This may be what the Coen brothers wanted to convey. The whole story is divided, only the first episode is the pinnacle!
The repressive and compact plot advancement rate gradually spreads the whole story line in front of the audience, which can be said to be just right.
But starting from the second episode, it began to become procrastinated, and it seemed a bit random and far-fetched in terms of plot advancement. Except for the female police officer Sophieson, the entire town’s police IQs were collectively offline. This is completely unexplainable, so obvious clues. Do they all turn a blind eye? And the story line of the "Phoenix Supermarket" in the middle is completely dispensable. It wasn't until the ninth episode that it returned to its climax, but in the tenth episode, the very anticipated final opponent scene seemed too plain! All in all, the first episode is the only pinnacle.
This story is more suitable to be made into a movie. If it is adapted into a TV series, the original compact story will be broken up and scattered, which will completely affect the overall texture of the story, and it will become too procrastinated and dull.
In the end, I really like the "killer" played by Thornton. He almost possesses a series of traits of the villains in all the works of the Coen brothers. He is talkative, cold, slightly playful, calm, cruel, and at the same time gregarious, everyone. The real killer is often an ever-changing actor.
The style of the Coen brothers is a heavy theme with a dark humorous narrative, which creates a movie experience that makes people feel both wonderful and addictive.
In addition, Martin is really not suitable for the role of Leicester. Leicester is the axis character that connects the whole story, or the whole story of "Ice and Blood Storm" revolves around him from a cowardly and cowardly middle-aged man. The whole process of turning a little bit into a sinister, vicious, selfish person, and "Malvo" is the unlocker who opened his path to "blackening", but the dark side of his heart actually existed there for a long time.
Because of this, the changes in Leicester's heart have a vital impact on the progress of the story! But Martin's performance method is too dramatic, too rigid and stylized, and the superficial performance method is completely incompatible with the depressive and low story line of the whole work! He never seemed to get the process and method of the inner transformation of the "honest man" Lester.
So I think this role might as well be played by Simon Peggy, which is slightly exaggerated but full of inner play. It is easier for Simon Peggy to manage a role like "Leicester".
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