This is true. The KC Mob has usually been in the background, never exclusively featured. Its kinda the same with the Providence RI mob
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This is true. The KC Mob has usually been in the background, never exclusively featured. Its kinda the same with the Providence RI mob
Chris Rock is a really bad actor so I'm kind of sceptical of the 4th season. The first 3 seasons had such a great cast so it will be hard to follow it if the lead isn't able to handle the role.
Ohhh looking forward to this! Guess it won't be until the end of the year though.
Can't get enthused about this as the 3rd season was dire.
Fargo Season 4
Just can't take Chris Rock seriously. But it looks good.
Just can't take Chris Rock seriously. But it looks good.
had no idea a new season was coming!! Awesome.Nothing about that trailer looks Fargo-esque, though. It's set in Kansas for feck sake.
I also think the show in general is overrated. Season two was great but one and three were shite.
I also think the show in general is overrated. Season two was great but one and three were shite.
Just saw a commercial on ESPN for this. Looks like a premiere date still hasn't be announced, but definitely airing on FX and Hulu sometime in 2020.
How dare you.
I loved season 1 and the cast, is season 2 really better? I haven’t watched season 2 yet, maybe I should.
It was actually supposed to be on the air in April, but was postponed because of the virus.
Looking forward to this season . Wasn't impressed with the least season but the previous ones were great
Is anybody watching the new season? Any reviews?
Is this out on UK Netflix? Dying to watch this.
Four episodes in, and it does not feel like a Fargo series, But the shows characters keep you watching. The serial killer nurse, the two escaped convicts, Zero Fadda and Chris Rock, who as not done a bad job.
Only seen the first three but I completely agree with this. It's just got a different feel to it this time but still makes for compelling vieiwing.
I ended up really enjoying season 3.
Agreed about the UFO. WTF was that about?
I'll give season 4 a go even though I have the same reservations about Chris Rock.
The first two seasons of Fargo are two of my favourite seasons of TV of all time, but yep, the UFO moment always perplexed me. It rubbed me up the wrong way at the time, it didn't make such sense to me on a second viewing, and as time has gone on I've always struggled to reconcile its place in the series. Aesthetically, tonally, narratively - everything just felt off about it for the longest time. Even the joke that everyone loved in that scene ("It's just a space ship, Ed! We gotta go!") didn't really make me laugh like it did everyone else. That was about four years ago and I'd not watched it since.
But earlier this year, right as we went into lockdown actually, I was just out of hospital (not COVID) and was in the mood for some comfort TV while getting my strength back. My girlfriend's not one for serious dramas really, but she loved the first season (mainly because of Billy Bob) so I thought I'd try out season 2 on her. Watching it again, suddenly the UFO sequence made total sense to me in a way it hadn't done before. The whole point of that scene is that it probably didn't happen, but it also could have done, because nobody's really 100% sure about the true history. It's all reported and fragmented. The entire episode is narrated by Martin Freeman and it's presented in the manner of a historical documentary. In fact, not all of the details are filled in - it's mentioned a few times that "nobody knows what happened next" or "nobody has been able to very this, but...". Basically, it's a story. Is the story 100% true? No. Is it a complete fabrication? Also no. But is the dramatic story more interesting than the boring truth? Definitely. Can anyone at the motel be sure there was a UFO? Who knows? There was so much going on - what with all the murder and shooting - that I doubt anyone can remember clearly. Through the grapevine of time, someone has planted the idea that a UFO really did land in Sioux Falls that night, and so Martin Freeman - who's making this "documentary" - has decided that he might as well include it. UFO sightings were rife during the Midwest in the 70s because nobody could prove their falsehood. There are references throughout the season to people spotting aliens. There's even the famous "Who would have known that in the 20th century, our world was being watched" monologue from War of the Worlds (that has sadly been cut from Netflix's edition for some reason). Aliens are a recurring theme at sporadic points throughout the season and the UFO turning up is just a culmination of it.
They're also a reference to the technological and increasingly conspiratory future America was heading towards. It's obviously informed by the hindsight we have now, because we know what happened to America in the 80s, 90s and 00s, but it rings true all the same. I'd completely missed just how much of season 2 is explicitly about that particular period of American history - as they stand in the dying embers of the "old world" (Camelot era, Vietnam, Nixon) and stare out into the grim misery of the future (AIDS epidemic, 9/11, another "Vietnam" in Afghanistan & Iraq). Jimmy Carter was, in the eyes of the people, a miserable president who hated the country, so they shifted him out - within weeks of season 2's events concluding, Reagan wins in a landslide. White America's dismal outlook following the radical social upheaval of the 60s and the depression brought on by the aftermath of Vietnam was about to be satiated by the comforting neoliberal revisionism ushered in by Reagan, and frankly the population was desperate for it - rightly or wrongly. Fargo (both the movie and the TV series) is a small-town story, sure, but at heart it's very much about the corruption, cynicism, and anger in the Western world at large. As one example: Lou & Hank are both veterans of different wars, scarred for life - they even have a conversation early on in the season about how they often worry that they "brought the war home with them". Lou even has that moment with Reagan where he asks how America can be "cured of the sickness" that he believes has taken the form of Betty's cancer - Reagan just smiles and turns away. You see it in Mike Milligan's character, whose reward for his work and bloodshed is just an office in a building of other offices.
