Fargo: Connections and recurring themes between seasons one and two

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[@mohammedal-saif7138]

Malvo kills 22 people when encountering Hanzee/Tripoli. Same as the sign in S2 where Hanzee looks and it says “22 Indians were hanged here”

[@elr6212]

That works well to highlight the message of the series. Violence is always there, no matter what time in history, terrifying men like Lorne Malvo, Hanzee Dent or Anton Chigurh (No Country for Old Men, another Coen brothers film) will always exist and spread chaos and death.

[@DMN96]

"You're a shit cop. You know that right?" Best line of all 3 series'

[@Logan912]

"Darn tootin'!" Steve Buscemi's lines are great in the movie too.

[@tonybleau6219]

Lou was an absolute savage lmao. Gave no fucks when in the Gerhardt compound, no fucks when both Kitchen brothers aimed their shotguns (was aiming his gun at an unarmed Milligan) and by the time Malvo comes around, all fucks he had to give were already gone 😆 He was a straight boss and the best character on the show imo

[@lamenamethefirst]

@@tonybleau6219 Lou was so good in Season 2. Super likeable character.

[@theena]

All three seasons have some of the most exquisite writing in TV, but season two is truly divine.

[@endlessfreedomful]

Patrick Wilson, what an underrated actor

[@evanabbott2737]

He’s awesome.👍

[@yungshirley9468]

he’s good in everything

[@benshelley3544]

the world needs more Lou Solverson's

[@alejandroalartiz9451]

Ben Shelley Indeed!

[@iredred4378]

The world needs more Lorne Malvo and Hanzee Dent

[@gabrielcunhacarvalhopinhei2763]

@@iredred4378 your are kinda a psychopath

[@ubelmensch]

The world has too many Ben Schmidt

[@kronniikk1957]

Yeah great actor

[@thatsaterribletitle4650]

Love the connection at the end there, with Lou making sure he brought two types of sandwiches to go fishing with Molly, not just the jerky he was going to bring in Season Two. "You're gonna have to learn this stuff" Betsy Solverson told her husband. Well, he learned it...

[@iamtheknight9583]

"Less inclined to shoot a hostess" Not necessarily if you're Rye Gerhart

[@erikroman1880]

The difference being rye is idiot

[@darronr2541]

The fact that were still trying to put pieces together just goes to show wonderful the creators of Fargo has to their audience.

[@pbbolton]

Woah! Just picked on this connection to murder at Waffle Hut: "People in this world are less inclined to shoot a hostess than an officer of the law"

[@rifekimler3309]

Not these days

[@theascendunt9960]

Whoa didn't realize that.

[@fsylla69]

Holy shit!!! Wow great catch

[@NxDoyle]

I love each season of Fargo, so much so that for the most part, I can absorb the Hanzee Dent/Moses Tripoli flaw. I'm not talking about the impossible cosmetic changes, either. The man at the head of the Fargo mob in 2006 is portrayed as a kind of wobbling, imperial sybarite who gorges himself as he makes whimsical thumbs up/thumbs down decisions about who lives and dies. I just don't see Dent becoming that man.

[@whitebreaddickwilloughby36]

True...Moses is more like how Bear might've turned out had he lived.

[@conormartin3476]

I mean it had been 37 years, he’s long past his prime for being an enforcer, running the Fargo mob was practically his retirement.

[@oskarsevruk6492]

@@conormartin3476 27*

[@LowSkillPlays]

Being the Boss changes people.

[@boxmad5523]

“Peace has cost you your strength, victory has defeated you.” This quote from Bane in The Dark Knight Rises is a pretty perfect description for the transformation of Hanzee Dent into Moses Tripoli

[@notarobot5558]

Fun fact: Dent in French mean tooth while in German it means Zahn (Hanzee Dent played by Zahn McClarnon)

[@beerman9473]

"You're a shit cop. You know that, right?" Favorite Fargo line from both the movie and the show.

[@sjbcatcher]

“People are dead, Peggy.” Always loved how perfectly matter-of-factly that shut down Peggy’s nonsense.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

The worst part is we live in a time where that's not nonsense, that's just "the world we live in," since this is a systematic patriarchy after all 🥴

[@Necromortus]

​@@CommanderLongJohn People are dead, Jonathan.

[@theascendunt9960]

@@CommanderLongJohn It's not nonsense, yes. And it's not patriarchy either. It's this narrative brought upon women by themselves with the whole feminist movement. That women can do it all.

