Fargo, season 2
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Ed is truly thick as a brick but Peggy--her stupidity seems to have a somewhat sinister nature. We know she's a liar, a thief, and doesn't care about having killed someone. I think she's just getting warmed up.
Is she truly buying what her boss is selling, or does she not realize that she is as controlled by her boss as she is told she is controlled by her husband? She controls him more than he controls her. Really no one in this show is likable except for the cop and his family.
Yeah, I wonder about that. She's being manipulated by her boss--whether she sees it or not is questionable. She is dumb as hell but clearly kind of evil, in a selfish child kind of way. Her husband is just simple-minded.
I kinda think she doesn't mind being manipulated by her boss, because her boss feeds her ego and she's self-centered enough to only care about what makes her feel important. I think Peggy will end up throwing her dumb hubby to the wolves; it will not end well.
Dodd's childhood sort of explains who he is now. He sort of reminded me of Sonny Corleone, hot headed and screwing up his parents' plans with his emotional crap. Why is his daughter giving the enemy information? Getting back at her dad, too stupid to know what she's doing, or part of a Gerhardt plan? The war between Kansas City and the Gerhardts is going to be bad news for the locals.
Seems like the first season had more whimsy and this season has more violence.
Seems like the first season had more whimsy and this season has more violence.
This season is definitely turning out to be much darker and grittier than the last. Any speculation about who will still be alive at the end, other than Lou and Molly?
I'm loving all the big old 1970's cars, too.
I'm loving all the big old 1970's cars, too.
I'm kinda hoping the kid who has the disability survives and actually becomes a lawyer. I like the scene where he loads and shoots the gun with one hand.
Caught up with the latest episode. Things are heating up . . . .
FYI, the sci-fi movie seen in the opening was actually footage from "The Man from Planet X." Sadly, Ronald Reagan never actually made a movie titled "Moonbase Freedom."
Not quite sure where they're going with the continuing UFO motif, but it seems to be a recurring thing: we had Rye spotting a "UFO," Solverson running into a UFO nut at the gas lines, an excerpt from "The War of the Worlds" rock musical, and now a movie about an alien invader . . ..
FYI, the sci-fi movie seen in the opening was actually footage from "The Man from Planet X." Sadly, Ronald Reagan never actually made a movie titled "Moonbase Freedom."
Not quite sure where they're going with the continuing UFO motif, but it seems to be a recurring thing: we had Rye spotting a "UFO," Solverson running into a UFO nut at the gas lines, an excerpt from "The War of the Worlds" rock musical, and now a movie about an alien invader . . ..
The Cast of Fargo Reacts to This Season’s Most Bonkers Plot...
I am beginning to think they mean 'true story' in the loosest possible way.
Anyway, chalk up another blunder by the cops. Them missing that piece of headlight glass laying precisely where the impact occurred symbolizes the greatest ineptitude ever.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/fargo-season-2-aliens-ufo
I am beginning to think they mean 'true story' in the loosest possible way.Anyway, chalk up another blunder by the cops. Them missing that piece of headlight glass laying precisely where the impact occurred symbolizes the greatest ineptitude ever.
I don't know, he was so young he was probably just doing what his parents expected him to do. Pretty psycho for the dad, though!
Yeah, the test results are "not what they call 'good.'"!! But they just rolled with it, stoically.
They mean it in a completely fictional way!
And is the Waffle Hut crime scene just open for anyone to come in and gawk at? I didn't notice him picking a lock or anything, or did I miss it?
Yeah, missing the gun and the glass is pretty shaky. It's almost like the bad guys are better detectives than the good guys. But then Solverson immediately figured that the car had hit the gunman. Which I actually bought because it was like he had been thinking about it all along and that was the piece that made it fit together.
The show is doing a pretty effective job of building a sense of impending doom. It's feeling like it will come down to Sheriff Larsson and Trooper Solverson against everybody.
Other Coen bros reminders: The Barton Fink hallway again. The locked eyes as the car passes from Fargo. The warning Solverson gave to the Blomquists reminded me of Carson Wells in No Country for Old Men. "Down in the Willow Garden" was sung by Holly Hunter in Raising Arizona.
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Is that what that was? I should have guessed, I knew it was from TWotW but I've never heard the album, thanks!
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Umm....I was referring to the murders at the old man's doctor's office--in the parking lot.
Oh, yeah, that too!
(Currently on ep 3, hoping to catch up before new ep on Monday)
This season seems more Coen-esque than the first season, more like the original movie.
That scene where the guy says "If the market says kill 'em, we kill 'em, if the market says offer 'em more money, we offer 'em more money", it hearkens me to the scene in Raising Arizona where the biker is telling the parents that they have to outbid the black market to get their son back.
This season seems more Coen-esque than the first season, more like the original movie.
That scene where the guy says "If the market says kill 'em, we kill 'em, if the market says offer 'em more money, we offer 'em more money", it hearkens me to the scene in Raising Arizona where the biker is telling the parents that they have to outbid the black market to get their son back.
Is anyone else getting a LOT of freezing when streaming from FX site?
That clinical trial scene was pretty grueling, though. That doctor needs to seriously work on his bedside manner.
^Quite true.
Inept police seems to be a recurring theme in Fargo. If I remember, Sheriff Marge Gunderson, despite having to do her police work while pregnant was a lot more competent than the rest of her department. Molly, likewise, was the only one who had a clue last season. And poor Gus Grimly, so bad at being a police officer, he quit and became a mailman!
The Cast of Fargo Reacts to This Season’s Most Bonkers Plot...
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/fargo-season-2-aliens-ufo
Anyway, chalk up another blunder by the cops. Them missing that piece of headlight glass laying precisely where the impact occurred symbolizes the greatest ineptitude ever.
Val Johnson lost about 38 minutes during his "encounter." Hanzee in this recent episode lost 2 hours. Did Rye lose any time?