Fargo | Season 3 Review | Well, That Was...Strange

Fargo is an anthology series created by Noah Hawley, exploring a disparate collection of characters who deal with a plethora of crimes in different time periods, the only thing in common being their connection to the Midwest USA.
Fargo season 3 stars Ewan McGregor - playing two roles - Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Stuhlbarg and David Thewlis.
This season is set in 2010, making it the season closest to us in terms of its timeline. The story is a lot more detached from the first 2 seasons. Where season 2 can be seen as a straight up prequel of the first season, season 3 is pretty much its own thing, aside from the odd easter egg here and there and one character from season 1 who pops up in a supporting role.
So the story here follows two brothers, Ray and Emmit Stussy, both played by McGregor. Emmit is a successful businessman who has a cagy relationship with his younger brother. Ray feels wronged and slighted at how differently the two brothers’ live have panned out, believing himself to have been scammed by Emmit over a valuable stamp the duo traded years ago. Ray and his ex-con girlfriend Nikki plan to rob Emmit as revenge. Meanwhile, Emmit tries to cut ties with a shady organisation his business borrowed money from a year before, but the company has other plans. A mysterious representative, V M Varga, a man with emaculate charisma but horrific dental hygiene, arrives at the business and essentially begins to stronghold Emmit and his partner, all the while Emmit has to deal with his brother.
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[@E.King1845]

VM Varga was a great villain

[@Gmanawesomeness]

Honestly I like him just about as much as Malvo for how different they were

[@vTensai1]

Yeah he was great

[@SupernaturalsDark]

VM Varga cannot be beaten ever ever ever....I will stand from this chair and walk out of the door so help me God🤣

[@shroomkingdom8152]

The most disgusting and vile

[@quester09]

evil AND repulsive

[@davezedman]

Season 3 of fargo, is in my top 5 of any season of any show of all time. The writing was incredible. It was way better than season 2. I think of this season a lot actually. Varga and swango are 2 of my favorite Characters of any show. The way they intertwined 'peter and the wolf' into the story was simple but fascinating, and ingenious in my opinion. I haven't seen this show in 6 years and i still think about it often.

[@raymondsims7042]

Interesting I have the opposite opinion I thought season 3 was fine but easily the worst season of fargo

[@midnightninja698]

I didn’t like season 3 the first time I watched it but after rewatching I thought it was great. It’s very different from the other seasons but in a really good way.

[@Luciana_McC_99]

Yeah I really enjoyed it. Nikki swango was amazing.

[@nektarios5291]

Agreed, exactly how I felt. Didn't gel with me first time, only watched 4 episodes and stopped watching. Watched it again next year and thought it was great.

[@joerickards9906]

It is the best season for me. It improves on a second or third watch.

[@Pumpkinking64]

When you brought up Saul Goodman I was super confused and then I remembered that Odenkirk is in season 1 of Fargo

[@jayrum7303]

Bob played a really good moron in that season.

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

such disrespect

[@yggdrasil2]

I kinda disagree in your assessment on what the seasons are about. To me the core elements can be posed as questions: 1. What is a man? 2. What is language? 3. What is the truth? 4. What is America?

[@keveardo]

This was my favorite season in the Series tbh, even more so than the first one, I actually love the depth and atmosphere in this one, the story of how this shady company takes over a normal one and turns it into a shell company is so interesting to me since the CIA and other organizations do it all the time, the mystery behind who Varga really is and who his underlings are is great even the beginning with the Berlin interrogation over the death of a woman and framing a person as Yuri, and Yuri was an interesting character with his thick Russian accent, and I absolutely loved the whole weird almost dreamlike scenarios with the guy from Twin Peaks almost playing a guardian angel of sorts to the characters, it was truly great, this was also one of the most action packed seasons in my opinion, Even all the performances were great from David Thewlis as the British villain to Carrie Coon as the former Chief of police and especially Ewan Mcgregor playing both Stussy brothers, I truly forgot they were the same actor at times, truly a brilliant season in my opinion I think you should give it a second chance and really analyze it so you can enjoy it

[@henryyoung8939]

You’re nailing it! I think they may have had the best episode ever this season as well! The tie in with Mr wrench from seasons 1-3 was amazing! When they showed him sitting next to her I almost screamed lmao! I was like oh shit this is happening at the same fucking time as season 1 was just completely separate. Then they follow up with that best episode ever, the whole running through the woods pubg style was so epic, family’s were killed, enemies decapitated I mean cmon! Season 2 suex falls massacre a tie almost though 🤔

[@henryyoung8939]

Also will we see vm again? This season? It’s set in 2019… might happen dude! This would be shortly after enmit was murdered too. Surely vm atleast will be mentioned in season 5

[@davebruneau6068]

Cops do not behave like the two did in E6 when Varga DID NOT identify himself- in Stussy's office - & then proceeded to commandeer the conversation, then told them to leave. Not even really stupid cops do that. Ever.

