We all have issues with our police forces and I see no problem with filmakers referring to this.

Last edited by besleybean (May 29, 2014 7:29 pm)

While I'm here, 2 funny incidents at work...
1 a few weeks ago:
My colleague was playing tennis wirh one of the kids.
He belted the ball real hard.
It whacked said colleague right in the middle of the forehead.
She swayed and I honestly thought she was gonna keel over like Lester's wife.
" That was all a bit Fargo!" I said to her!

Then today, I walked into our office and there was a hammer, sitting right in the middle of the unit.
I grabbed it and headed for the door, just as said colleague walked in.
I brandished it at her.  
She laughed and said. "yeah, but where would you hide it?!"

tonnaree wrote:

Is it wrong that Evil Lester is dead sexy...........

No, not at all. Though it's kinda amazing that they're making you sympathize with a man who deliberately killed his wife. Very clever TV-making, that.

So just throwing this out there preemptively, wondering how many of you have seen this week's yet (or for when those of you do on Sunday)?  Anyone else curiously surprised in a 'wait a minute' way at the time jump in the story?  But then, it did make sense… without any further developments and each character's spot fairly wrapped up, they could move it ahead.
Boy, after a year of 'back to normal' or smooth sailing (or being stuck), though, I'm probably not the only one who can't wait for the police people to cross paths with the case again, and a confrontation between Lester and Lorne!   

Have now got my hubby watching this, although I'm to sure he really 'gets it'. He was a bit confused by the flashbacks. I thought the scene with the FBI men outside the building and Lorne going in and the ensuing mayhem, all being filmed externally, with the panning across the windows, was just a fantastic piece of work.

Yes, and yes, to all of the above with the highlights I didn't mention. 
I noticed and loved that movie link, too!  After my viewing-friend and I got over our 'wait a minute, what?' curious surprise at the time jump, they give you a laugh throwing you right into that, and she got it right away too.  Clever variation of haircuts for several of them to show time passing, as well.
That choice of panning across the building with just the sounds of mayhem was the best.  One of the most 'whoah' moments, other than Lorne's scenes in the hospital (Mr. Wrench!), and suddenly seeing him again at the ending.  Oh, Lester, how you've changed!
Did anyone else realize who played the two hapless (again!) stakeout agents in Fargo?  I don't watch many comedians, but read later that it was the duo Key & Peele.

Also still love how, in keeping with the style, lots of the titles are philosophy/riddle metaphors.  Can't believe there's only two left, but next is 'A Fox, A Rabbit, And a Cabbage', then 'Morton's Fork'… one being a logic riddle about careful pairings most of you probably know?  And the other referring to a "specious piece of reasoning in which contradictory arguments lead to the same (unpleasant) conclusion"… kind of love the implications that gives.   

Me too.

Damn it Lester! Whyyyyyy. (Has everyone seen Ep 9 now? Because HECK)

*grins ear to ear at your response*   'Aww jeez', right?  I KNOW!!!!   
besley- yes, I'm pretty darn sure she means this week's, considering what our twisted boy Lester did.

(on the other side of things, SH, how happy are we with the shift for Molly, huh?) 

NotYourHousekeeperDear wrote:

Best episode yet!  I was on the edge of my seat the whole time waiting for Malvo to appear and shoot the hell out of Lester.  The orange coat thing really got me- I'm still thinking about it!
Who do you think is more evil, Lester or Malvo?  Lester's breed of evil is distrubing me more somehow...
 

 
I know!!  Whole thing was a whirlwind leading up to a heck of an impending ending!
And I don't know… most of the time, Malvo's 'evil' was simply being a cold/matter-of-fact 'nobody crosses me or I'll get them' type (hey, he was willing to give up his current con, after trying to warn him off once, to possibly work with Lester, and only killed those he needed to).  Lester's various 'evil acts' so far was being outright deviously avengeful (right word?) to his wife, his brother, his nephew (!).  That bit with the coat was a mix of cowardly selfish saving-his-butt type reaction that made us exclaim at the screen, knowing exactly what was coming!  Possibly more disturbing because you aren't quite as sure when he'll try to twist things for his own ends (or what is willing to do)?