"Fargo" becomes a minii-series

[Nociod]

Right. A former cop, he had spoken to his wife and knew the driver of the red BMW was a suspect in a homicide in Bemidji the night before, he spotted the car and went in to the cabin to check it out, picked up the revolver because he knew the guy was dangerous, and so on. Would it be wrong if he lied about the timing or whether Malvo went for the knife (or a gun, he probably had one on him somewhere)? I say no. Malvo was so dangerous, he was so used to killing people, Gus couldn't give him a chance. He knew, and we know, about that level of danger and malice, but it's difficult to convey it to someone who wasn't directly involved. So, if he lied in the investigation, I say it's justified. After seeing all the evidence, investigators were probably more inclined to look the other way about Gus, anyway, even if they had suspicions about his story.

This is probably what happened. And it not like Gus has never lied before. He deliberately left out shooting his wife a year earlier, even though that's something he should have written in his report. Malvo was just too dangerous to be arrested. He managed to weasel himself out of it before, plus he had threatened to kill his family multiple times. A little lie and killing him would make sense for Gus.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Right. A former cop, he had spoken to his wife and knew the driver of the red BMW was a suspect in a homicide in Bemidji the night before, he spotted the car and went in to the cabin to check it out, picked up the revolver because he knew the guy was dangerous, and so on. Would it be wrong if he lied about the timing or whether Malvo went for the knife (or a gun, he probably had one on him somewhere)? I say no. Malvo was so dangerous, he was so used to killing people, Gus couldn't give him a chance. He knew, and we know, about that level of danger and malice, but it's difficult to convey it to someone who wasn't directly involved. So, if he lied in the investigation, I say it's justified. After seeing all the evidence, investigators were probably more inclined to look the other way about Gus, anyway, even if they had suspicions about his story.

This is probably what happened. And it not like Gus has never lied before. He deliberately left out shooting his wife a year earlier, even though that's something he should have written in his report. Malvo was just too dangerous to be arrested. He managed to weasel himself out of it before, plus he had threatened to kill his family multiple times. A little lie and killing him would make sense for Gus.

There was a hearing about him shooting Molly. That's why he lost his job and became a post man.

 

[Nociod]

Right. A former cop, he had spoken to his wife and knew the driver of the red BMW was a suspect in a homicide in Bemidji the night before, he spotted the car and went in to the cabin to check it out, picked up the revolver because he knew the guy was dangerous, and so on. Would it be wrong if he lied about the timing or whether Malvo went for the knife (or a gun, he probably had one on him somewhere)? I say no. Malvo was so dangerous, he was so used to killing people, Gus couldn't give him a chance. He knew, and we know, about that level of danger and malice, but it's difficult to convey it to someone who wasn't directly involved. So, if he lied in the investigation, I say it's justified. After seeing all the evidence, investigators were probably more inclined to look the other way about Gus, anyway, even if they had suspicions about his story.

This is probably what happened. And it not like Gus has never lied before. He deliberately left out shooting his wife a year earlier, even though that's something he should have written in his report. Malvo was just too dangerous to be arrested. He managed to weasel himself out of it before, plus he had threatened to kill his family multiple times. A little lie and killing him would make sense for Gus.

There was a hearing about him shooting Molly. That's why he lost his job and became a post man.

Yes, but they had a scene where they talked about leaving parts out.

I just rewatched the scene. The following dialoge is from around 28 minutes and 15 seconds into episode 8:

Gus: There's the hearing tomorrow on the shooting

Molly: oh yeah .. and it's.. that's tomorrow... Well just tell the truth.. Don't you think? ... It was white out, you saw a shadow and you shot at it

Gus: But leave out the part

Molly: Yeah, leave out the part where the person you shot was me

Gus: I am really sorry about that

Molly: yeah I gathered from the volume of flowers

Gus: Too much?

Molly: No... No it's nice

Then it's the talk of the festival, and the fast forward a year.

