Fargo: Season Two - The Meaning Behind The UFO

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In this video, we have a look at how the UFO works as a perfect addition to this reality, gritty world.

[@johnbeltran2736]

I find Lorne Malvo to be even more mysterious and intriguing than the UFO.

[@ipektanrica9029]

He was a scam artist and proffesional thief thats why he killed dozen of people he doesnt always do for joy

[@johnbeltran2736]

His actions aside, the tapes he keeps, the stories he tells - there's some darkness in him so wicked, it just makes me wonder how he became like that.

[@jordonwhalen5132]

By far my favorite character in the entire fargo series. I have watched season one many times lol

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

He's a wolf in a chaotic world of animals. He said so himself. Fitting that he was put down by Gus from Animal control.

[@carlosmatos9848]

Lorne Malvo = Malevolent Loner.

[@Cyber_Noot]

I loved season 2. Hanzee and Mike Milligan were my favorite characters. Patrick Wilson did a great job too.

[@TheVictoriousShot]

Mike Milligan was so awesome. wish there was more of him.

[@leonthesleepy]

Same. It is so rare for a show to have a second season that acts as a prequel to the first season, yet introduces new and interesting characters that deepen the first season, and stands on its own.

[@bigstabby]

Speaking on the ideals of anti-climatic character endings in the Coen universe, I thought it was hilarious how Mike's character ended in a cramped new office as a desk jockey. They made him so awesome, and ended him so pitifully lol

[@JessicaIsOkay]

+Progressive clown He definitely did. Loved his character though, and also Ted Danson

[@averyrousseaux3859]

bigstabby Yeah but he gets a tip that all the deals go down on the golf course so he’d most likely be back in the game

[@pedrom.7916]

Chapter 1: "Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred." [Suddenly, an alien spaceship appears].

[@sebastianmolina9566]

The pentagon did confirm the existence of UFO...

[@tomsawyer9403]

Seriously.

[@fhvxdhbx1775]

@@sebastianmolina9566 lol

[@TangoNevada]

@@fhvxdhbx1775 By definition it just means they saw something flying they couldn't identify. There is no mention of Aliens.

[@fhvxdhbx1775]

@@TangoNevada then they shouldnt of put a alien spaceship in the thing lol I did no what it means unidentified flying object but still the guy put the pentagon confirmed existence of ufos like the pentagon actually saw an alien spaceship that’s what i was loling at which I doubt they did governments and law enforcement and other legalised gangs lie all the time

[@Rob_-dv6ei]

I think Peggie, being insane (later on thinking the Native American was pouring smoke into the room, there was none) just passed the UFO as normal because she thought she was hallucinating - funny line though.

[@seadkolasinac7220]

He has a name you know

[@Rob_-dv6ei]

Sead Kolašinac mate, this is a comment I made 2 years ago. I forgot some fella’s name from a fictional TV show - it ain’t the end of the world.

[@Moja421]

@@seadkolasinac7220 is it "Biggus dickus"?

[@142doddy]

I don't think she was insane at the time.

[@matthewtuckey]

@@142doddy I dunno, she was quite keen to torture the guy in the cabin.

[@deepcrows]

Season 1 rains fish and somehow everyone's still upset about the UFO. This whole show was awesome, UFO and all

[@KTMICD2]

They weren't hinting at fish rain for the entire season, they were hinting at the UFO the entire season and then using it as a deus ex machina as to why Lou survived, and that's it.

[@judemcdermott]

its not really a deus ex machina if it was there for the whole season

[@elbob17]

They at least explained the fish.