[@peteyore6276]

I was really hoping this video was going to pinpoint all the really weird stuff that happened in this season so I’m so happy you mentioned Ray Wise (twin peaks guy)! When he kept popping up, especially at the bowling alley when he looks at the ghosts/people staring back at yuri I was like WTF!? Also, what was with the sensors not showing up for Carrie Coons character? This whole season was very Twin peaks like and I was really into it!

[@Luciana_McC_99]

Yeah I really enjoyed it . I also liked all the weird stuff. Plus I loved Nikki swango rays gf she is my favorite character in the whole show .

[@Luciana_McC_99]

I see what your saying there was some weak points and weak characters. But i still really enjoyed it honestly. Also because i really enjoyed Nikki Swango. I thought for sure her being so hot and ray looking the way he did she was going to have another boyfriend, screw him over or leave him but when she didn't and you see she really loves him and gets revenge for him made her a great character. For me anyway. Thats my humble opinion.

[@DevoutionAura]

Agreed, at some point in the show someone mentioned she would probably betray Ray in some fashion. But she did the opposite and it was great to watch

[@Luciana_McC_99]

@@DevoutionAura exactly. You don't see many female characters these days that are hot , cool and fiercely loyal to her man. It was really refreshing to see.

[@petermj1098]

@@Luciana_McC_99 Nikki is a goldigger. She didn’t feel bad that Ray died, she felt bad that she will never leech off of Ray to get Emmit’s own money. Emmit is the good brother and Varga actually did try to help Emmit success in a screwed up way. Ray is the bad brother and Nikki tried to leech off of Ray. And she murdered an innocent officer in the end for nothing.

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

@@petermj1098she paid for it though. The person Ray Wise was talking about being evil was Varga so when she came for Emmit instead.. she gets herself killed. I just love Mr Wrench and would love a special dive into him, he’s a fascinating character.

[@yggdrasil2]

To the point you made about contrivances, this is kinda what Fargo the show always has been based upon in a way. It builds a realistic world, yet the stories are driven by mindblowing coincidences with a lot of thematic irony and things that are mysterious or completely unexplainable sprinkled on top. If you don't feel it works right here then that's fine, but I love it. EDIT: Like is Emmit's car malfunctioning (in a season where hacking has played a big role) really any more of a deus ex machina than the flying saucers in season 2?

[@KaylaMarie_]

Right. He mentioned Varga getting out of the elevator but I wonder if he had a problem with Malvo disappearing from Lesters basement in s1

[@Void7.4.14]

I gotta disagree, this one gets better with a rewatch even though I do think it surfers from some pacing issues, stories that go nowhere, and weird detours. The core of the story is great. And season 4 absolutely doesn't go downhill in quality, it just kinda inexplicably becomes a different show entirely lol

[@itzdono]

I'm still trying to figure out that bowling alley scene. I love it - I've watched it & the previous chase scene numerous times. It's an awesome chase scene. & I love that the mute guy is a crossover from the other seasons. But I don't know what that supernatural stuff was all about. I keep waiting for someone to do a deep dive into what that was trying to say. The kitten was upstaging everybody & I didn't know what was happening. It's one of those inside joke lines that I say, though, all the time with my friends, "A bowling alley? Is that what you see?" So weird.