In the end, the UFO represents both the way history can be mangled and misrepresented, and the kind of place America was heading. It feels dumb in the moment, and I always wished they could take it back, but with more viewings I've realised I like the mystery it creates and the questions it brings up. I even like Peggy's joke now as well.
So this worth watching? Saw the first 20 min of the 1st episode while drunk tbf and not sure I’m gonna stick with it. Feels completely different to previous seasons as others have noted.
It is different and four episodes in... It's not very good and seriously lacks good editing.
Great analysis. I think you might just be spot on.
I quite like S4.
S4 is ok. Needs better actors imo
It is very good. Just a bit different.
Just spotted this thread. General consensus seems to be it's not as good as previous seasons.
Hopefully it's worth watching.
Without worrying about comparison I've really enjoyed this series.
It's been so long since I've watched the others I'll think I'll be safe enough there too.
The other half suggested rewatching the other series first which I vetoed. We can go back and watch them after this.
Halfway through the first season. Enjoying it. But I'll probably leave it at that if the other seasons arent as good.
Billy bob absolutely steals the show but the others are still worth watching.
It’s one of my favourite shows on Netflix. Season 1 is really amazing, and Season 2 is so tense and has just as strong performances.
Really baffled at those who said Season 3 was terrible though. I thought it was fantastic and Ewan McGregor was incredible in the dual role. The scene with the interrogation and him recounting what happened was superb. I thought he gave both characters real depth and David Thewlis was tremendous as an almost Anton Chigurh type relentless evil.
Really fantastic show for me, and I recommend it to whoever I can. Looking forward to Season 4 (not released on my region yet)
Really baffled at those who said Season 3 was terrible though. I thought it was fantastic and Ewan McGregor was incredible in the dual role. The scene with the interrogation and him recounting what happened was superb. I thought he gave both characters real depth and David Thewlis was tremendous as an almost Anton Chigurh type relentless evil.
Really fantastic show for me, and I recommend it to whoever I can. Looking forward to Season 4 (not released on my region yet)
Anyone watched S4 and can get back? The plot and acting have been panned on imdb.
S2 is excellent as well, takes a couple of episodes to get to speed but it's just as good as the 1st in a different way.
S3 I've tried to watch twice, I got to about ep5 but just gave up the pacing on it way too slow for me.
S2 is excellent as well, takes a couple of episodes to get to speed but it's just as good as the 1st in a different way.
S3 I've tried to watch twice, I got to about ep5 but just gave up the pacing on it way too slow for me.
This is brilliant. All seasons ive seen are unreal.
I thought the last episodes was an improvement. Probably because it was far shorter than the others and stuff actually started moving more.
Well that E9 was...something. Not sure what to think of it. Am I mistaken or are the murders in Kansas that the book/film related to Capote cover being mentioned now that they’re in SW Kansas?
2>1>4>3
I'm enjoying this season especially the era/setting
I'm enjoying this season especially the era/setting
This feels about right.
Chris Rock wasn’t as bad as I expected he would be, but there were still some times where I noticed he was Chris Rock. Also, some of the others were distracting. The big Italian bloke looks exactly like a mental Mexican guy I worked with, but even aside from that he was annoying
That was an unexpected twist. Interested to see where it goes from here.
Season 4 is the weakest in my opinion, but it's still pretty good (I'm up to date in episodes). I like how the characters have developed, Gaetano is fecking awesome. It feels a bit like an interrim season though, I think I read somewhere that they've suffered a bit due to COVID. Some of the episodes are much shorter than usual for instance.
Season 1 and 2 are among the best ever in TV history. The third season is a few notches below.
Season 1 and 2 are among the best ever in TV history. The third season is a few notches below.
Season ends.
No one cares?
No one cares?
I enjoyed the season but Chris Rock was easily the weak link for me
He just wasn't very believable in that role, and the other good acting performances around him made it quite jarring in comparison, IMO
He just wasn't very believable in that role, and the other good acting performances around him made it quite jarring in comparison, IMO