[@MrJustSomeGuy87]

Raining fish is a real thing though...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals

[@DDG2023]

Everyone is not upset about it, you flaming tardhole! 😁

[@TheRABIDdude]

The Absurd, in philosophy, is the idea that humans innately search for meaning in a universe where there is none to be found. That "makes life a joke." Themes of Absurdism are brought up in every episode, and the titles are actually names of books/essays written about the Absurd. So when we finish the season and take to internet forums to frantically look for a meaning behind the irrational inclusion of a UFO, we are falling for an absurdist joke played at our expense by Noah Hawley. Notice as well that characters, such as Lou, who are very pragmatic and capable of staying level-headed in the face of carnage and senseless violence are the most resistant to the UFO. They have come to terms with the Absurd and live their life well in spite of it, choosing to keep their chins up and pressing on with what needs doing. They don't normally question the big problems in life, so they don't overthink the UFO and this allows them to survive.

[@Weah702]

Well put

[@TheRABIDdude]

@@Weah702 Thanks :) It's always nice to see one of your comments has started snowballing likes, even if it took a 1.5 year incubation period to get going!

[@seano_4319]

thats brilliant

[@billbasherbill1364]

Thank you Dude , well reasoned.

[@streettacokid8823]

I'm just a Dude, play a Dude...its that simple- stop polluting the World with Psych-babble- peace &out

[@kris242]

I think the very end of “Burn After Reading” perfectly describes the pure philosophy of the Coen Bros in their filmmaking. “Jesus what a clusterfuck... What did we learn, Palmer..? I don’t fuckin know either...” The Coens show this nihilistic idea that nothing actually matters and the world is complete chaos. These things just happen, we have no explanation for them, but they’re still interesting as hell. I think that more fictional stories should learn from this idea, because chaos is far more interesting than order.

[@carlosmatos9848]

The UFO is just a physical representation of the unexplained, "cosmic forces" outside of our control, God, the randomness of the universe. I tried not to read into it too much and I think it makes sense.

[@kobalt77]

I agree with that 100%

[@melboo2713]

100%

[@frankiedelic6647]

That’s exactly what it means. Pretty sure the Coen brothers have explained this before back in that movie I always forget the name of lol

[@vice2versa]

Fargo city was also a real life hotspot for UFO sightings.

[@viljamtheninja]

What I took from it was how the pettiness of human endeavors can make us miss what's truly important. There's a bloody UFO in the sky but everyone's busy killing each other so no one even has time to reflect on it. It's such a bizarre situation, but at the same time it's understandable because the stakes for everyone are essentially life and death. But there's a bloody UFO in the sky. We've gotta be pretty messed up to not even pay attention to that.

[@DobbysStinkySock]

I thought Peggy's reaction was included to comically compliment and contradict her burgeoning, and often fleeting moments of insanity. The states of denial her mind would fly into when under extreme stress portrayed a tendency for lunacy, and by the time we accepted this in the show as an endearment that complimented who she was, they played with it in that scene. I think it was to show a moment where everyone was questioning their sanity and awestruck by the UFO, while Peggy was the only sane and nonchalant person about it. That's just my interpretation of it though. This show is amazing.

[@Benjii2k]

Yea me to

[@kobalt77]

You put into words what I felt, thank you.

[@gbeach85]

Agreed

[@nospoon4799]

I always had a thought that she originally ran over Rye because she was also looking at the UFO not the road was why she didn't think it was unusual the second time. also maybe why she went crazy (more than usual) in the first place. Hanze saw it too. He had the same reaction. Sheriff Hank was writing his own language in hieroglyphics. Before he saw it that night. With the guy at the gas station talking to Lou about it as yet more. The UFO is there and potentially talking to hank Larsson telepathically in symbols. Before he sees one.

[@theextreme7134]

The 1970's was The Golden Era of UFO sightings.

[@kobalt77]

until 2010

[@wurst107]

If that was the golden era, then what do we got on our hands now, the platinum one?

[@anderscoomes6981]

Did you ever think that Peggy also saw the UFO and that was why she hit Rye and was more surprised she hit him rather than seeing the UFO?

[@ivangoenaga9501]

that scene with Carradine and Thornton, one of the best of all firts season.

[@TheLargestPoop]

What about the universal language created by hank?

