Fargo: Connections and recurring themes between seasons one and two

Connections in season one and two of the excellent FX TV series Fargo. Buy it; it's great.
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[@dzzzzzt]

I absolutely loved Kirsten Dunst in Season 2 as Peggy Blomquist. Great acting, I don't know why she wasn't recognized for it. All actors did amazing jobs in Season 2 but she was lost in her role.

[@johninns4358]

what. she was fucking irritating oh its penny FAST FORWARD

[@mathursathya]

Dude that was intention with which the character's created. Its supposed to irritate you. If you were genuinely irritated it means she did an amazing job.

[@xXTwigManXx]

I fucking hated her in it. Sure that was the intention but if that was the intention then why would I suddenly like her in it? They wanted me to hate the character, and so I do.

[@angelforyou]

The quality of an actor's performance doesn't rely on the likability of their character.

[@xINF4MOUSx97]

If you felt how the actor intended for you to feel, then they succeeded.

[@ryanmorten6153]

They've created such a rich and philosophically deep modern mythology around the extra ordinary lives of ordinary people. This show is far too underrated.

[@dacsus]

It's on the top with The Wire, True Detective, Narcos, Mindhunter and Better Call Saul in my book. (but I didn't like Breaking Bad)

[@ease3784]

@@dacsus whoa there you lost me with narcos lol but yeah rn the best show on tv is better call Saul

[@ZoomingRainbowHoover]

So odd that Lou ends up running a diner and suggests his daughter become a hostess while all those years back he saw aftermath of the prologue of the Sioux Falls massacre in a waffle hut.

[@MesQueUnGirl]

hahaha true!

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

True 😄 But because of the massacre at the end I think he wants that to minimize the risks, after seeing the Ufo I think he thinks whatever can happen no matter where you are so he propably knows it wouldn't matter if he would open a gas station or diner or even a motel where the massacre happens.. shit happens no matter where you are just minimize it. Wrench, Number and even Malvo visits his diner and I think he also thinks he can handle those kinda situations (and he can by the way he talked to Malvo for example, knowing what he is right away) that happened in the waffle house better than for example the cook with a war cry that got him killed by Rye. I see the irony still and know that that's only what you are pointing out.

[@paleikas3180]

That drum track is so bloody catchy!

[@palindrome2599]

Reminds me of Birdman

[@baburao87]

It's Mr Wrench and Mr Numbers theme.

[@bramsteenhoek2674]

I fucking knooooooow

[@lkf8799]

Really? I thought it was from "That Thing You Do" 😏

[@corgio1260]

This show’s music is phenomenal

[@davidmcginness6718]

Kind of feel like this show is underrated. Yeah it as a strong following but it's not celebrated the way Breaking Bad, Walking Dead or Game of Thrones is. Which is sad because I think it's better than they are

[@flyingcumshot]

I agree, it's certainly up there with Breaking Bad.

[@dt4236]

If you're talking about, writing, directing and acting then objectivly Fargo season 1 and 2 is superior to those shows.

[@pupukachu]

games of thrones has superior writing/directing acting is pretty top notch in both shows don't get me wrong i absolutely love fargo own both seasons on bluray but I'm sorry nothing can compete with GOT

[@dt4236]

Are you trolling? Game of thrones is a soap oprea at this point. The quality of writing is comparable to tumbler fan fic and the directing is embarrassingly rushed.

[@pupukachu]

it has tapered in recent seasons sure, but guess what its 6 seasons not 3 we'll see how good fargo is in 3 more seasons. Season 3 was certainly not as entertaining as the previous two

[@vb8428]

I thoroughly enjoyed both seasons all round but didn't realize i missed so many connections.

[@nimityaka]

Fargo is modern masterpiece. I have no idea how many times I've watched both movie and series.

[@dylangorman6405]

" you're a shit cop you know that right" lmao

[@gabrielgurule]

Could've also shown the S2E1 restaurant shooting when they mentioned shooting a hostess

[@joeyrozic1100]

Yes, that's right.

[@crumbb_m]

I totally forgot about the deaf kid and his buddy connection from the two seasons

[@dasein9980]

That'd be Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers, dufus stain.

[@crumbb_m]

+Thomas Begen Thanks nerd.

[@christopherb27]

IDK how? The last ten minutes or so of season 2 made obvious connections to season one. The biggest being the DEAF man. He was visited by Lorne in the hospital, handcuffed to the bed of course, while Lorne said he was the closest to catching him. Also, how many truly deaf people using ASL to talk along with strong manual gestures to communicate emotions are in shows/movies?

