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STAN JONES
Fire John Harbaugh
What happened to the supermarket dude who found the money?
Maybe I'm forgetting some scenes but did they ever show him again after he put the money back?
Why didn't Malvo do anything after he didn't pay?
Seems like they just threw his storyline in to tie the show to the movie
Maybe I'm forgetting some scenes but did they ever show him again after he put the money back?
Why didn't Malvo do anything after he didn't pay?
Seems like they just threw his storyline in to tie the show to the movie
TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
I mentioned this after the timeskip and it remains my only criticism of the show. In the grand scheme of things it was completely disconnected from the main plot and seemed to be only there to keep Malvo in the area, and like you said, tie the show into the movie.
I had forgotten all about him
ADLT
make u feel sum type a wave
i don't see how anyone could've enjoyed the show up to this point and not enjoyed the ending
choc_cardigan
Squad
The glove story is her way of telling him she didn't want just one glove, she wanted the pair, she already had Lester, she wanted Malvo too
This fukking show
This fukking show
Dr. Narcisse
Veteran
Its going to be really hard to top this next season...
They might have set the bar too high with the Malvo character being used in season 1.
They might have set the bar too high with the Malvo character being used in season 1.
Dr. Narcisse
Veteran
as far as the "Glove story"
Thought this was a good theory from IMDB.
The context of the glove story was Lester incredulously telling Molly he's not a monster, so the tale clearly had something to do with how Molly perceives Lester, or at least how she perceives human evil and human kindness.
She's talking about doing something for other people, even when you don't have to. The whole time throughout the investigation, Lester was never as helpful as he could have been, he was always evasive and got in the way of the investigation. Even when they had Malvo's pictures in front of him and it was clear that Lester knew who he was - Lester refused to help them find him, or give them extra information, information that could have potentially helped save more lives. Linda died because Lester chose to do nothing to help her -as far as Molly knew, Lester knew Malvo was after him, yet he let his wife go alone to the shop wearing his coat. Even if he is not an active monster, his inaction and unwillingness to help makes him a passive one.
So the story is about the difference between action and inaction - the man on the train can either lose a glove, or he can give a pair of gloves away, and that makes a big difference to the outcome of the story, turning it from something negative (losing) into something positive (giving). Molly is saying that the difference between Lester's decision not to act (not helping the police, letting his wife go to the shop etc), and the decision of a person who had chosen to act in those circumstances, was one that made him a selfish, and passive, monster. That is even without her knowing the truth of what he did to his wife. Lester didn't get the point of the story at all - he can only see as far as himself (as the cabbage, fox and rabbit riddle shows later - he just has a logical mind suited to solving problems for himself alone).
I think the tale also ties in with Bill's actions by telling Molly she should be chief. Bill is a good person, the opposite of Lester. He can only see the good in others. A lesser (Lester!) man would have felt shown up by, and envious of, Molly for having been so against her theory the whole time and then being shown his error by the FBI's clear excitement at her 'excellent work'. If it were Lester in Bill's shoes, for example, he would have probably made Molly suffer for this to reassert himself, but Bill just recognises that he is not cut out for the job - if anything he is too compassionate and too quick to believe the best in people. So he bows out and offers her the job, very gracefully. He lost one glove (the whole Malvo/Lester case) and so he gives up the other (retires and gives Molly the position of Chief).
Thought this was a good theory from IMDB.
The context of the glove story was Lester incredulously telling Molly he's not a monster, so the tale clearly had something to do with how Molly perceives Lester, or at least how she perceives human evil and human kindness.
She's talking about doing something for other people, even when you don't have to. The whole time throughout the investigation, Lester was never as helpful as he could have been, he was always evasive and got in the way of the investigation. Even when they had Malvo's pictures in front of him and it was clear that Lester knew who he was - Lester refused to help them find him, or give them extra information, information that could have potentially helped save more lives. Linda died because Lester chose to do nothing to help her -as far as Molly knew, Lester knew Malvo was after him, yet he let his wife go alone to the shop wearing his coat. Even if he is not an active monster, his inaction and unwillingness to help makes him a passive one.
So the story is about the difference between action and inaction - the man on the train can either lose a glove, or he can give a pair of gloves away, and that makes a big difference to the outcome of the story, turning it from something negative (losing) into something positive (giving). Molly is saying that the difference between Lester's decision not to act (not helping the police, letting his wife go to the shop etc), and the decision of a person who had chosen to act in those circumstances, was one that made him a selfish, and passive, monster. That is even without her knowing the truth of what he did to his wife. Lester didn't get the point of the story at all - he can only see as far as himself (as the cabbage, fox and rabbit riddle shows later - he just has a logical mind suited to solving problems for himself alone).
I think the tale also ties in with Bill's actions by telling Molly she should be chief. Bill is a good person, the opposite of Lester. He can only see the good in others. A lesser (Lester!) man would have felt shown up by, and envious of, Molly for having been so against her theory the whole time and then being shown his error by the FBI's clear excitement at her 'excellent work'. If it were Lester in Bill's shoes, for example, he would have probably made Molly suffer for this to reassert himself, but Bill just recognises that he is not cut out for the job - if anything he is too compassionate and too quick to believe the best in people. So he bows out and offers her the job, very gracefully. He lost one glove (the whole Malvo/Lester case) and so he gives up the other (retires and gives Molly the position of Chief).
Just finished the season. Thought it was Your Old Droog to the Coen Brothers' Illmatic.
I don't believe that you're serious with this post and are just fishing for daps. Cats post real funny style when their opinion is a part of the majority. If I were to seriously post my reservations, cats would explain it away with interview excerpts, "it's the Coen Brothers style" and other false equivalences. It's cool, I'm not trying to rain on the parade.
Rich Spirit
#LeveledUp
All Lester had to do was not walk up to Malvo in Vegas 
All Lester had to do was not walk up to Malvo in Vegas
And Lester never had to talk to Malvo in th hospital; That's why life is funny...the smallest act by one person can lead to a domino effect of catastrophe for many people
If your opinion is sincere, just post it. fukk if anyone agrees with it. Fargo is one of my favorite movies, but I barely enjoyed this glorified piece of mediocre fan fiction. The conversations I have with people offline about shyt like this tend to be thoughtful; on this board everyone seems to just be looking to hop on a wave and ride it rather than discuss anything.