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Post by Ripley on Oct 7, 2015 12:17:10 GMT -5
"After “True Detective’s” disappointing second season, “Fargo” could have sent its fellow limited crime series a gift basket for its role in helping to diminish expectations. Yet after watching four episodes of this encore, such thanks turns out to be unnecessary, since FX’s frost-covered drama appears to have equaled its splendid predecessor, capturing the same off-kilter tone while actually enhancing the comedy quotient. If the first series deftly approximated the spirit of its movie namesake, this one works in a cheeky Quentin Tarantino vibe, with results as refreshing and bracing as the region’s abundant snow... ...Season two of “Fargo” isn’t a prequel, exactly, but it does benefit from tying in with the original by going back to 1979, following a strange (understatement alert!) case that involved Lou Solverson, played here with perfect pitch by Patrick Wilson (and Keith Carradine as his older self in the earlier production). From the old MGM logo to the exaggerated music, everything speaks to a heightened sense of reality mixed with dollops of nostalgia. Showrunner Noah Hawley has delicately woven together a trio of major plots, progressing on courses that, even in their lighter moments, offer unsettling hints of a major collision to come. That’s all set in motion by a bloody shootout at the local Waffle Hut, followed by a chance accident and another reminder — appropriately, given the occasional references to Richard Nixon — that it’s the cover-up, not the crime, that usually gets people in trouble..." Variety Full review link
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