Oh damn - another post I fell too far behind on. Uh, let's see. I loved the first and second seasons of Fargo like everyone else. The first was just this completely unexpected surprise that had no business working, and still worked beautifully. The second was just a masterpiece ten-episode run that started out pretty good and ended up so much better.
This third season? Meh. It just wasn't anything special! Still good, of course. But not essential. Not important. Not memorable. Two brothers, beefin' over parking lots and stamps? Color me unimpressed. Can we all agree that Carrie Coon was miscast here? You need the plucky, spunky likes of Marge Gunderson or Molly Solverson for that Minnesota-nice lady cop role to really sing, up against the sad, dark, pathetic lives of all the small time crooks and big time crime lords, you know? Coon's Gloria Burgle, I mean, Carrie Coon is just magnificent at what she does, but what she does is make you feel terrible and sad and sorry for her in these put upon, emotional toughness-laden roles.
I dunno - just kind of feels like Fargo lost its way this season. The show's seasons (and the movie) have had such a dark-comic tone to date - very Coen brothers, after all - but Season 3 just felt so much less fun, so much less philosophical, so much less mysterious - just all sort of regressed into a good-not-great hour-long drama this year, if you ask me.
Anyway, sounds like there'll probably be a fourth season, but that it's also likely at least a year and a half away, and possibly more. Good! Fine. We can barely keep up with all the TV out there as is, and I'd so much rather have Noah Hawley recharge his batteries and come up with something great than just kind of ho-hum another lackluster season in there.
Ho-hum! Lackluster! Look at me, spoiled shitless, saying this about Fargo of all shows! I know so many people worked hard as hell on this last season. What an asshole I'm being! And yet, hey, them's the breaks as long as Peak TV's going strong. Boo?
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