In other news, can I just say: Fargo is freaking awesome. The movie, of course, and now also the television series. The city I've never been to, so I dunno. :)

Being a huge fan of the Coen Brothers' oeuvre, I was intrigued when I first heard that a Fargo series was in development. At first, I was like, how would they even do that? Then I read that the idea was that it would be a show set in the Fargo universe, so to speak--similar characters, maybe similar story elements, but generally a unique story. I was happy to be able to catch the premiere episode in the hotel on one of my recent business trips, and I've stayed caught-up since then. It's a really well done show, and it definitely has similarities to the film. Setting, of course, and dialect naturally. Characters too--there's the hapless and put-upon pencil-pusher (insurance salesman, in this case) who dips his toes into the deep end of the pool and is soon over his head. There's the pair of quirky criminal types who act like an old married couple who occasionally want to kill each other. There's the female police officer who seems to be the only normal person in sight. And there are a few other additions since there's more time to fill in a series, of course. I was wondering if they'd work in any actual direct connection to the film, and indeed they did, though I won't spoil what that was.

Anyway, good stuff. Highly recommended if you were a fan of the film; the series is, as promised, cut from much the same cloth.

Time to go home!