[@JobyJonesJnr]

[@futurestoryteller]

This guy doesn't get anything. He dismisses the idea that it's a metaphor and then just says it's real and has no explanation, like it's one or the other. It's all about humanity, it has nothing to do with aliens or whether or not they're real. That's what the universal language is about.

[@ahandymantricks2520]

Ben P u ment emojis? 🖖🏻👽👍

[@kidhelvetica]

I’ve always seen season 2 as political allegory, and (Moses-looking) Hank’s language as a parable for the Tower of Babel. Just my two sheckels.

[@kylernewton3498]

The bar that hansee shot up had the writing above the bar

[@adrianezzo1696]

It's so awesome to see Mike Milligan as a child being a child "Satchel Loy" who was shown real love and taught that he has the chance to choose what life he wants to live by Rabbi Milligan in season 4 of Fargo.

[@clarapilier]

Meanwhile, the beings inside the UFO are like Earthlings are so violent.

[@Crow-gg5se]

You might find a deeper meaning of the UFO in the scene of Mike Milligan explaining sovereignty and kingship to the petty thief.

[@gammelhund]

Kinship* Kin means blood related :)

[@scoutboard1975]

nah its king as in sovereign, if you're gonna correct people at least make sure you are correct

[@pyrostooge78]

You nailed it. I feel that one of the reasons the Coens films are so brilliant is the fact that they don't explain everything. Things happen. I could go on, but I'll just say I think your videos are fantastic. I just happened to stumble upon one of them a couple of nights ago, so now I'm plowing through them all. Great work man.

[@drigonfirefox]

When watching season 1 I had this strange love for Lou as a character. I don't really know why but he was one of my favorite. Then when watching season 2 I wasn't really paying attention to the names and then I saw that scene of him playing with a rope at night. Then I straight up yelled oooooo like in regular show as I connected the dots. The only problem was the fact that it was 3 am

[@gbeach85]

Holy shit I didn’t even realize that was the same character. Thank you for posting this.

[@OzzyAndrews]

Hey Ryan, I remember watching this when you first uploaded it. just finished the second season and has to watch it again. please keep up the good work. As you bring out the meaning of things in the most articulate ways. you're a genius!

[@Weird-City]

5:27 - he was caught sleeping on the job and came up with some crazy excuse.

[@kidhelvetica]

The UFOs are God. The entire second season was based on the story of Job, who resists Satan's temptations (see opening scene with Rye and the judge.) People react to the UFOs the same way people view miracles: as a holy sign. That's why Peggy is so nonchalant. Patrick Wilson is saved by divine intervention. Literally, a Deus ex Machina. And Hanzee is Satan, as evidenced by the finale discussion with a man identified only as "The Book," or, presumably God. He renames Hanzee, wonders if he'll join another empire. "Maybe start one of my own," Hanzee replies, a nod to the Biblical uprising the Devil led. And Mike Milligan's promotion with the Kansas mob is his introduction to hell. 🙂Amazing show.

[@mr.cheezle5829]

Scott Bowles Beo Hanzee wasn't tempting anyone. Nobody cared who Hanzee was. Not much to this

[@samuel-lmaojackson2116]

Do you know what a chicken is?? its all about interpretation, i agree hanzee was a bad mofo but compared with V.M Varga or Lorne malvo he's pocahontas

[@Vara91391]

You are wrong (sorry to say). The UFO is a consequence to the fact that FARGO is not a real story although they claim it is. They basically had to throw in the UFO encounter to make the audience think about the fact that what they were watching actually never happened (contradicting the initial opening that this is a true story). It is just that, it is one of the consequences of the fact that the "This is a true story" is in fact a lie. With other words, you either make it linear and make the viewer at one point know that it is all a lie OR, you make it more interesting by adding UFOs with the objective of making the viewers come to their own conclusion of all of it not being a true story at all. You all think too deep. UFO is merely meant as a consequence to wrongly stating that the events were true, the UFO is supposed to make people wake up. UFO has no biblical nor philosophical explanation here. Same as with the falling fish but they did admit there was a tornado over a lake nearby so that could be a plausible explanation but not the UFO. UFO = "Hey viewers, this all never happened, just fyi, but continue enjoying the show. Bye bye and thanks for watching !"

