Fargo - Sioux Falls Case mentioned in the 1st season

S01E09, "A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage"
Lou Solverson (Keith Carradine) mentions the 1979 Sioux Falls case to Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton). This will be the story of the second season, coming on September 2015.
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[@JaimeYeyoquin]

"Had a case once, back in '79. I'd tell you the details, but... we need them for the second season."

[@IIIIKaiserIIII]

+Jaime Yeyoquin You think they already knew there would be a season 2?

[@JaimeYeyoquin]

Kaiser Hard to tell, I honestly don't think so. Just joking here, lol.

[@WalterWhite-lk3ei]

+Jaime Yeyoquin You're God DAMN RIGHT !

[@ycafe123]

+Kaiser They didn't have the idea initially (Hence the references don't exactly match up to season 2). But later they felt it would be something cool do to.

[@MrReded69]

+ycafe123 well considering how many people got killed in the Forest Gunfight and the Motel shootout alone, the "stack 'em and you would have enough to reach the 2nd floor" line fits perfectly.

[@JackCaliber]

[BIG Season 2 Spoiler] "I saw something that year. Something I'd never seen before or since." "You mean like a UFO?" "That too, but I was trying to make a point about the mind of a killer or something."

[@philipgodsworth4764]

mojo jojo that’s what UFOs have always been, cockteases. Anything beyond that is unadulterated fiction.

[@AbigailHonestly]

@@philipgodsworth4764 liked with irony, look at what just happened and go ahead and respond!

[@kris242]

“It’s just a flyin’ saucer, Ed... Let’s go!” 🤣🤣

[@bamb0ostick]

One of my favorite scenes from Fargo Season 1. The way Lou interacts with Malvo is just so different from how the other characters acted around him. He wasn't afraid of Malvo, as if he had already met Death and recognizes his face. When Lou mentions Sioux Falls it's as if he had already gone through Hell and back, and that there is nothing in this world scares him anymore -- not even Malvo.

[@MUSICLOVER23429]

+bamb0ostick Also, when you look back everyone who talked to Malvo was either corrupted, killed, or scared by Malvo in some way, except Lou (Molly only saw him in a glance in the snowstorm shootout). Lou wasn't corrupted, killed, or scared. Lou is a tough SOB.

[@kleptooohhyena]

+bamb0ostick Very well said man, my thought exactly. This scene hits even harder after watching the first three episodes of S2. I think the expression on Malvo's face after Lou's story conveys that even Malvo is aware of this. Lou is the only one in the entirety of S1 that's shakes Malvo just a bit. Also when Malvo asks "..bodies?", his hesitation shows he has a feeling Lou is someone he won't be able to shake. Idk my two cents, but again, well said!

[@valdeezycleaver]

+bamb0ostick I think that's what we've seen in Season 2. Lou wasn't really afraid of much to begin with (squaring off with Dodd Gerhardt), but the fact that Lorne fucking Malvo doesn't shake him in the slightest really says something about how Sioux Falls or Vietnam or both affected him.

[@AlphonseSwedgen]

+Bismo Funyuns Vietnam ain't got nothing on the Sioux Falls Massacre as far as Lou Solverson is concerned. After watching the entirety of season 2, it's easy to see that his very perception of reality was flipped after the incident.

[@isiahalcindor6278]

+MajorSamsquamch is Tripoli hanzee I mean I know that he saved a 2 kids one of which was deaf he talked about maintaining his own empire and getting a skin graph but how could he be taken out like a little bitch like that it just doesn't make sense I mean I know malvo is the devil but hanzee he, was a monster a true force of nature and chaos

[@NocturnalSlug]

"Haven't had a piece of pie like that since the Garden of Eden" ... Malvo is the snake.

[@danisalusha5739]

+NocturnalSlug He think he a fallen angel or something.

[@user-uv1qv5vz7k]

@@danisalusha5739 or a demon.

[@dingusrevolver]

Well...the snake is the devil in the Bible.

[@AutovoltGTS]

that's such a great line.

[@Tony-fq5bn]

@@danisalusha5739 Its part of his intimidation factor. Lorne pulls it on all the weak men over the course of the season. But he's just a human. Great line tho

[@devastator9412]

Lou saw right through Malvo for what he really was, and he wasn't even scared.

[@madbringer]

After confronting the trail of carnage Hanzee left behind, Malvo is just a deja-vu. Plus the guy is a war veteran. Man of iron.

[@seanisgone5413]

@@madbringer malvo killed hanzee. But Lou is a tough guy who wasnt scared of him. He didnt know who malvo was but he was still not scared even though malvo gave off uneasy vibes.

