Even with the interminable ads that they load on the FX network, this is still a mesmerizing production. If I wasn't such a cheapskate I'd pony up for a PVR and solve the problem but I just can't waste that much money for these limited moments. A show like this though might push me over the edge, as it is just stellar entertainment. I sort of pooh-pooh'ed the idea of a TV series being successful after such a fantastic movie but from the opening scenes it is obvious that you're in for a treat. Scenes from a snow covered tract with leafless trees that have you reaching for your Parka, knowing that you're going to be drawn into a story that's like a whirlpool.. and that's before a character even speaks!
The casting is just brilliant, as it is with pretty well all of the Coen Brothers projects and you'll be hard pressed to find a role that isn't perfectly fitted to the actor who's playing it.
I don't know how they do it, but the interplay between good and evil is so stark and yet so delicate simultaneously, that you have a hard time allotting your sympathies. Ted Danson is absolutely fabulous because he is so believable as the homespun sheriff, but then the entire ensemble matches his performance so seamlessly that you'd think they had been working together all of their lives.
The twists and turns of the plot are very very clever and I don't think I've ever seen a show with such witty scriptwriting quality. How I never got hooked on the series when it first came out I'll never know, but I'm mainlining now.
This is top notch stuff, lock yourself in the TV room right now! Enjoy BillC
The casting is just brilliant, as it is with pretty well all of the Coen Brothers projects and you'll be hard pressed to find a role that isn't perfectly fitted to the actor who's playing it.
I don't know how they do it, but the interplay between good and evil is so stark and yet so delicate simultaneously, that you have a hard time allotting your sympathies. Ted Danson is absolutely fabulous because he is so believable as the homespun sheriff, but then the entire ensemble matches his performance so seamlessly that you'd think they had been working together all of their lives.
The twists and turns of the plot are very very clever and I don't think I've ever seen a show with such witty scriptwriting quality. How I never got hooked on the series when it first came out I'll never know, but I'm mainlining now.
This is top notch stuff, lock yourself in the TV room right now! Enjoy BillC