[@MrDesertFox99]

PFG - 45 Ag. 042-IO You're right. This is Noah Hawley's(the creator of the show) explanation of it.

[@sierragoldrush7479]

Bowles Satan tempted Job? C'mon man. Satan tempted God and he took the wager.

[@chocopuffs9161]

Thank you, Ryan Hollinger. This cleared up my skeptical mind. A theory worth mentioned.

[@transformersloverjon]

The U.F.O. is the literal embodiment of the Absurdist motif presented throughout Fargo Season 2.

[@xOCT4VIOx]

transformersloverjon Embrace the absurd.

[@joshblair3745]

Salem Baron how is it shit?

[@joshblair3745]

Salem Baron the acting, music and everything in this show is awesome. Nothing to dislike.

[@rmj8905]

They did plan it from the beginning because the TV show is based off the movie. The movie has the whole "based on a true story" thing as well. One Google search goes to show that the movie is bullshit and that the Coen bros. were fucking with the audience.

[@rmj8905]

First season also isn't credible given some of the shit Lorne Malvo was able to do. They played him off as if he could have been some supernatural entity maybe even the devil himself.

[@JordanDeanGoT]

Great video Ryan. I'm glad to see you're a Fargo fan. I'd love to see you do some more videos on the show, perhaps one discussing the use of split screens in season 2 or covering some of the hidden connections between season 1 and 2.

[@Everything_All_In_One_Place]

So, the meaning behind the UFO was, "it had no meaning, sometimes shit just happens". Thanks for the keen insight.

[@hughbo52]

Great explanation for the unexplainable. This has tied together of the both of these realms that we experience. Have loved all of the Fargo series thus far and look for many more.

[@Red0bullha]

Great video man, liked season 2 more than 1 and that part was amazing. Thats what it is, reality, period.

[@max-beckett]

5:56 I think Peggy is more concerned about getting the hell out of dodge rather than the questionable existence of the UFO

[@kobalt77]

and yes, it is as simple as that, well played Sir.

[@mikeyproctor5670]

I think the lyrics of a song called Gates of Eden by Bob Dylan are fitting here, "At dawn my lover comes to me and tell me of her dream, with no attempt to shovel the glimpse into the ditch of what each one means. Sometimes I think there are no words except these to tell what's true. And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden."

[@damnwall]

I don't know why this video was recommended to me, but I'm glad it was. It's impossible to watch this series admiring everything that's in it, and at the same time analyzing everything that's not. It's the only show that has had me looking for deeper meaning than my own life.

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Just finished the season and I loved it

[@DeadCardinal]

You got a like and a new sub. Well done video and very informative. Loved both season 1 and 2 of Fargo.

[@RyanHollinger]

Thank you!

[@Mr.Majestic77]

I have to say, that UFO was really needed in season 3 lol.

[@VincoMalus]

Breathtakingly elegant analysis/&dissection📽👑

[@KamronSalimi]

This video was brilliant thank you!!

[@ricardootiniano8315]

I think if you watch this series as if you would watch a comedy then you wouldn't complain so much about a UFO ruining the "seriousness" of the show. IMO, the whole series has been the best comedy I've ever watched, it's not really about making you laugh though but to be ironic, unpredictable, random and so obscure and depressing at times, that you could laugh and cry at the same time out of all the misery around the main characters. It's kind of like this book, the Myth of Sisyphus by Camus, if you try too hard to make meaning out of the misery in your life, you won't find it.. it's better to just accept the absurd.

[@Kriscoart]

Hey man would love to collaborate with you. What's the best way to contact you? Grat video btw!

