Fargo

This week the boys review the 1996 black comedy crime classic Fargo, written, directed, produced and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen.

Starring Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell and Peter Stormare, the film follows pregnant police chief Marge Gunderson as she investigates a botched kidnapping plot hatched by a desperate car salesman that spirals wildly out of control.

The podcast kicks off with a discussion on neighbour etiquette, before quickly descending into the realisation that the Aussie may not actually like children or animals.

He’s officially become the grumpy one.

Barking dogs, screaming kids and inconsiderate neighbours all get a serve, before the Aussie tells a genuinely distressing story about a dog left home alone for a week — which no one enjoys hearing.

It’s only the second Coen Brothers film the podcast has covered (after No Country for Old Men), and for the Scotsman, Fargo sits right at the top of their catalogue.

The Aussie, watching it for the first time, is pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained.

Trouble brews when the Scotsman suggests the Aussie bears an uncomfortable resemblance to William H. Macy’s sleazy car salesman — a comparison that does not go down well.

That accusation opens the door to an unbelievable Repo Man story from the Aussie’s younger years: a two-year pursuit of a car and its owner that ends in a full-blown standoff. The Scotsman is horrified by how much joy this still brings him.

Rohan Reminisces takes the show back to 1987, with Wall Street, Fatal Attraction and The Untouchables dominating the year, alongside The Joshua Tree, Rick Astley, peak MTV and a shared childhood love of Dallas.

Trivia Time promptly derails things further, dragging Cagney & Lacey, Columbo and a badly mangled Murder, She Wrote reference into the mix.

Another chaotic serving from the Aussie and the Scotsman.

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