Fargo 3x04 intro "Peter and the Wolf" narrated by Billy Bob Thornton

Emmit as the bird/flute
Ray as the duck/oboe
Nikki as the cat/clarinet
Sy as the grandfather/bassoon
Yuri as the shotgun blast/kettle drum
Varga as the wolf/french horn
Gloria as Peter/strings

[@REECEM92]

One of the best openings in a TV series ever, Fargo is genius. Billy Bob Thornton returning to narrate it was the perfect choice.

[@colin-campbell]

REECEM92 how is it genius in your opinion?

[@jdbarr769]

@@colin-campbell Its a feeling. Kinda like that overwhelming need to plug sharp objects into your ear to scratch a subsurface itch in your sinusitis.

[@prince9013]

@@colin-campbell imo, its because in s1 malvo was HEAVILY linked with wolves/predators. like, every time he talked w the drug dealer wolves were playing in the background on the screens, or in the last episode when he was looking at the wolf outside the cabin he was staying at. so it's a perfect choice simply because it's "peter and the wolf" and malvo was the wolf in s1. anyway i know i'm like 2 years late to this sorry but i only recently got into fargo lmao

[@listentothemusicall]

I’m on this episode now. And it gave me chills

[@rickardkaufman3988]

@@prince9013 Same.

[@jackiethreehorn9049]

This opening is perfection, one of the best in fargo history

[@ruger51995]

History ever, its brilliant , I love the feel of this series that opening music right before eit plays in the little commercial thing fuck ily

[@ruger51995]

Whoa! Hey Jackie treehorn keep your gold brickin ass out of my Beach community

[@vb8428]

@@ruger51995 I think it was a nod or copy of Moonrise Kingdom

[@GLENNACHEEMS]

@@vb8428 I don't think so. I grew up watching the cartoon version of Peter and the wolf with the orchestra. A lot of classical music for kids is very instructive like this, but I know why you'd see this take being similar to the moonrise kingdom opening

[@GeoffreyBronson]

You can take out the word 'Fargo' in your statement mate, it one of the best intros of all time.

[@socrappyicoulddie]

Hearing Billy's voice again was like coming home.

[@dannythomas417]

What did you think of hearing Martin's English accent.

[@horatiotodd8723]

@@dannythomas417 was that martin in season 2?

[@vapormermaid]

And of course, it's narrated by Lorne Malvo.

[@mikefromspace]

AKA, BillyBob. 1/4 Choctaw 1/4 Italian, 1/2 Irish. Whaddya' get when you put those 3 in a room together? ...and don't say a BillyBob, that would be incestual. Best answer gets a free bag of popcorn and a live chicken.

[@lucianobielinis3280]

in season 2 , episode 9, Martin Freeman is the narrator of Hanze, and his plan to kill all in the hotel. Fargo its so perfect

[@fabianmorales2280]

I can help!

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

I’m hoping Hawley finds a way to bring back Freeman’s narrator character. Hawley said he sees the Fargo universe as a big book of true crime stories, and the narrator is the author.

[@janors5722]

When the main theme kicks in...chills.

[@benconnor3206]

janors “like this... “ same here

[@nathaniel201]

Indeed

[@ruger51995]

Love that cold feel this my favorite shows ever i hope they keep making the series for ever

[@CousinBowling]

@@ruger51995 is season four up to par?

[@kris242]

I love the choice of Thorton here particularly because of how his character of Malvo was completely obsessed with comparing humans to their animal ancestors. This whole scene plays out this very philosophy in a wonderful way.

[@aaronmeade5435]

True I'm kinda like malvo I love comparing humans to animals in terms of traits

[@briannavarrete49]

Malvo narrating Holy shit!

[@loyaltheorist3927]

Billy Bob Thornton has a very distinct voice

[@TheGreendragon1001]

Aces!

[@joshwaring7772]

Alexander Clark aces

[@HotelBedSheets]

Hahaha! Nice one 😂

[@baburao87]

Aziz!

[@conradlester8520]

i'm gonna stick my whole thumb in this comments butt

[@shamsthewhisteller3232]

this scene is fatherfucking AMAZING

[@jasoneaton4520]

😂 😂 and hell yeah.

[@jcvks4526]

Varga depicting Bulimia is so realistically accurate. Props to him for being a great actor. Edit : I meant David Thewlis, lol

[@farfromsensibletv]

Jcvks actor? Don't you mean David Thewlis then? 😂

[@9Hansi3]

Attila Riedel there's something else: Varga is a multi millionaire in "a 200$ suit", he wants to hide bis status. Being fat can be considered a luxury, so while he wants to enjoy a wealthy lifestyle, he doesn't want to show it. Remember him making fun of Sy's wife for being fat? That's my theory, but it's probably mental illness instead.

