Fargo Season 3 premieres April 19th

I am too.. I have loved Fargo almost as much as the Americans...

That said.. How awesome would it be for Nikki and Wrench to have a spin off series where they go across the country, in and out of dangerous situations where they walk the fine line of breaking the law and outsmarting other criminals...

 

I thought the same thing when the two of them were leaving the hotel lobby after her meeting with Varga. I would love to watch that show.

 

Heh, Emmit thought that he got away with it all but nope 5 years later and boom...he dead. I wish we had seen Dammick get it all shoved into his face but alas it didn't so I'm sure he's as dumb and closed minded and condescending as ever. Hopefully Gloria's boss at DHS isn't a jerk like Dammick. Ugh, I wanted Nikki to live.

 

I was sorry to see Nikki go, but not too surprised. I expected a bloody end for her--but also for Varga.

I liked the end....with the silence, the smile on Gloria's face, and the shot of the door--with no one coming.

I will miss Fargo terribly. It's been a real treat.

 

Sad to see Nikki's fate... She's the one character in the show I really liked besides Gloria.

Maybe I just was tired and half asleep, but I'm still trying to figure out the meaning of the end.. With the light going out on Varga and her staring at the door... Maybe I need to watch it again...

 

I think it was supposed to be ambiguous about whether Varga's or Gloria's reality is the real one.

I found this season underwhelming. Also they have completely abandoned the "These events are real" premise. In season 2 they used it as "This is one historian's best approximation of what happened." That doesn't work for season 3. Things happened nobody alive could possibly know about or at least nobody who would ever recount it to a historian. At least unless Wrench and Varga both were later prosecuted and gave a fully accurate deposition.

It's fine if they just want to tell a clearly unreal quirky Noir story but then stop putting "These events are real" in the titles.

 

I'm also sad Nikki died and she wasn't able to get her revenge on Emmit (although technically she did from beyond the grave), but I wasn't surprised either. In true Fargo fashion, the season ended with a lot of dead bodies and not much accountability. I like to believe Gloria got her victory over Varga in the end...

The first ten minutes or so felt rather Wes Anderson-esque, from the deliberate camera movements of the IRS conference room to the music choice at the abandoned building. Probably coincidental, but it stood out to me as so.

Same here. Hell, I was half expecting him to walk through the door to fulfill Varga's proclamation.

 

I had the same thought about Dammick. If he had walked in I might have thrown the remote at my tv.

 

It sort-of mirrors the opening scene in E1 in the Stasi interrogation room, or maybe it is the inverse of it.

If this is indeed the last season, I'll miss Fargo. It was one of maybe four series that I would look forward to every year.

 

Last season? Is that for real? That would be sad, dammit. Another one of my favorite shows disappearing if true.

 

What was the siginificance of that scene anyway, I think I must have missed something?

 

Varga had connections in high places, so I think he is the one bad-guy character that gets to walk free this season. Someone sent him that text when he was in the elevator, warning him that the IRS had his hard drives, and I thought the IRS auditor said his initial investigation into Stussy Corp had been shut down by higher-ups. I'm thinking he may be a part-time CIA employee or an FBI informant in addition to being a crook, and Uncle Sam is willing to turn a blind eye and pull a few strings to protect one of their assets.

 

I thought Varga was supposed to be the kind of sociopath who controls the world and always get what he wants because of his unlimited resources.

 

Finally got around to finishing the season after a hiatus halfway through. A good season but it was less than the previous two. Although no deus ex machinas aliens is a plus. I still order season one.

As in the past, the acting was fantastic. The strong female lead characters in this show in all seasons are impressive.

I looked up the next and i saw new from yesterday that the creator wasn't ruling it out but did not have any plans or ideas for it yet. Which disappointed me. I had thought there was some underlying plan for the show eventually linking everything up, even if it wasn't plotted out.

I was kinda hoping the fourth season would have the former chief from season three, now DHS, working with Molly (right? Main cop from season 1?) working together to bring down everything unresolved from the past seasons.

Then again, that could fly in the face of the entire credo of the movie and show.

 

Caught the finale on Wednesday. To be honest this season has disappointed. Some great performances have been kinda wasted on a plot that meandered around and didn't seem to go anywhere. What was the significance of Ray Wise, or the Stasi interrogation at the start, what was the point of the Hollywood segue or Gloria's ability to not be seen by machines,and what's the point in skipping forward 5 years just to have Mr Wrench pop a bullet in Emmett's brain?

Also whilst I enjoyed woman cop knows what's going on but her dumb boss is dumb in season 1, the reprise here was just boring.

 

^^^ It does seem to be a repeating theme throughout the series, starting with the original movie. It's kind of getting old and formulaic, IMO.