[@Ajeieoslslsmamxmamddrlsspul]

@@seanisgone5413 malvo killed the old moses tripoli, but he won't stand a chance against hanzee dent

[@conormartin3476]

@@Ajeieoslslsmamxmamddrlsspul Ide say they’re an even match

[@ubt3606]

​​@WungusBill hanzee is dead. Its been confirmed

[@TheWwwyzzerdd]

I love how he just casually knocks the bottom out of Malvo's entire philosophy.

[@dabome4001]

i supose you watch this show and your coment is last,so must ask you...why is this women cop relevant for this scene?causse to me,it looks that way...like she missed Malvo by second...is there something?

[@kangaroo9816]

@@dabome4001 In case you're still wondering even after a year - the female officer knew Malvo's face and if she'd seen him, she would've recognized him as her suspect and probably tried to arrest him. And that could've resulted in a massacre I think, considering Malvo was hot on Lester's trail and didn't have time to spare to put up with the whole arrest thing. He'd have probably killed the officer and her father both.

[@dabome4001]

@@kangaroo9816 thank you Kangaroo... I love your shoes ❤️

[@Fulgrim_The_Phoenician]

But he doesnt though. Ever seen a cat playing with a nearly dead mouse?

[@mckenzie.latham91]

he may have been scared, but he was experienced enough not to show it, after this he sits on the porch with a shotgun, because he knows the danger that Malvo poses

[@AmulyaRajSingh]

Billy Bob Thornton in Fargo season 1, Matthew McConaughey in True Detective season 1 and Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad season 5, 2014 was a damn great year for Television

[@Malaachi31]

Yes but brba ended in 2013

[@arafat9828]

Breaking Bad wasn't there in 2014 tho, it was already over

[@compumundohipermegared8759]

Harrelson was also great in True Detective

[@romanxxxxyoutube]

@@Malaachi31 he's probably referring to the Emmys cause the ceremony was in 2014 and Fargo, True Detective and Breaking Bad and all the performances mentioned were nominated that year

[@kevinkibble8342]

Game of Thrones season 4 too. A vintage television year.

[@kylebutler3018]

Lou just completely unfazed by Malvo. Love it. 2 amazing characters and actors.

[@TheChuckers123]

I believe this is the only time Malvo ever spoke to anyone as an equal the entire season. Even he respected Lou.

[@thatryansorrows]

There's respect there sure. But Lou completely disarmed Malvo here. Malvo knew the kind of people he could manipulate and twist with his words and demeanor. Lou wasn't one of them. It's like a big wolf is circling a herd, and the old sheep dog gets between them. And the wolf backs off.

[@jayquinn9157]

"Haven't had a piece of pie like that since the garden of Eden" Such a sinister line.

[@darkgirl9706]

One of my favorite things about this scene is that Lou completely destroys Malvo’s philosophy. Malvo goes on and on about how everything he does, violence and manipulation is because of primal/animalistic tendencies. But here Lou calls him out hard by saying that animals only kill for food. Here he tears down Malvo’s excuses and reveals that he knows exactly what his motives are and that he is not fooling him. He is not an animal, he is the devil. And as proven in folktale and lore over and over again, the devil can be fooled.

[@cyberpleb2472]

I respect Lou's philosophy, but Malvo's facts are not wrong. The primal desire to kill is completely separate from the primal desire to eat. A satiated house cat will still attempt to kill a mouse, if presented with the opportunity.

[@mmaclipsuknow]

I do love your view on this but that fact isn't true. Animals also kill for fun. We give them more credit than some deserve.

[@Targatay]

I have to join here and agree.. Animals are pretty capable of killing just for fun... I even personally witnessed it a few times...

[@DanielFlores-tl5vu]

But do animals kill in excess like humans or kill their own for that matter? I can see some animals killing for food or even their prey for sport at times, but not like humanity. We are very different and complex beings who kill for complex reasons seemingly irrational and unrelated to survival at all e.g. revenge, domination, honor etc.

[@mmaclipsuknow]

@@DanielFlores-tl5vu yes lol, i forgot which animals (I think zebras) but some will literally kill a kid from one of their own just because it's in a competing family

[@serwwer]

who here is watching this after sioux falls episode?

[@rezervoardogs]

+serwwer great episode

[@jacksonbear1]

Ben Schmidt, Lou, and Molly are the only guaranteed survivors right now.

[@mparis130]

+jacksonbear1 Goddamn it. I didn't even realize Ben Schmidt was Gus's CO last season.

[@tony.bastard]

I swear, the tension in this scene almost gave me a heart attack

[@dill-pickle423]

The actor playing Lou did such a great job at making this scene memorable but also realistic, like an eccentric local old timer with a story to tell like every small town has. I think the casting director for Fargo deserves an Emmy, one great casting after another.

