I just realised that Dot and Munch embody exactly what abuse can do to people in two different ways. Dot was forced to develop her 'Minnesota nice' persona as a necessary means of shielding herself from what she's been through and carrying on in spite of all of it in order to be able to enjoy things in life. Her scope for joy and experience of life was wide as a result. Munch by contrast became consumed by his own despair, and having no outlet for love or joy in his life, working as a mercenary for some of the worst possible people, he developed an incredibly narrow view of what was meaningful to him, obsessed by his simple 'debt' code. In a way, you can see their views of their lives are a beautiful metaphor for how we can sometimes perceive our situations as completely out of our control, but within us, always have the power to choose how much control we have, based on our outlook on life. Even someone like Munch, who seemed so corrupted on the outside, still has that potential inside them, and Dot could recognise that.
Except that we DON'T always have control. We don't have control over war. We don't have control over our genetics, we don't even have control over our bodies and minds if they are sick. Imagine when disease corrupts your mind and body, and you just can't ''stay positive'' because it takes away that too.
In the Icelandic Sagas, there are tales of blood feuds that spiral out of control until all of northern Europe in engulfed in endless warfare. It only ends when the participants are able to extend forgiveness, manifested as food and shelter.
@@Oakland510 He ate the sins of others, a "sin-eater" who eats a ritual meal (for money) at the funeral of a wealthy person to absolve that rich person of their sins.
So the whole time Fargo, a piece spanning 30 years, a movie, and 5 seasons of television, was just a long epic ad for Bisquick Biscuits. I’m a Pillsbury man myself but i guess i need to try them now
Superb ending. Spruel must have given himself such a face-ache from spending so much time holding all that tension in his face that he releases at the end here, and having him do a gaping, asymmetrical smile like a baby that hasn't learned to control its face yet instead of a conventional one was a brilliant touch to really drive home that he doesn't know HOW to smile because his life has been so terrible for so long.
Perfection. The whole season of a piece. This Calvinist sickness is healed when compassion is remembered, offered, even simply allowed. (The gods you worship are the gods you deserve.)
What another great season 😊😊😊 its just shows how different Dot's life is now with Wayne in comparison to Roy. If Munch would of done that to Roy, he would of tried to kill him and create more problems whereas Wayne and Dot saved this man's life through love and peace.
As a devout Catholic, this really stuck with me. The embodiment of communion, and the joy it brings in love just hit me like a wall of bricks. Loved it.
Awww - love and kindness conquer all kinds of differences. This is such a realistic and original premise that I have totally never seen in any media aimed towards children and teens.
Oh grow up, why won't you? ''Love'' does NOT conquer all or settle all differences in real world. When russian invaders come to rob, murder, r* and kill us... do you seriously think ''love'' or ''kindness'' will stop them? NO, fighting back will. Same as in the series, ''love'' did not stop tillman, standing up to him did.
Just finished S5. I’m so freaking happy that Dot got her happily ever after in the form of a loving husband and child. After all the monstrous abuse she endured.
I cried as i watched this. Salvation through love. So much to say about this whole show... remarkable. The home destroys or saves. And the mother, the heart of the home, is the sun around it all orbits. Bisquick as maternal sacrament... genius. And profoundly moving.
@@jperickson7737 Breaking Bad has a great ending, but it was never the best ending I've ever seen because I have seen Six Feet Under first. That ending will never be topped and it's not even remotely close.
In hindsight, I wish that THIS had been the one and only time we got the Fargo movie theme in the season instead of also getting it when Dot left the Olmstead's home.
Love the thematic concept of this ending. Forgiving debts, accepting love, etc.... BUT... Munch still murdered an innocent gas station clerk. Who's forgiving that debt?
@@kutless45 I understand the symbolism of communion, but he never mentions Christ, and either way, that would be little comfort to cashier's family. You can forgive debts, but when it comes to justice, you still need accountability.
Perhaps, after supping with ones who cared, a man shrugs his coat back on and vanishes back into the world, debts unpaid but no longer required. Or... perhaps a man who has lived long finally finds a place to rest his head, down the lane from the caring ones. He reads books. He tends a garden. He does simple, honest work to earn his coin. Some nights he goes back to that home, and sups again, and is able to smile until his life seems like a nightmare that someone else had, long ago. And one day, as snow falls past his window and he lays in bed, grey haired, surrounded by people who have only given to him and asked nothing in return, he closes his eyes and tastes nothing in what comes after but the sweetness of belonging.
