echo echo echo

4x06

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hey, almost same comment as last week! Chris Rock still sucks, Oraetta's still the best and they need to stop TEASING her every single episode and let her DO SOMETHIN again! I mean Buckley has second billing in the credits so it's GOTTA happen eventually. Crazy that it's been two full episodes since Etherilda left her journal at Oraetta's and it still hasn't really been brought up (by either character). Definitely seems like that'll finally come to a head next week That zombie is creepy af, wtf is up with that thing! I knew he'd pop up again in the happy birthday scene but it still gave me the WILLIES Not sure how the two jailbirds took on that whole Italian safehouse by themselves but okkkk. I guess this IS the same show that had Malvo wipe out the entire Fargo syndicate without breaking a sweat

Soon!

oh hey best ep yet this season. The slow burn is finally starting to simmer

4x08

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At least they gave me a LIIITTLE more Oraetta this week, but it's still maddening how they move her story like a half step ahead every episode. FINALLY she finds that damn journal. The payoff to all this BETTER be worth it! And there better be a lot of her in these last few eps! Guessing she's gonna use her bf to help finish off the doctor? Not sure how her new vendetta against Etherilda fits in tho. WHO really knows tho, Oraetta's a total wild card so it's entirely possible she leaves both of them alone and does something totally unexpected also hey they called back (forward?) to Milligan's great "Like you're doing ME a favor" line, I somehow knew that was coming as the Marshal mentioned his politeness. Milligan's delivery was WAAAY better tho unsurprisingly. Also I think this all but confirms that the lil boy is young Mike if that wasn't obvious already The train station scene was p good. HATE that the Marshal died tho :( I want that OCD weasel dead so bad now, I was kinda rooting for him before that. Feel like they could've made that betrayal less obvious tbh, that was telegraphed so hard

hmmm! With one ep left, I think I can very safely say this is the weakest season to date. I kept waiting for things to come to a head, and they kinda have but...I just don't care about most of it

by contrast, I just binged S3 with a friend the other week and I appreciated it a lot more on rewatch, which I think is in no small part to being able to contrast it with S4. S3 still may not be as great as S1/S2, but it FEELS worthy of the Fargo label. And that's not say S4 has been BAD, but it definitely lost that special somethin that the first 3 had

4x10

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obv she'll still be featured in the last ep in some capacity, but I really can't believe THAT'S the resolution of the Oraetta storyline. She had sooo much potential to be a Malvo/Varga type figure and they totally WASTED her. What a SHAME! I really liked Buckley's performance (when they actually featured her), easily the most memorable and distinct character this season. Her janky ass walking style alone was great I guess we finally know what that zombie dude is about...and I hate it! Maybe I'm just a lot more forgiving of that sort of out-of-left-field thing when the show around it is great (see: S2's UFO), but it felt very dumb and out of place here! Gaetano shooting himself in the head felt super forced and like a "HAHA BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING!" moment. Like...ok? It would've been one thing if they did that as a gag earlier on in the season, but what a lame conclusion as everything's supposed to be coming to a climax the young Mike Milligan moment with the dudes in the car was decent. If only they got a kid who could act! I did like the end scene with Etherilda/Cannon, even if I was still salty about her ousting the one good character this season had going for it

also this must've been the first ep they filmed post-COVID delay, some characters looked noticeably different (:

Yeah I’m still loving this season and excited for each episode. But it’s not as good as 1 or 2

Story is meh

4x11

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wow for a sec when Oraetta got out on bail I was HYPED and thought this season might all coalesce into something special, at least for one ep. Aaand then her and Josto (the second best remaining character) get iced a couple scenes later before getting to do anything :( LAME what a bland ending. I was almost glad to see Loy die, what a boring character/performance best part was getting to see (older) Mike one last time, even if it was literally just a scene from S2

S1 - 9/10
S2 - 8/10
S3 - 7/10
S4 - 6/10

I'm glad my expectations are in check when I start at least

Wow what a fucking letdown. That last episode was the worst of the season.

yeah, I can't believe how quickly I'm gonna forget about this season. I'm a broken record on this, but that's such a difference from the first 3 seasons which all had super memorable characters/scenes (to varying degrees)

on the bright side Hawley said he's already got an inkling of an idea for S5 so maybe the show can still have some redemption

I need to rewatch S1 and S2.... my memory is so shitty its a dam shame haha. But maybe that'll make watching just as good again!

I know I loved them! Yeah S4 fell so fucking short in the end.

They never even gave Chris Rock an attempt to act haha

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HAMM!

Ooooooo! Feels like a great fit

HAMMMMM

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STEVE!