[@CommanderLongJohn]

@The Ascendunt Well it is straight nonsense, my original comment was just dosed with sarcasm haha.

[@googleuser5062]

@@CommanderLongJohn the point isnt what she says is true or not, the point is that shes so absorbed in her own life, she has completely disregarded the weight of the situation around her. and that people are dead.

[@Daniel-mw7pu]

Another major theme is random chance and coincidence. In the movie, two people just happen to drive by when Carl and Gaear kill the patrolman, and this is what unravels Jerry’s plan. In season 1, at first we think Lorne Malvo has come back for Lester, but it’s just a coincidence, he’s there for another mark. In season 2, everyone is scrambling to find out who whacked Rye Gerhardt, which ultimately leads to an entire criminal empire toppling, but it was just a random hit and run.

[@johnhenryeden916]

Another theme was how desensitized cops are to witnessing gruesome things. In season one when Molly and Vern are investigating the dead guy frozen sitting by the tree, they are just casually making small talk like what it's infront of them is no big deal. Same in season 2 when Lou and Hank are investigating the murder at the waffle hut, they just casually make small talk about their own lives despite the gruesome crime scene they're witnessing in front of them.

[@Cheeseaddicteddaleks]

"I'd call it animal... except animals only kill for food... This was..." I bet he was about to say "alien"!

[@JimmySteller]

I wish he had.

[@BFG-hv2ml]

I thought he meant hanzee by that

[@greendog105]

He was clearly going to say "evil", or "demonic", since the battle between good and evil is the meta-narrative of Fargo.

[@chrisrankin6796]

Except animals kill for practice all the time

[@saeedvazirian]

He meant the hysteria, not one specific individual.

[@greywarden5796]

"you're shitcop you know it right?" lmao

[@cloudsombrero]

why does everyone always say its implied that hanzee become tripoli , its not implied its explicitly stated

[@XTheLolX301]

Yeah, i think hanzee is another guy in the shadows, and tripoli just marionette, maybe he can be back at season 3, since its placed on 2010

[@thewiseass895]

is there season 3؟

[@MrOuchiez]

Season 3 starts TONIGHT!!!

[@SeanOMatic]

There is theory that Hanzee Dent had another person assume the role of Tripoli and he went even further into the shadows, since at least one person knew he'd become Tripoli.

[@DMN96]

SeanOMatic I like that theory. Season 2 did such an amazing job building up Hanzee Dent into such a complex character. Watching season 1 it feels like they totally botched the follow through on him. He has like 3 lines, eats a nasty carp and then dies.

[@thisisnotachannel]

Keith Carradine's acting is extremely underrated.

[@rostislavmartynyuk9774]

I wish season 3 had more connections to the first 2.

[@micahbanks4324]

gus’ daughter asks lou if they want to go fishing as well! he calls her his granddaughter the rest of the way.. so touching 😢😢😢

[@driesm81607]

I've also heard that the Coen Brothers like to use the theme of 2s in their films (i.e. 2 people in a shot or in the general side by side filming style). You can see that across the movie and the TV seasons.

[@cameronirvine323]

Great video! I saw most lf this stuff on the wiki but it's great to see them compared in motion.

[@beerman9473]

"You're a shit cop you know that, right?" Probably one of my favorite lines

[@Hossak]

Wars permeate through as well I think. Hanzee and Lou were in vietnam, his father in law Hank, was in WW2.

[@lumpas7]

This is like the best recap of season 1 and 2

[@BatmanHQYT]

7:05 The way Ben Schmidt says "goddamn" is hilarious. "Gaw-dam"

[@NathanDav42]

Very well done, thank you for doing this!

[@CornvilleCounsellor]

That was very well done.

[@Logan912]

I sort of like how the only thing to appear from the movie is the ice scraper and the ransom money which actually plays an important role in Season 1. If the money wasn't buried in that exact spot on the side of the road, the grocery store owner wouldn't have gotten rich which means Malvo wouldn't have gone to Duluth for the contract, and Gus Grimly wouldn't have pulled over/recognized Malvo. Of course, Season 2 isn't affected by it (obviously,) and Malvo would've still at least killed Mr. Numbers (although it would've happened differently) and maybe or maybe not Mr. Wrench as well which would change the ending of Season 3 if he killed Mr. Wrench after all.

[@rajman5036]

an amazingly done video, thanks!!

[@elixtido1448]

4:09 wow didn't expect Brisco County Jr. to be here! I miss him

[@greendog105]

Awesome video, it makes me feel stupid for not having noticed the connections. Also makes me want to start re-watching asap.

