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Would have been hilarious to see a Stan Grossman reference, maybe him being mayor lol. Earlier in the season when Platt's character is driving I caught that they called that parking garage the Wade Gustafsson Memorial Parking Garage or something.
 
gspieler said:
It was personal by that point. Gus clearly feared for his family's safety, so he was willing to go to drastic lengths to ensure that, eg he didn't even attempt to hold Malvo captive until police arrived; he shot him multiple times without batting an eye. Bottom line is he didn't see himself as a mailman, police officer, etc that day, but as a man protecting his family.
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He saw himself as the hunter/animal that Malvo was always talking about, particularly in last weeks episode where he mentioned it 2 or 3 times.

Gus saw Molly's dad step up when his family was in danger and that gave him resolve to be a man. Then when he saw the red Mercedes he had that moment thinking about calling the police. Then he sees the wolf in the road and he realizes he has to become the hunter and stop being the victim. He probably realizes the cops will just fuck it up if he calls them so he has to take care of his family himself.

When Malvo came home I thought he may end up finding Gus there and killing him. But, as soon as they showed the wolf out his back window I thought "now the wolf is at YOUR door" and knew he was going to die.

Great symbolism with that imo.

Also, the Lester/thin-ice thing hadn't occurred to me so good call there.
 
Gus entered a home, waiting for the owner to return and committed murder. The wolf tipping Malvo off that an intruder was present was a good touch. While it was obvious Malvo was a killer, there is a court of law for a reason. Vigilantism is not acceptable in society. No way would this work in the real world.

Like I said previously, the writing had clunky moments each week. It's as if the big moments in each episode were thought of then the lead-ups were created without being troubled by the burden of reality.

Malvo is a stone cold professional. He sneaks up on the FBI agents and executes them in broad daylight, knowing Lester is inside (and probably watching). What was the purpose of dragging the bodies behind a wood pile when there was incredible blood splatter against the white snow? The rebuttal would be he was made to underestimate Lester. It still doesn't make sense. The episode with Lester exchanging places with the hospital patient began these odd moments and spiraled from there on out.

Keeping with the theme of a potential dream, lack of reality and so on, I would have liked to see Malvo lay waste to everyone (especially Gus and his new family). I was starting to question if Malvo was a real person or an idea. In the next season they could have continued on with the story of Malvo, potentially bringing back Mr. Wrench. It would have been enjoyable to see exactly WHAT Malvo was and how he came to be.

And what happened to Stavros Milos? You have a 5 episode build up to an Exodus 8:2 throwback then he disappears and that story is over.
 
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Yeah. The show just kept getting less and less plausible and less enjoyable as the season went on. A lot of loose ends.
 
The show was fantastic and wasn't meant to be realistic, clearly.

Some people just can't enjoy things, sucks for them...
 
FlyWin said:
Look forward to next season. They're going the True Detective route.
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Pretty sure a second season is still up in the air. Hawley said if he can come up with a good enough concept they'll do another but their isn't anything official.
 
Haven't watched the finale yet, but I'll say I thought it picked up pretty good after getting kind of suspect in the middle. I've enjoyed ep 7-8.
 
Good show. Seemed almost anti-climactic at the end. I'd watch another season.
 
Also why the hell did they have to put that pretentious true story disclaimer at the beginning of every episode when it clearly wasn't...
 
Dempsey Roll said:
Also why the hell did they have to put that pretentious true story disclaimer at the beginning of every episode when it clearly wasn't...
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It's a creative way to hook new viewers in for those who have never seen an episode or know about the story
 
Gorack said:
He saw himself as the hunter/animal that Malvo was always talking about, particularly in last weeks episode where he mentioned it 2 or 3 times.

Gus saw Molly's dad step up when his family was in danger and that gave him resolve to be a man. Then when he saw the red Mercedes he had that moment thinking about calling the police. Then he sees the wolf in the road and he realizes he has to become the hunter and stop being the victim. He probably realizes the cops will just fuck it up if he calls them so he has to take care of his family himself.

When Malvo came home I thought he may end up finding Gus there and killing him. But, as soon as they showed the wolf out his back window I thought "now the wolf is at YOUR door" and knew he was going to die.

Great symbolism with that imo.

Also, the Lester/thin-ice thing hadn't occurred to me so good call there.
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Good analysis. Missed a few of those myself. The whole sequence was pretty outlandlish, thoough, even given the context. As another poster mentioned, it would have been nice to get closure on the situations with (1)Lester's brother, and (2)Wrench; in particular Wrench as it seemed to be forshadowed that their paths would cross again when Malvo visited him in the hospital.
 
Very good season finale. Ties up most of the loose ends. I like that Gus was the one who killed Malvo. Dude manned up. He didn't even give Malvo the chance to stall or talk his way out of it. Feared that Gus would die when he took matters in his own hands.

Love how Lester turned the tables around Malvo with the bear trap. Knew that would come into play when they featured it prominently in the last episode. Still would have wished Lester was arrested by Molly.

Key & Peele both standing outside the driver's side of the car was convenient. If both were more competent, one would have been standing outside of the passenger's side.

We already know Chief Bill was the wrong man for the job but it was still a nice touch of him admitting it to Molly and giving us a brief insight to his background.
 
What are we to assume of Malvo's background? Notice Molly's father continually refers to "something" that occurred in 78/79 in the same vein as Malvo's doings.
 
Snubnoze707 said:
The show was fantastic and wasn't meant to be realistic, clearly.

Some people just can't enjoy things, sucks for them...
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Some people enjoy lots of things. Just because they don't enjoy the same things as you doesn't mean that it sucks for them.

I guess some people can't understand things like that. Sucks for them...pretentious prick...
 
MTT said:
What are we to assume of Malvo's background? Notice Molly's father continually refers to "something" that occurred in 78/79 in the same vein as Malvo's doings.
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Yeah, we were discussing about that connection a few pages ago.
 
Anybody else noticed that the car salesman also appeared in Lou's diner when Lester dropped by that night.

It's safe to assume that Malvo also killed the car salesman, yes?
 
Dragonlordxxxxx said:
Anybody else noticed that the car salesman also appeared in Lou's diner when Lester dropped by that night.

It's safe to assume that Malvo also killed the car salesman, yes?
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Was wondering that.. which car did Malvo get back home with? What happened to the salesman's vehicle?
 
daj said:
Was wondering that.. which car did Malvo get back home with? What happened to the salesman's vehicle?
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He took the FBI car.

The salesman was likely let go because his car was gone. The salesman's hands were taped to the steering wheel so there is no way that he could have shifted the car into reverse without some help.
 
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