[@RyanHollinger]

+KriscoartProductions I'll PM you now.

[@christopherbarber5283]

“Ain’t it a minor miracle …while everyone else…losin they damn minds” I think that mike mulligan line is trying to reinforce the point you’re trying to make

[@jimbeam9595]

Don’t forget that it’s also a reference to the Coen brother’s film, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE, also starring Billy Bob Thorten. In the movie both he and his boss’s wife see UFOs. Just one of the countless references to Coen brother’s films beyond Fargo.

[@thewhistler6537]

Wasn't Billy's character Malvo kind of a man who was never there as well....🤔🤔🤔

[@tiagov.s.2693]

My favorite type of videos, deserves a sub

[@RyanHollinger]

Hope I can impress!

[@MrSantanaSimpleVids]

Great video!

[@LeeBailes]

Great explanation and analysis

[@woodysagan424]

A bottomless Curse, A bottomless Sea..Accepting of all there is, And all that can be.

[@ddevineisofine]

I think the whole point of Fargo is that crazy things happen and we have to decide who's right and who's wrong, the ufo is there embody the craziness of the season, that sometimes things just fuckin happen and they're out of your control

[@AngeAlexiel]

totally agree, loved the first and second season as wel, i'm going to binge watch season 3, i really hope it is as good ^^

[@wackyfingers5255]

random check, was it good?

[@jimmyguitar2933]

Season One was awesome. Season Two was beyond awesome. I may not survive season three

[@MixtapeMessiah92]

Jimmy Guitar - U still alive? Cause imo it wasn't quite as good as the first 2 seasons

[@jojoc197]

Well how’d that work out for ya... lol

[@evanabbott2737]

xReecay I still liked it, can’t wait for season 4👍

[@HRush-lu6fj]

@@MixtapeMessiah92 Season 3 was different, its hard to explain how, but compared to the other two seasons(not saying its better or worse, just different), it built up more towards the climax. It was slow in the beginning but like a roller coaster, once it got there, it GOT THERE. We got Wrench and Swango besting Varga, the conflict between the Stussy brothers, Emmitt’s dramatic downfall where he loses his friends and family in search for greater fortune. I wouldn’t say it was any better or worse than the other two seasons, just good and different in its own way.

[@MixtapeMessiah92]

@@HRush-lu6fj I have know clue anymore what happened in season 3 but well put, sir :D

[@RyanHollinger]

*The Walking Dead video* NEXT THURSDAY will certainly be an interesting one... *BONUS VIDEO*: THIS SATURDAY - Top 10 Coen Brother Films

[@mads1771]

Well put.

[@AKayfabe]

this was inspired by a well documented UFO sighting case from MN, involving officer Val Johnson’s experience in Warren MN when a UFO appeared and destroyed his patrol car and he called the incident in to police headquarters on his radio. So it was incorporated into the show which some seasons are set in MN UFO sightings happen all the time in MN and it is incidental in the middle of other events they have nothing to do with.

[@ChodeMaster]

Probably wrecked it after drinking

[@maurodriguesxr]

What font types did you use in this video, mate? They're gorgeous! BTW great essay.

[@Yony42]

Respecfully, 7:10 is exactly why I loathed the UFO's explicit appearance. It felt to me like an "easy/clarifying" answer. I didn't see it and go "what?! that's not enough information for me!". Ironically I felt it made the season more mundane.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Having not discovered Fargo until the 4 season streamed, I had a unique opportunity to watch the show in the timeline order. I did 4, 2, 3, 1 it was cool I loved it. Season 2.. the best lol. Brilliant writing, aesthetic, they nailed the look of that period, and the perfect soundtrack for every scene.

