Fargo, season 2

[JirinPanthosa]

My biggest criticism of season 1 was that it had too many ridiculous parts that were not believable enough to fit the 'Fake telling of real events' premise. Like the guy tied to a chair with the automated shootout, or Lester escaping the hospital by switching bandages. Season 2 didn't have anything too ridiculous of course not counting the hilarious UFO intervention and was in general much easier to believe 'These events really happened.'

 

[Velocity]

My biggest criticism of season 1 was that it had too many ridiculous parts that were not believable enough to fit the 'Fake telling of real events' premise. Like the guy tied to a chair with the automated shootout, or Lester escaping the hospital by switching bandages. Season 2 didn't have anything too ridiculous of course not counting the hilarious UFO intervention and was in general much easier to believe 'These events really happened.'

What about Betsy's dream about the future? Not reality either. I thought the first season had a little more suspense. I was concerned more than once about Mollie and Gus and Lou getting killed. And you never knew who Malvo was going to kill next. The second season I knew that Lou wasn't going to die so there was no suspense for me there at least.
I was a little disappointed by the finale. It wasn't very exciting but seeing Hanzee go to help the deaf kid(s) was interesting, knowing who they probably turned out to be. Did we ever see the Gerhardts mistreat him other than Dod who was berating him before Hanzee ventilated his skull?

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Not reality but realistic that she would have that dream.

I agree about not knowing who Malvo would kill next but to me that made it less interesting. He was just a psychopath, he didn't have familial ties, he didn't have something to preserve or anyone to protect or save. He didn't have a tragic racially charged backstory. He was just kind of a guy who murdered people in overly elaborate setups. The whole arc of Lester seemed really fictitious. The beta male taking confidence lessons from a psychopath then initiating his own downfall through an act of utter stupidity in confronting Malvo seemed more like something that happened on a crime drama than a tragic real event.

I don't think the Gerhardts mistreated him, but they did absorb his identity and make him a servant.

 

[Velocity]

Well, one of the most difficult to believe parts of watching these series is that there are so many dim people walking around that area and not accidentally killing themselves all on their own. Makes one think that that area of the country would produce the majority of the Darwin Awards winners if this wasn't fiction, don'tcha know.