I'm nearing the end of Fargo, season 3, on Netflix.
While it is, of course, watchable with the usual fine production values of the show, I really think this one has "jumped the shark" in that it is both way too uneven in tone, and too low in credibility, to be given too high a rating.
Even allowing for the Coen Brothers' oeuvre of deriving humour from very eccentric characters, this season seems to be indulging in eccentricity too much for its own sake. The character of Varga, in particular, has been given features which don't seem to be there for any real reason; but at the same time, you have to admire the actor David Thewlis for his talent at bringing to life such an intensely unpleasant, menacing character.
The story itself is too meandering; too basically incredible. It is often funnier than Season 2, because it is so over-the-top, but overall I think the former season was significantly better, even with the UFO.
Has no reader watched this show?
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