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elementary my dear baxter
I like the movie Fargo. Didn't get it the first time I watched it but I like it more and more on subsequent viewings. ACAB and all but if I absolutely had to pick a cop to celebrate it would be Marge Gunderson. Followed by Robocop.
I've finished three seasons so far and enjoyed every one of them. I consider the series to basically be Coen Brothers Remix. My favorite game while watching is to determine what character slots people fit into. Like Lorne Malvo is in the same character slot as Anton Chigurh. Emmit Stussy is clearly in a George Clooney character slot. You get the idea.
Martin Freeman blew my mind with his performance in season 1. I think it's amazing how despite all the horrible ruthless evil stuff Malvo did over the course of the season Lester Nygard still managed to be the most despicable villain I've seen in some time. That eighth episode though, blew my fucking mind. I had just finished kind of wistfully thinking that the season could have ended on an unfortunately tragic, but existentially meaningful note at the end of the seventh. I was wildly unprepared for what came next. Absolute rollercoaster.
Kirsten Dunst also really nailed it and caught me by surprise with how sympathetic she ended up being in contrast to Lester, even though her actions led to entirely too many atrocities. Also a season where the eighth episode blew my mind. That shit in the cabin with the worst of the nazi farmers tied to a chair was just, perfection. I honestly was genuinely rooting for Peggy and Ed by that point up until things go south with Hanzee. It feels like if only Lou hadn't shown up at that point there could have been a happier ending for all three of them.
Season three is different. Things don't turn into a bloodbath quite as fast. The main character spends a whole episode solving a completely irrelevant mystery. The villain is absolutely fucking disgusting. How the hell does Evan McGreggor play George Clooney and the guy from Disco Elysium so well that I didn't notice either one was him for the entire first episode? And episode eight once again was once again a great ride, though I didn't feel it hit quite as hard because Mr. Wrench was spoiled for me. Nevertheless I LOVED the sudden incredible partnership he and Nikki formed, and the bowling alley scene where God appears and gives them his car was magnificent.
I got the vibe that some people think the series started going downhill with Season 3 and while I admit it didn't hit me quite as emotionally hard as the other two I still really got into the characters and story and also it has Winnie Lopez, who is hands down Best Girl, Best Character In The Series. I would watch an entire series of her and Gloria solving crimes together. I am heartbroken that in the grand scheme of things, they shared so very little screen time together and yet I treasure every second of that time all the more for it.
I'll probably start the fourth season tonight.
I've finished three seasons so far and enjoyed every one of them. I consider the series to basically be Coen Brothers Remix. My favorite game while watching is to determine what character slots people fit into. Like Lorne Malvo is in the same character slot as Anton Chigurh. Emmit Stussy is clearly in a George Clooney character slot. You get the idea.
Martin Freeman blew my mind with his performance in season 1. I think it's amazing how despite all the horrible ruthless evil stuff Malvo did over the course of the season Lester Nygard still managed to be the most despicable villain I've seen in some time. That eighth episode though, blew my fucking mind. I had just finished kind of wistfully thinking that the season could have ended on an unfortunately tragic, but existentially meaningful note at the end of the seventh. I was wildly unprepared for what came next. Absolute rollercoaster.
Kirsten Dunst also really nailed it and caught me by surprise with how sympathetic she ended up being in contrast to Lester, even though her actions led to entirely too many atrocities. Also a season where the eighth episode blew my mind. That shit in the cabin with the worst of the nazi farmers tied to a chair was just, perfection. I honestly was genuinely rooting for Peggy and Ed by that point up until things go south with Hanzee. It feels like if only Lou hadn't shown up at that point there could have been a happier ending for all three of them.
Season three is different. Things don't turn into a bloodbath quite as fast. The main character spends a whole episode solving a completely irrelevant mystery. The villain is absolutely fucking disgusting. How the hell does Evan McGreggor play George Clooney and the guy from Disco Elysium so well that I didn't notice either one was him for the entire first episode? And episode eight once again was once again a great ride, though I didn't feel it hit quite as hard because Mr. Wrench was spoiled for me. Nevertheless I LOVED the sudden incredible partnership he and Nikki formed, and the bowling alley scene where God appears and gives them his car was magnificent.
I got the vibe that some people think the series started going downhill with Season 3 and while I admit it didn't hit me quite as emotionally hard as the other two I still really got into the characters and story and also it has Winnie Lopez, who is hands down Best Girl, Best Character In The Series. I would watch an entire series of her and Gloria solving crimes together. I am heartbroken that in the grand scheme of things, they shared so very little screen time together and yet I treasure every second of that time all the more for it.
I'll probably start the fourth season tonight.