[@shineboxbily3425]

I took it as a shoutout to Coen brothers Big Lebowski, identical shot at the end of the movie when the Dude orders a White Russian at the bowling alley bar and the camera pans over to reveal the narrator played by Sam Eliot as a cowboy. Who also is mysterious in his role in the film. I think of him as a guardian Angel, bc we know the character as the audience but it’s the first time the dude meets him. (Yet he knows everything about the dude) Just like in the show, this guy knows everything about the characters and their souls. So it’s clear he’s of another world, an Angel? Maybe, it’ll be up for debate for a long time. The Russian disappearance after that scene as well, my guess is that he gets sent to a form of hell for the bad karma and what he had done in his evil life. The bowling alley could be a form of purgatory. Their “good” intentions set them up for a good karmic reception and the Russian’s bad intentions set him up for what he got. 😊

[@keveardo]

Basically the bowling alley represents Purgatory and the guy from a twin peaks is an angel that is casting judgement on the characters and deciding their fates, he gives Nikki and the mute assassin from Season 1 a pass and chance to get revenge on Varga while he judges Yuri and makes him face all the victims he has harmed ultimately killing him and sending him to hell, It’s so great in my opinion 🙌🏾

[@captainrex9252]

Dont like how stupid and passive they make Emmit and Sy. These guys are buisnesses tycoons but the writers make them act like children.

[@felixwinkler6450]

I loved season 3. Varga is one of the most realistic and frightening personifications of evil I've seen to date. You almost have Sympathy for the Devil. It's obviously inspired by the international events around the production year. Democracy being undermined by moneyed interests, meddling in elections through disinformation and hateful rhetoric and a deeply divided democratic sovereign. 2016 was the year of Brexit, Erdogan, Putin and Trump and was the year the term "fake news" was coined. A horrible year for democracy and a great year for those interested in a "deconstruction of the administrative state" (Stephen K. Bannon) and just the beginning of more to come. And as Fargo is always dealing with motivations for evil, this season tackles greed. Follow the money... The theme of the brothers - a metaphor for all humans being born equal - makes an argument for the rich vs. the poor people in the world being mostly in their positions because of lucky breaks and powers beyond anyone's control. The rich brother feels deserving of his life, having followed what he perceives as the rules (self-justifyingly bending it a little here and there, of course); he worked hard and got the rewards for his competence. The poor brother feeling having been tricked and cheated out of a different kind of life; he also works hard, even works in a job that makes sure the rules are upheld (and also feeling forced to not following them at some points), but never got that break his brother got early on. And as wealth grows exponentially the rich brother started out with a leg up while the other with a broken one. Both don't recognize that neither of them is truly wealthy. They are both on opposite ends of the middle class compared to the billionaire in cheap's clothing Varga. They both think they're doing what they can to abide by the rules and the other one is ungrateful for what they have in each other. Both feel the other one is to blame for a broken relationship. And while they're fighting each other, the wolves are on the hunt. Divided and eventually conquered they both end up crushed by those with true power who only see value in the money they can create for them. They're mere pawns in a game that has no rules, losing because they try to play fairly and don't know who they are actually playing against - until they Kain and Abel each other. The last scene with Varga pointing out that laws and facts are for the poor. For him the rules don't apply. He is protectd by the rich and the powerful because he is of use to them. The winners write the history books and might makes right. Ethics are the opium of the people and there are always "alternative facts" (Kellyanne Conway) as "truth isn't truth" (Rudy Giuliani). The smart make their own luck. And if he ever were to go to prison then only for one purpose: So that he would be taken off suicide watch, the guards falling asleep at the same time, all the cameras going off and him ending up killing himself as he somehow has lost his value to other billionaires. Well, he didn't say all of that, as it would have been a little too prophetic. But the scene ends with us doubting whether or not he is right. The season is about the injustices a system creates in which money is power and the greedy control everything. A system built on the broken backs of the suffering masses that are conditioned to follow rules designed to uphold hierarchical structures and fight among each other (based on things we don't control like place of birth, skin tone, sex or gender, religion, sexuality,...) so that they won't fight those holding them down. The season is kind of about whether to be woke from our slumber or keeping our Eyes Wide Shut.

[@Mo_Real_Official]

An interesting thought provking take

[@truthtortoise3829]

Hell of a breakdown, bravo! Season 3 is incredible and VM Varga is an absolute scene-stealer

[@MatthewJHunt]

Season 3 was so weird and to me made no sense. Varga getting away with everything, Stussy getting murdered in the end when in reality he was a victim himself, some random person is arrested for the stussey murders and the case is never truly solved. The whole thing was strange.

