Fargo the TV series

I've been loving the show so far. The use of the Durufle Requiem throughout the third episode was masterfully done, especially at the end. I laugh as much during Fargo as during most comedies.

Oswalt's obtuseness doesn't surprise me. He's been shown to be basically averse to doing detective work since the first episode. I'm guessing the only reason he became chief is he was next in line in terms of seniority. Also, with all the detail that Malvo gave, I don't think it's a stretch that they believed him.

 

Totally agree with this view of Oswalt. Have to disagree about the music though.... it was the Fauré Requiem.

 

My minuscule knowledge of classical music, especially compared to you, comes back to bite me. Thanks for the correction.

 

The main reason I can tell them apart is that a) the Duruflé has a solo part for my voice type while the Fauré doesn't and b) The "Libera Me" from the Fauré is one of the most beautiful melodies ever composed IMO.

 

The Deus Ex Machina is pretty strong with this show. Which, in a sense, is too bad. I like shows where folks make the wrong choices based on reasonable logic, not writer-controlled obtuseness.

The show is too smug and elitist by half -- like the line in one episode that Bemidji doesn't have a library, when there's a damn college in the town -- and I'm not exactly sure why. It also seems unusually hateful of people. But I'm still watching.

 

After this episode, I'm not so sure. Holy fucking Christ.

I fine with violence in TV/movies when there is a point to it, but this was violence just to be show-offy. I'm not even sure what the story is anymore.

 

That said, the shootout in the blizzard was a pretty tremendous piece of TV.

 

What was the DOA count there at the end?

 

At least 4 dead, maybe 6 if the deaf hitman was killed by Molly before she got shot.*EDITED AFTER READING THE GRANTLAND Q&A** Yeah, revisionist history.

 

BTW, Molly isn't dead. Alison Tolman let that slip in an interview with Grantland. She's in "pretty bad shape," she said, but not dead.

 

Blue font? (It is not the last episode.)

 

Yeah, I realized both after the fact. I'm a damn good journalist, apparently.