[@samreilly1484]

Actually it did win an Emmy for casting. But unfortunately Billy Bob was incorrectly nominated as a lead actor at the Emmys just so “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series” would have 7 nominees (5 of whom were from The Normal Heart) and “Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series” would have 6. In short, he was arbitrarily nominated in the needier but incorrect category.

[@maxassasin911]

I wanna see how The Sioux falls case compares to the Fargo masscre. The Gerhardt's are remorseless but Lorne Malvo was the fucking devil.

[@UnbelievabIeMontages]

+Dingo D. Manhunter The kitchen brothers and mike milligan seem more brutal and dangerous

[@maxassasin911]

UnbelievabIeMontages Mike Milligan is my favorite character next only to the two of Mr Wrench and Mr Numbers. Fargo didn't have a 70's black exploitation, trigger happy or angry black man like so many shows do. They gave him the coolest fucking hairstyle on tv, and a personality that is the complete opposite of Malvo. Milligan isn't the personification of chaos, but the embodiment of a necessary evil....hell from what i have seen he doesn't enjoy killing like Malvo, he does it because he is good at it. And once Bruce Campbell comes along as Ronald Regan, Fargo will have yet another unique memorable character.

[@UnbelievabIeMontages]

Dingo D. Manhunter also it's war between gerhardts and bulo's group now, so it's going to get very bloody

[@maxassasin911]

UnbelievabIeMontages We are also forgetting about the side storyline of Lou....he is the only good guy in the series. Just the fact that he is in between this huge war between such monstrous entities and he shows no fear or hesitation. But seeing Lorne Malvo makes him tremble in this scene adds so much depth to the first season. Anthology series...hell series based on movies aren't supposed to be so perfectly flowing,

[@UnbelievabIeMontages]

Dingo D. Manhunter well malvo in general is the most menacing character so far in this series because just look at the stuff he did all by himself, if you had 10 malvos, imagine how much hell that would be

[@janossandor6517]

This is one of the most tense thriller scenes that I have ever seen. Brilliant setup and simplicity.

[@mohamedmonem9653]

The irony is that Malvo killed Hanzee who caused the whole massacre in Soux Falls that Lou is referring to. So in a sense, Malvo brought justice to the murderer, which Lou failed to do thirty years earlier. Of course, it’s then Grimly, Lou’s son-in-law (whom Malvo was just referring to in the picture on the wall), is the one who ends up bringing justice to Malvo. This show is so fucken poetic and genius it’s making me so envious of the creator, Noah Hallwey. It’s just seem so unfair that a screenwriter could be that genius. 😖😖

[@cristianabregu6010]

When Did Malvo killed Hanzee ?¿

[@loyh5269]

When did he kill hanzeee? I think it was not mentioned but alluded or insinuated

[@mohamedmonem9653]

Cristian Abregú Remember the Fargo syndicate in season 1 that sam hess was working for, and Malvo (the actual incarnation of the devil) massacred right in front of the FBI agents? Well, their fat boss who was eating at the asian restaurant was good old Hanzee. In fact, the whole point of season 2 was to tell the story of how the fargo syndicate in season 1 was formed. And the story in short is that it was formed after a war between the Gerhardts and the Kansas city mafia, which ended by hanzee single handedly destroying both sides and building his own empire in Fargo, an empire which eventually collapsed and fell into the sea because of something completely random and unrelated that put the syndicate in the devil’s path.

[@RARARAZZ]

@Exiest i think the fat guy is not hanzee but the guy who talk to him at the end of season 2 on the baseball field

[@ubt3606]

To the confused numbnuts, S1 hanzee was the fat guy eating the fish, lorne malvo wiped out the fargo mob

[@IIIIKaiserIIII]

This series is so amazing. People who only watched S2 could go back to S1 and see the story unfold chronological. Crazy how well built this story is.

[@jasmeg2844]

"Sioux Falls? Yeah I killed the guy who did that".

[@DaedalusR]

“I’d tell you the details but itd sound like I made them up” *Giant ufo hovers over motel mutli-mob-cop mass murder shootout*

[@marcotje09]

The crazy and good thing is that the two actors who play Lou act so similar which is really impressive

[@the.andrey.x]

-Malvo is not the devil, all the evidence you're presenting is circumstan... -Haven't had a piece of pie like that since the Garden of Eden -Never mind.

[@DanielFlores-tl5vu]

What I like about the Coen brothers is that they often show even the "devil-like" hitman is still vulnerable and only human in the end. Example being Chigurh in No County when he gets in that accident when going through a green light. Same goes for Malvo. Ultimately random chance outdoes even the best/worst of us.

[@grendel3290]

Yeah it’s very clearly hinted at that Malvo either thinks himself to be the Devil or that he literally is the personification of Satan

[@Johnny-rj9on]

@@grendel3290 If the Devil lost his power and was sentenced to live in a mortal body, I imagine he would behave and act exactly like Lorne Malvo

[@ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Would've made for a great voiceover for a commercial for S2.

