie, loved it.

 

[stenbumling]

Michael Stuhlbarg is completely stealing the show for me. Just perfect.

 

[Alpende]

This episode was the best of the season by far. So many good moments.

 

[Spladam]

This episode was the best of the season by far. So many good moments.

I agree, was hoping things would improve, and I liked pretty much everything about this episode. Shit got deep.

 

[WriterGK]

I agree, was hoping things would improve, and I liked pretty much everything about this episode. Shit got deep.

Improve, why? I have seen nothing but highlighs this season. Its freaking awesome

 

[JS3DX]

I don't like this season at all: As other have said, the ingredients are there, but they are not sticking together. It's like trying to make Fargo, but without the original crew of the last two seasons.

I feel they're forcing storylines just for the sake of it being Fargo-like: We have two meddling cops from different cities like S1... but they have ZERO merit of knowing as much as they know and almost none of the interest in it. An ex-police chief? That went nowhere. Her foster parent was killed? They treated hm like he was another John Doe. We have a family feud like S2, with two brothers fighting over money as the main plot... but contrary to last time, they are almost oblivious of what's going on. They are not even mean with each other! They just ride the "wave" of events arround them, rather than being integral part of it. We have two henchmen... and that was all about them. And finally, we have Varga... Who's Varga? Fuck off, professor Lupin.

At best, the whole season could be summed in three episodes: The pilot, Varga's doings and the death of the brother, and the attack of the prison bus. That's it. With those three episodes we are at a Fargo pace, when the police can actually take interest in this, we could be shocked by the killing of the brother so soon, and also be thrilled by the mute henchmen of S1. From there the "wolf henchmen" storyline could start as a paralell to the mute assasins of past seasons: Deadly shadows who meet tragic endings near the end. That's Fargo! Normal people riding a wave of weirness caused partly by them and being caught by the weirdness of the Fargo bubble!

I DON'T LIKE THIS SEASON.

 

[Arkeband]

Yeah I dunno, that last episode was sufficiently weird, violent, and funny enough to be representative of what I look for in Fargo. The whole thing with limbo (especially Yuri's) was meta as fuck.

 

[TB14]

Michael Stuhlbarg is completely stealing the show for me. Just perfect.

Yeah, he's been aces.

 

[Grinchy]

I don't like this season at all: As other have said, the ingredients are there, but they are not sticking together. It's like trying to make Fargo, but without the original crew of the last two seasons.

I feel they're forcing storylines just for the sake of it being Fargo-like: We have two meddling cops from different cities like S1... but they have ZERO merit of knowing as much as they know and almost none of the interest in it. An ex-police chief? That went nowhere. Her foster parent was killed? They treated hm like he was another John Doe. We have a family feud like S2, with two brothers fighting over money as the main plot... but contrary to last time, they are almost oblivious of what's going on. They are not even mean with each other! They just ride the "wave" of events arround them, rather than being integral part of it. We have two henchmen... and that was all about them. And finally, we have Varga... Who's Varga? Fuck off, professor Lupin.

At best, the whole season could be summed in three episodes: The pilot, Varga's doings and the death of the brother, and the attack of the prison bus. That's it. With those three episodes we are at a Fargo pace, when the police can actually take interest in this, we could be shocked by the killing of the brother so soon, and also be thrilled by the mute henchmen of S1. From there the "wolf henchmen" storyline could start as a paralell to the mute assasins of past seasons: Deadly shadows who meet tragic endings near the end. That's Fargo! Normal people riding a wave of weirness caused partly by them and being caught by the weirdness of the Fargo bubble!

I DON'T LIKE THIS SEASON.

I don't disagree, but I'm still enjoying the season overall. It's easily my least favorite of the 3. I'm not excited to watch each weeks' episode anymore. I don't have that feeling of tension and being lost and dying to know what happens next like previous seasons.

It's just a watchable, interesting show. I can't call it bad, and I'm not running around recommending it to anyone. It's just somewhere in the middle this time.