Fargo Season 2 **US Spoilers**

don ramo

Season 2 is starting this september, set back in 1979, gonna be weird having a new cast, and events playing out that have been mentioned in season 1,

must say though they've assembled some cast for it, gonna be interesting to see how it stacks up against season 1, which was great,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv4ABEEbabQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhaZIwagGw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhtdcliw-c0

Penfailed

Looking forward to it already!

Agent Coulson

Teaser.

bnt

Trailer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFVNi8gUEy4

Ted Danson's hair ... well, this is a deal. :cool:

NATLOR

Season one was the best TV ive seen in years,it is going to be tough to match the genius casting of Billy Bob Thornton and Martin Freeman but looking forward to it regardless

Agent Coulson

Starts tonight Stateside.

Arghus

I'm a massive, massive fan of the movie. I've seen it literally dozens of times down through the years.

I really had to fight a lot of skepticism on my part, to take the plunge with season one. Thankfully it turned out to be great.I remember that I watched it in tandem with season one of true detective, which I had expected to be the main course in my weeks tv watching. Imagine my surprise when I found myself looking forward to Fargo, more and more as the main attraction as the weeks went on.

Early word is extremely positive, so fingers crossed.

Shred

Netflix had this last year, I don't think they have it this year though do they?

Actually I see under 'coming up' here it states

2015 Fargo - Season 2 (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Benelux only)

NATLOR

Its being aired on Channel 4 next Monday at 10pm cant wait!

AnonoBoy

NATLOR wrote: »

Its being aired on Channel 4 next Monday at 10pm cant wait!

It's getting very positive reviews. Really looking forward to it.

B17G

Great start! Got all the anarchic quirkiness going again. Can't believe there hasn't been a post in this thread since it aired! Where are you all?

almost a bit too quirky of a first episode I thought. some of the aspects - the local police for one almost seems a bit too similar to season one. I miss Billy Bob already.

B17G

glasso wrote: »

I miss Billy Bob already.

A character unlikely to be equalled I suspect. Early days though.

Skerries

okay then!

FloatingVoter

Triple homicide, possible space aliens, body in freezer due to borderline psycho wife, Ted Danson, organised crime with death by powerpoint. We're off.
....oh and the ahem...Military Industrial Complex mixed with ten or twenty beers as per usual.

Arghus

Thought the episode was a fairly strong introduction to the Fargoverse in 1979. It established the characters and stakes fairly economically and distinctly: a lot of action went down in the 45 minutes and I never felt that I was on the recieving end of an information dump. I definitely wanted more of what the episode had to offer by the time it finished up.

I wonder if this season is going to be a bleaker experience overall compared to it's predecessor. The scene of death by trowel in the garage had a touch of horribleness and bleakness about it - animalistic scratching and snuffling, followed by a brutal dispatch - that wasn't always present in season one. The aftermath of the diner shootout was a world of oozing puddles of blood and dead corpse stares - yikes; even a throat slitting was played for laughs last time out. Only time will tell how the violence-humour mix will balance out

what did people think of the 70's tv techniques put in the episode - scenes with multiple fade to blacks, in-screen box reminders of previous scenes etc - I found them laid on a bit too thick to be honest. also didn't get the tv show set scnene at the start. don't get me wrong decent first episode but I found that these aspects de-immersed me (!) rather than immersed / drew me in.

Keplar240B

Could a young Lorne Malvo turn up in this?

FloatingVoter

Keplar240B wrote: »

Could a young Lorne Malvo turn up in this?

As a character ? BBT is about 60 in real life. So he'd be 23 or so in this era. Old enough to be getting into trouble. Young enough to be making silly mistakes.

Anachrony

glasso wrote: »

the local police for one almost seems a bit too similar to season one

Must run in the family.

Anachrony

Anachrony wrote: »

Must run in the family.

What I mean (I know about the relationships between characters in season 1 and 2) - is that it's a similar setup - old or retired cop with a younger cop.

season one
retired cop and his daughter (who he was trying to set up with the other cop from the different state/precinct)

season two
old cop with son-in-law (who becomes the retired cop in season one)

Unearthly

My god Todd from Breaking Bad has had a few too many burgers since then

ixoy

Unearthly wrote: »

My god Todd from Breaking Bad has had a few too many burgers since then

He gained it for the film 'Black Mass' and was then asked to pile on even more weight. I thought it was a fat suit at first.