[@jacksonbear1]

Exactly!

[@EminAnimE1]

+ExileOnDaytonStreet seach on youtube: (Fargo) Lou Solverson II About Sioux Falls and you have this voicecover with season 2 scenes

[@jacksonbear1]

+EminAnimE1 it was recently uploaded and it was amazing! That shoulda been the Season 2 trailer

[@WI_BoltsFan]

"Haven't had a piece of pie like that since the Garden of Eden" is one of the most underrated lines of this show 😈

[@regisatlas]

I only now realized Lou is in season 2 omg This show is absolutely brilliant

[@Onmysheet]

The only problem is that both actors look nothing alike.

[@tiffs9462]

+Onmysheet I disagree, I think it's a good fit.

[@jacksonbear1]

+Onmysheet Season 1 he's older, season 2 he's younger

[@Onmysheet]

jacksonbear1 Really! I didn't notice that!

[@jacksonbear1]

+Onmysheet I think he'll be back in season 3. I believe season 3 will take place in the mid to late 1980s.

[@Movierebel3]

The name "Malvo" in Latin can be broken down into two things: "Mal" as in bad or evil. And "Vo" from the word vus -- which means nourished/known/learned. Put them together, and you get an "Evil Nourished." Lorne being the word "to plant" or "to sow." Thus, Lorne Malvo as a sentence means "Sowing Evil and Feeding It." :)

[@eacey]

I always meant to look up his name. Isn’t there folklore about knowing a devil or a demons name as well can be used against them? You could see he was visibly upset, for the obvious reasons of course, when Gus knew his name and who ultimately took him down.

[@lightgreen3479]

@@eacey Yes. Apparently, mortals are not supposed to know demons names and the name of a demon is somewhat of a key to controlling it. A demon has to yield, if called by it's name, as far as I know.

[@nidkahg9648]

😳😳😳😳😳

[@squamish4244]

Damn the writers were really on their game!

[@acidmana6141]

Lorne Morbius

[@leegreer5895]

"back in my scandalous days." You mean worse than the homicidal manic you are now in the present?

[@joeyrozic1100]

Subtle dark humor.

[@Nin13666]

Keith Carradine is fucking amazing. Hope everyone remembers his amazing performance as Special Agent Frank Lundy in Season 4 of Dexter. Only other person that delivered amazingly on that show and season was John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchel aka the Trinity Killer.

[@samwheel5162]

Wild bill hickok in deadwood absolute scene stealer

[@oldboygamer9985]

Comment 7 years later but Carradine also portrayed possibly the best serial killer in Criminal Minds

[@RoboJules]

I think the "animal" he's talking about is Hanzee.

[@justacomment8421]

+RoboJules No I'd think Bear, since that's who he grappled with.

[@authenticpoppy]

+RoboJules Or all of the gangs he's dealt with. They don't see each other as human beings. They see each other as predator and prey. There's a money meal to be reached at the end and the way to get it is clearing all of the inconvenient people out of your path. The only people who are unselfish and act with goodness are some of the townspeople, Lou, Ed and Betsy. Floyd Gerhardt could have saved things, but she wasn't equipped to do it. I just love what they are doing on the show. Damn if I don't hope that Peggy and Charlie drive off toward the sunset in that cherry little car after selling to the NE mob. And they go to California and follow their dreams. Yeah. Not gonna happen. I know. :(

[@Scrummy64]

"I saw something that year I ain't ever seen, before or since. I'd call it animal, but... animals only kill for food. This was..." If you listen to Lou's words, he can only be talking about Hanzee. The aliens might have been a phenomenon but they were only there to observe, while Bear was simply one of the many victims of the two-way massacre. The real monstrosity we've been waiting to see ever since the season began was Hanzee all along... and we don't know why. That's what makes the case so remarkable and bizarre. Why he chose to betray the Gerhardts in the first place was a mystery in itself, but if all he wanted was a new life, he could've left there and then. Instead, he very intentionally led both the police and the Gerhardts to wipe each other out, and even went so far as to personally execute the survivors (until Lou chased him from the scene).

[@Intolerant59]

+RoboJules Yes and as it turns out, Hanzee from season 2 is the mob boss who hires Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers to kill Malvo in season 1. Moses Tripoli. Great writing.

[@tr8r483]

+jp chakonas Really? I hated that bit. Totally ruins Hanzee's character

[@jimsty5222]

I like how Lou cryptically refers to Hanzee Dent/Moses Tripoli and the murdering spree he went on (taking out members of the Gerhardt family along with a bunch of cops and civilians) and not knowing Lorne murdered Hanzee a year before. Lorne Malvo was the ultimate badass.