[@alexthrailkill]

This season was instantly my favorite when I watched, but I love all of them for their own reasons. Varga, the brothers, Nikki, and even Emmet’s business partner were all scene stealers. Gloria’s episode about her step-father’s book was so interesting. I feel like this season gave so much to think about, especially with how open-ended they left the finale.

[@torizino]

I too loved this season. I love the VM Varga character and the whole company absorption plot line. Loved it. I thought Mary Elizabeth Winstead was terrific. I thought it was very engaging. Just the scene where the lawyer searches for Varga online and the computer crashes was eerie and suspenseful. Loved it.

[@WithoutRemorse12]

2:49 In season 1 we saw a more hopeful outcome of a individual against a bureaucracy. In season 3 the bureaucracy basically wins out and ends up covering up the crimes of the villain.

[@Underscorezeus]

I love the vibes of this season ngl. Everything feels just the slightest bit uncanny, and it made even the calmer scenes feel incredibly tense

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

It was an odd season at that. Varga was great. I loved the ambiguous ending. And Michael Stuhlbarg is typically great to see in anything. But ultimately I felt it added up to solid pub food dressed up as gourmet. Why was Varga a bulimic? What was the point of casting Ewan McGregor as twins? Why not two different actors? Or actual twins? What was the point of being a multimillionaire with private jets and a cheap suit? To escape what? When?

[@randomcookieboy]

This guy is so British that he called an air conditioner a “kitchen appliance.” This review is thusly null and void

[@Cheese23145]

🤣

[@stevenjamison5896]

Season 3 is brilliant! I have watched it many times.

[@grumpyoldman2380]

To me, the writers have taken bits and pieces from sci-fi, crime and horror elements to create this show. My wife and I just finished Season 3 last night and based on the previous seasons, this season felt like I was jogging in mud. But when episode 7 finally was on, it hit me like a ton of bricks. If I had paid attention to the previous episodes, there is a heavy biblical theme to this season. The brothers represent Cain and Able. Greed and jealousy run rampant. The slick looking business man we see on the plane and finally at the bowling alley talking about and speaking Hebrew is a messenger or "mal'akh" which is a angel of a sort. Him telling the girlfriend that the kitten is Ray and explaining why. VM not only representing the corruption of man but his knowledge of the bible. After finishing it, I wish I would have paid more attention at the beginning.

[@syndos8900]

I loved Thewlis's character

[@johnnyutah1983]

I loved Ray and Emmit his twin brother lol…it’s too bad these two didn’t make up and have a happy ending.

[@saml302]

s3 was more abt vibes. in terms of Coen Bros influence, this season bounces around from A Serious Man, Barton Fink, and even Big Lebowski. still not as strong as the first two, but I liked it a lot

[@ekLuca]

All the villains in Fargo are the devil, that's why Virga disappears in the elevator.

[@ewillyt8473]

Most of your reviews are high quality but this one’s effort seemed somewhat lower, maybe corresponding with your relative disdain for season 3. Just a couple gripes: Your repeated assertion that Gloria meandered around the series “not doing much” was simply incomplete. She was actually doing a lot, even if it yielded few if any immediate results, which I maintain was the whole point to her character. She investigated her step-father’s murder without being ordered to and without initial assistance (constantly traveling near and far in the process), dug deep where no one else was looking, ingratiated herself with law enforcement who would prove helpful, navigated inevitable bureaucratic pitfalls with those who would not, and prompted characters involved in the scams and murders to take evasive action, make mistakes, and thereby move the plot closer to its resolution. And along the way (though admittedly not very compelling), she wore her mom’s hat lovingly in the wake of a divorce that had to be more emotionally unsettling than she was letting on. The writers were perhaps hitting us over the head too hard with the notion that she was a helpful yet somewhat invisible and ultimately ineffectual android (though I personally was rather moved by this), whose efforts might never be appreciated in time to truly help anyone. But I still have a hard time accepting that her character moved through the story doing little to nothing. With no Gloria, Ray and Nikki would have lived out their bridge-playing dreams (at least until Nikki moved on to another mark), and Varga would have become one of the grandest global thugs of the 21st century. Speaking of him... Varga did not merely have poor dental hygiene. He was a bulimic who exhibited one of the standard symptoms, an erosion of teeth from the regularly regurgitated stomach acid. How he mitigated this dental problem was of course vile, but I see this as a symbolic by-product of both his lupine consumptive nature and his practice of chewing up a company and spitting it out later. It also suggested that his reason for being would eventually catch up with him: More concretely, his carefully cultivated muscle-or “teeth,” if you will-would eventually be killed off or rendered ineffectual (Varga did not inflict violence by his own hand, at least not on screen); and more abstractly, his clandestinely technological methods would eventually be discovered and shared worldwide, leaving him a nearly toothless, lone predator who must find other ways to thrive through exploitation. Although you may have omitted this detail from your review for succinctness, it would have been more illuminating to address it at least briefly, rather than insinuating that Varga was yet another “one-dimensional” character. However, other takes were definitely spot on, especially regarding the blockheaded new chief who offered little creative advancement from a similarly presented character in season 1, and Sy’s character being poorly fleshed out; I too thought there was more potential there. I also agree that, though still pleasing at times, the cinematography in this season offered little that was daring or innovative.

