We begin with some family who has loaded up all of the shit and decided to move to Minnesota in the dead of winter. I think I know everything I need to about these fools from that statement alone. Somewhere in the frozen tundra they run out of gas. The father prays to God to help him. After praying, the father finds an ice scraper and decides to dig in the snow near the fence where he found it. Why would anyone do that? He finds a suitcase in the snow drift. Is his luck changing? I doubt it. The briefcase is filled with lots of money. He is convinced God is real and just answered his prayers.
Oh that was the Supermarket King dude. It was a flashback scene to when he first moved to Minnesota. In present times, he is trying to figure out how his shower got full of blood. Now I am starting to think I missed and episode. I’m back. I went back and rewatched episode three. To be honest, I think I am sort of getting bored with this show a little. It’s slow and plodding and okay to watch not so fun to recap. I can’t seem to remember the previous episode at all by the time I watch the next one.
Anyway, starting over episode four it dawned on me that the money the Grocery Store dude found on the side of the road is “the money” that the blackmailer claims to know about.
Now we are back to the scene where Malvo’s plumbing is being checked out due to the whole blood shower scene courtesy of Malvo last episode. The plumber suggests that the Grocery Store King get right with The Lord and that set him off. The Grocery King is worried that God is angry with him for not keeping the promises he made when he found the suitcase full of money.
Next, Malvo gets picked up by one of the Keystone Cops in Duluth. The one who Molly met in the last episode. Molly wants to go interview the suspect but the bumbling male cop informs her that it is her case, and once again tries to keep her off the case.
Lester is dealing with bloody floors and his multiple injuries. He also got a death threat, I think it is from one of the two murdering goons who speak to each other in ridiculous fake sign language. It seems they are not happy with Lester because the dead bully’s wife came on to him when he stopped by to tell her about her life insurance benefits. But to be honest, I really don’t know.
Okay the next scene has Numbers and Wrench (don’t ask me which is which) arguing in fake sign language about killing Lester. The deaf one wants to be sure that Lester is actually banging the bully’s wife before they kill him. I guess this is a revenge thing because the worked for/with the bully? I don’t know.
Meanwhile back at the jail, Malvo gets to make a phonecall. He calls a pet store and asks to speak to Don, the plumber guy, who is not very smart. Malvo has Don buying all the crickets in town. I am guessing he is going for another plague for the Grocery King. Locusts, crickets, close enough. In the bathroom the cops have a conversation and decide they don’t have enough to hold Malvo. Their interrogation of Malvo is hysterical. Tuesday is Bingo night at the church, no way Frank could have been at the place where the cop pulled over someone driving Lester’s car. The cops let him go. Grimly is pissed.
Malvo tells the cop that the human eye can perceive more shades of green than any other color. Check out this weird link along that same line of thought.
Molly interviews the lady who runs the hotel that Malvo checked into. The one he toyed with for her pet policy. He signed in as Lorne Malvo and left some “lucky penny” tokens behind. Why would he sign in with his real name?
Numbers and Wench have shoved Lester into the trunk of his car. At least he has his cell phone. Alas, he tries to call his brother for help, but he is too busy watching porn to really care. Numbers and Wrench take Lester to a frozen lake, presumably to kill him via dropping him through a whole in the ice. While the deaf guy was drilling the hole in the ice, Lester managed to tase the other one and get away. Lester finds a cop car and asks for a ride back to town, when the cop refuses he punches him so that he could get arrested.
The second plague has arrived at the grocery store. There are crickets EVERYWHERE. Millions of them. The customers all go running out of the store screaming! It’s hysterical. Malvo calls the Grocery King and demands his blackmail money and reminds him that, “God is watching!”. The Grocery King freaks out and says, “God is real!”
Numbers and Wrench, frustrated they didn’t get to kill Lester get in a bar fight. This lands them both in jail, in the same cell with Lester! Too funny.
If you watched the movie Fargo, you’ll know the money that was found was the million dollars that Steve Buscemi’s character buried . Love how they tied the movie and the series together! I’m hooked!
I have no idea who steve B is….
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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The original movie was a kidnapping/blackmail scheme gone awry.Very typical dark humor Coen brothers movie. The money was buried in the snow and the ice scraper was put there to mark the spot. If you notice in the series, the supermarket king has a painting of an ice scraper hanging in his home.
