BBT is a huge draw for tv it's why I watched it wouldnt have tried it otherwise

It’s a shame they don’t spend a lot of the show together

a dozen years or so before this, they were both in Love Actually but didn't share a scene. Still funny to think about. Thornton played the president of the US

Love actually a garbage film. Fargo legendary

False. ✋Love Actually is one of those hokey corny films that is surprisingly enjoyable.

That’s the Devil for you

"What if you're right and they're wrong."

Well if someone did suffer that kind of abuse, I wouldn't think he was in the wrong for murdering the son of a bitch.

Isnt that what good friends do?

And for Lester to turn out to be evil at the end of the season it shows his true character

Also the sounddesigners are at it like HECK!

That's Martin for ya. Excellent actor and knows comedic timing perfectly.

Peet sake

Well heck

True that. And Martin Freeman's the WOMAN.

And that's definitely the scene that's sets the seventh hell on absolute fire. This season is one of my favourite cinematic experiences ever.

Before saying yes in the elevaor he says he is not the same guy as the guy in the hospital but actually he is the same guy trying to prove he isn't

Phelton Phive Yup. Too many people don’t realize that Gus Grimly was the one who changed-while not disregarding his ideals-by interacting with Malvo. Lester had felt small, and was finally empowered by an external force; however, Gus had strong ideals-naive as they were-that upon encountering Malvo had to falter if he wanted to protect himself. Gus wanted a good/evil world, and was afraid to accept any element of wrongdoing-say shooting an unarmed man bleeding from the mouth on a couch. Lester was simply floating along with a blank mind until he found an impetus stronger than his wife or bullies that he wished to imitate. Lester’s “redemption” isn’t a redemption. It’s a tongue-in-cheek jab at salesmen and their immoral conning, saying whatever to get whatever they want. Lester’s lying about insurance policies, he’s cheating on his wife and actively sacrificing her. I’m done.

Both mistakes

@@jebediahkrimsoncraftleding3012 I looked at it this way. Malvo quite literally plays a devil, narratively speaking, and Lester makes a Faustian bargain with that devil in this scene. He attains everything that other people around him have told him he needs, people wanted him to be more like his brother. So that his how he understands what success means. He quite literally gets the job that his wife wanted him to have as a successful self made salesman, like his brother. He gets direct revenge on his bully by fucking his bully's wife in his own bed. That's him standing up for himself as his brother kept insisting he should. He takes something of a trophy wife as another emulation of his brother and he even frames his brother, which sort of symbolically allows him to replace him. I'm actually quite surprised he didn't fuck his brothers wife during that awkward dinner table scene. Lester's idea of agency is to emulate other people's success. The change that comes about from his run in with Malvo is that he realises he can take what he wants. And the only thing he knows what to want is what other people in his life have wanted. He has no actual agency. Gus goes through a sort of hero's journey from the moment he meets the devil. Gus is similar to Lester in that they both start as pathetic characters with no agency. Men who are looked down upon by their peers and do not respect themselves. Gus is treated as a bit of a joke by people in his department, so much so that he essentially accepts a role that is beneath his station with the whole animal control aspect. And when Gus comes into contact with Malvo, he is wholly unprepared to face down an evil like that because he (like Lester) has no agency. He can't make the decision because he's unsure of himself and his role in society. A police officer is sort of the embodiment of the person in the tribe who faces down the serpent come to pray on the weak, the archetypal hero. (Atleast in this story.) That's what Malvo's first conversation with Gus means. "Here be dragons." It's a reference to the hero's journey. How the hero must take the plunge into the unknown and face the dragon to protect the people. Gus doesn't get that. The riddle Malvo leaves him with after their second proper conversation, "shades of green". Molly, who understands her role as an a deputy, clarifies what it means for him. Malvo is telling Gus that he is a predator. Something that preys on people. But he doesn't fully internalise this until a year later when he's confronted with the reality that his pregnant wife is going to have to face this predator soon if he doesn't take that plunge into the unknown, claim his agency and slay the dragon. Gus' character arc is the archetypal hero's journey. Lesters character arc is that of the Faustian tragedy. They start out as mirrors of each other and over the course of the story become foils.

And a very hammered face.

Y S Lmaoo

I spit out my drink ... lmao

XD lmao

How soft

Well he didn’t say yes

@@haan9659 he didn’t say no

He is the snake not the devil.

@@haan9659 actually, he screamed "yes" to both who were talking to him

Not devil its juste a Real man

You can actually hear it repeatedly later. Like when his brother gets arrested.

Maybe it's supposed to be Lesters mind. Broken.

Holy Christ, nice catch

It reminds me of "The Dogs of War" intro (the song by Pink Floyd)

Grandma what big ears you have... You've just made this scene even better for me xxx

hecc

He'k'nt

To be honest, they both were the stars of Season 1. Of course Billy Bob Thornton was on a whole different level, but Martin was very close by.

What do you mean "underrated"?

There is a theory that Malvo is actually the incarnate of satan himself, and each episode proves it. Search on the internet "Literally the Devil", read that article to know what I'm talking about.

But he's also helping Lester as well

@@TheBasaltHorogium probably not satan in a literal sense but for sure plays like one

I think, in a weird way, Lorne actually DOES see Lester as a friend (maybe something about Lester reminds Lorne of himself in his youth?)