[@gentlefieldtheorynerd853]

David Thewlis is a great villain, his character V M Vargo has the teeth of a bulemic [throwing up literally melts your teeth to fetid nubs]. [He's wearing falsies for the show, they're awful, I had to fast forward through most of the "teeth" bits.]

[@SADsub-rz1kp]

My only problem with this season is the entirety of episode 3, it truly accomplished nothing on the story, and leave less room for the amazing things it can and could happen in the final act.

[@seralbatross6115]

I did not like how emmit accidentally killed Ray. I hate when charecters accidentally kill each other

[@highwayexcursions7350]

I completely agree with your analysis. Season 3, and 4 for that matter, doesn’t even come close to seasons 1 and 2. If Fargo focused only on the first two season storylines, I really feel it would go down as one of the top shows ever.

[@shelbybrewer7813]

Season 4 = 🤢🤮... Complete Garage😢!

[@JumbleJammyJokes]

I agree with your points. Season 3 felt drawn out in its plot and overreaching in its themes. The acting was great though. It’s an interesting season to study but not be all that entertained by, whereas I think the previous 2 seasons had that balance.

[@corneliucirja429]

For me, of all the characters in all the Fargo series, V. M. Varga is the most dislikeable.

[@jamison2246]

What's up with the bowling ally? Or the flying saucer? What just plot armor or something?

[@HighStrangeDrifter]

I’m thinking Varga walks out of that little room with Gloria, with no more than a pat on the back, and an apology for the misunderstanding. Varga was only was bested when confronted by others who operated without rules. When it comes to working within systems, he knows all the back doors and workarounds. Gloria is smart, but her morals force her to follow the rules and she still has faith in “the System”.

[@raymondsims7042]

I wish they would’ve showed what happened to Varga in season 5

[@aranope]

Ewan nailed it

[@HELL_Media]

season 3 is far better than 2

[@dbsastommygunz9773]

I must be watching a different show than everyone else in these comments. Sure the season had some interesting moments but overall, it was literally all over the place. It was waaaaay too many unanswered questions to be fulfilling. But what was worse was how “unrealistic” certain scenes were. Especially when the show goes out of its way to drill into your head that This Is A True Story. I’ll make a list. 1. Why did Emmitt Stussey not just take the stamp if Ray didn’t want it. Instead he forces it back so hard it breaks the glass and it kills Ray? Stupid af. 2. The entire bowling alley scene makes absolutely no sense and is never explained. 3. How tf does Nikki Swanggo and a stranger (that can’t even fucking hear) decide to band together to get revenge on Varga and Emmitt? Why would he risk his life for a stranger. 4. When someone is a fugitive of the law, they lay low. You can’t convince me that those two was out all that time and never got caught. From a prison bus??? That shit would have been all over the news. And not just on Minnesota. That one of shit makes NATIONAL news. They wouldn’t have lasted 48 hours. 5. Sy was 100% loyal to Emmitt for years, but within a few months Varga had him believing that he was against him. 6. The scene when the deputy confronts the thug in the library/police station after hours was NEVER talked about again. Sooooo there’s this crappy dude in your police station and you just jump in your police cruiser, drive away, and never mention it to anyone? Cmon man. In what world does that happen? 7. It was really stupid how Gloria continuously tried to get her son to recognize that dude as his grandfather and he repeatedly told her well he’s not really my grandfather. You can’t make someone love someone or even have compassion for someone. It’s stupid that she kept saying it over and over. 8. When they had Nikki Swanggo in their sights on the prison bus, it was minimum three against one, and the Asian dude, and the other thug just turn and look at each other. Yeah the dude was big but you’re out there with no gun? Shoot his ass! 9. The last episode where they go into the building to get the hard drives and give Nikki the money. That entire scene is stupid and unrealistic af. So Varga has made all this money, avoided the law all these years, but couldn’t tell that was a trap? 😂 But that’s not even the worst part. The worst part is, the deaf dude took out 5 of Vargas men BY HIMSELF!!! Who tf is the deaf dude?! Rambo?!! 10. Gloria was SUPER ANNOYING. And disobeyed her commanding officer through the entire season. And her voice made me want to shoot myself.