[@seanisgone5413]

yep

[@lancearoni1090]

Lorne murdered Hanzee? When does this happen or when is it mentioned?

[@jimsty5222]

@@lancearoni1090 okay, to put everything into perspective, I'll start by mentioning that it's shown at the end of Fargo season 2, episode 10 (the episode's name is "Palindrome") that Hanzee changed his name and social security number. He also mentioned that he was going to get plastic surgery and start his own crime family, which he eventually succeeded in doing. As we see in season 1, which starts off about 26 years or so after season 2, Hanzee was now Moses Tripoli and the founder of the Fargo Crime Syndicate. After a failed hit Tripoli (Hanzee's new idenity) ordered on Lorne Malvo, Malvo retaliated by going to the Fargo mobs HQ's and literally taking out every member of the crime syndicate (25 people in total -- lieutenants, soliders, associates and it also sounded like a female receptionist/secretary was killed as well), including Tripoli (formally Hanzee Dent). His death is in the Fargo episode "Who Shaves the Barber?" - which was season 1, episode 7. In the end, the only remaining Fargo family member left alive and on the loose is the hitman Mr. Wrench. It would make more sense chronologically if you played Fargo season 2 first and then Fargo season 1. And I know it's a lot to analyze and take in, but if like the series as much as I and others do, it's very easy to appreciate the out of place chronological order of events. Anyways, I hope that helped. Have a nice weekend, brother!

[@lancearoni1090]

@@jimsty5222 that did help man , I’m usually pretty good but I honestly didn’t pick that up until now and knowing how much of a savage Hanzee was and now knowing Lorne killed him , it definitely solidified Lorne being the most badass villain in the series , thanks for the explanation, my minds blown now lol

[@jimsty5222]

@@lancearoni1090 I absolutely agree on that -- Lorne has been the hardest/deadliest SOB in the series by far. And you're welcome man!

[@1badjesus401]

This sene..is...BRILLIANT! So much more being said between these two great actors than their words speak!

[@KYCCCGuy]

However the Gerhardt vs Kansas City war turns out in Season 2, in Season 1 Malvo wipes out the Fargo syndicate!

[@Onmysheet]

All in the space of a minute.

[@mihaa94sky]

Which is why I am so interested to see what kind of role will Fargo play in season 3? We are 5 episodes in and there is still no mention of that place. I thought maybe V.M. Varga and his company Narwell have possibly stationed themselves there after Malvo wiped out the entire Mafia but his henchmen and Varga himself are all foreigners and there is no evidence yet.

[@justinbrown9910]

And one of those fargo deaths was hanzee from the gerhardt family

[@iainronald4217]

“Ah, so it too can crumble into the sea and be forgotten”-the Wallet Man, S2 Ep10.

[@greyforge27]

I think of Lorne Malvo as the devil. Satan in some kind of literal sense, or the closest thing there is to Satan come to earth in human form. When Lou asks if he's ever been to Sioux Falls, it's almost as if he's asking if the devil ever visited the place. One of the most fascinating characters I can think of

[@libRteedude]

+farfangled That's a pretty good idea. It's also alluded to in this scene when he compliments the pie at the end. "Haven't had a piece of pie like that since the Garden of Eden".

[@TheVandrell]

+farfangled He also keeps recordings of people he has manipulated or corrupted and listens to them from time to time to get pleasure from it. Its as if he's enjoying the torment of his victim's souls. The finale shows that his human form isn't invincible and he can be taken down. Again this is the literal interpretation of it. The flip side is that he could just a plain old psychopath.

[@tenparab]

+farfangled I agree I had that idea too ...he really is demonic with that cool, calculating and menacing attitude about him. Lucifer indeed.

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

+farfangled The Devil, as known from Judeo-Christian belief, is more of an influence than an arbiter of violence and destruction.

[@WalterWhite-lk3ei]

+farfangled How can you see Fargo if you didn't see No Country For Old Men, Lorne Malvo is an ersatz of Anton Chigurh, who is litteraly a metaphor of the devil, they are a lot of easter eggs in fargo who make reference to No country for old men and specially to anton (like the motel scene), if you like Fargo so you gonna love no country

[@kamisorani2693]

I think people fail to understand what this scene actually suggests. Malvo represents the primal, predatory aspect of man that is unconstrained by law. This is shown by his active endeavours to encourage murder with no intentions other than morbid pleasure. By reffering to Eden, he doesn't suggest that he is the devil but rather that he, or rather what he represents, has been prevalent amongst humans since their inception - perhaps even before expulsion from Eden. Malvo biblically suggests that anarchy is inevitable. In a sense, he is Adam. The season suggests that violence is a fundamental component of man that is not merely the result of some external force.