IvaBigWun

A solid, if somewhat convoluted, start.

It had me considering a rewatch of the excellent first season.

pickarooney

Unearthly wrote: »

My god Todd from Breaking Bad has had a few too many burgers since then

Fat Damon

don ramo

brilliant start, jesus i was looking at yerman and was saying he looks like jesse plemons, and had to check to be sure, christ hes gonna be in the gym for 2 years losing that , probably be better off, its hard to get that dickhead todd out of my head

i forgot how great the casting was for season 2, mary jane, ron swanson, todd, db russell, saul tigh, and i must say they all work great, i dont know what character i want to see more of yet,

i love the dark humour that runs through the show, i didnt like the film that much until i watched it after season 1 again, im still debating to watch more of the coens films again, cause i really dont like anything much of what they done, but my love for fargo now has made me curious,

shrewdness

Great opening episode, sets it up well for the season. Loved the first season and this one looks like it could hold up to the same standard.

Seen this first episode and Black Mass close together, and I couldn't get over the weight Plemons had gained! I see he's playing a teammate of Lance Armstrong in "The Program" so I'd imagine he's in a bit better shape for that! Don't know how long ago that was filmed though.

Wow, just watched it and was that Macauley Culkins brother who goes crazy in the restaurant?

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AnonoBoy

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Wow, just watched it and was that Macauley Culkins brother who goes crazy in the restaurant?

Yes it was. He's a daycent actor.

He was styled in a nice little nod to Steve Buscemi in the original movie too I thought.

Keplar240B

The fake movie set in first scene is called "massacre at sioux falls"
a fake movie
which if you google gives this crime as first result

On the evening of November 17, 1973, five teenagers from Sioux Falls, South Dakota were attacked by a group of three brothers. Four of the teenagers were killed and one was raped.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Gitchie_Manitou_Murders
then this as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3NTFnnaPC8

ixoy

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Over episode two? "Eve of the War" by Jeff Wayne. TrackID served me well!

duckysauce

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el diablo

pickarooney wrote: »

Fat Damon

From Meth Damon to Fat Damon. :P

Decent first episode. Will watch episode 2 tonight.

Surprised this thread is so quiet.

Duggy747

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Yes it was. He's a daycent actor.

He was styled in a nice little nod to Steve Buscemi in the original movie too I thought.

Immediately who I thought of because of his mannerisms.

Really liking this so far, 2nd episode gets even more atmospheric with some good music cues.

Shane St.

what's with the aliens?

FloatingVoter

Shane St. wrote: »

what's with the aliens?

It's Fargo. It'd be rude not to invite them. As for lights in the sky, I'm sure there are USAF bases in the area. They'd have been testing stealth fighters back in '79 and drunk yokels were forever getting kidnapped.

ep2 a slow-burner to build some tension. I expect things to kick off soon.

cowboyBuilder

Wow ... what an opening 2 episodes, amazing stuff.

That last 10 minutes and the War of the Worlds music !! !!

Fargoverse is mad !!

cowboyBuilder

Keplar240B wrote: »

The fake movie set in first scene is called "massacre at sioux falls"
a fake movie
which if you google gives this crime as first result

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Gitchie_Manitou_Murders

Jaysus !!

more on that here
http://archive.argusleader.com/article/20131117/NEWS/311170029/Video-photos-Violent-memories-Gitchie-Manitou-murders

JP Liz V1

How many episodes of this new season have aired on Channel 4?

Fred Swanson

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Unearthly

New episodes of this get put on Dutch Netflix on Tuesday's

wil

On again now. Channel 4. I enjoyed series 1 so hoping for same.

Fred Swanson

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Alfred Borden

For the second straight season, this is the best show on television.

FloatingVoter

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Rather you tell him than me. It's always good to have a construction business on the side. I'm sure there'll be a nice shopping centre sat atop the squirrel in no time at all. Besides, I don't hold out much hope for the electric typewriter business c. 1979.

good episode. things are moving on a bit. carnage surely not far away. Mike Milligan the star of the show so far.

B17G

Hilarious line there by Ted Danson in the hairdressers: "It's not like you're gonna just drive home with a Gerhardt in your windshield and start supper".

duckysauce

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they ain't cowboys

Fred Swanson

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plenty left for your driveway boss.