Admittedly, they don't show the hearing and it is possible that he told the truth and got fired, but the way I saw it was that he lied, but realized that he wasn't cut out to be a cop and that it was too dangerous for his family, and quit when he found an opening as a postman

 

[auntiehill]

Oh, I totally got that it was the result of the hearing. He left out things in his report but then said he was going to confess in the hearing, since it was pretty obvious what happened. So, in the next scene we see, he's a postman, not a cop. Thought it was kinda funny, actually, how they made that transition.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Oh, I totally got that it was the result of the hearing. He left out things in his report but then said he was going to confess in the hearing, since it was pretty obvious what happened. So, in the next scene we see, he's a postman, not a cop. Thought it was kinda funny, actually, how they made that transition.

Yeah, exactly. And it would be kinda hard to lie about who shot Molly. The hit men were carrying machine guns, he was using a standard issue police revolver.

To me, it's pretty clear. He told the truth. Which is the sort of guy Gus is.

 

[auntiehill]

I really loved this show. I wonder what, if anything, they will do next summer?

 

[shapeshifter]

Can any one confirm there will be a season two, cause the finale seemed to wrap things up. I don't see how they could top this season but I'd love to see them try.

 

[J.T.B.]

Yeah, exactly. And it would be kinda hard to lie about who shot Molly. The hit men were carrying machine guns, he was using a standard issue police revolver.

To me, it's pretty clear. He told the truth. Which is the sort of guy Gus is.

Yeah. Even if he wanted to lie, Gus would be smart enough to choose losing his job over criminal charges for obviously lying in an investigation. With the layers of winter clothing it is almost certain that the bullet stayed with Molly, and there was only one person shooting that caliber. Plus his ejected casing (the Bemidji cops packed old-school revolvers, but Gus had a Glock); it may have been lost in the snow, but could always turn up later. Gus was dead to rights.

The circumstances of his career change were left vague enough, though, I that I suppose it's possible that Gus wasn't fired outright for the accident, but realized police work wasn't for him and resigned.

 

[shivkala]

^
I could see Gus being reassigned permanently to the animal control department. It seemed to be his defacto posting, anyway. I figure the higher ups in the department knew Gus' failings.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Finally finished the season.

I'm not a fan of the way things rolled out in the last two episodes. I enjoyed the final showdown between Lester and Malvo, but I hate the way Lester got back in Malvo's crosshairs. And I hate it in general when major plot events are driven by a character's abject stupidity. "Hey, there's the murderous criminal whose crimes are associated with my crimes. I'm going to walk over to him. Now he's telling me to go away. Should I take the hint that illegal doings are a'transpirin? Nah, the new Lester wouldn't do that!"

Other than that I like the way the series worked out. Though it would have been nice to see a short ten second scene where Lester's brother has his conviction overturned.

Still I think it was a mistake to use the same 'These events really happened' pretext of the movie. The movie was plausible and the series just wasn't. It was plausible enough for a fictional drama but not plausible enough for one that uses the plot device that it's reenacting an actual crime.

@TheKeeper

I think they're doing the True Detective thing of using a different story and different cast every season.

 

[Yoda]

Though it would have been nice to see a short ten second scene where Lester's brother has his conviction overturned.

Nah, fuck that dude. Though I wouldn't say no to a 10 second scene of him getting shanked right before he gets exonerated .

 

[Enterprise is Great]

FX renews Fargo

 

[Velocity]

I hope they have a villain as great as Malvo in mind.

 

[auntiehill]

Yay! Or should I say, "Oh geez."

 

[Enterprise is Great]

‘Fargo’ Coming Back As Prequel Set In ’79

The season will be a prequel of sorts, in that the Lou Solverson character, played in Season 1 by Keith Carradine, will be back, only this time he’ll be just 33 years old and recently back from Vietnam.

 

[Yoda]

Aw geeze, I don't even think they have 'the accent' way down in Luverne