[@anonymoususer450]

Such an amazing scene. Lorne walks in thinking he could just roll over Lou get what he wants, and Lou (who has probably seen literally everything and has stared down danger and chaos more times than most can imagine) just holds firm and barely views Lorne as a weird one not worth further mentioning

[@cia91120]

"I saw something that year, I ain't ever seen, before or since." I feel like he's talking about the UFO here and then just continues to talk about the murders.

[@TheVandrell]

There's always some supernatural touch to the show. Season 1 it was biblical, this season its more sci-fi. And Hawley keeps it ambiguous, they can either be taken literally or metaphorically.

[@oliverdavis7507]

+Emiscary1 Whilst all three of your points are probably correct, I don't think they're the main reasons, let alone the only reasons. The show's creators have stated that the UFO theme and the buildup to the final confrontation are the successor to the fish from season 1, where they were referenced in almost every episode before having a major impact on some character's lives. Both themes are a reminder that random chance and fundamentally uncontrollable events play a part in the story, no matter what the characters do.

[@mihaa94sky]

It is open to viewers interpretation, like many stuff from Fargo. Hawley said his, it is up to you to determine yours. Quote: "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."

[@ColombianThunder]

@Emiscary1 Yeah you entirely missed the point of the UFO. It wasn't even random. It was set-up throughout the entirety of the season and was even what set the whole story in motion.

[@Girish4944]

Its been 5 years, but that genre is called magical realism

[@leorolando1924]

Hey, Lou...I know the massacre was pretty insane and all, but how about mentioning the fucking ALIENS, dude?

[@dennisreynolds1341]

+Curt Baboon "Something I have never seen before or since" ...

[@louisromero2320]

"I'd tell you the details but it'd sound like i made them up"

[@leorolando1924]

Okay, then.

[@UnbelievabIeMontages]

+Curt Baboon mike milligan is like okay then, then goes back to his car LOL

[@javigalindo8560]

+The YoPancake Show awesome interpretation, awesome to read.

[@marcwa74]

This is great story telling! Brilliantly layered!

[@stevenbrown1225]

Keith Carridene. One of those actors you forget about till you see him and remember how wonderful he is. His dad was great also, but glad Keith didn't have to do god awful schlock films to get by. Much respect for him.

[@PRSouthern]

Keith casually outacted BBT here, and that’s absolutely no disrespect to BBT, that’s just respect to Keith.

[@billyx67]

Now I get it. "The Massacre of Sioux Falls" , a reference of the 1973 Gitchie Maniitou murders in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Simply genius and incredible !

[@marcosmaldonado5393]

Its beautiful how the series construct a great scene only with good dialog / narrative, montage video and ost.

[@dylangatin7548]

I wonder what Malvo's scandalous days were like.

[@lucasrhys0363]

He was probably alot more emotional. Drug use and partying paired with casual murder id say.

[@OneKing01]

“Hello” Any character from Fargo: a long story for no reason

[@PretentiousStuff]

This show went head-to-head with True Detective itself at the Emmys that year. I initially was pissed off that True Detective lost but then I actually watched Fargo and all of my doubts were removed instantly.

[@ShadyMcGrady209]

I love that chilling jingle at the start of the video. Malvo (Billy Bob) just has an overwhelming presence in this show that instantly rubs you the wrong way, and it's hard to identify the reason. It's like watching a crocodile sneak his way towards a meal whenever another character crosses paths with him.

[@bucketheadothers2384]

I don’t think I could love billy bob any more, honestly just a superb actor.

[@gargarbink6]

"I haven't had a pie like that since the Garden of Eden" He's the devil it's confirmed.

[@hitzkooler15]

Has the devil ever been to Eden? Malvo is the snake as one commentor here pointed out. He enjoys chaos and brings up the worst in the people

[@mrskinszszs]

Colin Gross isn’t the snake the Devil?

[@AugustKarmawillhaveitsretribut]

Kolby K Yes. The snake is the Devil.

[@King402Omaha]

He had numerous traits of the devil but in the end was just a man

[@lithium23]

@@hitzkooler15 devil took the form of the snake.

[@markm734]

It's amazing how awesome this show was compared to most recent season.

[@Lamporre]

"Had a case once, back in '79. I'd tell you the details, but... it'd sound like I made em up." Well, Noah Hawley certainly did.

[@JimmySteller]

Heh

[@bellamaz1972]

OK there are subtleties in both of their brilliant performances that Imma have to rewatch more than once. So much going on here in how each is sizing the other up.

