Yup.

and Better Call Saul next week.

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Season 2 may have been the best thing I've ever seen on TV. Really looking forward to season 3.

Looking forward to it, thought the first 2 seasons were really well done.

They have a hell of a body count to top from Season 2

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...ost=5801356#p5801356

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Season 2 may have been the best thing I've ever seen on TV. Really looking forward to season 3.

I'm looking for a new series and never thought of Fargo.

I had missed out on most of the good series over the years, never watched t.v. Then I had some time so starting watching a few and completed (some are still going),

• Breaking Bad
• The Walking Dead
• Homeland
• House of Cards (watching now)
• The Sopranos
• The Wire

I didn't know what is next so I'll check out Fargo.

I don't think you'll regret it - Fargo has become my favorite series; season two has some admittedly odd plot elements (spoiler alert: aliens!!!), but the cast was absolutely fantastic - some of the best acting I've seen anywhere. Really good stuff.

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To be completely accurate, they only showed a UFO = some odd lights

Coulda just been a test aircraft from Minot or something?

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True, no actual aliens are ever shown :)

I don't recall if the show writers ever acknowledged this as a fact, but it's widely believed that the motivation behind that whole UFO plot element stemmed from a real-life occurrence back in '79 involving a cop here in Minnesota.

Link to an article about the connection

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the americans is good

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The disclaimer at the beginning always says "This is a true story. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred."

Or something like that

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Solid start to season 3, can't wait for the next episode. We even got to see Scott Pilgrim's girlfriend's butt.

Don't forget that in Season 1 Episode1 of True Detective we got to see pretty much all of Percy Jackson's GF

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I loved the quote at the end of the opening scene, "We're not here for a story. We're here for the truth."

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That opening was so much like Brazil

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It is my experience that "Stussy" is a name/brand about as far removed from Minnesota as California is

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Looks good, but I totally missed season 2. I'm guessing each season stands entirely on its own? So no problem watching the live episodes now while I binge the 2nd season? Thanks for the heads up, have to check some of the other FX lineup, they seem to always have a few good shows going all the time..

Yes, each season stands on its own. That stated, there's usually something that binds the season to a previous season or the movie. The first season was set in 2006 and had something that tied it with the movie. Season 2 was set in 1979 and tied to season 1. Season 3 is set in 2010 but the connection to previous seasons or the movie hasn't been established yet.

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Season 2 is the prequel - of sorts - to Season 1


I'm thinking Professor Lupin works for the Fargo Mob somehow. Not sure who is running it now, since Malvo took them all out in Season 1 [2006]

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Is this Bloody Tampon Week?

Wife and I were out for a walk earlier this week & on the sidewalk was, whadoyaknow. Never saw that before (on a sidewalk).

Watched this week's show and in the drawer was, whadoyaknow. Never saw that before (on TV).

We rented the movie Don't Breathe this week, & in it were a couple things we'd never seen in a (Hollywood) movie before. And don't care to see again.

It's been a weird week.

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Regarding the show, Stussey is so screwed.

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Good to see Eli and Arnold Rothstein together again [sort of]

Body count = 3

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I didn't think it was possible to cram so many commercials into a 1 hour show.

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"That DVR is a lifesaver, dontcha know"

Speaking of; even though this season is set in 2010, there are still some mid-90s technology quirks people are having issues with [the Sheriff is still using file folders & teletype? The computers are hardwired to each other "vermin ate my cord"]

I mean, 2010 wasn't that long ago ... there were smart phones & WiFi by then, right?

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Wonkiness & aversion with respect to technology in general seems to be an underlying theme in this season, especially with Gloria.

It'll be interesting to see where they go with all that, especially with her step-father being a rock-star sci-fi writer in his previous life.

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I loved looking at those old paperback covers; they were spot-on

https://www.pinterest.com/...fantasy-book-covers/

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Last night certainly looked like a nod to Barton Fink. Not the first time they've taken elements from other Coen Brothers movies. I really thought the episode was going to end in a big fire.

As soon as I saw the hotel bell, I thought of Chet

I get a bad feeling whenever Ray Wise / Leland Palmer shows up; this was no exception

Last season took place in 1979, and ended with what could be a UFO; sci-fi author Tad Mobley arrived in Minnesota - as Ennis Stussy - in 1980

Granted, Twin Peaks got all fucked up when they went down the path that "The Black Lodge" was some sort of alien abduction spacecraft and NOT another secret gambling/rape den like "One-Eyed Jacks," so let's hope Fargo doesn't make the same mistake

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Without giving away details and spoilers -- holy crap, the scene in this wee's episode that took place around the stump in the clearing of the woods was one of the most entertaining sequences I've watched on TV in a long time.

