S2:E12 Finales- Fargo, The Undoing & Hillbilly Elegy

Today we’ll talk about two of the most anticipated series/season finales, The Undoing and Fargo, and the controversial new Netflix movie with Hillbilly Elegy starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close.

But first, Thanksgiving!

We cooked a lot. We ate a lot, and we watched a lot of movies! We learned that we do not know how to pair down our holiday feast to feed two. Half of our feast is currently in the freezer and may make a comeback at Christmas. But, while you can overcook and you can overeat, you can never get enough good movies!

We did watch one over the Thanksgiving weekend that we hadn’t seen before, Knives Out. We give it our seal of approval. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out for free on Prime.

The Finales

The Undoing

Hear what we had to say on the show. I don’t even wanna write any more about it!!

Fargo

A much more satisfying ending with lots of comedy, tragedy, and murderers that made sense! Big kudos to Noah Hawley and the entire cast. Fargo does it again! Here are some of our fav death scenes.
MAJOR SPOILERS in the videos below:

And then of course…

The most bittersweet Easter egg ending.

Fun Fact!

Glynn Turman, who played Doctor Senator, has had a long and illustrious career. But there was one thing we didn’t know! He was married to Aretha Franklin! He even co-wrote with Franklin the song ‘I’m Your Speed,’ which appeared on her “Almighty Fire” album.

Big love to Noah Hawley

Besides being the writer behind the upcoming Untitled Star Trek Sequel and Cat’s Cradle, he wrote Legion, My Generation, The Unusuals, which he also created along with Fargo, he was Executive Story Editor and then a writer for the TV hit Bones.
Oh, and he writes books!

Hillbilly Elegy

There’s been a lot of controversy around this one, and we get into it all. If you want to read more about D.J. Vance and the controversy around the movie, start here, with the article below.

What Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy Adaptation Leaves Out

By REBECCA ONION

And below JD Vance with the notorious Charles Murray.

Ron Howard left the politics out of it. And he is taking heat on multiple fronts. We thought the movie was fine, for what it was. But, we watched before we knew the backstory. You can read what WaPo had to say below.

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is almost laughably bad — if it weren’t so melodramatic

Check out our take and decide what you think! We’d love to chat about it with you on social media or our What Are Travis and Elaine Watching Chat Group on Facebook.

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