silverscreenselect wrote:
I don't know if Bob ##'s watches Fargo, but he should watch last night's season opening episode. I can't remember ever seeing a movie or TV show set at a bridge tournament before. But Ewan McGregor (who plays two brothers on the show) and his girlfriend Mary Elizabeth Winstead played in a tournament on last night's episode, finishing third in whatever event they were entered. It's been thirty years since I've played tournament bridge, but I don't think I ever saw anyone who looked like Mary Elizabeth Winstead playing in a tourney. Far too many guys who looked like Ewan McGregor though.
And this season shapes up to be just as wacky and offbeat as the other two. There's a lengthy introduction in an East German police station 20 years before the main events on the show that I still have no idea how it fits into the storyline. My favorites so far are Winstead (when she's getting out of the bath tub) and David Thewlis (at other times).
I saw the movie but I haven't been watching the TV show. There are a few very attractive young women at tournaments (some of whom are national champions), but not very many young people of any sort.
The series is on FX, right? Will I need any background to appreciate the episode? --Bob