After my initial effusiveness, I'm finding the latest series of Fargo hard going. It feels like each episode is retreading the same ground. Only up to episode 5, and I know past Fargoes have always been slow burners, and things kick up several notches as all the threads connect, but we're making slow progress. You could say it's taking a while to get... Fargoing.
Alongside it, we've been watching The Great, which really is...erm, great! It's as if Armando Ianucci had a go at retelling the story of Catherine the Great. Utterly vulgar without being trashy, it's very funny, with brilliant performances throughout. Highly recommended.
And we started For All Mankind and Barry. The former seems outstanding, both in terms of story and production values. It frequently looks beautiful and I have a strange soft spot for Joel Kinnaman ever since the US Killing.
And Barry is brilliant because:
- 30 minutes
- Zazz
- Bill Hader
- Coal-black comedy
- 30 minutes
And finally, for anyone with kids, we started watching The Mysterious Benedict Society on Disney+, which is really excellent. Super stylised, reminds me of Channel 4's Utopia at times, with more than a little Wes Anderson thrown in. Our 9 y/o finds it endlessly exciting, and it features Tony Hale and Kristen Schall, so really, what's not to like.
Right, back to work.