[@carlorodriguez-martinez8014]

If only Malvo knew that the guy he murdered was the architect of the Sioux Falls Massacre, Moses Tripoli a.k.a Hanzee Dent. It's ironic because Malvo took out an entire legacy by killing Dent, who in 1979 killed Floyd and Dodd Gerhardt, Wayne Kitchen and Joe Bulo who likewise killed Josto Fadda and Nurse Mayflower in 1951. Lorne Malvo was a badass.

[@jarnodatema]

The way he says “food” is amazing

[@cblack5544]

Time to turn in your report “ I had a case once..”

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

The foreshadowing for season 2 is fantastic. The "animal" Lou must be talking about is Hanzee

[@thaddeusventure8237]

It's a metaphor for the whole massacre, the gerhardts, and the kansas city boys. They're animals for killing, betraying, and distrusting their own allies. Hanzee, too.

[@00comrade]

+Thaddeus Venture Personally I think it's just a reference to Hanzee. Killing and betraying? yeah.. he was the worst in that episode for that. xD

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

+NeverSaySandwich1 So many posters here completely miss the point of this scene and quickly conclude that Lou is ONLY talking about Hanzee Dent. Do you even know why Lou brought the Sioux Falls story up with Malvo in the first place? Did you watch all of Season 2 to see that Hanzee wasn't the only character who murdered innocent people? Jesus on a treadmill!

[@saimcheeda93]

The funny thing is that Lou is talking to the man who killed Hanzee

[@ryanbesco8067]

Fargo season 1 is the best ten episodes of TV ever created.

[@AnvilPro100]

I love that he's not referring to the literal aliens, the horrifying thing he's talking about is Peggy's callousness just to get what she wanted

[@belialuedke1880]

Excellent. Thanks for this. :D

[@colonelhart5721]

I guess you guys have already had wars over the interpretation of Lou's statements here, but here's my $0.00000000002: The writers had no idea what he was referring to when they wrote the lines, they just wanted to give background for his character. The season 2 story was written later (check interviews with the writers, they confirm this). The UFOs could easily be hallucinations, or - consider the nature of the series - rumours reported in the press at the time (1979) which the series treats as real (the 70's wasn't exactly an unknown time for UFO rumours either). Lou is talking about Hanzee, because - and this is the genius of Hanzee's character - he can't make sense of Hanzee's behaviour. Hanzee proves himself the most competent person in the entire series, by far, and yet he is a cipher, very quiet - I even find it funny when he asks the gas station guy "do you get a lot of tourists?" with real interest. This giant, unexplained, unsolved crime that gets to the FBI's most wanted in the story, and is never actually solved (even if people think it is, Hanzee gets away with it) - the total lack of explanation - that's what Lou is referring to, if you add these lines to season 2. The aliens are just more ways of symbolizing the unknown at the heart of this case.

[@cblack5544]

Lou knew right off the bat there was shady business going on and switched the situation around

[@wobblertv8083]

Fargo season 1-3 just great storytelling.

[@wobblertv8083]

@Spread Love, Not Hate watched season 4 again it was better a second time .Not on the same level as 1-3 .

[@humanrightsviolation7987]

“That night I had a dream. It felt so real, even though I knew it couldn’t be or wasn’t yet. I dreamt of a magical future, filled with wondrous devices, where everything you could ever want would be available in one amazing place... and there was happiness there. Then I saw farther still... years... decades into the future. I saw a handsome older man, his back still straight, visited by his children and grandchildren, people of accomplishment, of contentment. *But then I saw chaos, the fracture of peace and enlightenment, and I worried that the future I had seen, magical and filled with light...* *might never come to pass.* ”

[@asteroidcomfort]

Might be my favourite scene of the whole season

[@Ben_Mdws]

Such a great position to be in that you can argue over whether season 1 is more amazing than season 2.

[@mightyman6459]

I like how Lou just bring up the ‘79 case out of nowhere after Malvo asks about Lester.

[@MegaSnippezz]

"I'd call it animal, expect animals only kill for food. This was.." And right here, Lou manages to describe the theme for the entire show. The bridge between being human and animal is what the show consistently explores, in every season.

[@jonathanwalker3387]

Watching this after seeing season 2 it all comes together!

[@PeterTrapasso]

Wow! Nice catch. Nailed it.

[@REECEM92]

Season 1 was amazing, Season 2 has been fantastic, so happy FX have renewed a 3rd season. Its going to take place in 2010. :D

[@andrewevans158]

He even references the space ship

[@jodythomas4324]

This scene wants to make me go to random diners in the middle of nowhere, order an apple pie, and on my way out say “that’s the best pie since the garden of eden” and see their reaction.

[@lithium23]

0:42 uh I think the.. alien spaceship.. might be a bigger deal.

[@cyclennon3753]

After having to deal with Lt. Ferraud trying to skewer him for 2 decades, this man isn't afraid of anything.

[@SuperJuvent]

One of the best scene !