[@ChrisIller]

Good stuff. Thanks for doing this.

[@mountainbreeze4176]

also the mill in the case from season 1 relates to the fargo 1996 movie. you should check it.

[@CLBOO6]

Awesome editing! Great to see them compared side by side.

[@SpecialBordo]

Just finished whole series(so far, hope there’s more lol) but absolute great video of the connections really just understood the series even more after watching this👍👍😁

[@Jasonlords]

This show is really well done, but Hanzee's transformation is complete and udder bullshit.

[@kieranwilcox7739]

Ra Eye The female ones do

[@lionelberthoux5961]

Nicely done.

[@GerbertFritz]

haha, after watching season 2 i didnt get any of these implications. nice work

[@dikhathatochimbwete2327]

Fritz Gerbert It doesn’t get better than season 1 for me

[@tinclunge1234]

Fritz Gerbert bit slow aren’t you?!

[@pauloserpaantunes6404]

Love this video.

[@Jrefl3ct98]

Good video mate!

[@overlycriticalreviews8061]

+Jrefl3ct98 Cheers man. Not sure how much longer it'll be up though!

[@Jrefl3ct98]

+Overly Critical Reviews hopefully it won't be removed. Can tell you loved the show just as much as me! (ALOT)

[@SG-pc4sv]

@@overlycriticalreviews8061 guess longer than you'd expected lol

[@victoriousrufus6747]

Beautiful BGM in all the 3 seasons!

[@DVincentW]

"Margie!"... "Oh no I just think im gonna barf...wait.. its gone." "What da ya say we go fer lunch?"

[@surfinmuso37]

You could also add the Fargo movie connections.

[@falkortechnologies8039]

surfinmuso like the buried money along the side of the road marked with the ice scraper. Direct link from the movie. Brilliant!

[@bentalbot4278]

Aw heck I love the show and the movie❤️❤️❤️

[@tyson1123]

Woah, didnt notice these before

[@SHANELL032007]

8:29 is creeps me out for some reason.

[@icey984]

I love this

[@FrederickHwang]

Thanks!

[@brothershamus1160]

I love Fargo

[@ahmadtrip4623]

Ash Williams had no response to that at all lol

[@david1731048]

Totally didn't realise Ben Schmidt was in S1!

[@BFG-hv2ml]

Omg, how could i miss all of this?? 😀

[@rezaa2173]

Best sezon two

[@Peanutjoepap24]

We all know why Hanzee's twist is dumb on a logistical level but I see it as out of character. Two episodes ago he wanted out, he was tired of all the killing. Would a few more gunfights and a UFO sighting really change him that much? You'd think the UFO would make someone less likely to dedicate their life to something as petty as revenge, seeing proof that they're part of a larger universe.

[@SunnyOddny]

Well hanzee got so mad that he killed his ^^brother^^. To me that prooves that he doesnt like his life. He wanted to kill the gerhearts so he could move on. Stop killing. And stop being an indian most of all

[@aubreypressley1450]

I think the life he wanted to leave was the disenfranchised one he had. He was a low level hitman boyscout for a family that called him "Their indian". I think he wanted to be in control. I think he wanted to be the man who could go into a place and not have to beg for water. He wanted to be the guy that could ask for anything and get it.

[@johnrankin7135]

@Ra Eye we're all very impressed at how intelligent you are. Besides, of course, the fact that you denounce the other poster for using personal interpretation as objective fact when you do the same thing.

[@treycas33]

8:27 "Ok.." sweetie

[@yarko44011]

I like the music)

[@cerebraltackle]

"You're a shit cop, you know that, right?" 🤣

[@jacklinden780]

So it would make sense to watch S2 and THEN S1?

[@Elias6233]

Jack LINDEN And completely skip the shit season 3

[@ckbs1]

@@Elias6233 season 3 is great, i hope you've given it a rewatch in the meantime.

[@Elias6233]

@@ckbs1 Never, it was a chore to finish it the first time. The protagonists are pants in the head retarded and the bad guys are as one dimensional as they can be. All the other villains were fascinating to watch: Milligan, Malvo, Hanzee, Dodd... All great characters, all Varga does is gloat about how rich he is and do disgusting shit, and his minions are just as annoying (we don't even get the pleasure to watch those bastards die).

[@Viewer-ld5rc]

Elias6233 Couldn’t agree more. When compared to the other seasons, it’s so.... Meh.