[@MrLasveguinhas]

ME TOO. I actually have forgoten about them, just now I remebered watchin' this video... So nostalgic.

[@trort2714]

Season 2 has so much going on it could have been broken into 3 seasons. Loved Lorne Malvo for his almost comedic world burn watch. ...but season 2 had some of the best acting I’ve seen in a long time. Every character, major or minor had real presence in those episodes.

[@bettyjohnson4875]

This was one of the best shows ever! I bought the whole series. Priceless! You just keep watching cause you can't believe this stuff. Funny, all kinds of twists! Yeah, it was underrated for sure!

[@darivreme]

Thank you for not covering the video with commentary, so we can enjoy their performances again.

[@josht130]

oh my god, being an anthology series i thought the two seasons didn't actually take place in the same 'universe' you could say. I thought they were just two different cases in different worlds in the same town. This video made me realize ITS ACTUALLY LINEAR!??!?!?! this show is so touching i love it, its so sweet oh god

[@ERoBB1]

You could actually also weave Fargo the movie between these two seasons and Carl's briefcase of money.

[@The_Digital_Dolphin]

@@ERoBB1 I'm goin' crazy down there at the lake

[@marilynryan7822]

I’m addicted to this show..binged watched and now caught up.....

[@nextfilm2217]

Fargo (Serie) is a masterpiece, coen brothers would be proud!!

[@flyingcumshot]

I loved Hanzee in series 2, such a badass.

[@kwondeville]

Simon Dearing ikr

[@jakereis1491]

Sad he didnt cross with milligan

[@y2123-l8c]

I would like to see Lorne Malvo Lesster Nyggard Mike Milligan Hanzee Dent Stannis Baratheon Karl Tanner And Omar Little, in the same room

[@zackurban]

@@y2123-l8c Add to that : Hannibal Lecter Dexter Morgan Tony Soprano Walter White Rust Cohle Jax Teller

[@grantgillum8768]

@@zackurban And Anton Chigurgh.

[@sovietchampagne]

love this series but the twist with Hanzee becoming Moses Tripoli doesn't do any justice to the character ... it's hard to imagine him wearing a lobster bib.

[@sbeckett91]

I agree. Moses looked absolutely nothing like Hanzee (even allowing for cosmetic surgery), was much taller, spoke completely differently, and seemed to have a totally different personality.

[@kingsiah5103]

I mean in all fairness he did change his identity

[@locontee]

why fargo is soo underrated jeeeeez

[@fettster279]

I knew all of these except the Ben Schmidt one.

[@elrafaargentino]

I totally forgot a lot of this things. Thanks.

[@ghettoeasterbasket5638]

Random Pedestrian : Hi do you know where the library is ? Every Fargo Character : Lemme tell you bout the time I - ‘

[@squoblat]

there is another obvious parallel that resolves between season 1 and 2. Molly lost her mother and grew up with just a dad, she then adopts into a family in season 1 where the little girl has a father for a police officer and the mother died while the girl was young. She makes her own story whole for the next generation.

[@MarifBagiyevVLOG]

Best show on tv right now along Better Call Saul

[@SMHSMU]

Great vid. You could also mention that they share the best TV soundtrack ever made. Great stuff

[@StonefieldJim4]

This is great. Thanks! I thought I'd made all the connections, but boy, was I wrong. A perfect excuse to watch them again (not that I need an excuse - in the last 10 years or more it's been the only TV drama I can watch over and over again). The acclaim for Breaking Bad was a mystery to me. Fargo is by contrast a bona fide masterpiece.

[@joogullae3456]

I didn't even finish breaking bad. I just stopped caring.

[@seanisgone5413]

No need to hate on another show because of this. Breaking bad is fucking amazing.

[@tikn2029]

Damn, I forgot about the deaf guys...

[@MrDunmaglass]

Do you think it was intentional that in season one he says "people are less inclined to shoot a hostess than an officer" and in early season 2 the hostess is shot in the waffle house scene

[@AlexSmith-mt4od]

everything is in intended in this

[@aleksisuuronen5969]

Propably, Lou has seen more cops getting shot at than the (most likely) only one hostess. And that case is the biggest one for him and clearly still is all over his head in older days mentioning the last shootout multiple times.

[@Yoursistersazz]

Waffle Hut

[@valentinaudrain]

One of the best series I now ! S1 and S2.

[@endlessbasher]

Best show I have ever seen. As good as breaking bad.

[@saidufofanah2210]

I thought Solverson would get shot in his hip in season two during his young years.

[@seaque.]

the first two seasons were amazing.