[@chej9]

In spanish, Rome backwards is love (Roma-Amor).

[@ruger51995]

Attila Riedel the romans used to do that shit? Thats bizarre i havde to research that what a backwards community. Shows how stupid we were but were coming full.circle

[@jaroslavbelohlavek2138]

@Attila Riedel But more isn't rome backwards..sophist. Other then that. I fully agree with your analysis.

[@henkdachief]

as a german kid in the 90s I listened to "peter und der wolf" with all these songs, it was very exiting

[@ninischil]

same

[@levvy3006]

It's a Russian fairytale/story

[@jlbyler22]

Me too! Threw me right back in time to my grade school Music Class.

[@jordanhicks5131]

I listened to them too here in America

[@GarAguilar]

Yeah here in the states I listened to it all the time as a kid too.

[@OOHyeahpeggyhill]

love that Cy (grandfather) makes a 3-point turn with a toy car...

[@justjaguar2314]

Sy Feltz, yep. Pretty sad he got (basically) crippled at the end tho

[@Bebop17]

This is a masterwork of television. Absolutely one of the strongest openings to any episode ever and wonderful to me personally because I had an audiotape of Peter and the Wolf that introduced the characters just like this. I absolutely loved this.

[@itamarcuts]

Varga as the wolf is brilliant

[@geordiejones5618]

Everyone loved Malvo but this guy truly made me uncomfortable most of the time.

[@TheMusicLauncher]

He tried to control everything, but couldn't even control his body

[@DLKCOMEDY88]

@@TheMusicLauncher what he did is the definition of controlling his body.

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

David thewlis has played a werwolf, cause hes the wolf

[@williamtoledo6871]

As far as the problematic villains-with-mental-illness trope goes, I feel like Varga's bulimia, ironically, is the most humanizing part of him. It's the one struggle he hides away from the rest of the world to maintain his cold, powerful, ruthless exterior. The look on his face in the bathroom is the most vulnerable and sincere we've seen him at this point in the season. I don't have bulimia myself, so I definitely could be wrong, but that's the way I read it.

[@weshouser821]

I kind of read it to showcase his greed. Like if you notice he eats ALOT of different food I mean you could feed 6 people with that breakfast. He mentions later to the guy about his fat wife. I looked at this to show that Varga wants to eat as much as possible without getting actually becoming fat.

[@amellowblue]

​@@weshouser821 Yeah, he's a predator that enjoys gorging itself as much as it enjoys killing, while Malvo is a more catlike predator that enjoys sneaking around in the green and not being noticed

[@mzytryck]

@@weshouser821 I agree, and I think it also shows his misanthropy and hypocrisy. He repeatedly shows throughout the season how much contempt he has for people in general, so I think it gives him pleasure to eat lots of food if only to stop other people from getting it and make the cooks go through the effort of making it. I notice that even though we see him eating food from all different plates, we don't actually see whether he finishes them; I can easily see him leaving the dishes unfinished, but now spoiled so the cooks (likely not well-paid, and thus worth less than rich people in his philosophy) have to bin the leftovers and make a fresh meal for the next customer. I can also see him being amused by the knowledge that by wasting food and labour (and thus increasing its scarcity) he would be very slightly contributing to rising prices, causing more suffering for those who don't have money to burn. Of course, since his last line in the season is to claim that he hates waste, it just goes to show what a complete hypocrite he is. I think this may be to contrast him with Malvo, who seemed to sincerely believe in the twisted philosophy he espoused and so showed genuine respect to people who lived up to his standards and died (relatively) gracefully when two unwilling students of his beat him at his own game. Varga is, first and foremost, a total prick who enjoys petty bullying, so it makes sense that his philosophical musings are pure pretension to show off his superiority, rather than honest convictions, and him wasting food in this way shows that quite clearly.

[@JimmySteller]

Interesting how in this rendition, the hunters are working for the wolf instead of hunting him.

[@nicanornunez9787]

Yes, they hunt, but also looks like some kind of political.

[@poptartstheyalludeme3419]

I suppose in this story the hunters are feeding the duck, goose, cat and grandfather to the wolf.

[@es1erha7i]

Gloria as Peter is very very cute

[@ruger51995]

One23drumm I like Nikki as the cat :) sucks she died I started to really like her

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

ruger51995 what are you talking about?