@@mabusharn3761 helping how? Lesters life gets totally ruined and he ends up dead lol

Idk if you've watched the Coin Toss Scene from No Country For Old Men.

Ammar 1999 I've no idea how they keep managing to top itself... smartest show on tv atm.

Part of the reason is because everything about the show was new. What I'm impressed by is that even though they return to similar themes, characters, plot devices etc., they manage to keep it fresh. Season 3 got criticized for its lack of action, but I found myself thinking more about it than the other seasons because of its complexity. Varga is not a terrifying villain like Malvo, but he's very interesting. And the truth vs. fiction theme was remarkably apt for the post-truth Trump era, even though the season was completed before his election. It applies to a lot of things in society.

@@lostuser1094 It didn't top itself imo, but it didn't get worse either.

lol the 3rd season is soooo much better

Season 2 was even better

I am unsure the second wife loved him so much if it wasn't for the status and wealth Lester could provide to her. She even tells her story in the car to Lester which implies her hypergamous endeavours. Also his brother didn't treat him well, and constantly insulted his masculinity.

@@andraskovacs6403 Who cares. What he did was still fucked up.

Did you lost your sympathy for him just there? I finally lost the sympathy when he incriminated his brother and killed his first wife. She was piece of shit but i don't suppose to feel sympathy to murderer.

@Queso The Kid She was into him for how kind he was? She fell for him the moment he punked the two Hess boys in his office lol...

@@andraskovacs6403 This. She would've done the same to him, as any woman.

Sure he didn't

SirZapdos i

I love how the scene transition sort of looks like Malvo is disappearing like a ghost

His expression totally changes at 3:02 also and he really sells his line. Thornton nailed this part.

@/S_/H_/U_/K_/R_/A_/Y_/E / yeah.

/S_/H_/U_/K_/R_/A_/Y_/E / season 2 was amazing but not as good as season 1, and the UFO thing was really dumb

Inside of everyone is a predator.

@@trillgates2452 Yep! Waters run deep in the Collective Unconscious.

good analysis. like attracts like i guess. darkness will gravitate towards darkness. and polished efficient darkness will sniff out hidden dormant darkness. just like negativity will attract more negativity, and vice versa.

​@@trillgates2452Not me, in Fargo land I would get killed so fast like that waitress in the diner s2

Yeah. I sympathised with him the whole season until what he did to his second wife.

his brother was an asshole

@@JayPineurboy Brother was an asshole but linda rip

That was the point I think. Linda was obviously a character who was supposed to be completely innocent, Lester sacrificing her showed how he’s changed through the season. He’s been corrupted

Kind of? She would....and probably did....do anything for him and he does that?

Definitely great and I'm a HUGE fan of the show but...Slingblade?

He's a psychopath but not an asshole.

Also, when he gets shot by gus and gets back up, i legitimately thought for a moment he was the devil and it was going to go a supernatural route. Idk why lol

The fact that the theme is multi-interpretable makes it more genius. So much theories, all are true in a way.

But you can tell Lester could tell it might be interpreted that way, or that it had been interpreted that way, and he did nothing to clear up that interpretation. Like he was partially, a little bit, responsible for it. And that served as the catalyst to drag him all the way in.

Lorne considers himself as the devil. He isnt. But he feels that way, so he could justify all of his crimes. He believes his sole purpose is to wreak havoc and continue to do it

Not gonna lie, you made it up in your mind, it doesn't make sense actually

he was a contract killer actually with serial killer tendencies. he did it for money but seemed to enjoy the work a little too much. killing machine with balls.

He was the devil

No he wasnt. Psychopathy is easy to understand when you get the basics

@@terranman4702 i think he wasn't just psychopath

When lester truly became Heisenberg

agreed. I should definitely watch that 1st season again

It was a response to the nurse. Later in the season (IIRC, in the diner) Malvo tells him that there are no rules. Even if he didn't give an answer, that's what Malvo does-he messes with people.

i think Lester intended to say yes, wanted it to happen, but was unsure about whether this stranger he had just met was bullshitting or not and he wanted to have plausible deniability so Lester would be able to lie to himself and preserve his conscious in case Lorne really did it. Like being able to rationalize “well i was just saying yes to the nurse, i didn’t INTEND for this to happen” even though he subconsciously wanted it to. he never gives Lorne a firm ‘no’ after he leaves with the nurse, just an ambiguous shake of the head and of course that’s all a skilled manipulator like Lorne needs, cause he can plainly see a part of Lester does really want this to happen so it will be easy to convince Lester that he was just following his wishes after he kills him so he can blackmail him for fun and profit

He did want it to happen

Absolutely horrible in this role in my opinion, at least compared to the movie

@@bryton909I actually can see where you’re coming from, but I think he does a great job. He captures the character’s nervous, jittery, meek nature very well imo. But I can absolutely see why you think that way.

Yes, all through the scene I was thinking someone loves Hitchcock!

What quote is that from?

Dinnershark! I’m pretty sure it’s form the Witcher 3

Hahahahahahahaha!

Ya it's like: Lorne 'lol I'm just having fun messing round with this guy' Lester: 'lol you keep on telling me to kill someone why don't ya do it for me' Lorne: 'oh shit this is a first, j might actually do it for lols' And he did it the absolute madman

I'm very glad I did because it's in my top 5 of shows now,