[@TheLewistownTrainspotter8102]

8:14 Missed opportunity for a cutaway to Rye's diner killings.

[@pratikshenoy5576]

holy crap!!didn't notice so many connections.

[@dondeyne9563]

finished season 4 last week. One word. Milligan. :-)

[@benshapiroisgay]

Beautifully done.

[@victoke]

good drum riff with a ring tuned snare drum ♫♫

[@craig1lengyel]

Its going to be tough to top last season

[@leviathanmg]

They said that about the first season.

[@NoMusicTheory]

season 3? I was disappointed by season three. Characters seemed more shallow than 1 or 2. Story was bland. Wasn't terrible, I finished it but for how much of a fan I am of Ewan McGregor it kinda bummed me out.

[@jon9428]

I thought season 3 was even better than 2 or 1 lol

[@lucanreynolds1341]

Jon Meizel It was certainly AS good as the other 2 seasons

[@christopherb27]

Season one-10/10. I kept my mouth shut till I watched it since Fargo is a treasure by the Coen boys, and I've lived with remakes of remakes and spinoffs my entire life. Season one really had me and I was pissed when it was over. B.B.T.'s acting reminded me of Heisenberg in later seasons of "Breaking Bad". Season one's writing had the same feel. ominous for shadowing and set-ups from the past like "Breaking Bad". The first scene shown was a great example of this and a great example of the connections between the two.

[@samanthamartinezamato]

I'm in love with Mr. Wrench

[@y2123-l8c]

This show is so fucking good Underrated as hell

[@N0rt3x]

great video!

[@AddiictGaming]

Este vídeo es simplemente una brutalidad, gracias.

[@DVincentW]

i love this fucking show.. i love that this video is made so i can see things i may have missed.. i love the writing the acting the photography its a fuggin masterpiece. Billy Bob re- made himself within his role. With him doing Carl Childers, Darrel the mechanic in U Turn. This is the best Like The Sopranos, Six Feet Under .. You gotta ad this as a whole new way of story telling.

[@b.l.o.o.d.m.o.s.e.s.]

season four next month!!!

[@thiagoed9080]

Really?

[@b.l.o.o.d.m.o.s.e.s.]

@@thiagoed9080 yeah. sept 27

[@efnarios]

Older Lou sounds alot like David Carradine

[@BryceBeckstead]

The actor playing him is Keith Carradine, David Carradine's half brother.

[@jewelrunner8618]

Bryce Beckstead that makes so much sense. Dude has mad Carradine vibes.

[@attilavidacs24]

Hanzee was a bad ass, he fucked everyone up.

[@minorking1121]

I watched the first two seasons pretty far apart. Something about season 2 didn't click for me the first time and I gave up after episode one. I believe part of me felt cheated that I was just going back in time to see something off handedly mentioned in the first season instead of moving ahead to a future story. But after time passed I watched the full second season in two days because I was enjoying it so much. And I think part of that is because I completely forgot season 1. But now I need to watch videos like this because I forgot so many details. I didn't even remember Lou was the father/grandfather/diner owner. I'm sure the first time I watched I realized that, but this time around I watched it with very minor memory of season 1. I liked it a lot so it works great as a stand alone. Actually now when I'm reminded of the connections I feel like they really don't matter and almost don't work because the actors seem so vastly different that I almost prefer not to think of them as the same people. Lou somehow grew like a foot haha and his face looks drastically different. And the Hanzee thing seems like a last minute idea the vibe of that character between both seasons just doesn't gel for me. I'll just pretend they're totally separate stories.

[@Lamq555]

Dang didn’t catch the 2 kids Hanzee saves in the end of season 2 becoming the henchmen from season 1🤯

[@Nicolas-py8gi]

7:27 this "okay" aaaaaw =D

[@xjames118]

Still a bit on the LOST side, though, wasn't it? You can only be _so_ impressed by poetic justice.

[@xjames118]

***** Maybe. But other shows can pull it off; with The Leftovers, with Lindelof producing and profound subject matter, you'd assume it'd just be more LOST-style wankery, and yet it's just solid story.

[@Dmbm789]

And here I am jus tryna actualize ya know

[@ahmadmahalli9890]

it also have something to do with fargo movie, about the money found on the road

[@RunnerBrain]

Peggy was the best character ever

[@Oddstories]

Amazing job!!!!

[@benilak]

Where was it mentioned that Moses Tripoli is the head of the Fargo mob in season 1?

[@DavidMyrmidon]

Love me some Patrick Stewart and Kirsten Dunst.

[@joinjen3854]

Patrick Wilson?

