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I blew off this tv series for a long time since most series based on a movie pretty much suck, with few exceptions like M.A.S.H.
I shouldn't have waited. This is an outstanding show!
There are four seasons and I have completed two of them. I will update as I finish the next two seasons.
Each season is a standalone story, and they are very faithful to the nuance, flavor, and ambiance of the movie. So if you like the movie, don't hesitate to check out this show.
Like the movie, the TV show claims to be a "true story". But like the movie, none of it is true.
Season 1: This story takes place over 10 episode in 2006. Billy Bob Thornton plays a hit man who, when he isn't killing people, likes to mess with ordinary people's heads with silly pranks. After a vehicular accident in which his most recent target manages to escape, he goes to an emergency room to have his wounds tended to. There, he meets a hapless rube (Martin Freeman of Sherlock fame) who has been bullied by everyone in his life, including his wife. Billy Bob decides to do the guy a favor and whack the rube's nemesis who has been beating him up since high school.
Much hilarity and mayhem ensues, with dead bodies strewn about the landscape in large quantities.
Season 2: Okay, then. This story takes place in 1979 in both North Dakota and Minnesota. A large Kansas City crime syndicate decides to make a move on a family-run syndicate in Fargo. An innocent butcher and his wife inadvertently get drawn into the chaos because the butcher's wife is a fricking sociopath played by Kirsten Dunst, who has never impressed me before now. She plays her role perfectly and her interactions with the other characters in the show are both hilarious and stupefying as she is attempting to actualize herself as was popular back in the 70s.
The actors in this season are much better known than the first season's actors. And the soundtrack is fantastic.
And for some damned unexplained reason, a UFO makes a few appearances in this season which have nothing to do with the story. Truly bizarre.
There is one incident in this season which must have based on an actual event: Murder of Gregory Glenn Biggs - Wikipedia
You'll see what I mean.
Enjoy!
I shouldn't have waited. This is an outstanding show!
There are four seasons and I have completed two of them. I will update as I finish the next two seasons.
Each season is a standalone story, and they are very faithful to the nuance, flavor, and ambiance of the movie. So if you like the movie, don't hesitate to check out this show.
Like the movie, the TV show claims to be a "true story". But like the movie, none of it is true.
Season 1: This story takes place over 10 episode in 2006. Billy Bob Thornton plays a hit man who, when he isn't killing people, likes to mess with ordinary people's heads with silly pranks. After a vehicular accident in which his most recent target manages to escape, he goes to an emergency room to have his wounds tended to. There, he meets a hapless rube (Martin Freeman of Sherlock fame) who has been bullied by everyone in his life, including his wife. Billy Bob decides to do the guy a favor and whack the rube's nemesis who has been beating him up since high school.
Much hilarity and mayhem ensues, with dead bodies strewn about the landscape in large quantities.
Season 2: Okay, then. This story takes place in 1979 in both North Dakota and Minnesota. A large Kansas City crime syndicate decides to make a move on a family-run syndicate in Fargo. An innocent butcher and his wife inadvertently get drawn into the chaos because the butcher's wife is a fricking sociopath played by Kirsten Dunst, who has never impressed me before now. She plays her role perfectly and her interactions with the other characters in the show are both hilarious and stupefying as she is attempting to actualize herself as was popular back in the 70s.
The actors in this season are much better known than the first season's actors. And the soundtrack is fantastic.
And for some damned unexplained reason, a UFO makes a few appearances in this season which have nothing to do with the story. Truly bizarre.
There is one incident in this season which must have based on an actual event: Murder of Gregory Glenn Biggs - Wikipedia
You'll see what I mean.
Enjoy!
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