[@oooooba8343]

a lot of these points can be explained

[@_Mustafahaider]

For me this is better than the second season

[@portpete450]

Found it boring rather than strange. The first two seasons were very engaging with great characters. This is too forced and contrived. Far too long with too much gratuitous violence and too many tasteless scenes.

[@raymondsims7042]

Yeah season 3 is okish but certainly the worst season of fargo

[@djcjr1x1]

It's my favorite season well maybe a tie with the first. As other comments say give it another chance.👍😎

[@paisan8766]

I liked all seasons. But I think it goes: Season 2 Season 5 (so far) Season 1 Season 4 Season 3

[@alvarhanso6310]

The two dips into European storytelling with the East German interrogation and the sandwich that started WWI, as well as the use of Peter and the Wolf (narrated by Billy Bob Thornton) were the high points. I thought s3 was just as good as s2. Season 4 is where I really questioned things, the most recent season was better, but s1 is still by far the highwater mark, with the best acting, best writing, best cinematography, best directing, and the best character of the series, Lorne Malvo. Season 4 was pretty bad. Did I mention that?

[@lippscantelon9144]

Loved this season....very unpredictable

[@shelbybrewer7813]

I thought Season 3 was hilarious, but I feel like it got off track a lot. Plus I was confused about certain parts 🤷🏼‍♂️... Having said that, I give this Season 5 out of 5 ⭐'s and a A- Season 4 will ALWAYS BE THE WORST SEASON EVER!... That was complete garbage! However, because it was it was "Fargo", I forced myself to to watch the whole Season 🤮 So far Season 5 has restored my faith. It's pretty good 🎉🎊🥳

[@LanceVanceDance84]

I don't think I'll ever understand how anyone can love the first three seasons as well as the new season, yet _loathe_ the fourth. Just because it was a bit different, more experimental, and highly ambitious doesn't mean it wasn't good. If we had gotten a season more like the previous ones, with a small town Minnesota setting and a story of good cop vs evil force with morally questionable citizens caught in the middle, people would've bitched that the show was spinning its wheels and feeling "samey"; I can vividly remember seeing that exact complaint from many people when season three was initially airing. Season four had to shake up the formula a bit in order to keep things fresh.

[@vandaken3612]

It does not feel like a fargo story to me but I still enjoyed it.

[@bigdingus5359]

Love this season. Not my favourite but still great.

[@Cazz8203]

I'll agree that it didn't come close to matching up with season 1....that's impossible. But I liked it....and calling it weird is a HUGE understatement.....I think one of the shows creators wanted to do a live action version of Peter and the Wolf....and someone gave them a green light....and off they went. My favorite part....Mary Elizabeth Winstead standing up in the bath tub....oh my 😍🥵

[@Mo_Real_Official]

🧌🧌🧌

[@ellletea]

Also, the Swango lady, she was injured when she got arrested, was involved in a vehicle crash but then got better without medical attention for her revenge 🤔

[@yggdrasil2]

Fargo installment 3 might be my favourite season of television ever, so I disagree with a lot of your points posed here, but I'm glad you made a balanced video out of it (ironically you kinda reflect my own opinions on season 4 lol).

[@artists_lodge]

I am really enjoying this season! Hohoho!

