I enjoyed it while watching it and the more I think about the ending, the more I like it. It was such an odd mix of tones in the final section but it worked incredibly well.

I don’t remember much about the first 4 seasons to know where to rank this one, but it’s in the top 2.

Thought it was a great finale and a very good season overall. I'd probably still rank S2 as my favorite but probably put this one on par with S1.

I wasn't sure about ending the season with so much Munch. But after watching it, I thought it worked.

I thought that was the best season. Godamn.

My only real nitpick with s3 would be

Everyone knows the 21-foot rule, especially cops.

I thought the good vs evil stuff was risky and at times felt a little heavy handed. But overall I enjoyed it and thought the whole story worked well start to finish.

It's odd. I liked it a lot while watching, but now, given time to nitpick and poke holes, it doesn't age as well. Still, the performances, excepting JJL, were great. Had Dave Foley done a non-comedic role previously? He crushed it and Hamm was amazing.

haha I immediately started ranting about that to my wife as we were watching then ranted about it to my buddy when we were discussing the finale via text it's obv pretty insignificant in grand scheme of the finale but it's just super lazy writing (writers just wanted him to die and too lazy to find a better way to make that happen) and it's somewhat insulting that they think their audience is too stupid to have any issue with that nonsense.

I have no problem suspending disbelief and I'm not looking for a documentary when I watch a show or movie but when a character does something just so ridiculously unrealistically and not because it serves any purpose or makes any sense within that universe solely because the writers couldn't come up with something better it's annoying.

glad it bothered someone else

/end rant

I agree that was a bit of a tilt, but the one that still sticks with me is

This seems to be the default Fargo Discussion Thread, not exclusive to S3...

...so related to Fargo, but not entirely on topic...

...Guy Ritchie has a new Limited Series on Netflix "The Gentlemen" which is a spinoff of his movie of the same name.

I like Guy Ritchie, but I didn't love the movie. It felt like it was rushed a bit through production. The acting wasn't great, nor was the direction. McConaughey's performance seemed like it was mailed in. Hugh Grant just didn't have the chops to pull off the heavy intimidating gangster role (much like Chris Rock in Fargo S4).

This series is a little like the TV adaptation of Fargo. Sort of like establishing a "Guy Ritchie Universe" similar to the Coen Universe. Toss in a little Tarantino influence and this is how "The Gentlemen" feels. I'm only a few episodes into it so far, but it has good acting, casting, writing, production values, and direction.

I'm enjoying it.

Fargo the film is certainly better than the show, though it has its moments. As for The Gentleman, I’d go the other way in that the show is better than the movie. It has plenty of Guy’s things but stretched out over 8 episodes instead of crammed into a 2 hour flick.

I agree. Fargo the movie is one of my all-time favorites. Fargo the TV show has some great elements, and it is fun to see how they weave the Coen Brothers universe throughout the story lines. I'm also enjoying seeing how they depict the Guy Ritchie look/feel/characters into a different storytelling format. It is one of the great opportunities presented by cable/streaming channels to tell these "Mature Content" stories on non-broadcast services. They obviously couldn't present this content on ABC.

We rewatched Fargo the movie and the first 4 seasons of the TV show before watching the new season.

Season 1 has very much the vibe of the movie and season 2 might be one of the best anthology series ever. When watching season 3 for the first time I didn't realize how steep the drop from the first two seasons is, but that becomes painfully obvious when you watch them back to back. Still not sure about the purpose of season 4. Really liked season 5. On another rewatch we probably skip seasons 3 and 4.