[@MD.ISMAIL-ph4lm]

how would u rank them

[@JPTHRICE]

the ufo could represent the 'unknown (reason)' as if a story was reconstructed some things would be not sure or unknown - like a ufo itself. it would be hard to tell the reason for everything so rather than leaving it out they show something unidentified that interferes with what happens lol

[@ReneeVaughter]

I wish you would have mentioned the language he was developing and the picture of the UFO that Molly drew. Also the dream that Mollys mom had (could have been a vision). I think it really added to the mystery of the UFO. Loved this inclusion to this story so much! I found it so fascinating and beautiful.

[@nospoon4799]

A lot of people cannot deal with the possible existence of Aliens. I think they are the ones who like season 1 more.

[@lacebolleta14]

Its so weird that, just by adding black bars on top and bottom of the image, you get a way more cinematic look. Every single shot looks now from a movie, but before it looked from a TV show. Anyway, loved this video man. And the series as well. /SPOILER/ What an amazing last episode, and how it linked to the first season... Sublime.

[@kristinawashington1773]

Truly liked this. 😊

[@calsnow6807]

4:44 references history of the xfiles with link in the description below, there is no link and cant find anything on his channel to such a video, what is he talking about

[@chicox3me]

Mind sharing the source of the interview footage with the Coen brothers?

[@superruff9000]

Awesome video! Great points on how they play on people's fear of the unknown. Do you by chance know the name of the song used at the beginning? Thanks in advance. Keep making awesome stuff.

[@Turosarous]

The UFO is a tribute to The Man Who Wasn't There, written and directed by... Joel and Ethan Coen.

[@NIGEHOOD2]

WELL DONE

[@thecableguyx3558]

I like surprises like the UFO. It was such a shock but I like that sort of thing. Like the lost series. I like to think when you first see the UFO it dropped someone off and 2nd time tried to pick someone up. And it's up to the audience to figure out who that person is.

[@MarelisaFabrega]

Great video. For me the UFO's in Fargo are like the witches in Macbeth. Are they necessary? No. But both the UFO's and the witches speak to what people found fascinating at the time, and they add a surreal element that keeps things interesting.

[@ShadowMoon96]

The UFO scene was so random

[@itcouldbelupus2842]

You have arrived at the point. Life is random. Sometimes it rains fish. Unexplained phenomenon are witnessed by human beings all the time.

[@MsArpan1991]

In this video UFO is exacly the same as i saw in my dream.Very true.what a wonerful work.

[@joeyhernandez7948]

I would also add the hitman association Lorne Malvo belongs to. It isn't explained, delved into or mentioned a lot. The audience has no idea how Lorne became apart of it, what was his previous job all about or how much of an influence this organization even had.

[@TumzFestivalYT]

"... I just don't understand it." - Margie in response to the crimes of the film. "... I just don't understand it." - The Audience Discussing the UFO. Footage of the Sioux Falls Motor Motel UFO appearance shows up in the first episode of Season 3 as a tape being watched by the father of the protagonist Gloria Burgle. I love season 3 because it seems the most aware of its status as an adaptation and takes advantage of what we expect from the show, movies, and storytelling in general. It almost crosses into Twin Peaks territory as far as self-awareness goes. It's hard to say what the "mystery/supernatural" element to Season 3 is, there's so much to chew on and too much to summarize here. It all seems to tie back into the film and Margie's mentality of "I just don't understand it.' I'd definitely recommend the 3rd season for anyone who loves getting lost in stuff like this and if you're really nuts- The canceled pilot that has echoes of each season, from a character working in a beauty salon feeling stuck in Fargo, and two brothers causing trouble in the name of their dead father. It starred Edie Falco as Marge Gunderson. A lot of people dislike season four focusing on organized crime, so it's funny to think Margie was almost replaced by someone who would go on to be in The Sopranos.

[@tonyclark3913]

The UFO is in the Coen Brothers film, The Man Who wasn't There starring Billy Bob Thorton, Frances McDormand and James Gandolphini.

[@jorgeramirez6060]

AWESOME!