[@DavidMyrmidon]

**Facepalm** God damn it.. this has been on for 2 Months and no one says anything. Thank you @@joinjen3854.

[@SuperCrazybumblebee]

I had missed every single one of these as I watched the seasons so far apart. Thanks for the video.

[@primetimemonkyhours743]

It’s like an Angel and the Devil Talking.

[@bobsandwich3431]

Mosy people missed the deaf one. The deaf one was the only connection I saw I missed every other single one

[@wall-e7179]

I prefer watching S2 then S1. Just makes more sense.

[@brianslyproductions1410]

But wasn't Lou supposed to be shot in the hip during the Sioux Falls shootout?? That's where he says his limp comes from in season 1

[@simonekrueger32]

I wonder too, maybe somebody can help!

[@YKing-zr3di]

no he says he got shot in a traffic stop, ended up retiring with full pension

[@YKing-zr3di]

@@simonekrueger32 no he says he got shot in a traffic stop, ended up retiring with full pension

[@CAlbus]

What yellow king said + 8 or so years after 1979, he also mentioned Molly was in algebra class when it happened (which most people take in grade 9)

[@jordanmartinez1731]

Haven’t watched the series in years trying to find a good recap video but can’t find anything :(

[@MACVSOG55]

what kind of talent made hanzee to turn moses triopli how tf is that

[@Aj-qb3pr]

I want to talk about the Mormon's story to the 2 Italian mobsters that had them pissin in their pants in season 4.

[@KeylondTroy]

Don't forget about season 4

[@ShinigamiPlays7890]

and the deaf is also in season 3 and i am confused about the timeline

[@glazinghost5951]

Season 1 is 2006, season 3 in 2010. The deaf guy was set free by Lorne.

[@iggunnafandom7432]

I don't believe that hanzee became moses tripoli, need more proof

[@maxhoughtonmusic]

There's no more proof but the fact he says he needs surgery on his face to conceal his identity, says exactly the same line to close off a meeting with members of the SAME gang...and he's the ringleader of said gang in S1. What more do you need to know.

[@robertshmurder6281]

@@maxhoughtonmusic also the social security card he gets from the guy says "Moses Tripoli"

[@brianlam257]

It would feel easier if season 1 and 2 are swapped

[@guitarplayer-wx9hi]

Ma Sato Then it would be too linear and easy. It’s very rewarding when you sometimes spot one of these little connectons.

[@patgogan7324]

Awaiting season 3 connections in two weeks

[@arturaskarbocius6091]

fargo last episode palindrome means word reads same forward and backwards, mobster who gave fake passport to hanzee probably real dakota tribe indian qoutes kill or be killed and that same mobster builds empire who falls and deaf kid and his friend becomes hitmans for mobster educated by hanzee. Repeating other people sentences is primary job of Dude in big lebowski

[@krustykruss9685]

incredible. in fucking credible

[@DerHammerSpricht]

wHY IS tHIS sHOW SO GOOOOD fACK

[@gobbleswells2883]

Hmmm, this is interesting. I've never watched all episodes but enough to know that the seasons were interconnected, I just didn't know how. Thanks for the upload. Good job. Kind of disappointed with season 3's ending but even more so because they cancelled "Fargo" altogether :'( It was a good show, I thought. Just not enough to be renewed for season 4..

[@1badjesus]

8:08 ....Evidently Dad didn't see Season 2 Episode 1.

[@mrcowboyzombie]

I would like see Marvo as child lol

[@66solerpower]

Is the butcher shop the same place Lester Nygaard second wife gets shot at?

[@loveforeignaccents]

Didn't catch on that little Molly from Season 2 turned out to be Sheriff Molly from Season 1. So I take it her dad is still (supposed to be) the same guy both seasons as well? They could have gotten someone looking a little more like the (younger) dad actor from Season 2 to play in Season 1 then. Anyhow, good video, sir!

[@DiegoMartinez-ur7gi]

You gonna do one for 1-3 or wait for 4

[@haime8051]

Hanzee turned white

[@qingxingchu1502]

Wait a second. Molly's father is the little girl's dad or grandfather in season 2??

[@freshcola6301]

dad !! ;)

[@hamilderen259]

I can help!

[@tyc9962]

I honestly don't think hanzee is that fat dude he was always a silent outsider on the sidelines.

[@beakyturf6336]

Season 1 : Christianity. Season 2 : Aliens. Season 3 : Judaism. Season 4 : ?

[@y2123-l8c]

Profit?

[@sireugenecourtney5797]

Peggy looks like a blond Rose Ann Barr?