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Well, Lester's wife was a bitch.
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Fargo - Thornton & Freeman in a new tale from the Coen Brothers' world - Tues on FX
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Well, Lester's wife was a bitch.
triplestation
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I personally think all these people you just mentioned are actually Americans with american accents pretending to be British and when it comes time to play Americans it just comes naturally
ESPECIALLY that Mel Gibson but he clearly just decided fuck it I'm gonna stop bullshitting I'm american goddamn it
This nygaard is seriosuly British both him and tom hardy they're impossibly British
Grinchy
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I was a little distracted by Bilbo's accent at first but that's probably only because it was on the forefront of my mind that he was doing such a drastically different accent than normal. If I didn't know who he was before this show I'm not sure if I would have even noticed.
All I know now is that I like the show the best when he's on the screen.
All I know now is that I like the show the best when he's on the screen.
I've noticed two outside shots with Malvo where there's specifically a plane in the background, so I think that could be foreshadowing that he'll have caused it somehow with a plane.
It's worth noting that in Episode 5, there's a shot with the excercise machine that Don Chumph gets ducktaped to in focus.
Good eye. I guess that's that, then.
RatskyWatsky
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Well, that explains that.
WarrenMax007
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Did Lester tell Malvo his name and vice versa?
You're American aren't you
Norwegian Rudo
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Seems unlikely he would find a pilot willing to go up during the "storm of the century" to drop live fish.
Napoleonthechimp
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The shootout (the first one) was brutal. As for Solverson being shot: Check her pulse you bloody idiot. Just because she's not awake doesn't mean she's dead.
I disagree. There was a moment when he was confronted by all the circumstantial evidence and seemed to come around.
I disagree. There was a moment when he was confronted by all the circumstantial evidence and seemed to come around.
What's that implying, that him as Watson is where I first saw him?
Grinchy
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Not to mention fly around in the air waiting for the go ahead that the car he's targetting is on the road. And not to mention he'd have to be able to see the car in the storm and accurately drop the load of fish. It seems like a major stretch if they go that route.
Gozer the Gozerian
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I remember having issues with some contrivances during the first episode or two, but since then I've kinda accepted that the show has a larger-than-life/comic book-ish tone.
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In one of the original trailers there was a scene in a convenience store with Adam Goldberg's (Mr. Numbers) character and stickup with a gun in a yellow bag. That hasn't happened in yet, right? I guess it'll have to be a flashback at this point due to his demise?
At the end of every preview for the next episode it ends with this fishy shot:
Also come on Fargo-GAF, everyone knows he's Arthur Dent.
At the end of every preview for the next episode it ends with this fishy shot:
Also come on Fargo-GAF, everyone knows he's Arthur Dent.
In one of the original trailers there was a scene in a convenience store with Adam Goldberg's character and stickup with a gun in a yellow bag. That hasn't happened in yet, right? I guess it'll have to be a flashback at this point due to his demise?
At the end of every preview for the next episode it ends with this fishy shot:
Also come on Fargo-GAF, everyone knows he's Arthur Dent.
Fish are a major symbol in this series:
-Fish raining down onto the car
-Fish being ate at the beginning of the most recent episode
-Giant fish on Bob Odenkirk's wall
-Giant fish held by bikini-clad women that popped up on Molly's computer
-"What if you're right and they're wrong?" poster
-Fish on the computer of the dead frozen guy
Grinchy
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The deaf guy drilled some holes on the frozen lakes. The fish shot up through those holes!
Devilinthiscity
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This was exactly what I thought as well. Who knows if it will be explained in the next episode.
How did we not think of this. Solverson'd, case closed.
What is it with Hanks father and son allowing Adam Goldberg to get knifed to death on their watch?
Also, I am sure it has been noted in this thread, but the parking garage for the drop was named Gustafson Parking Garage.
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I wonder if it was called that because Gustafson was murdered there or because he owned the property. Either way it was another nice callback..
Also, I am sure it has been noted in this thread, but the parking garage for the drop was named Gustafson Parking Garage.
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I wonder if it was called that because Gustafson was murdered there or because he owned the property. Either way it was another nice callback..
Gozer the Gozerian
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I assumed it was supposed to be Lake Superior. Given that that scene was probably not super far outside of Duluth right on the lake.
Yep, I think this is the worst episode by far.
The fish in Australia even traveled about 300 miles. So it wouldn't even be impossible if they had crossed half of Minnesota.
Gozer the Gozerian
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He's deaf! He couldn't see anything in the blizzard and couldn't hear the gunshots. Pry lost somewhere
In hindsight does a deaf guy really not make for the greatest backup in a firefight.
Ludicrous Speed
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At first I liked this Malvo guy, but now he's killing all my favorite characters so he has to go. I guess this will be an anthology series, similar to American Horror Story. So it's very possible that Freeman and Thornton's characters can die. I actually hope they do, or at least get caught. They both suck.
Okay, sure. But why didn't they show him after the shootout? And where would he go?
Episode was great, but it had some weak moments.
Because the writers didn't want to show that and he's not one of the four lead characters. I'm sure they'll let you know where he went at some point, but I don't see why it was absolutely necessary for them to do so in this episode.
Gozer the Gozerian
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Well luckily this wasn't the last episode so we can find out next week!
Oh yeah, that could be it. I don't think it was necessary, it was just weird for me he left his friend in the middle of the shootout. Even more surprising than the raining fish
Cornballer
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Yeah, that article is super dee duper spoilerific. Big caution.
ZackieChan
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Hey, can someone explain the reason for Lester to put the gun in his nephew's backpack? Did I miss some crucial detail?
Lester is banking on it being found when the kid goes to school. That'll get police to be interested in Lester's brother, and possibly lead to the gun-safe being searched.
StopMakingSense
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mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Every episode seems to have more contrived elements to it than the last one, but it's so well done otherwise that I still like it. I have to shut my brain off that this is connected to a film with no leaps of logic or whimsy, but when they recreate whole scenes from it, that just hammers home how different these two things are. The performances and direction are brilliant, but the writing seems like they were big Breaking Bad fans who would rather do that kind of stylized show than a Fargo adaptation.
Gozer the Gozerian
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I just want to say that the briefcase full of money being buried and found in the next story is the most brilliant connecting thread between the film, this season of the TV show, and future seasons.
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