@TheBayHarborButcher said:

For me, Lorne Malvo was one of the best TV characters ever created. He's number two on my list right behind Dexter Morgan. I loved how devious and remorseless he was. Billy Bob did a terrific job playing him.

I agree Billy Bob was great in that role (matter of fact that was when I first really started to appreciate him), but Dexter Morgan is still my number 1.

@"TheBayHarborButcher"

Billy Bob is such an awesome actor.

Remember Sling Blade?

@JaeDee said:

Billy Bob is such an awesome actor.

Remember Sling Blade?

Yes, great movie. Sad, but great.

Thornton really knocked it out of the park.

That snowstorm scene was one of the most intense scenes I've ever watched on television.

Malvo was thr best villain in the entire series. I doubt any other character could out do what Billy Bob did.

I thought Malvo was the devil, literally as in Satan himself. The way he led people to do bad things and then left them to face the consequences. All with an element of charm as well as menace. Really great work by Billy Bob.

I agree with the above. Great character, great acting!

One question still bugs me though:

How did Malvo go through with his priest act? Did he bribe a whole community to accept him as priest? The police checked his identity and confirmed he indeed was registered as a priest there. Or did they just believe him without really looking him up (just pretending they did)?

@Will Barks said:

I agree with the above. Great character, great acting!

One question still bugs me though:

How did Malvo go through with his priest act? Did he bribe a whole community to accept him as priest? The police checked his identity and confirmed he indeed was registered as a priest there. Or did they just believe him without really looking him up (just pretending they did)?

His name probably matched the actual minister's, and they set up a website for the church with his picture in it. They probably just phoned people and asked, without showing them pictures.

Did anybody think it was strange that Lorne Malvo was the narrator of the Peter and the Wolf story and we were supposed to listen to the music to pick up on who-was-who in his narration? I'm not sure Malvo would be the guy to get the straight story from.

@Thebridge said:

Did anybody think it was strange that Lorne Malvo was the narrator of the Peter and the Wolf story and we were supposed to listen to the music to pick up on who-was-who in his narration? I'm not sure Malvo would be the guy to get the straight story from.

It's a Fargo thing. We had narrations by Lester Nygaard in season 2.

Yeah I get that. All I was thinking though was how much weight do we give to Malvo (Billy Bob) and his interpretation of who is the bad guy and who is not. In other words, I don't think we were meant to believe in what the narration was telling us. Nothing is what it seems maybe.

@Thebridge said:

Yeah I get that. All I was thinking though was how much weight do we give to Malvo (Billy Bob) and his interpretation of who is the bad guy and who is not. In other words, I don't think we were meant to believe in what the narration was telling us. Nothing is what it seems maybe.

r92g said: "It's a Fargo thing. We had narrations by Lester Nygaard in season 2."

Exactly this and nothing more. . What is there not to believe ?

Maybe. And maybe we're getting the bad guys mixed up on purpose. Maybe it was a distraction. And maybe I'm just thinking too much. I used to love Sy and was worried for him. Now I'm wondering what he's really been up to concerning Emmit. Does anybody have an idea about how the Bear's Den meeting came about? And when Varga got into Emmit's car in The House of Special Purpose ep, one of the first things he said was that he didn't "trust" Sy. Now if Varga is trying to screw them both, you would figure that he wouldn't trust either of them ever. But he seemed to be telling Emmit something, like a heads-up kind of tip.

@Thebridge said:

Maybe. And maybe we're getting the bad guys mixed up on purpose. Maybe it was a distraction. And maybe I'm just thinking too much. I used to love Sy and was worried for him. Now I'm wondering what he's really been up to concerning Emmit. Does anybody have an idea about how the Bear's Den meeting came about? And when Varga got into Emmit's car in The House of Special Purpose ep, one of the first things he said was that he didn't "trust" Sy. Now if Varga is trying to screw them both, you would figure that he wouldn't trust either of them ever. But he seemed to be telling Emmit something, like a heads-up kind of tip.

Could be. They ALL seem like bad guys to me- except Gloria and the other lady cop. I thought Varga was trying to make Emmit get rid of Sy because he obviously hates Jewish people.