[@mr.samsonite2024]

I didn't know there's 37hrs in a day peggys smart like when she said the foots on the other shoe

[@sabahbubbler]

So....every off number seasons is modern and even number of season is classic right? season 1 2000s, season 2 1970s, season 3 2000s, season 4 1950s, season 5 2010s, season 6 1910?

[@fffianist]

1:44 Was Lou talking about Hanzee or Mike Mulligan or something else?

[@takmaps]

I think he meant the whole situation (senseless killing) rather than talking about one person in particular.

[@Elia_9400]

takmaps or maybe even the aliens

[@1985cactus]

How did Hanzee went from Native American to white dude?

[@ubelmensch]

it's stated in that scene that he completely restructured his face and Moses Tripoli looks more middle-eastern than white, and could even pass as a greek or a south italian. "white dude" is incredibly vague to describe someone's ethnicity

[@psychosissafari]

I clicked this because I thought I saw Chris Morris in the thumbnail

[@LieslIncorporated]

Animals don't only kill for food.

[@lamenamethefirst]

There's another detail, whether intentional or not. In Season 1, Lou tells Molly that a person is less likely to shoot a hostess than an officer but in Season 2, the waitress at the restaurant does in fact get shot as an innocent bystander.

[@xornchaoroy4613]

but season 2 lou saw like ten dead cops haha

[@timmyturner4246]

Lorne malvo was the best villain

[@surfinmuso37]

4:10 A worthless sales pitch from a snake oil salesman/used car dealer/ etc etc "But how?....."-just walks away. Yep. Completely full of shit.

[@KarateWrestler205]

It’s like when people give you the love your self and be positive speech that’s exactly what happens

[@anthonytilleman3576]

2:45 Mary Jane

[@rifekimler3309]

Animals kill because its their nature. My cat has all the food he wants and he kills everything he can for the fun of it.

[@MM-fg7in]

Okay then

[@MichaelBrown-rg8oi]

Fargo is to good... Real shame Coen brothers don't have a taste for it if they did I know they would love it.

[@BigPhatMan]

I thought they were executive producers.

[@AscensionINC-zi1jz]

Big Fat Man they are

[@volgax3646]

Ascension.INC they have nothing to do with it

[@Jachinthebox]

7:26 Me to Derek Chauvin when they make A Fargo season that takes place in 2020

[@nicanornunez9787]

ppl not in control of their life, agree lets put 666 like on this video.

[@jakcarn4184]

if patrick wilsons character is mollys dad in season 2 then who is the guy who she calls dad in season 1

[@tearaxe]

Rab carn That's Patrick Wilsons character, Lou Solverson. It's a different actor because Lou would be in his 60's during the events of season 1, so they required someone who was older to play him.

[@gvjudd1289]

really!

[@yoitsjimmy_]

bruh

[@rullvox5912]

The Overly Crappy Channel, because those that cant do, criticize.

[@rakuencallisto]

I hate Peggy's argument. Like yea no shit. No one can work that much, even if they had all that time. That's why housewives were so important to the family structure. You do the most important job raising children, taking care of the home, feeding everyone. Especially back in those days. The only difference is she didn't have a kid, never cooked, and still wanted to do whatever she wanted regardless of her husband's pleas and wishes. Feminism 21st century.

[@ModeratelyAmused]

I'm still a little disappointed that these seasons were not based on true stories. I wasn't expecting them to be 100% factual but I also wasn't expecting "based on a true story" to be 100% made up.

[@TedBackus]

watching kirsten dunst' character come to the realization that feminism is a lie , is truly satiating.

[@atesomepizza]

Rip that molly grew up to be a tub of lard

[@ronnieb3373]

"You're shit cop, you know that, right?" Maybe my favorite line from Season 2

[@cloudsombrero]

why does everyone always say its implied that hanzee become tripoli , its not implied its explicitly stated

[@tinclunge1234]

t40364 really dude?? Posted your comment twice......

[@cloudsombrero]

@@tinclunge1234 probably because either cause of my at the time glitchy as tablet or the fact that i was on large amounts of psychedelics

[@moneykenny119]

@D T Well it is little far fetched, but he did ask for a 'skin peel.' And this is the same show that has UFO's, teleporting cars, and fish falling from the sky

[@jmeijer6995]

Im really late to this but do they actually say in season 1 that the guys name is Tripoli?

[@cloudsombrero]

@@jmeijer6995 acid probably about 8-9 hits