# Fargo, the TV show, has the Coen Bros.'s blessing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226 "2014-02-25T14:33:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 23, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/21 "2014-03-23T15:07:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > It’s got Martin Freeman in it? > > I’m sold. I misread this as _Morgan_ Freeman, which of course would make the show about ten thousand times more irresistible, but I’ll watch it anyway. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/22 "2014-03-23T19:24:50Z")
> [@Headrush042](#): > > April 15th! > > And the first actual trailers are out: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFU0r0xG\_c](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFU0r0xG_c) > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHnwlnYbioI](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHnwlnYbioI) > > Looks like they nailed the vibe. Here’s hoping! Thanks. What’s the Adam Goldberg character say when he holds up his hand? ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/23 "2014-03-23T19:39:37Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks. What’s the Adam Goldberg character say when he holds up his hand? Scrunyun, which I’m assuming is the cable television variant of Funyuns. He’s offering the guy a chip. Well, offering and then shooting him. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/24 "2014-03-23T20:10:43Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > Scrunyun, which I’m assuming is the cable television variant of Funyuns. He’s offering the guy a chip. Well, offering and then shooting him. The bullet’s probably healthier. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/25 "2014-03-24T14:31:20Z")
I wonder if the show will always be set in the winter. That was a big part of the movies atmosphere. And it’s cool to see Colin Hanks in something new. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/26 "2014-03-24T14:47:23Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I misread this as _Morgan_ Freeman, which of course would make the show about ten thousand times more irresistible, but I’ll watch it anyway. Me too. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/27 "2014-03-24T15:01:21Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I wonder if the show will always be set in the winter. That was a big part of the movies atmosphere. I was curious if it’ll be set in the late 1980s. A review of the trailer suggests not, since flat-screen monitors appear. Maybe Freeman’s character could be analogous to Scotty Lundegaard, son of the ill-fated Jerry and Jean. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/28 "2014-03-24T16:09:33Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I was curious if it’ll be set in the late 1980s. A review of the trailer suggests not, since flat-screen monitors appear. Maybe Freeman’s character could be analogous to Scotty Lundegaard, son of the ill-fated Jerry and Jean. I’m guessing not, as well, as one of the promos included Billy Bob Thornton sitting in a cafe and the muzak song they were playing was from the mid 2000s. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/29 "2014-03-24T17:24:52Z")
Heh. There are a few more clips now. [I like this one.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBD-ZCiUd5A) ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/30 "2014-03-24T18:57:28Z")
This native upper-Midwesterner wasn’t too impressed with what we’ve heard of Freeman’s accent in the trailers so far. But I’ll still be watching… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/31 "2014-04-07T23:31:18Z")
[Nice interview](http://tv.blog.imdb.net/2014/04/04/fargo-a-chat-with-martin-freeman/) with Martin Freeman about the series, including an evocative picture. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/32 "2014-04-07T23:55:17Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > This native upper-Midwesterner wasn’t too impressed with what we’ve heard of Freeman’s accent in the trailers so far. But I’ll still be watching… Someday I’ll hear that Bemidji Brainerd Alexandria accent in a show where it sounds like it does - and not a farce - but Freeman’s wasn’t the worst in those trailers. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/33 "2014-04-08T17:29:49Z")
It looks like it’s just a 10-part miniseries. But I would enjoy that much more. A story is not a story without a good ending. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/34 "2014-04-08T18:22:01Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Someday I’ll hear that Bemidji Brainerd Alexandria accent in a show where it sounds like it does - and not a farce - but Freeman’s wasn’t the worst in those trailers. Coincidentally, I’ve just established contact with some of my distant cousins in that area, as they’ve started a family tree on [ancestry.com](http://ancestry.com) and we’ve been exchanging some family facts. Legions of descendants of my Norwegian ancestors (God they had massive families) live all through that area and in points south. Maybe someday I’ll visit the region and get to hear this accent first-hand before it’s lost to time. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/35 "2014-04-08T18:49:40Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Coincidentally, I’ve just established contact with some of my distant cousins in that area, as they’ve started a family tree on [ancestry.com](http://ancestry.com) and we’ve been exchanging some family facts. Legions of descendants of my Norwegian ancestors (God they had massive families) live all through that area and in points south. Maybe someday I’ll visit the region and get to hear this accent first-hand before it’s lost to time. Mine was German and Dutch and my grandmother was one of 14 (12 survived infancy). My mother had something like 90 first cousins. My grandfather had the “Minnesota” accent. (I’m from the Twin Cities where the accent is much flatter - worse, I grew up in the South, so I still have a little of that). ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/36 "2014-04-14T22:13:35Z")
First reviews are in - both [Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/fargo-tv-review-695445) and [Variety](http://variety.com/2014/tv/reviews/tv-review-fargo-1201153656/) seem to love it. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/37 "2014-04-15T02:35:14Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > [Nice interview](http://tv.blog.imdb.net/2014/04/04/fargo-a-chat-with-martin-freeman/) with Martin Freeman about the series, including an evocative picture. Thanks for that. Loved his line about often being seen an Everyman: “…unless I’m playing a French Senegalese lesbian with a limp, I don’t really know what else I can do.” ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-the-tv-show-has-the-coen-bros-s-blessing/682226/38 "2014-04-16T15:20:54Z")
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