Steve B. is on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. He was also in The Big Lobowski. Don’t know if that helps. He always plays a weirdo. He’s really good at his job. He was a guest star on 30 Rock where he played a P.I. that Alec Baldwin’s character hired. He played a weirdo in that roll. If you get a chance to watch Fargo the movie, it’s extremely good, but depressing as hell. I loved it but some people just hated it because it’s so dark. But man it is an amazing movie.
yes, whatever, but WHO IS HE ON FARGO?
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Steve Buscemi is another one of my favorites. He’s one of those actors that make the show. I don’t know what it is about him, cause he sure ain’t pretty, but he is a GOOD actor and interesting to watch. All through the Fargo movie and all this horrible shit is going on and I would still laugh at his character. When he was shot in the cheek, I laughed my ass off. I don’t know if that’s bad, but it’s true. Same thing with Billy Bob Thornton and Bad Santa. It’s one of my favorite Christmas movies and I know there is something wrong with me. Billy Bob Thornton and Steve Buscemi were both in the movie Armageddon too.
Steve B. also played Tony Soprano’s cousin.
The one Tony had to kill. Shot him on the front porch of the house he was hiding out in.
Watch the movie Fargo. You won’t regret it.
@TT ~ Steve Buscemi is NOT on the television series you are blogging about. He played a main character in the Fargo MOVIE. That’s why his name is being brought up and can be confusing.
Tamara, Steve B. was one of the hit men that was hired in the movie.
When I saw that TV scene it really messed with me for a minute. It was like, damn, is the the TV Fargo or the movie Fargo I’m watching?!
Me too!!!
*replace the first ‘the’ with a ‘this’*…hate it when I do that.
$1,000,000 minus the $80,000!
I don’t know what it is about this show. I cannot retain the info from previous episode either. I forgot who the 2 goons worked for, trucker bully or grocery king. I couldn’t remember Lester messing with the wife and which guy she was married to. I couldn’t figure out what Malvo had against the grocery king, other than he is a toad and a crook. I did at least recognize that was him and his young family escaping to the hinterlands because he was broke and on the run.
The money in the snow must have been Malvo’s and he was in jail for years. Now he is out, and guesses money has been taken by the most prosperous looking local. I think I’d be insulted if I lived in MN, but some old locals do talk that way.
I know I am just loosing my marbles. I still like the show, it is quirky in a good way.
I did see the movie. I can’t remember from 10 or however many years ago it was. I recently started having trouble with last week. I did not remember who male star was in the movie until you said it. I did remember Frances McDormand, a good female movie role. Getting old is s**t.
Angel, I don’t even get the explanations in comments. I think I get about 30% of what is going on on the show which makes for a really shitty blog. 🙂
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Angel, William H. Macy was in it too. France’s McDormand won the Oscar that year. She was good. 🙂
Gee Whiz TT this show may move slow but it has things that are not in anything else. Heck I had thought you forgot this show. They usually show a rerun before the new episode to refresh the memory dontcha know. And remember the supermarket king is eating adderall like candy so Malvos mind games are even better. Numbers and Wrench are now after Lester because they think Lester and the widow Hess killed Sam for insurance money. They are after whoever killed Sam. This cast play well together and this is a nice diversion from other TV
Sorry steve, somehow I missed your post and little further down I gave my take on what I thought TT was wondering about. Looks like we’re in total agreement which is good to know. Fargo is tough to keep up with in a way.
I love this show. I loved how this guy found the money where in the ORIGINAL Fargo move was buried,
I HATE that you guys are not explaining anything to me. IDGI!!!
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Fargo is a tangle, but this is my understanding. Fargo is basically a crime syndicate that Sam Hess was involved with. He owned a transporting company and used his business to transport illegal shit for the mob. Wrench and Numbers work for the same people as Sam Hess and they want to find his killer to get revenge. They were staking out Hess’s house and saw Lester getting a lapdance from the late ex-stripper Mrs. Hess. It seems they suspect Lester because he is the insurance (money) guy and it looks like he and the ex-stripper wife are having an affair. That’s why they were asking Lester if he was banging her. They are thinking Lester and the wife got their heads together to kill Sam Hess and get the insurance money. I don’t think Wrench and Numbers even know that Malvo exists at this point.
I shouldn’t have said the “late” ex-stripper Mrs. Hess, cause she ain’t dead 🙂
I’m a huge Billy Bob Thornton fan.
Yes this is slow but I’m hooked.
Thank you for doing this . . Tamara. A crazy take from the original. With Billy Bob as the nemesis . . . it can only become more “twisted”!