[@Juancilra]

Yes. I mostly agree. My thought was that the writers bit off more than they could chew in terms of deeper themes and so they could not tie it all together gracefully. But in its favor, I will say that it has stuck with me. May have to rewatch. A lot of the stuff about Global Capitalism, shady organizations pulling strings and Ukraine/Russia/Cossack themes seemed out of place back in 2017, but now seem a little more prescient. The opening scene in an East German police station, the trip to LA, the bowling alley (a nice callback to Big Lebowski, though), all felt like they were brilliant ideas the writers had at the start, but they fumbled them as they tried to juggle too many. I was also pissed off by the discussion of an 18th Century Cossack massacre/pogrom for reasons too numerous to discuss here, except to say it was a very deep complex theme that they handled clumsily. I appreciate that each season of Fargo was supposed to be a nod to the different immigrant groups that settled in the Upper Midwest; Season 1 (& the original) to the Scandinavians, 2 to the German Lutherans, 3 to Ukrainians and Jews. But I don't think there's anything deep and meaningful, although they tried. Still, as I said, the fact that this season stuck with me (annoyed me) says something positive about it.

[@КурочкаКрашена]

For me season 3 is the strongest of the 4 so far. It really worked as a story for me in a very satisfying way, and I think the deeper meaning of the season is absolutely beautiful. I found it emotionally engaging, sometimes overwhelmingly so (the animated "I can help" section is incredibly moving). Varga is hands down the best Fargo villain. The soundtrack is wonderful (as always with Fargo). The ending is completely perfect, it's not about whether Varga will escape or go to Rikers Island, it's about what we choose to believe. I don't think the Russian stuff is out of place in 2017, election interference, disinformation and the rise of 'alternative facts' was big news there around the 2016 US presidential election and Brexit referendum in the UK. The point of Putin's disinformation isn't to make people believe something, it's to make them believe nothing, which seems to be a lesson that Varga has learned a lot from. There's a wonderful book about Putin's Russia called 'Nothing is True and Everything is Possible", the title feels like a description of Season 3 of Fargo. I know some people find it frustrating that the allusions to Coen brothers films are becoming wider than the Fargo film but, for a Coen geek like myself, it's wonderful. My two favourite Coen films are Fargo and A Serious Man so season 3 is very much up my street.

[@Juancilra]

@@КурочкаКрашена I guess there's an extra layer of irony in you believing the Russian Collusion hoax and that Putin had any influence on the US election - a myth we now know was ginned up by the Clinton Campaign, in collusion with the FBI and the US corporate media.

[@user-tz3fr3vb7d]

so why is ufo problamatic ? if someone can make human creatures with 2 brains ? are UFO'S really hard to make ?

[@tonyferra2134]

Season 2 is the best on watch but I think about season 3 all the time and it has the most interesting content to dissect. Season 4 tried to recapture that but failed to make the “interesting” stuff actually interesting

[@johnny_thunder_3024]

This season is my favorite!

[@AOpsahl10]

Your review is a little sus barely 1 minute in, considering you couldn’t even get the details right that it was a whole book of valuable stamps, not just 1.

[@timbell6870]

Is there ever going to be another season of Fargo? Loved all things Fargo

[@Victor-Vargas]

Yes I think I saw that it will be getting a new season (don't quote me). Even so, I think the first 3 seasons are probably as good as we'll get

[@timbell6870]

@@Victor-Vargas hope so, thanks Victor!

[@felixwinkler6450]

Yes, season five is said to have Jon Hamm in it.

[@filmunion8194]

The Cheif was Corrupted I wish the show had explored that?

[@jasonvoorhees6416]

Varga and his Russian side kick made the season

[@starwarsroo2448]

David Thewlis aka " Freddie Mays"

[@christopherscroggin1236]

Ufo season 2 ending was BS. This was more realistic, even with some convenient writing situations

[@jwgamesvideos]

Gostei dessa temporada, um pouco abaixo das outras, porém, boa

[@kainightingale253]

I think season 3 is what hooked me the most I watched 4 episodes of season 1, didn’t like it, the drama was good but the comedy was awful for me Tried to watch season 2 episode 1 but wasn’t interested. But after seeing all of season 3, I wanna watch all Fargo seasons ngl

[@mekwan3019]

Season 2 and 3 are tied for the best seasons so far

[@kainightingale253]

@@mekwan3019 season 2 I didn’t quite like (cause I saw the second & first season after I left that comment) It was just all over the place & the messages aren’t as clear or justified like 3 It was also very kinda insulting?

[@TheFacrecords]

It was a bit brilliant.

[@abubacarrjeng5080]

I feel like season 3 was better than 1 But season 2 is best.

