Closer to home, let's talk about some of my thoughts on this American drama, which may not be accurate. If there are any omissions, please let me know.
Lester's fears
The play begins with a recording - "They won't, she won't stop, day after day (day), I was the IOU, I hope they do it tonight, while When he sleeps. But I'm scared..." Lester is a well-behaved, even cowardly insurance company clerk who lives day in and day out with his wife's complaints and work helplessness, He may not realize that he is slowly losing himself, losing the ability to resist. When Sam humiliated him in front of his son, what he thought was to get out of here and escape the situation he feared in his heart, so , When Sam was about to start, Lester hit the glass himself, which shows what a ridiculous and sad little social character he is. In daily life, there are many such people. It can be said that each of us has such potential. We hope to live in peace and harmony, but in fact life disrupts our "ideal" with various dramatic plots. Until Lester met the cold-blooded killer Malvo.
Malvo is arguably another Leicester. Lester wanted to kill Sam, but was afraid of being punished by the law. Malvo helped him fulfill his wish, so he had the psychological conditions to kill his wife. His fear was eliminated at this time, or one after another. The different fears that came were turned over one after another. Every choice he made seemed to be evading punishment with wisdom and wisdom, but it was actually a surrender to a bigger and deeper fear deep in his heart. The killer Malvo asked him: "Do you really want this?", his answer was "yes", so Malvo killed everyone in the elevator, and Lester suddenly realized how scared he was deep in his heart. self. In the last episode, God gave him the opportunity to face his fears again - to get a passport at his own company, but he chose to escape like the beginning of the story, his new wife was killed again, only this time not He did it by himself, but the killer helped him to complete it. He went through different paths and experienced all kinds of "hardships", but the final result was strikingly similar. When his new wife was shot, it was also destined that Lester will have a relationship. Sad ending. There's a beautiful story interspersed here, and that's Molly's story of losing the glove, and she's actually alluding to Lester's situation, and his own inner flaw. Another perfect setting for
Gus' Fear is the confrontation between Gus and Malvo.
Many viewers said it was a bit of a pity that Gus killed Malvo in the end, but it was the most perfect ending. Remember the first episode, when Gus met Malvo for the first time, that almost brilliant dialogue between them? When Gus asked Malvo why he wanted to get back into the car as he said, Malvo said, "Because there are some roads you shouldn't take, the map used to say 'There's a dragon there', but now it's not, but that's not the case. Doesn't mean there are no dragons..." The dragon was the fear lurking in Gus's heart. Gus made a wrong choice, that is, let Malvo go. As a policeman, he took the initiative to escape in the face of evil. Compared with his profession, it is really incomprehensible and regrettable.
The second wonderful dialogue In the second episode, Gus's neighbor told him a story about a "good guy" who wanted to save the world, donating his organs one by one, and finally his life. People will definitely say that he is a fool, because how can he be a "good person" without life, and how can he save more people who need his help. However, this story is a turning point for Gus, or a reflection, the difference is the situation they are in, and the same is that they both have deep fears. They are afraid that some fear in their hearts that they do not want to admit will be dug up. Perhaps Gus, who has been a cop for so many years, has never encountered a killer as ruthless as Malvo, and he doesn't even know why "the human eye is better at detecting shades in green than other colors."
Reassuring , which is also different from Leicester. Gus finally conquered the fear in his heart. When Malvo was seriously injured, the wolf outside the window just indicated that he had changed from predator to food. This is not Malvo's It was a mistake, but Gus became stronger. He was no longer the weak policeman who was afraid of dragons in the first episode. Isn't this kind of mutual echo the most exciting part of the play?
Staffers' Fear
Stuffers may not be the protagonist in Supermarket, but his fears are also quite dramatic. When Malvo saw the extortion note, he kept asking him why there was a detailed amount on it, but he never gave a positive answer. On the contrary, he questioned his wife all the time, as if he had already believed that the extortionist was written. The person who wrote the letter was his wife, his silly son, who could have told him that Malvo was the one who dropped the locusts and poured blood into the water tank, and he would not listen for a moment to the so-called silly boy. Later, when his dog was killed, and he could no longer deceive himself as a threatening letter written by his wife, he put the blame on God again, and he was played by the killer Malvo and applauded, and he could not escape death in the end. Child's tragedy.
The screenwriter seems to have deliberately avoided the description of her wife, except for the short ten-minute scene at the beginning of the third episode, there is no chance for any appearance, I think this is the most clever arrangement of the screenwriter, because the real fear It didn't come from his wife. From the moment he dug out the cash box, he was destined to bear some kind of unavoidable shadow.
Molly is the second protagonist of the show
If Lester played the killer's "accomplice" from beginning to end, Morley was undoubtedly the key figure in unraveling all this. She did not give up all the blows. After the death of the former police chief, a confused detective, Bill, took over. He obstructed Molly's investigation many times because he was always evading his responsibilities. What needs to be explained here is that everyone in this play has a distinct positive and negative nature, which means that they are either avoiding fear or facing it directly.
Molly has the perseverance and quality that ordinary people do not have. The people who confronted Malvo, except Molly, Gus and Lester, were almost all killed by Malvo. Morley's approach to fear is a theme that runs through the show.
The screenwriter did not let Morley and Malvo compete head-on, which is actually a test of Morley's patience. In the whole play, perhaps Morley is the only character (in my memory) who did not meet Malvo directly. The wolf that appeared at the end of the tenth episode, It was Gus, but more powerful Molly.
Little People and Big Fears
There are also many little people on the show, the pair of killers, Lester's brother and sister-in-law, FBI agents, etc., they set off the killer Malvo, Molly and all related characters from the side. The quality also further explains that the fears in everyone's heart are similar.
When Lester was chased by a group of police onto an ice lake, the main line of the whole play became clear and clear. The police standing on the shore said to him: "It's dangerous ahead, come back quickly." He ignored it at all, it was him The reason for his tragic fate is also the painful result he should pay for himself. His job has always been to avoid the fear of others, and to insure the industry, the screenwriter's arrangement has a strong irony, and he ultimately failed to escape his own inner fear.
At the end of the show, Gus says to Molly and his daughter, "I got a call today and they want to reward me for being brave." His daughter replies, "You? Please, you're even a spider. Scared." He said without hesitation, "Buzz Aldrin was afraid of spiders, and he went to space."
Malvo is the common fear in our hearts. We will find all kinds of excuses to escape in the face of life. Although we are afraid of being swallowed up by this strong senseless, we cannot face his existence. When everything goes bad, you choose to be Leicester or Molly, maybe only we know the answer.
View more about Fargo reviews