Interesting if somewhat frustrating finale. Not as good as the first two seasons, but still compelling TV. Hoping it gets renewed for another season.

I'm starting to watch Season 1 tonight because of the recommendations here.

100% agree. The first 2 finales tied things up well and seemed to compliment the remainder of the season. This one felt a little incongruent to me, though. I'd say more, but don't want to drop spoilers in.

Yes, not as good as the first two seasons but that's a really high bar.

The main players in the cast were great (Coon, McGregor, Thewlis, and Winstead). Especially Winstead. She stole the show the second half of the season.

Hated the Sopranos-esque ending. I want to know what happened, not wonder what happened.

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Best line in the whole season: "I loved you in Death of a Salesman"

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/...le-explained-1015844

Basically, it depends whether you think good is stronger than evil

To steal from another show: “Well, once there was only dark. You ask me, the light’s winning.”

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Terrible. If this is the horse shit we are to expect, I hope it is not renewed for another season.

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It was a disappointment overall, yes, but I'm hopeful for a rebound next year.

They went for a lot of complexity this season, but just didn't pull it off like they did with season 2...

Season 2 was masterful - fantastic characters, dialogue, parallel stories, and pacing... All of those things were present (potentially) in season 3, but they never ended up meshing together effectively... It was all just too much and every episode just ended up underbaked.

Season 2 it's still my favorite thing ever on TV, so I won't give up on Noah just yet :)

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Agreed, season 1 was great, season 2 was the best thing ever and season 3 was not quite as good. Only in the internet world does something go from great to complete horse shit so easily. Still one of the best things on TV even if it doesn't hold up to the previous seasons.

It was horse shit b/c it did not deliver what is expected of a stand-alone season and fell FAR short of prior seasons. It also completely jumped the shark. Come on.

1. How, exactly, were they able to glue someone's nose shut and lips together? And to do it twice?
2. A broken frame ends up sticking in someone's neck?
3. Nikki Swango go from petty thief to Jason Bourne???
4. Gloria Burgle being "dismissed" the entire series is so ridiculous cliche.
5. At one car length apart, with Emmit in between them and the 9 mm trained on Emmit, Nikki hits the cop with a shotgun and he hits her in the head simultaneously with no harm to Emmit?
6. WTF was up with the bowling alley????
7. The ending had no closure and no satisfaction. Sure, Emmit got his, which was great, but still too many loose ends.

Perhaps they created unattainable expectations with seasons 1 and 2. Perhaps they believed they had to top those, which resulted in jumping the shark.

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Come on. In season one fish fell out of the sky in the middle of winter with every lake and river frozen over. If plausibility is your criteria, I'm not sure how you enjoyed the first two seasons.

Are you the same guy who thinks every band's older albums are the best?

I am not that guy. I believe many shows get better with age. This is not one of them. It was rushed at times and the lazy at times. Not their best work by a long shot.

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Have a feeling Hawley didn't think it turned out great either:

http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/09/fargo-season-3-last/


"Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley told fans at the ATX Television Festival in Austin on Friday that he doesn’t have an idea for a fourth season of the anthology drama and might not ever have one. “I wasn’t sure if there would be a second season. I wasn’t sure if there would be a third season. At end of season 1, [FX] said, ‘If you want to leave it there [that would be fine],'” Hawley said. “There’s only a certain amount of storytelling you can tell in that vein. And I love telling stories in this vein, but I don’t have another one yet. So watch the 10th hour [of season 3] because it might be the last.”

Liked the bowling alley scene a lot. Reminded me of The Big Lebowski. In Fargo it was more clear to me that it was a sort of purgatory - Nikki and the deaf dude go back into the world, the Cossack meets his doom and pays for the sins of his forefathers.

Agree completely I just don't think that translates to complete horse shit. Go watch 5 minutes of Superior Donuts if you want to see complete horse shit.

Yeah, I expressed that poorly. I really meant the finale was utter horse shit, but I did say the entire season. I enjoyed it until the final episodes during which I feel they got lazy and sloppy. The issue with the ending caused me to be critical of the entire season and that really isn't fair because it did deliver. I just don't want to become invested in another full season if this is an indication of the direction in which it is going.

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I was hoping for your take on Superior Donuts

1. They were old.
2. It was technically a piece of glass.
3. We only saw her as some sort of opportunist hussy in the early episodes but we didn't really know her background or abilities.
4. Agreed.
5. Agreed but with all the gun play nonsense in movies and TV this ranks about one billionth on my outrage meter.
6. Fargo always throw in some supernatural stuff.
7. Agreed.

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So was Mr. Wrench the only tie back to other seasons or the movie? It was the only one I picked up on.

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That is the only one I caught.

Regarding the super glue, I thought the second guy was younger.

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