Fargo (FX)

[Qalbert]

Series premise

A drifter named Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) arrives in small-town Minnesota and influences the population with his malice and violence, including put-upon insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman).

Cast
Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo
Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson
Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard
Colin Hanks as Deputy Gus Grimly
Bob Odenkirk as Bill Olson
Kate Walsh as Gina Hess
Adam Goldberg as Mr. Numbers
Oliver Platt as Stavros Milos
Glenn Howerton as Don Chumph
Jordan Peele as Webb Pepper
Keegan-Michael Key as Bill Budge
Joey King as Greta Grimly
Julie Ann Emery as Ida Thurman

Production

In 2012, it was announced that FX was developing a new television series based on the Academy Award-winning film Fargo with the Coen brothers as executive producers. It was later announced that adaptation would be a 10-episode limited series.

[Mertron]

interesting

bob odenkirk with a Fargo accent

[Xajii]

yo i really hope the character with the last name SOLVERSON is a detective

[Qalbert]

Deputy apparently

[KoalaTrap]

I'm pretty psyched for this. Watching a bunch of the promos makes it look like it'll have (hopefully) a similar tone to the movie.

Rotten Tomatoes collected all the promos here: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tv_e...eries_teasers/

[Qalbert]

[Qalbert]

anyone else catch this last night? i thought it was pretty fantastic

[KoalaTrap]

It was great. Took similar characters from the film and moved them in different places. I loved that they even did the bullshit based on a true story opening.
Billy Bob's character (don't remember a name if it was mentioned) was such a ballsy, hilarious lunatic.

[Azull]

It was wonderful. I did love that Billy Bobs character was just an agent of chaos throughout. If you didn't watch it.. watch it.

[Chocoboy]

I thought it was one of best premieres I have watched in a long time. The ending scene with the dragons speech.. awesome.

[Greedouw]

Loved it; I thought I was watching a Cohen brothers production... billy bob is hilarious

[Siccmade]

Billy Bob's character (don't remember a name if it was mentioned) was such a ballsy, hilarious lunatic.

Aaaaand sold!

I'ma check it out.

[wipers]

anyone else catch this last night? i thought it was pretty fantastic

I was very impressed.

[Makwa]

I LIVE here and didn't get a chance to see it due to working evenings. Gonna have to see it online sometime.
Theater near my apartment had some big viewing for people wanting to see the show.

[Gwynplaine]

Ending was fairly clever because things just seem to have gotten totally out of control, until the last second.

I'm unsure if they can sustain so much murder and mayhem going on for a whole series. I mean the reason the movie worked is because the setting was quiet dull town where violent crime is rare. If people are just going to be getting gruesomely murdered several times every episode it's just going to seem overused and numb. The writing was good so maybe they know how to use it appropriately.

[Qalbert]

was interesting to see

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where the money came from

[Byrd]

was interesting to see

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where the money came from

Yeah, I really enjoyed that twist. I remember finding myself wondering how that resolved itself.

Really enjoying this show. If I had one complaint, it's that Sheriff Better Call Saul's stupidity seems a little over the top.

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Now that I think about it, maybe he's in on it, through Fargo, and they're telling him not to solve the case. That would explain the excessive stupidity.

[Byrd]

This week's episode was also amazing, although the

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whiteout

seemed a little too convenient at the end, and made what eventually happened seemed a little inevitable.

But what Lorne did:

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to Don, the trainer was truly a work of art. If there's nothing else I remember from this series 10 years from now, I'm going to remember that. Wow.

[KoalaTrap]

I enjoyed the whiteout. Gave the fight a super noiry feeling. That last episode was so awesome what with Lester's doings and Malvo is the best.
I also liked the call back to the movie with the "I decided I didn't want to park here" scene.

I love this show and hope it'll get renewed. Hopefully the ratings are good, but I haven't heard much hype about it. I think people who enjoyed True Detective would love it.

[grantlogan]

I wanna know where those fish came from.