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Wow, excellent post!
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Holy cow!
What an episode.
Bruce Campbell shows up as Ronald Reagan. Bonus!
The body count is really picking up.
There were about half a dozen memorable and/or hilarious lines in the episode.
The tension in almost every single life in the show is ratcheting up, but for slightly different reasons in each case.
Beautiful pacing, writing, acting, plot, music. Terrific show so far. People who join late will have the pleasure of binge watching. Lucky them.
What an episode.
Bruce Campbell shows up as Ronald Reagan. Bonus!
The body count is really picking up.
There were about half a dozen memorable and/or hilarious lines in the episode.
The tension in almost every single life in the show is ratcheting up, but for slightly different reasons in each case.
Beautiful pacing, writing, acting, plot, music. Terrific show so far. People who join late will have the pleasure of binge watching. Lucky them.
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A: “Not unless round is funny.”
A: “Not unless round is funny.”
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Bruce Campbell nailed that bit as Reagan. Caught the essence.
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Rhinocerous -- Best episode to date!
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I think that this season so far has been considerably better than the first season, even though the first season was outstanding.
I love these characters and the way each of them is in a slightly different orbit around a cluster of really bad stuff.
Ted Danson is terrific. I never liked him at all before this role, but he's been great so far.
The black dude is the best philosopher/humorist hitman since Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.
I love these characters and the way each of them is in a slightly different orbit around a cluster of really bad stuff.
Ted Danson is terrific. I never liked him at all before this role, but he's been great so far.
The black dude is the best philosopher/humorist hitman since Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.
Q: “Do you have funny shaped balloons?”
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A: “Not unless round is funny.”
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I was a bit disappointed when I first saw him on the screen but yeah, he's holding his own in this show. Maybe it's a testament to the good writing.MediumTex wrote: Ted Danson is terrific. I never liked him at all before this role, but he's been great so far.
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This weeks episode was awesome. Great suspense.
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I loved the cabin scene.AdamA wrote: This weeks episode was awesome. Great suspense.
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yeah...and the bar scene.Jack Jones wrote:I loved the cabin scene.AdamA wrote: This weeks episode was awesome. Great suspense.
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Oh yeah, forgot about that! It's crazy when you stop to consider that this all happened, more or less.AdamA wrote: yeah...and the bar scene.
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I hate to burst your bubble, Jack, but it is most assuredly *not* based on a true story. That part is just a joke.Jack Jones wrote:Oh yeah, forgot about that! It's crazy when you stop to consider that this all happened, more or less.AdamA wrote: yeah...and the bar scene.
They got away with it when the movie came out because no one had the internet to readily look it up. Nowadays, in the tv series, they still say the same thing, but it's just tongue-in-cheek.
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Ah man, well I won't shoot the messenger. Thanks for setting me straight.dualstow wrote:I hate to burst your bubble, Jack, but it is most assuredly *not* based on a true story. That part is just a joke.Jack Jones wrote:Oh yeah, forgot about that! It's crazy when you stop to consider that this all happened, more or less.AdamA wrote: yeah...and the bar scene.
They got away with it when the movie came out because no one had the internet to readily look it up. Nowadays, in the tv series, they still say the same thing, but it's just tongue-in-cheek.
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I had to let my folks down pretty recently as well.
Didn't seem to put a dent in their enjoyment.
Didn't seem to put a dent in their enjoyment.
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I think we all just want to believe there are criminals out there that are that badass.dualstow wrote: I had to let my folks down pretty recently as well.
Didn't seem to put a dent in their enjoyment.
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There probably are, but it's hard to get video evidence.Jack Jones wrote:I think we all just want to believe there are criminals out there that are that badass.dualstow wrote: I had to let my folks down pretty recently as well.
Didn't seem to put a dent in their enjoyment.
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Did anybody besides me see this week's great episode? The UFO just topped it off!
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Have never missed an episode this season. It's too good to pass up for anything else.Reub wrote: Did anybody besides me see this week's great episode?
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I loved the episode...but was wondering why the writers chosed to put a UFO in it.
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I mostly ignored that, but there's some commentary here that I agree with.AdamA wrote: I loved the episode...but was wondering why the writers chosed to put a UFO in it.
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Nice essay on the finale.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FargoTV/commen ... f_197980s/
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Regarding the appearance of UFOs this season, those come straight out of 1970's Minnesota. See http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/10/27 ... n-incident
Minnesota in the 1970s was something of a hotbed of UFO activity — for the people who believe in that kind of thing. "This was a big decade for UFOs in Minnesota," said Dave Kenney, co-author of "Minnesota in the 70s."
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Yup, see reply#15, Zed. And post in the Linux threads. Share your genius!
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I think that season 2 was better than season 1.
Season 2 was some of the best television I have ever seen.
If you go back and watch it a second time, there are all sorts of details that you probably missed the first time around.
Brad Garrett's explanation of his shampoo preferences takes on a lot more meaning when you know that his head is going to be in a box shortly thereafter.
When it flashes back to Dodd riding to town with his dad, when you realize that Dodd was getting ready to commit his first murder as a boy of 12 or so, the shots from them riding in the truck are sort of chilling.
The comedy alone was worth watching. Deadpan black comedy is hard to beat.
Season 2 was some of the best television I have ever seen.
If you go back and watch it a second time, there are all sorts of details that you probably missed the first time around.
Brad Garrett's explanation of his shampoo preferences takes on a lot more meaning when you know that his head is going to be in a box shortly thereafter.
When it flashes back to Dodd riding to town with his dad, when you realize that Dodd was getting ready to commit his first murder as a boy of 12 or so, the shots from them riding in the truck are sort of chilling.
The comedy alone was worth watching. Deadpan black comedy is hard to beat.
Q: “Do you have funny shaped balloons?”
A: “Not unless round is funny.”
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The Hanzee Dent storyline is hard to beat, although I did love Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo in season 1.MediumTex wrote: I think that season 2 was better than season 1.
Season 2 was some of the best television I have ever seen.
If you go back and watch it a second time, there are all sorts of details that you probably missed the first time around.
Brad Garrett's explanation of his shampoo preferences takes on a lot more meaning when you know that his head is going to be in a box shortly thereafter.
When it flashes back to Dodd riding to town with his dad, when you realize that Dodd was getting ready to commit his first murder as a boy of 12 or so, the shots from them riding in the truck are sort of chilling.
The comedy alone was worth watching. Deadpan black comedy is hard to beat.
Did you know that Martin Freeman (Lester Nygard from season 1) narrated episode 9?
"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone."
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