Fargo Season 3

[nicksaviking]

I was just going to add this to the past thread but I see there is already a Season 1 and a Season 2 thread.

 

Not a lot of big names in Season 3 from the sound of it, Ewan McGregor is top billing which sounds good to me. They also announced that Jim Gaffigan is also going to be in it. I love Gaffigan, but that seems to have the potential to be too on point for comic relief. They'll probably have to treat that character carefully or it could easily become a caricature of what Gaffigan does on stage which is probably too overt for a show trying to be a sophisticated crime comedy.

[Vanimal46]

When's it coming out? In Fargo I trust. One of the rare TV shows that must be watched live.

[nicksaviking]

I can't find any air dates but it says production starts in January so we still have awhile which stinks since Season 2 took place well over a year ago now.

 

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/fargo-fx-announces-new-season-three-cast-members/

[TheLeviathan]

One of many shows coming in the first half of 2017 I am super excited about.

[USAFChief]

Can't wait!

[jimmer]

Supposedly Season 3 ties into the previous seasons.  Will be interesting to see how that works.

[Vanimal46]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkUAOahG9iY

 

Extended trailer for season 3!!! Warning: They do say S*** on the trailer. 

I'm so excited for this show to return! 

[TheLeviathan]

They ran a lot of previews during Legions finale (to it's quite outstanding season.  Aubrey Plaza for every award known to mankind) - the OJ/Meth line cracked me up.

[Vanimal46]

Tonight is the night! I'm bleeping excited for this show!!

[Vanimal46]

This season is starting off strong! Very intrigued with the story they're building up so far... 

[DaveW]

Stolen from AV Club Comments:

-Yet another well done job by the FX CEO of ass! Just outstanding work this year...

 

 

Great episode.

[Vanimal46]

"Happy birthday, or whatever."

[Vanimal46]

Not a lot of chatter about this show on here.... But once again, they're hitting it out of the park for season 3. 

[TheLeviathan]

It's a tad weaker than previous seasons IMO.

[jimmer]

 

It's a tad weaker than previous seasons IMO.

definitely.   still better than most things on TV, but definitely weaker.

[TheLeviathan]

I can't quite put my finger on why though.  I think, in previous seasons, certain characters had their hooks in me more.

 

Nobody has that at this point.  Stussey's Humvee driving stooge is the closest.  The British guy does nothing for me at this point, nor does that story.

[jimmer]

 

I can't quite put my finger on why though.  I think, in previous seasons, certain characters had their hooks in me more.

 

Nobody has that at this point.  Stussey's Humvee driving stooge is the closest.  The British guy does nothing for me at this point, nor does that story.

There  aren't any menacing bad guys, or at least we haven't seen any yet.

[DaveW]

There aren't any menacing bad guys.

Que?!?!

 

I think the big bad this year has been great, he's gonna go full Malvo soon enough.

 

Season one sort of dragged in the middle episodes as well. This will be fine

[BeenHazy]

When your most fleshed-out character is the stiff, you have a problem.

[jimmer]

 

Que?!?!

I think the big bad this year has been great, he's gonna go full Malvo soon enough.

Season one sort of dragged in the middle episodes as well. This will be fine

He's building up, but we haven't seen him do anything...yet.  We know it's there, though.

[Shane Wahl]

I have been a bit disappointed in this season. I certainly think it is the weakest of the three. Season two had a certain style that cannot be mimicked, however.

[Pardon My Dinger]

There aren't any menacing bad guys, or at least we haven't seen any yet.

True. But that's pretty much right on the money with Coen Bros' brand of storytelling (I know this is not a Coen Bros product, of course, but still...). In a Coen Bros story, the antagonist is genereally everyone's stupidity/obliviousness, and this season has that in spades.

 

I've only seen the first four, but I think it's pretty good so far. Stuhlbarg is just perfect.

[Pardon My Dinger]

...Their own stupidity and the fact that we are all tiny specs floating around in a chaotic and unforgiving universe without comprehending the meaninglessness of our relatively insignificant lives.

[Shane Wahl]

Also, this season involves a bit too much "yokelness" on the part of these Minnesotans. Unless there actually is a PD that was housed in a public library in 2010 somewhere. No computers? Her character is nowhere near and idiot, but she is made to be this luddite working as a cop out of a library . . . 

[nicksaviking]

When Noah Hawley took up Legion I mentioned that I was concerned that Fargo might not get his full attention. This season doesn't seem to have the same attention to detail or character development as past seasons. I really like most of the actors, but the characters aren't nearly as fleshed out as seasons previous. I wonder how much Hawley is actually involved this year.

 

Also, it sounds like this might be the last season:

 

http://screenrant.com/fargo-season-4-not-happening/

 

I'm guessing Hawley has other things on his plate, and if they include X-Men they are probably more profitable.

[Vanimal46]

 

When Noah Hawley took up Legion I mentioned that I was concerned that Fargo might not get his full attention. This season doesn't seem to have the same attention to detail or character development as past seasons. I really like most of the actors, but the characters aren't nearly as fleshed out as seasons previous. I wonder how much Hawley is actually involved this year.

 

Also, it sounds like this might be the last season:

 

http://screenrant.com/fargo-season-4-not-happening/

 

I'm guessing Hawley has other things on his plate, and if they include X-Men they are probably more profitable.

 

That's too bad if this is the last season of the show... I agree with others on here that this season is not the best. It's been a slow burn up to this point. Haven't watched this week's episode yet, but planning on it tonight. 

 

[DaveW]

I actually really like this season. I'm glad to see Mr. Wrench show back up, I am really hoping him and MEW can go on the lam together.