[@yabadabadou7]

Season 2 > 1 >3 >4 . Currently watching 5.

[@raymondsims7042]

For me I’d go 1,5,4,2,3 from best to worst

[@aaronsentell3902]

No season 3 was the best

[@davebruneau6068]

Cops do not behave like the two did in E6 when Vargas DID NOT identify himself- in Stussy's office - & then proceeded to commandeer the conversation, then told them to leave. Not even really stupid cops do that. Especially after the "Ladies shoes" comment. They take notes for Court & document all convo's and who they had them with. About as unbelievable as Ted Danson's WW II Veteran cop letting 2 Gangsters...One of which was actually driving & NOT identifying themselves...give him the finger, in Season 2 When it says "True Story", its like calling the Netflix 'Cleopatra' a "Documentary" Almost forgot..a late-night State Prison transfer bus on Dec 24th thats Co-Ed...yeah, thats TRUE LMAO..NOTHING in State Prison is Co-Ed. Period...never mind its Xmas Eve

[@hamsicle]

MISTA STUSSY

[@onetimer44]

Why did varga pee in the guy's coffee cup and make him drink it?

[@LanceVanceDance84]

He doesn't piss in Sy's mug, he rubs his dick around in it; Yuri then pours water into it from a pitcher. If you watch the scene again and listen closely, you can clearly hear Yuri pour the water into the "holy cup" before forcing Sy to drink from it. The reason Varga does this is to both emasculate and threaten Sy due to the reckless actions he took towards Ray, which drew the attention of law enforcement.

[@zoobopzippityzoop1072]

assertion of dominance and demonstration of the power hierarchy

[@yourfinalhiringagency3890]

1&3 were the best!

[@valmarsiglia]

I liked season 3 much better on my second viewing.

[@doodookaka]

best season

[@mikewhelan9561]

it's better then most crap

[@bobshelley9468]

GOOD JOB MAN

[@starwarsroo2448]

Who pops up from season one??

[@castlemappe22]

The mute hitman

[@КурочкаКрашена]

@@castlemappe22 His name is Mr Wrench (he's also in season 2 as a child)

[@Sumboooodeeey]

Anyone else here because they loved season 1 and 2 but can barely make it past this season ? Boring…

[@psychedelicsoul3260]

Honestly just started this season a couple days ago and Varga is already my favorite just from how fucking weird he is😂

[@pissedoffnation]

Season 3 was the weakest thus far but not bad at all very good

[@JacobDean88]

You were to harsh about this season

[@tylerthompson1842]

Season 2 is my personal favorite. I liked tight smart writing. This one felt very lazy, half baked, flat performances, and just overall very boring in comparison with the first two. Only thing that was good was the soundtrack imo

[@_zigger_]

If season 3 looks uneventful to you wait till you see s4. It has great set design though

[@ShadeRaven222]

Yes this one was not a fargo show but still interesting

[@truthtortoise3829]

L take

[@LivinNexus]

Definitely my favorite season of my favorite show 🥲

[@tectorgorch8698]

Did not care for this season. At all.

[@jackgriffith8120]

"promo sm"

[@KingCrimson82]

building something around a persons antics that arent really a quality but a shortcomming, because a person puts her own mannerisms into every role, will never age good. And the swango takes up too much space and is a shrill spike in the mix of this season. I really was angry after the last two episodes. You are not supposed to be angry at a media form, you are supposed to be immersed and fascinated, mesmerized. The second season got that done. True detective season 1 got that done, season 3 easily had the potential but needed a little more time cooking. Exactly like the new trend that every media form pollutes everything with bad language but 99% of people dont have the intellect that tarantino has to make up for it.

[@LoafRock]

Enjoyed more than the cheesy season two.

[@ahmadtrip4623]

Season 4 is better then 3 in my opinion I don’t get the hate for that season

[@KrommKONG]

S4 was unwatchable so I can’t complain

[@johnnyutah1983]

Season 3 was awesome …it was the last great season of Fargo…season 4 & 5 are falling flat

[@robsop9512]

ssn 3 is either my favorite or maybe 1B with ssn one as 1A.

[@Grapefruitgloryhole]

Meh, the simple minded rarely understand or enjoy obscurity. Stick to Pixar films and you'll be fine, chief.

[@iate3batteries]

we need more vm