[@ruger51995]

XtreemMetalMan Nicki swango died bra

[@XtreemMetalManRedToTheBone]

ruger51995 k

[@madridista1902]

this show is a masterpiece

[@JamesEdgeX]

After the amazing introduction, we then hear the Fargo theme played. Incredible. It's just 10/10!

[@robleeuknhl3345]

Minister frank peterson narating. ..perfect

[@durgeshkinnerkar2826]

After dragging on for first 3 eps this, THIS was the moment I decided I will watch the whole season ....

[@FoxxNavarro]

This scene alone should win all the emmys forever

[@fillipe4700]

I love Billy Bob Thornton

[@perjutsu2936]

Too hard for me to choose the best season of Fargo, they’re all amazing

[@kennethkaraffa6233]

1) Season 2 2) Season 1 3) Season 3 in my opinion. Love this show. Looking forward to season 4

[@rufo3]

@@kennethkaraffa6233 Season 2 is precisely the worst on this series. Only Kirsten Dunst' character was interesting.

[@brianliberante]

@@rufo3 Crazy. Mike Milligan and Hanze?

[@rufo3]

@@brianliberante I think they were shitty characters, their only point is to represent minorities

[@BananaRama1312]

@@rufo3 the fuck? Guess youre a woke redpilled trumpy then

[@albertogomez5672]

Curious fact: David Thewlis, who plays V. M. Varga, called "The Wolf" here, plays Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter saga, a werewolf.

[@RARARAZZ]

Poor Sy, he was so helpless and unprepared

[@davidci]

I mean, at least he survived at the end of this season. Basically everyone else mentioned here died (except for the police officer of course)

[@iamtriston666]

I don't know he seemed kind of a snob.

[@jamesfromthecomputer]

Damn I had no idea this was Billy Bob narrating, that's amazing

[@juanaceves6363]

Blah B you've never seen the first season?

[@jamesfromthecomputer]

If you think Billy Bob Thornton is using the same tone and cadence here that he used to play Lorne Malvo you're high or something

[@rudy_4ier]

+Blah B not that different. As both the narrator and Malvo, he spoke articulately and calmly. It's very discernible if you're a decent listener at all.

[@mihaa94sky]

Strange, I recognised Malvos voice immediately.

[@ruger51995]

Yeah I flipped shit I knew it was billy before he even started talking.

[@khazms]

I never understood why V.M Varga threw up, why his teeth looked messed up and why he picked at it.. but looking at this scene, I get it. He said he wears cheap clothes and takes coach/economy in airplanes because he wants to appear poor. So, the idea is, fat men meant (back in roman times anyway) that they were wealthy and had status. Because of that, he becomes bulimic. He has an insatiable hunger and he throws it up to stay thin. When the stomach acids are constantly around your gums and teeth, it erodes the enamel and causes infection.. For those infections, bacteria or other things build up and cause pain, so when he picks his teeth, it releases them causing relief like from a bad itch.

[@nandoproductions_]

Characters like Varga only come once in a lifetime...

[@turkishjanitor3666]

Characters like him don't come around often, I'd want them again and again

[@1995griff1995]

Masterpiece! The whole season!

[@justjaguar2314]

Egyetértek! Kedvenc évad :]

[@sujetverbe8681]

David Thewlis exceptionnel et Mary Elizabeth merveilleuse.

[@viwn3856]

Thanks for the upload! What a fantastic intro of Fargo 3x04! I looooved Peter and the Wolf. And don't know how often I listened to it at my grandparents house... Thanks again for the upload! :)

[@kmouts]

You 're welcome! I searched for it and didn't find it, so I decided to upload it for anyone who might be looking for it. It's amazing

[@ruger51995]

beautiful opening genius really I love it. great to hear billys voice too

[@lovepeace230]

I can't believe it's been so long since this show aired. One of the best.

[@sopronunciareglignocchi7255]

Aren't they filming season 5 now?

[@Astro201281]

This show is the perfect example of how to turn a movie into a TV series. Very excited to start on season 4. Each season has been stellar so far. Oh yah.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

4th season is a disappointment

[@Astro201281]

@@ImNotADeeJay it was beyond disappointing, it had all the potential to be great, but simply fell flat.

[@kingozium6909]

What about season 5 haha

[@Astro201281]

​@@kingozium6909Absolutely awesome season, John ham turned it up!

[@harbhajansinghania]

poor Sy. the least evil of all characters this season

[@Akimbomiddlefingers]

nikki and gloria?

[@daveleafey9283]

Hussain Bhura you mean of the non good guys I assume

[@redien4785]

Wtf? Nikki is a murderer without remorse!? She kills several innocent people? :D

[@user-uu3jk4gk9z]

He did leave Nikki for dead after she was beaten by Yuri and Meowmo so he's not completely good

[@bartoszszalaj]

The only thing he's guilty of is inaction. Nothing besides that.

