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Fargo: Bisquik (2024)
Ok show, but no longer Fargo
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.
Black Mirror: Joan Is Awful (2023)
Horrible writing
Cool idea, cool concept, Alexis acts well, but the writing/dialogue is very painful. The music insults all viewers' intelligence by forcing people what feel what they want them to feel. Producers think celebrities = quality. THE SERVERS ARE OUTSIDE THE BOSS' OFFICE (something outside a 90s action movie- this was actually said in the episode. The plot is explained very blatantly. I feel nothing for any of the characters- the main character had a great almost half of the show though. I'm sure it's easy to make a list of why the older episodes were so much better, but as we all know, that is no longer the case with Black Mirror. It's very unfortunate.