[@johnnyringo5777]

Most UFO appearances in the season can be very easily explained away if you don't want it to be canon but I'm actually chill with it

[@SnowyNightFlyer]

I like how the design of the season 2 UFO looks very “70s”. The shape, lights, etc. resembled how they were portrayed in movies and TV shows of the era.

[@kingbeauregard]

Noah Hawley almost, ALMOST had a way to work the UFOs in that wouldn't have been so, well, dumb. We know that 1) the events of season 2 of "Fargo" are detailed in a book and based on accounts of survivors; 2) one of those survivors was Peggy and she's given to delusions, and 3) she was present at both UFO sightings. So my take on it would have been that the UFOs were part of Peggy's interviews, probably as little more than a footnote in that book. It would even be consistent for Peggy to say, "Oh, and then a UFO came down and hovered right above the motel! Everyone was all weirded out, but not me, I do a lot of reading, I know all about UFOs already." That could have worked until the last five minutes of the last episode, when Lou Solverson said he saw the UFO too. They could have instead had Lou say, "Can you believe? Peggy Blumquist says there was a flying saucer floating over the parking lot all during the shootout". Sorry, I don't buy the argument that UFOs fit the story because people in the 1970s believed in UFOs. If that's where we're going with this, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and Transcendental Meditation (and the abilities it grants) would have been appropriate for the story. For that matter, as a Native American, Hanzee should have had magical powers. None of that works in a story about very material, very grounded events.

[@TheJohn9910]

it really just drives the nail on fargo's main theme. the crime and crazy events fall upon regular naive folk against violent crimes to contrast. its no different then the point of the conversation in the end of the movie. a cruel turn of fate causes unforseen consequences and we must live in a wolrd of it

[@rac3502]

I think it could be a time machine from the future viewing the massacre as this is a historic event within the Fargo universe. The ufo maybe popped up a few times throughout the series as the time traveler’s wanted to know how the massacre started

[@daddalonglegz0]

Lorne Malvo was a vaguely superhuman character hinting at his background even being an iteration of the devil. The alien UFO sightings in season 2 echo the supernatural or unexplained. I love these 2 seasons

[@murph2010]

Really interesting interpretation, at the time when watching it I thought it was because of the era the season takes place but couldn't figure out if it was a metaphor for something greater. Its unexplained nature does fit neatly with the Coens style. Just subbed for a great video my friend :).

[@Ph.D_of_Lagomorph]

Being a huge lynch fan, the inclusion of ufo makes me feel right at home 😄

[@franzhanz8945]

I watched every season multiple times and my favorite character still is Lorne Malvo!

[@gnolan4281]

I do not accept the mystery. I accepted it in "Close Encounters" and even going back to "The Day The Earth Stood Still" but I could not accept it in "The Sopranos" when Paulie Galtieri attends a seance with a spiritualist in another town who rattles off a list of people Paulie murdered decades ago including the order in which he killed them starting with his first. Still, I loved those made for TV Fargos.

[@elbob17]

I liked season 2 more than season 1 which I didn't think was possible at first. That is except for the spaceship HORSE SHIT.

[@PrivateAccountXSG]

I agree with your assessment from the film standpoint, but I think you missed the literary context. The entirety of season 2 is a love letter to post-modernity. The center does not hold, as reflected by Heller, Kerouac, Plath and in the case of the UFO- especially Dick or Vonnegut. Ted Dansen's speech at the end is very purposeful. He emphasizes the importance (and often failure) of language to describe the incommunucable nature of the human experience and the seemingly chaotic stage it is set in... this is very much a postmodern ideal, and Vonnegut specifically tackled this ides with the Tralfamadore aliens in Slaughterhouse5. The idea being that there is something so haunting and peculiar about the current human zeitgeist that symbolizing it with an alien encounter is as good of a way as any to detail it. It is something prevelent yet mysterious. It determines events in our lives but is left out of police reports... because how do you explain it? It is almost like our words fail is, just like Danson suggests. I think the inclusion of the UFO is a direct homage to Vonnegut and these ideas... or maybe Im just reaching...

