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The Fargo season finale is on tonight. Too late for me to watch live, will most likely watch tomorrow. Part of the reason it's so tight is that it had one writer write all the episodes, with the Cohen Brother's blessing.

That said? I had difficulty with last week's episode - the set-up just didn't work. And felt contrived. One of the characters does something insanely stupid - not that this character was the brightest bulb in the planet to begin with - but this was too stupid even for him. And the writer clearly did it - to move the plot in a specific direction, even if the action made little sense and had no clear character motivation behind it.
Ugh, great series except for that bit. It should have ended with the episode directly before it. Left things hanging. Will watch tonight's to see if the writer redeems himself.
( major plot spoiler follows )

So, Fargo, like all television shows is flawed. I don't think I've seen a television series that isn't flawed. (Breaking Bad went on too long - should have ended with Season 4. And The Wire meandered in its 5th season. Buffy was uneven throughout. A lot of people think it should have ended with S5 but I beg to differ, S6 and S7 in some respects were far more interesting theme and character wise and took more risks that the prior seasons. Seasons 1-3 do deserve the title: campy tween series and are great fun to heckle. Seriously? The writers poked fun at it in S3's The Zeppo.) Doesn't feel stretched too thin in places or the plot meanders in others or it has bad pacing. Makes sense. Did you know that certain native american tribes deliberately place flaws in their works of art - in order to appease nature? To honor nature and the universe. I think that's wise. Who are we to improve upon nature.

Should you check out Fargo? Eh. Depends on how much you like the Cohen Brothers films.