It's a genius parody of woke Hollywood storytelling👍 It has every ridiculous woke trope in it. It's a parody of the clown world 2020's we are living in.
@@JoseJimenez-c1z Who said i didn't enjoy it? It was great parody, like i said (i laughed many times). There's no "bias", only my reading of it. Even if the writer wasn't having fun with this one like i suspect, it's still my interpretation. The ideology - the actul bias - is so on your face, there's no other way around it.
@@kbedini5738 Like i said, it's a parody. This is not that difficult, i think. Advocating any ideology (with obvious contemporary political implications) is different than representing it at it's most absurd, making a parody or a satire of it.
I'm watching this for the second time a week after the finale. Munch pushing the plate away while talking about his sin-eating past (2:44) is such an attentive touch.
ole munch - a man cursed to forever plagued by the demons / sins he had to eat. edvard munch - a painter plagued and cursed all life long by his own demons. minnesota - norwegian names. i wonder who made this connection. also - ole munch - norwegian name. but also, "old munch" - a nasty nickname for the unsightly shunned sin-eater.
I love this character so much that I believe he's was redeemed having accepted the sacrement (biscuit) the curse is finally broken but he's still immortal ....
500 year old curse, cured by Minnesota Nice. Perfect Fargo ending.
When u put it that way, it makes the ending even more dumb
@@juliusevola2801 someone needs to eat something made with love and joy
I just realised that Dot and Munch embody exactly what abuse can do to people in two different ways. Dot was forced to develop her 'Minnesota nice' persona as a necessary means of shielding herself from what she's been through and carrying on in spite of all of it in order to be able to enjoy things in life. Her scope for joy and experience of life was wide as a result. Munch by contrast became consumed by his own despair, and having no outlet for love or joy in his life, working as a mercenary for some of the worst possible people, he developed an incredibly narrow view of what was meaningful to him, obsessed by his simple 'debt' code. In a way, you can see their views of their lives are a beautiful metaphor for how we can sometimes perceive our situations as completely out of our control, but within us, always have the power to choose how much control we have, based on our outlook on life. Even someone like Munch, who seemed so corrupted on the outside, still has that potential inside them, and Dot could recognise that.
Except that we DON'T always have control. We don't have control over war. We don't have control over our genetics, we don't even have control over our bodies and minds if they are sick. Imagine when disease corrupts your mind and body, and you just can't ''stay positive'' because it takes away that too.
In the Icelandic Sagas, there are tales of blood feuds that spiral out of control until all of northern Europe in engulfed in endless warfare. It only ends when the participants are able to extend forgiveness, manifested as food and shelter.
such a heartwarming and heartful ending. the man finally get his purpose of life by eat something made by "love" and "joy"
Oh do NOT underestimate the power of Bisquik.
Just perfection of an ending
Thank you! This was so fucking brilliant. A fantastic ending to a fantastic season.
Yeah I didn't like certain things about the season but this was definitely my favorite part
Contrary opinion. Didn't buy into it just like most of the season. Not convincing or poignant enough.
Glad the season ended on my favorite character giving the audience a big goofy smile.
For anyone wondering his curse has been broken and he feels for the first time in several hundred years
And now he dies, whatever that’s been keeping him alive is no longer here.
What was the curse that made him live this long ?
@@Oakland510 He ate the sins of others, a "sin-eater" who eats a ritual meal (for money) at the funeral of a wealthy person to absolve that rich person of their sins.
@@ka-boom2083 I'm sure he prefers it at this point. He's been miserable for several hundred years.
@@rabd3721 yep, in every "eternal being" story I've ever read, the eternal considers it a curse & wishes for the mercy of death
So the whole time Fargo, a piece spanning 30 years, a movie, and 5 seasons of television, was just a long epic ad for Bisquick Biscuits. I’m a Pillsbury man myself but i guess i need to try them now
It's all about the buttermilk and honey
And Kias, let's all hear it for Kia.
Like flying a cloud
🤣😂🤣😂👍❤️❗️
My eyes watered up on that one. DAMNNNNN you Fargo
Cause you are human :
Same. And this usually never happens.
Superb ending.