[@rumvodkaf1]

Wild Bill Hickok

[@JaimeYeyoquin]

+rumvodkaf1 Thanks for reminding me I have to finish the first season of Deadwood :p

[@TheBlueCerulean]

+rumvodkaf1 Just realized that, thank you!

[@ghettoeasterbasket5638]

This foreshadowed how cool Lou really is

[@sizedtoaster0278]

Damn it I want to watch this again

[@r000ty]

The way Malvo reacts after after 79 and crazy case are mentioned, says he knows about Sioux Falls. I'm quite hopeful, we'll see him in Season 2. :) Maybe not, but i had that impression back then already. He fucking knows.

[@dimitreze]

I made my father watch the second season first, then the 1st season. It's a very nice way to enjoy the show. :)

[@dingliedangliedoodle9261]

+Dimitri Bitu But then you lose the mindblowing scenes like this one if you watch it chronically.

[@thedrewdog]

True definition of the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object.

[@barbiquearea]

Given the expression on Lorne's face when Lou brought up the case, I wonder if he was there at the time or had some part in the incident which Lou doesn't know about?

[@rumelingecristescu6046]

Just finished the second season and while it had some great moments, I think the hype that Lou talked about the Sioux Falls masacre wasn't really delivered the way I thought it would be. A tragedy still, lots of cops and mob members killed but still not what I imagined it would be. Maybe it was my head cannon, but I was expecting the 10th episode to deliver the climax but it was meh. Still, a great season nonetheless

[@pluto9837]

I just finished watching season one. When Malvo made the 'Garden of Eden' joke i literally thought his the devil for a second. Even the timing of him leaving that retournant just the moment the cop arrived felt just too perfect to be a coincidence. The way they sent him out tho was ridiculous. They made him make a mistake that contradicts his character, that he himself would never do in those circumstances just for him to get injured so some irrelevant character deal the final blow. Great character.

[@draxxthemsclounts2478]

"I'd call it animal, but animals only kill for food" Ah. I remember the days before I watched Casual Geographic.

[@rorrt]

Even before Season 2 was announced. I seriously had an inkling that this was what it would be about.. What the heck caused him to quit the force? Well, we can see he probably had a good reason. But i also love that in season 2, its so clear. A grandpa whos a cop, and a father as a cop.. She couldn't be anything other than a officer.

[@sleepy857]

Going back here after watching the season 2. He’s definitely referring to the UfO he’s seen lol

[@LaneyStudios5]

I wonder what kind of stage directions they were given for this scene, you can really see their intentions in even just their body language, Thornton looks like someone getting a thrill out of toying and pestering someone else, Carradine is just not giving anything up, he's standing resolute, he does not give a flying fuck, and both characters, Malvo and Lou, seem perfectly fine with it, you can read all of that, in just their body language, that's some top quality acting right there, and shout out to the director if that was their idea

[@youngm83]

this show is right up there with true detective season 1. the exception between the two shows would be the seconds seasons. Fargo season 2 was very well done whilst true detective season 2 was rushed and thrown together, but it still was good, just not great.

[@j.patrickboyce5513]

I think Malvo possessed some quiet understanding about Lou. Lou looked the devil in the eye a long time ago. He wasn’t impressed then, and he isn’t impressed now.

[@Scrummy64]

As we're now about halfway into Season 2, I'm still very curious as to who the malevolent force is that Lou's referring to. My current bet is on Floyd, when she reaches the end of her descent (or ascent?) into villainy; what if she eventually kills Dodd, her own son, when she discovers his manipulative ways?

[@Greenbirdz2]

Chaotic good and chaotic evil. Malvo has no clue about what went down in 79'...

[@maick95]

I'd say Lou is lawful good

[@jakirakumahata5701]

One line I would have loved is at the very last minute Molly drops her keys or something so Lorne has time to turn back and say, "You're wrong you know. Animals don't just kill for food. Some of them kill to play." and then he leaves.

[@beet1508]

No that's fucking stupid

[@upnorthvlogs]

Are used to live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

[@trackboy17]

Lou is such a badass

[@albertbullock5115]

Maybe Lorne actually knew what lou was talking about and they're both in season 2 but in the later episodes

[@EdgarHernandez-bg1pu]

I thought he was talking about the movie the first time I saw this season, before season 2 came out

[@jacksonbear1]

The case is unfolding just like Lou mentioned!

[@EzeICE]

Talking about the UFO and the treachery that is Hanzee

[@Fan_Made_Videos]

+SUN WARRIOR Yeah, because Hanzee was the only treacherous person in Season 2? LOL

[@EzeICE]

+Fan Made Videos lmaoooo

[@mcsmartass8306]

i miss season 1's characters so much

[@NafenX]

Brilliant acting from Peter Jordanson in this scene