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I didn't see it as a smear on Reagan at all. Most of his depiction on last night's episode was of him giving his "Shining Light on the Hill " speech which was positive. The scene in the bathroom was more about the deputy than Reagan. I thought it was well done.

I prefer to look at these shows as just entertainment and not a political message. It's a scripted, make-believe TV show for entertainment. It's not real life, no matter what they try to claim at the beginning about it being a true story. One can be entertained without taking literally what is said or how some actor depicts a real person. It's not real life.

I enjoy the heck out of Fargo because it's so different. It pretty accurately depicts society in the 70s and it is so different than the tiresome vampire, zombie and alien stuff that pervades TV and movies nowadays. It's violent and bloody but at the same time, it's also funny and campy. A dark comedy typical of the Coen Brothers. One has to take everything with a grain of salt and not take too seriously what you see on TV or in the movies. It's written for effect. I can't wait for the next episode every week.

Give me the Coen brothers award winning movie any day of the week. The entire cast was great. Never understand why TV thinks they can do better than a movie classic.

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I loved Reagan's speech on the show. I thought it demonstrated how tired and hopeless Americans were under Jimmy Carter. It highlighted Reagan's positivity.

The bit in the bathroom at the end wasn't so much about Reagan. When the deputy was talking about his wife having cancer, and Reagan didn't have an answer for him... I think it demonstrated that some things, like cancer, are beyond anyone's control.

Alternatively, the scene showed that in the midst of the Presidential election, when everyone's eyes were on Reagan and Carter, that people all around were going through their own private hells that had nothing to do with politics.

Aside from that, I had the biggest belly laugh I've had in a long time when the guy told the deputy, "Ask him if Joan Crawford really had crabs."

The line was all the more funny because it came on the heels of a horrific scene in which two different sets of bad guys were blowing each others brains out in a forest.