Spruel must have given himself such a face-ache from spending so much time holding all that tension in his face that he releases at the end here, and having him do a gaping, asymmetrical smile like a baby that hasn't learned to control its face yet instead of a conventional one was a brilliant touch to really drive home that he doesn't know HOW to smile because his life has been so terrible for so long.
I love how Dot and Lorraine are two sides of the same coin. Debt and Repayment. Punishment and Forgiveness.
"Geez🤓" lmaoo love this show
I know! That's my favorite part
Somebody thought "what if Anton Chigurh came for dinner?"
This is the most beautiful, wonderful, moving end to any series ever on television.
This is a classic.
Certainly the best season of Fargo so far.
This is certainly the most dense comment on this video, not even RT and M agree, according to them its the 3rd 'best' or the second worst
This ending just knocked it out of the park. Tears I tell you, tears!
Lmao, seriously? How old are you
@@juliusevola2801 Shut up, we're jaded.
@@MamyShmerman they do already, good thing they don't act like children, like you do
@@ozymandiashayrat3381 cope
@@MamyShmermanlaughed at how quick you were to use the term incel 😁, avg woman from the anglosphere 2024, such a normie
Him getting stun locked by midwest hospitality is so funny
Munch eating that biscuit like Squidward eating a Krabby Patty.
I sobbed so joyfully. Thank you FARGO.
Just genious acting of Sam Spruell! Joy and love!❤
So many Emmy worthy performances: Spruell, Hamm, Temple, - best depth of cast I've seen since Breaking Bad IMO.
I live here now😂
😂
Perfection. The whole season of a piece. This Calvinist sickness is healed when compassion is remembered, offered, even simply allowed.
(The gods you worship are the gods you deserve.)
In my perfect world Munch then feasts on chili and biscuits drinks a couple of cold ones and watches the game with the tiger and her family.
Sam Spruell’s Performance is magnificent
Yes it certainly was !! Indeed.👏👏❤️❗️😁
never seen that guy in anything before. and he KILLED this. i was SO blown away by his acting. as i keep saying: great casting is 70 %.
Fargo is best tv show off all time in my opinion
one of the best for sure, along with Sopranos and The Wire.
@@user-td5dk6rr9w AGREED ! All of the seasons have been GREAT, in my opinion.
She is so beautiful…
What another great season 😊😊😊 its just shows how different Dot's life is now with Wayne in comparison to Roy. If Munch would of done that to Roy, he would of tried to kill him and create more problems whereas Wayne and Dot saved this man's life through love and peace.
Beautiful ending. Bawled my damn eyes out when he let out that whimper there at the end
As a devout Catholic, this really stuck with me. The embodiment of communion, and the joy it brings in love just hit me like a wall of bricks. Loved it.
The only man I want to hear whimper in joy, Ole Munch.
Awww - love and kindness conquer all kinds of differences.
This is such a realistic and original premise that I have totally never seen in any media aimed towards children and teens.
Sorry that love and goodness hurts you, demon.
Oh grow up, why won't you? ''Love'' does NOT conquer all or settle all differences in real world. When russian invaders come to rob, murder, r* and kill us... do you seriously think ''love'' or ''kindness'' will stop them? NO, fighting back will. Same as in the series, ''love'' did not stop tillman, standing up to him did.
@@yevgeniyaleshchenko849By that he meant love conquering the differences between munch and dot, you're a little slow
Such a great season of one of the best shows ever produced
Just finished S5. I’m so freaking happy that Dot got her happily ever after in the form of a loving husband and child. After all the monstrous abuse she endured.
Debt is paid.
The most beautiful scene on tv in a very very long time. But you have to watch the whole thing to understand why.
I cried as i watched this. Salvation through love.
So much to say about this whole show... remarkable.
The home destroys or saves. And the mother, the heart of the home, is the sun around it all orbits. Bisquick as maternal sacrament... genius. And profoundly moving.
This has replaced the final scene of Breaking Bad as the most satisfying conclusion of a tv show i have seen.
@@jperickson7737 You might be right. At the very least it's a draw. I didn't think it'd be possible to top or even match Breaking Bad.
@@michaelportaro6926sopranos exists
@@jperickson7737 Breaking Bad has a great ending, but it was never the best ending I've ever seen because I have seen Six Feet Under first. That ending will never be topped and it's not even remotely close.