[@amartyachatterjee7118]

Ahh, Lorne Malvo, my favorite character in the entire Fargo series.

[@JakeKoenig]

Well this confirms it.. Malvo cannot be killed.

[@dcvg5189]

Unbelievable how good this is.

[@PuppyFanclubNZ]

The best opening in any series I have ever seen.

[@Pennywise-hn5qw]

That was my favourite opening...the characters are perfect as animals...i never have seen someone who throw up so professional

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

PERFECTION

[@Physeter]

NeverSaySandwich1 SANDWICH!!!

[@conradlester8520]

the first time I watched season 3 (dvd), it felt weak compared to the first two. rewatched it recently and i have a new appreciation for it. just fantastic. looking forward to season 4.

[@micahclawrence]

Professor Lupin was the best thing in this season.

[@albertogomez5672]

Don't forget Ramona Flowers dating General Kenobi.

[@javierrojas5757]

@@albertogomez5672 lol

[@Sam_T1021]

love the drums when yuri walks in

[@TheImelda28]

Goosebumps every time I watch this

[@nitor4076]

I wish they'd produce a complete record of Peter & The Wolf narrated by Thornton, the beginning exactly like this.

[@ruger51995]

I really enjoyed this that they brought bikly for this, very awesome , he's the best actor

[@strider1589]

Ay who has seen the Disney cartoon version and realized that Ray shakes his mustache at 00:35 just like Sacha the duck?! Fucking genius.

[@adamwarlock8263]

this really defied my expectations. such fun! so much fun!!!

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

I got chills as soon as I heard BBT's voice

[@shilliojr]

Season 1 and 2 were perfection, but 3 and 4 were both excellent too! This is a great example why!

[@zkittlezthabanditt604]

Man, his voice is just so perfect

[@bluerisk]

This scene alone proves me, how superior TV shows have become to movies. A movies dies not have the time to do such scenes. Many even simply fail because they can't explain and built up an complex universe like Fargo, or Dune to name an entirely different example, but are still set into one.

[@Bonebounder93]

from a werewolf to a credit shark lel

[@adrianveidt3600]

arnold rothstein back in action

[@jordanhicks5131]

Who played Arnold Rothstein? In boardwalk empire right?

[@guilbertjemane1327]

I feel stupid for not realising this yet, but the name 'Varga' could mean a lot more than I once thought. Of course this is all probably mumbo jumbo. Varga is bulimic, binging and purging, which shows some greed where he wastes food, which just clicked in my brain. Varga is very similar to 'Vargulf', which I believe is a wasteful wolf, which kills cattle but does not eat (from the best of my memory) A similarity in names is nothing, though, just thought it was intriguing.

[@guilbertjemane1327]

Just realised that upon searching Vargulf, it has appeared on something called 'Hemlock Grove'. But I swear I read it in one of my old folklore books.

[@guilbertjemane1327]

Oh, it's apparently Norse, interesting

[@TylerDurden-td2yg]

Also quite ironic because in the last scene he mentions he hates nothing more than waste. But he eats so much food, just to throw up afterwise every time. Only too eat more. And he is filthy rich but his lifestyle does not represent it. Can be also seen as waste. Or just being veeeery cautious. Nevertheless interesting

[@kristinawashington1773]

sweet video. Thank you for the video.

[@aaronhrk]

Pure magic :-)

[@departed402]

I love Fargo. After the release of season 4, I would contend that season 2 is still the best overall, Lou Solverson is impeccable. However, season 3 has real anthology potential, and I hope they build on it.

[@mihaa94sky]

Ewan McGregor posing as Ewan McGregor!

[@patrickhicks9880]

this show is so different i love it

[@Rapidement123]

Masterpiece!

[@thefatman89]

Currently watching Fargo season 4 ... Up to episode 8... God I miss these types of sequences... How'd they forget these so much

[@thefatman89]

And my god after season 3 episode with the bus attack and chase sequence..... Literally cannot top that!! So not sure what I expected

[@AndySalinger33]

Best character in television history? Yes.

[@gulfrelay2249]

Daniel VARGA

[@DUWANGlai_kangyi]

Mmm no, Yuri and Nikki are my muses

[@Stefano-dd2sf]

Lorne malvo and vm varga........and hanzee

[@AndySalinger33]

@@Stefano-dd2sf 🎯

[@moacirleite7511]

One of the best tv shows ever

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

The actual plot in Fargo is great but you’ve seen it before. It’s the direction and stuff like this that sets it apart from every other TV show.