[@RyanHollinger]

+StevenGaspard You make a very fascinating point which should be considered also. It's interesting because my friend has a different interpretation also - we can look at it literary or philosophically. I chose the latter because it's consistent with the Coen brothers' filmmaking ethos.

[@JangaLangaBanga]

I remember reading somewhere that the reason for the UFO was simply to be something strange enough to be memorable. We all have a few special scenes from movies / shows that we've seen in our years that we'll never forget, and the UFO scene was designed to be one of those. Whether you liked it or thought it was random bullshit, if you find yourself thinking about it after a year or so then it did its job.

[@vice2versa]

Fargo city was also a real life hotspot for UFOs.

[@meinfuhrer1100]

now that season 3 has shaped the ufo isn't unexplained anymore

[@notoriousbmc1]

The Theory of Omission!

[@MysticXombie]

I understand why they added the ufo, I still feel unsatisfied with the ending in terms of the ufo coming down to distract everyone, causing Bear to be shot. I mean, to me it just felt like too much of a cop out for Lou getting out of the situation like that.

[@professionalgun6674]

In an episode of Barney Miller from series 6 or 7 a character talks about seeing a UFO in Fargo years before and that episode was from 1980 or 81. I'll find out which episode it was when I get the chance.

[@terrycuster4213]

That Hanzee Dent became Tripoli is absurd.

[@mikegribanov6105]

You touched on it but I think the UFO was a way of showing their insigficance within the scope of their entire universe. Hence the shot of thr UFO floating over the hotel. Showing how it dwarves this building

[@AlexWilliams-yd4dv]

Season 2s inclusion of the UFO is undoubtedly one of the coolest things to be pulled off in a TV series. The backlash is understandable, especially for people who aren't familiar with the Coen brothers work. Some people just can't cope with not knowing and that's fine.

[@johnnyringo5777]

During the Vietnam war it was commonly accepted amongst pilots that "experimental enemy fighters" referred to UFOs and amongst soldiers the term "enemy helicopters" also referred to UFOs. Yet if there was a serious Vietnam war movie that had a random scene where a pilot saw a flash of light or something it would be considered fiction. I guess it's weird how theres a difference between common knowledge or common understanding and official knowledge or official facts.

[@David.Bobson]

I just took it as there must of been some sightings that year(in the real world) possibly due to drugs, alcohol, mental health and movies like close encounters.

[@Astrousual]

Hey man you should REALLLLLY cover the tornado and the family curse and the heavier themes of season 4

[@isawamoose]

Very much in the vein of Kubrick in “The Killing”, sort of absurdity of existence.

[@danielt6856]

Could you please tell me the song you play after the intro?

[@juanmarley5690]

Oh I seen one in the daytime!!!!

[@maladavek]

Is it just me or did he mention a link in the description for an x files video?

[@laertesdd]

Thanks for the vid. Your reasoning sounds plausible. Makes me definitely wanna watch the season again. May I ask where you are from? I can't really place your accent. It sounds US-american mostly, but then you pronounce some endings (in words like "explains") very uniquely. Could it be that you have German ancestors? Thanks for your answer in advance. Best greetings from Germany.

[@M4xlos]

You have some odd reasoning there. He's from Belfast.

[@Largentina.]

You thought his accent was from the US? That has to be a joke, right?

[@gabrielromero1621]

5:13 I didn't know Ed Kemper was a deputy.

[@edgarmendez3528]

so that old solverson is the cop solverson from the second season?..

[@Chrundle9]

Yeah I thought it was obvious that they're the same person

[@RED01SEA]

they even showed a fast forward to the future !

[@Chrundle9]

@@RED01SEA lmao yeah

[@deathisinevitable7178]

go watch spongebob dude

[@indalcecio]

@@deathisinevitable7178 a harsh but perfect comment.

[@alexliszt6163]

Goooood aktors, isnt it?