It was call outs to other Coen movies too. Totally gratuitous and not necessary at all to the plot.
BUT THE ENTIRE SERIES DOES THAT. (Respectfully).
As I said, there was much more in the most recent season than in the previous ones.
Was there? Seemed to me about the same as the first few seasons.
I’d guess it is the simpler conclusion that some references are just going to be easier for some people to catch than others for whatever reason. Not everybody catches the same things the same way. This thread is proof of that - there’s a lot of details and plot points that some caught and others didn’t.
I have to admit that the final three episodes redeemed the warm mess that preceded them.
Did Roy rape Dot? I mean after the failed sheriff election debate, I know he raped her plenty in the past.
One thing that puzzled me a little. Roy marries Linda; she later disappears (presumed murdered). But it’s clear that he didn’t divorce her, nor is there an official death certificate somewhere. Then he “marries” a 15-year-old, who can’t legally give consent anyway, while still legally married to his first wife. When Dot eventually escapes and goes into hiding, he “marries” the third wife, again, without benefit of divorce from the second (or the first).
These last two marriages are clearly not valid. Roy thinks he’s above the law and can do what he wants; or maybe he thinks he should be allowed multiple wives like the patriarchs. His third wife, who clearly knew about Dot, was pretty messed up or she wouldn’t have consented to this arrangement. She must know she’s not really Roy’s wife, just his concubine. But when FBI guys were talking about the disappearance of his first two wives, did it never occur to them that bigamy or statutory rape might be a pretty easy charge to make stick?
I will also say that I never expected Jon Hamm to have nipple rings.
‘Wives’ in this season for him never meant ‘legally married’.
If Linda is dead, death cert or no, the marriage can be valid.
Those are State crimes, not Federal.
I’m sure a guy like Roy would just claim thatnthey were married ‘under god’ and that’s all he needed. And those women didn’t seem to have any agency, so no need for docu,entation. They were basically concubines kept on his ranch.
Lorraine kinda explained this when claiming Dot, someone missing for more than seven years is legally considered dead.
She did but I don’t think it’s automatic. Someone would have to file some.paperwork somewhere. It’s a minor issue but it still nagged at me a bit.
As a fun mental exercise I also started tabulating the crimes Roy could be plausibly tried for-recent ones with evidence and witnesses. Kidnapping of Dot and the cancer patient; murder of the cancer patient, Danish Graves, Whit Farr and the asshole father-in-law (is his body still on the porch?). Plus assorted obstruction and assault charges against the FBI; and maybe theft and illegal distribution of weapons. Probably others but those would be enough to start with.
Roy runs that county. He wouldn’t have a problem getting death certificates or marriage licenses.
I don’t think he actually did. IIRC he said the makeup artists stuck prosthetic nipples with nipple rings over his real nipples for that scene.
Hm. Interesting choice. Would not have thought his character the type to go for nipple rings.
I can’t read that without thinking of TMBG “we want a rock”.
I can’t read this without thinking of ItGPCB “I got a rock.”.
I finally got around to watching Season 5. I really liked it. My only disappointment was that I felt the final episode was a bit of a damp squib.
I would rate my favourite seasons (from most liked to least liked):
- Season 2
- Season 5
- Season 1 (scenes without Martin Freeman)
- Season 4
- Season 1 (scenes with Martin Freeman)
- {crickets chirping}
- {more crickets chirping}
- Season 3
I’d swap out season 3 and 4.
Season 4 should have been a lot more fun than it was. By contrast, season 3 was supposed to be peak depression, and it succeeded admirably. I think we all know who was right in that final scene. Not showing us was an act of mercy.