[@MothraBlues]

SUCH a clever scene! I didn't think the Fargo TV series could ever top season 1, but it did so in SPADES (with BELLZON, even!) with season 3. Best thing on TV since Breaking Bad, but half the world sadly didn't seem to notice. Oh well - WE DID, & that's wot counts at the end of the day (y'know - when all's said & done, etc). Ta for posting this!

[@felipeleal6284]

best series ever made

[@charlesmolen5482]

Yes. Behind breaking bad offcourse.

[@PretentiousStuff]

@@charlesmolen5482 breaking bad is just a glorified soap opera.

[@sonofjesus2109]

Season 3 is so fucking underrated

[@rolfisdreamworld489]

amazing genius

[@mushieroomlover]

I love that Varga is the wolf because in swedish varg means wolf!! :D

[@Errboee]

Awesome

[@aledantih6524]

Anyone notice that the stamp is a guy pushing a bolder up a hill? Like in the story in season 2

[@brothershamus1160]

If Fargo was a person I would want to marry it.

[@phyarth8082]

In Big Lebowski David Thewlis played eurotrash artist, yeah American shores was hit by "Bruno - Cultural teachings of Austrian eurotrash for Make America great again" and other high taste European fashion, American think if person speaks posh English accent or wears Italian Gucci sunglasses indoors he is has high class personality.

[@JSavo_]

Didn't notice it was BBT till now. That's awesome.

[@crowngagan]

saw and heard fargo first time, shit now I have to watch entire series from starting, damn welcome sleepless nights

[@alyxi]

And out of the darkness the wolves came, whispering....

[@nilsdeboeck3179]

Such a good series, with such good actors

[@macklemorganfreeman8488]

This ahow was like hypnotism from the start

[@luc-405]

I still think it's an incredible sin to proclaim that this is a true story. Don't even argue with me.

[@JollyGraham]

Yes I agree. Now every time a film that really is based on the truth will be doubted. Saying that I still think Fargo is brilliant.

[@ThomasRedfield]

Genius.

[@jjarichardson]

Good, then I'll begin...

[@frankunderwood8641]

2:28 He had yellow eyes... Yellow eyes! So help me God, YELLOW EYES!!!

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

2:29 V.M. Varga as the "wolf". Yeah I see where they were really going there. 😂

[@aaronmeade5435]

Wow suits each character to a t especially varga gorging like a ghastly wolf the disgustingly retching into the toilot to show fear and the feeling of unease and quesyness

[@briang.2218]

The Billy Bob Thornton thing makes me wonder, if we like to entertain the fan theory of Malvo being a manifestation of Satan, would Varga be the same? Of course, I don't think Fargo will ever in-lore go supernatural, but I suppose they're thematically the same archetype.

[@naomituson.7637]

I liked Fargo I watched it with my ex boyfriend one winter .The landscape makes everything less predictable and that's why I began to enjoy it It's surreal quality like that of twin peaks mixed with Quentin tarentinos love of the gangster and also I like the misfits in power.So ironic because as a misfit you realise your normal and it the people in power who are weird.

[@edcrick]

Genius

[@roanboersma3401]

malvo is back

[@Boback111]

Nice... French horns for the wolf... it's the music from "A Christmas Story" when the two bullies jump Ralphie & friends!!! Thanks

[@boskee]

It's the music from Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf

[@gregmattes2119]

Oh my god it is😂😂. That's hilarious

[@a.az.a7726]

My dude didn't even bother to rinse between purging and using oral speay. Haha.

[@sarahanne__]

i knew recognised his voice damn it it taken me to read wiki

[@mattwell7236]

Sarah Anne you probably could have just looked in the comments instead of opening up a whole other browser and doing extensive research to find out but then again I dont see how you could watch this show and not know that was Billy Bobs voice.

[@JG-tb2lt]

Soo genius

[@hannetjrebraten5954]

My god... this show.

[@brianoksa9362]

I hate 99% of all other movie productions and TV shows but Ethan and Joel know how to scratch all of my itches, and even find more itches that need to be scratched that I didn't even know itched...."Aces"

[@Sam-bj9fy]

If I had a nickel for every time a Fargo villan was symbolized by a wolf I’d have two nickels which isn’t a lot but strange it happened twice

[@saareeshchuriwala8616]

I am fairly certain that this opening was inspired by the opening of Wes Anderson's movie, "Moonrise Kingdom".

[@ashutoshsharma2197]

exactly

[@vb8428]

Just realized this