Big letdown in the last episode. I started having issues with the second to last episode, when Dorothy forgets her rifle when she goes under the water container to hide. Why would she leave her firearm above? Her only tool for self-protection?
I feel like the writers wrote the themes they wanted to talk about FIRST, and the characters SECOND. All the characters were one dimensional. The superman characters (Dorothy, the mother-in-law, Roy Tillman) should've had more "darkness" that hindered them, or gave them an Achilles heel. And all the other meek characters (Gator, Witt, Wayne) should've shown more strength underneath. Ole Munch was not written clearly enough to be understood by the viewer. Deputy's Olmstead was also one dimensional, and her decision to work for Mrs. Lyon meant nothing, and the speech that the Deputy's husband made was so "on-the-nose" that I felt that the show went inside my nostrils and was hanging out with my snot. I can't believe someone wrote that speech and felt that they delivered.
I felt no shock during this season. I felt no fear. The charm of Fargo, it being the local characters with their "normal people" personalities and accents, but with a shocking twist, was forgotten. Instead we had Supermans, militia wars, and James Bond characters. Once I saw that nothing really terrible was going to happen in the show (i.e., the husband surviving the electric shock), then the show lost my interest.
This was an ok show, but it wasn't Fargo. I really liked Dorothy- Juno Temple did a great job. Big kudos to her. But the show did not feel like Fargo.
I feel like the writers wrote the themes they wanted to talk about FIRST, and the characters SECOND. All the characters were one dimensional. The superman characters (Dorothy, the mother-in-law, Roy Tillman) should've had more "darkness" that hindered them, or gave them an Achilles heel. And all the other meek characters (Gator, Witt, Wayne) should've shown more strength underneath. Ole Munch was not written clearly enough to be understood by the viewer. Deputy's Olmstead was also one dimensional, and her decision to work for Mrs. Lyon meant nothing, and the speech that the Deputy's husband made was so "on-the-nose" that I felt that the show went inside my nostrils and was hanging out with my snot. I can't believe someone wrote that speech and felt that they delivered.
I felt no shock during this season. I felt no fear. The charm of Fargo, it being the local characters with their "normal people" personalities and accents, but with a shocking twist, was forgotten. Instead we had Supermans, militia wars, and James Bond characters. Once I saw that nothing really terrible was going to happen in the show (i.e., the husband surviving the electric shock), then the show lost my interest.
This was an ok show, but it wasn't Fargo. I really liked Dorothy- Juno Temple did a great job. Big kudos to her. But the show did not feel like Fargo.