Fargo had become a television show I watched back in 2023, where it was just one of those shows, I decided to take a leap of faith and decided to watch and I just couldn't stop watching, it became one of those unique shows that was well written but most importantly pay a great tribute to the Coen Brothers film Fargo. I first heard about the show but didn't show much interest into really wanting to watch the show and until fellow Cardinals and Blues fan Jon Hamm was being cast into season five, I was like well I have to watch this show though I was going to start from the beginning of the show I wasn't going to just pick a season and go from there no, I'm a man who starts from season one to whatever season that was released after that.
In this anthology series inspired by the 1996 film, each season follows a mostly new cast of characters who get involved with murder investigations in different Midwestern towns, with seemingly unrelated crimes sometimes being connected in some way.
The talk of turning Fargo into a television series dates back prior to the film’s release. Right around 1997, a pilot was filmed from an intended television series based on the film. Set in Brainerd after the events of the original film. The pilot featured a lot of actors playing the same roles that were made famous by the actors in the original film. The pilot aired in 2003 but was later cancelled after that one episode. In 2012, it was announced that FX, along with the Coen Brothers as executive producers, was developing a new television series based on the film, furthermore it was later announced that adaption would be a ten-episode limited series and with the help of Noah Hawley this amazing well-crafted show became history in the making. Before I decided to watch the series, I begun to realize that each season has that anthology feel where you get introduced with different characters, and it became a unique way to watch a comedy/drama moreover you have great performances from actors like Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, along with Patrick Wilson, Kirsten Dunst, and Jesse Plemons as well as surprising performances with newcomers Juno Temple and Jon Hamm. The interesting thing that makes the show great is that you have a different year in each season that involves a different set of crime as well as being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And with Noah Hawley at the writing helm, he's able to dive deep into each character but more importantly gives them a different set of identity, and sure some of these characters were based on the original film and if you haven't seen the 96 film or seen the film, you'll be able to see the details in the show. The most important thing about the show in what makes it great is that you really have some of these great bad guys or people turning bad they do such a great job in terms of playing bad moreover understand their motives but through the course of each season you're at the point where you wished these characters got what they deserved well, except for Billy Bob Thornton. Another thing in what makes the show exceptionally great is that you have interesting themes involving each year as well as these issues along with it so each of the seasons you get a unique style of theme that you begin to like as well as root more for the characters by the end of the season a great example is season five where you have a battle of the sexes. The fun thing about the show itself is that each season you watch you can call it good by the end of it, even if you feel the need to proceed to the next season or if you didn't like one of the seasons you can always jump to the next season because you're not missing any important story line mainly because they begin with the setting and characters then end with the characters and though some characters make a recurring appearance but they really have nothing to do with the main story-line of the season. If you're a fan of the Coen Brothers work or a big fan of comedy/drama, film noir or any type of crime drama then I would highly recommend watching Fargo because this was defiantly a show I can point to and admit that this was my cocaine addiction.
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