# Fargo S01E03 \[Open spoilers\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 30, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511 "2014-04-30T17:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/21 "2014-05-03T01:11:33Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > The drug switch is so that the supermarket king is hyped up and not thinking straight. Any straight thinking person would know damn well that the baseball thug doesn’t have the capability or imagination to do the shower bit and is being framed. Baseball thug? Are you talking about the fire hydrant guy? I think he was a linebacker. . . (American football player) Too much Adderal can also make you frightened and paranoid. Malvo wants to be the only one SuperMarket King trusts even as he pulls the strings. He almost strikes me as someone with an avenging angel delusion. He seems to want to find and kill bad people. He also wants to profit personally, if he can. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/22 "2014-05-03T01:26:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Wow. That makes perfect sense, even if it does provide a major spoiler and sorta ruin the story. I don’t know how spoilery it is - it’s not like Red said “And I heard that next week, we see a red ice scraper enshrined in Oliver Platt’s office.” The scraper is on clear display in this episode, and a similar red scraper was on display in the original film, so what was spoiled? I saw the (potential) connection right away, but it could turn to just be a (heh) red herring. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/23 "2014-05-03T03:52:19Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Huh, so my friend pointed out something I missed–and hasn’t been mentioned yet so far as I can tell. > > In Oliver Platt’s office, you can see a red Ice Scraper framed on his wall–seemingly the same one used in the Fargo film to mark the location of the suitcase full of money. Meaning that’s where he got the money from to start his business. Ah! Nice. Hadn’t put two and two together. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/24 "2014-05-07T12:47:42Z")
Just saw E3: properly into act 2 now and the cop duo (plus daughter, plus father/waiter) is finally teamed up. Onwards unto the investigation/s! Big week for Malvo; we knew he enjoyed creating mini dilemmas for people to resolve and that he found that entertaining. I think, this week, we also got a sense of including himself in that – why else make such a ridiculous cctv drama of abducting the gambler. In fact, why risk cctv detection in the hospital emergency room when talking with Lester. Malvo seems to enjoy playing with his own fate as he enjoys watching people resolve his little dilemmas. Also, another example of his humour again (couldn’t you get a smaller room) to remind us he has dimension. It now seems Lester’s pellet did go undetected at the hospital but it must surely still play a role. I wonder now Lester has a taste of revenge (from both his wife and Hess) he might just become emboldened. Atm, to me the immediate curve ball looks like it’s coming from the new chief. Knowing Lester from high school is a nice cover story but there’s something else going on (presumably to do with the gangster guys from the big city). ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/25 "2014-05-07T12:49:51Z")
jeez, you’re on another thread/episode now. Holy smoke … ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/26 "2014-05-08T08:56:13Z")
nm. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/27 "2014-05-09T18:05:55Z")
I am almost certain that I made a post in this thread yesterday. But it has somehow disappeared. I may be wrong about that. But if anyone knows what happened, I’d sure like to know. It is not the “nm” post above. That was a request for info that I deleted (by changing it to “nm.”) because I wanted to search for more info. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/28 "2014-05-09T19:27:19Z")
I started a thread in the forum “About This Message Board” and I asked if it was necessary to have one thread for each episode and stated that I would prefer one thread for the entire show. I did that because I accidently made a post into the wrong thread - the wrong episode. Here is a link to that thread. If any of you would like to be heard on this issue, please feel free to express yourself here: > **[Fargo - Do we need one new thread for each episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=723020)** > > There are currently 3 threads in Cafe Society for the show Fargo. That is one thread for each episode - minus one thread for one of the episodes - there have been 4 episodes so far. I can’t find any thread for E02. I would like to suggest that... ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/29 "2014-05-13T12:51:10Z")
I’m enjoying the series not so much for its plot but for its characterisation. The plot (such as it is so far) is full of inconsistencies or things that don’t make sense, but I’m enjoying the “feel” of the movie I think it’s accurately capturing. What I am finding a bit of a head scratcher is how openly Malvo operates and deliberately makes a memorable impression on people, yet seems to avoid being caught. I mean, he’s on CCTV abducting a guy who was later found frozen to death in his underwear in the middle of nowhere, there are at least half a dozen witnesses who can say he came into Hess’ business to size the guy up, he threatened a police officer and a postal worker, and I’m sure if Molly takes the CCTV pic of Malvo to the hospital, the nurse can ID him in a second. I like the character but the way he keeps getting away with what he does is stretching the bounds of plausibility, even for a Coen-inspired TV series. However, I am enjoying the series immensely so far and am very pleased there’s only a few days delay on it before it airs in Australia on Free To Air TV - a nice change. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511/30 "2014-05-14T01:10:05Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > I’m enjoying the series not so much for its plot but for its characterisation. > > The plot (such as it is so far) is full of inconsistencies or things that don’t make sense, but I’m enjoying the “feel” of the movie I think it’s accurately capturing. > > What I am finding a bit of a head scratcher is how openly Malvo operates and deliberately makes a memorable impression on people, yet seems to avoid being caught. > > I mean, he’s on CCTV abducting a guy who was later found frozen to death in his underwear in the middle of nowhere, there are at least half a dozen witnesses who can say he came into Hess’ business to size the guy up, he threatened a police officer and a postal worker, and I’m sure if Molly takes the CCTV pic of Malvo to the hospital, the nurse can ID him in a second. > > I like the character but the way he keeps getting away with what he does is stretching the bounds of plausibility, even for a Coen-inspired TV series. > > However, I am enjoying the series immensely so far and am very pleased there’s only a few days delay on it before it airs in Australia on Free To Air TV - a nice change. I like the show for the most part, but this is the stuff that also bothers me. Too much “magic” with all the stuff Malvo has gotten away with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s01e03-open-spoilers/687511.md?page=1)