In hindsight, I wish that THIS had been the one and only time we got the Fargo movie theme in the season instead of also getting it when Dot left the Olmstead's home.
There are two places the original north dakota theme comes on. I call that masterful
Love the thematic concept of this ending. Forgiving debts, accepting love, etc.... BUT... Munch still murdered an innocent gas station clerk. Who's forgiving that debt?
Haha everyone forgets about that 😂
In fairness, that was a comedic moment. That gas clerk was an idiot. Lol.
Christ does when Munch takes communion.
@@kutless45 I understand the symbolism of communion, but he never mentions Christ, and either way, that would be little comfort to cashier's family. You can forgive debts, but when it comes to justice, you still need accountability.
That's where playing a death for the cheap nervous laughs can come back to bite the writer if they're not thinking ahead.
Perhaps, after supping with ones who cared, a man shrugs his coat back on and vanishes back into the world, debts unpaid but no longer required. Or... perhaps a man who has lived long finally finds a place to rest his head, down the lane from the caring ones. He reads books. He tends a garden. He does simple, honest work to earn his coin. Some nights he goes back to that home, and sups again, and is able to smile until his life seems like a nightmare that someone else had, long ago. And one day, as snow falls past his window and he lays in bed, grey haired, surrounded by people who have only given to him and asked nothing in return, he closes his eyes and tastes nothing in what comes after but the sweetness of belonging.
Juno deserves all the best for this permofance
I like to imagine he died right after that scene.
maybe find a white hair the next day, like feeling time is finally in sync with him.
Fargo is ❣
The man loved the old woman who brought him groceries and cooked. Why do you think it was without love?
He didn't feel that himself. He didn't forgive himself. It's about loving and forgiving yourself. It's about allowing yourself some joy.
Great scene !… I have enjoyed all of the Fargo episodes, but this season was one of the best!!….well in my opinion. 👏👏❤️❗️👍😁
This ending was absolutely beautiful.
A man is a potato.
This is the strongest final scene in comparing all rest fargo seasons!)
A beautiful finale ending.
Esse final foi muito bom. Diferente das outras temporadas
The title was "Bisquik", spelled wrong.
My only complaint with this season is I wanted more story . Could have easily added another episode in😊
Love this show❤️
Ölè Münké
A man is greatfull
How it feels watching season 5 after enduring seasons 3 and 4
Season 3 is good. Season 4 was uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh we don’t talk about season 4
magistral esta escena
Is that why his names Munch?
Steve?
"debts should be paid & the guilty should be punished";
is that really so goshdarned hard to say?
And then he kills them all.
Maybe!
It's a genius parody of woke Hollywood storytelling👍 It has every ridiculous woke trope in it. It's a parody of the clown world 2020's we are living in.
Your bias won't even let you enjoy a show. A damn good show at that. Just sad, man.
@@JoseJimenez-c1z Who said i didn't enjoy it? It was great parody, like i said (i laughed many times). There's no "bias", only my reading of it. Even if the writer wasn't having fun with this one like i suspect, it's still my interpretation. The ideology - the actul bias - is so on your face, there's no other way around it.
Just because it subverts the tropes of the original movie doesnt make it woke.
@@kbedini5738 Like i said, it's a parody. This is not that difficult, i think. Advocating any ideology (with obvious contemporary political implications) is different than representing it at it's most absurd, making a parody or a satire of it.
It sounds like you need to eat a biscuit made with love
Anton would have liked all three of them and ate the biscuits. Also looked for milk
I'm watching this for the second time a week after the finale. Munch pushing the plate away while talking about his sin-eating past (2:44) is such an attentive touch.
ole munch - a man cursed to forever plagued by the demons / sins he had to eat.
edvard munch - a painter plagued and cursed all life long by his own demons.
minnesota - norwegian names.
i wonder who made this connection.
also - ole munch - norwegian name. but also, "old munch" - a nasty nickname for the unsightly shunned sin-eater.
BEST S5 0N E4rTH🥞, BISQUICK recipe CHECKs out
I love this character so much that I believe he's was redeemed having accepted the sacrement (biscuit) the curse is finally broken but he's still immortal ....
Well, the real solution to the course is dying, and having someone else to eat your sins. Love and Joy was more like a loophole haha
The acting in this show was something else
It was a mediocre season, but Mr. Monk's expression at the end was worth the price of admission. I really want to see his story.