Analyzing Evil: Lorne Malvo From Fargo
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Hello everyone and welcome to the one hundred seventy-sixth episode of Analyzing Evil! Our topic for this video is Lorne Malvo from Fargo. I hope you enjoy, and thanks for watching. If you have any feedback or questions feel free to let me know below!
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"Some roads you shouldn't go down. Because maps used to say there be dragons here, now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there..." - Lorne Malvo
Yup, that was my FAVORITE line of his.
Literally that scene is amazing
One of the best scenes I’ve ever seen in a TV show, not even exaggerating.
@@waynejohnson1786 I agree. The tension and eerie nature of Malvo was something else in that scene. I mean, here you have an armed cop speaking with a skinny man with a goofy bowl cut, and he scares the armed policeman into letting him go with only a few sentences.
@@HellAintHalfFullTo be fair the cop was kind of a coward at that point in the story.
"No, highly irregular is the time I found a human foot in a toaster oven. This is just odd."
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Malvo was a straight up malevolent, evil, mischievious demon. The emmissarry of the the devil himself. Billy Bob was great in that role.
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I was literally just thinking this
“Lester, have you been a bad boy?”.
That's what she said
I heard it was a Hammering 🔨
Bow chicka bow wow!
"Lester, is this what you want?" One of the coldest moments from any villain I've seen. Billy Bob Thornton did a superb job as Lorne Malvo and he's still the best antagonist of the series by a mile.
I wonder how he would measure up in a fight against Vincent from Collateral?
If either got the jump on each-other it would be curtain's for the other.
"See you later, Lester. See you soon."
I find the killing of the Fargo mafia bit over the top. He alone vs 20+? This felt like bad writing to me.. took away something from his overall great character.
hanzee from season 2 is an amazing written character
@@dirkdiggler5581 To be fair they weren't expecting someone to just walk brazenly into their office with a submachine gun. They probably mostly got by on their fearsome reputation.
That sentence i swear to god made his presence in my soul ever since i ve heard it. Sometimes from time to time i m askin myself same question.
To me, the creepiest moment with the elevator massacre was the little eye twitch that you mentioned. What was creepy was that the facial gesture wasn’t a tic of frustration but instead seemed to be Lorne winking to Lester, like, “Hey, check this out.”
And Gus, first a dog catcher and later a mailman, is hunting him throughout the show. The two occupations that are direct enemies with canines.
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@@jackrichardson4089 Bravo Vince
Wow. Fantastic observation
He was never a dog catcher, he would just sub for them from time to time.
He actually says this in the show.
He was a police officer
@@Burialofagod oh no doubt he’s a police officer; he’s always in his police uniform and his patrole car. But the show communicates many times that he’s been relegated to the town dog catcher because of repeated incompetence or cowardice (like refusing to make a move to arrest Lorne or shooting Molly as he gave commands to halt). I think in the language of the show he’s little more than just a dog catcher by the time we catch up with him
I think being "raised by wolves" is just a narrative metaphor. It isn't literally true, but a quick metaphorical approximation of his background. The great thing of any great villain is we have no idea where most of them came from, but we can imagine the basic details just by their actions.
Yeah I doubt the guy was meant to have actually been raised by animals. It's more the fact that he grew up only knowing backstabbers, rapists, drug addicts, killers and the like.(The "wolves" of society.)
In my mind that too could also be a lie, in my head he’s more like the devil rather than a man raised by wolfs.
Finally I’ve loved this character for years
Nearly jumped outta my chair when I saw the thumbnail🤌
The fact that the name “Lorne Malvo” is literally a play on the word “malevolent” makes his character even more interesting
It's called an anagram!
@@cleoh666it’s not an anagram.
It’s also a play on “Rated TV-(MA) for (L)anguage and (V)i(O)lence.”
@cleoh666 there's no "r" in malevolent therefore not an angram
Damn sure is ! Great show.
I always took the wolves as more metaphorical, like he was abandoned, hungry, then taken in by gangs, criminals, etc.
He saw the parallels in his own life, and crafted his entire personality on wolves.
"Your problem is that you've spent your whole life thinking there are rules" All you need to know about the best villain in Fargo. His name is Even a play on the word "Malevolent"!
And his first name is fox
It was an absolutely phenomenal performance. Love the way he could go from being sinister, to charming, to suave, and then become a helpless-looking nerd in the interrogation room before going straight back to being a scheming killer.
"Some roads you shouldn't go down. Because maps used to say there be dragons here, now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there..." BEST villain in fargo!Billy throrton was amazing in the role! Loved his performance been waiting for this one!
Aces 👉👉
Why the ai voice though
Everyone making the same comment… What a great community.
He’s probably worse than Chigur, Chigur does kill random people who aren’t his targets who may just be at wrong place wrong time , he just kills this epeople , Lorne on other hand torments and plays psychological games and actually ruins peoples lives for the devilish enjoyment
What about the guy at the gas station?
@@dennisrozman6362 That wasn't for his own enjoyment, it was because, from Chigur's point of view the attendant had committed an offense by prying into his life. There are ways to remain safe with Chigur, the manager of the trailer park ensures her safety by not showing weakness. With Malvo there is no way to make yourself safe, the very idea that you think you are safe would be plenty for Malvo to use as a reason to attack. Chigur is lawful-evil, Malvo is chaotic-evil.
Not really doesn’t the Chigur killing Brolin’s character’s wife show how much of a load of shit Chigur’s whole “I am just a servant of fate” is? He won and had no reason to go out and find that woman who had barely anything to do with anything. He enjoys killing people as Malvo Malvo is just honest about it.
@arturzinurov4781 he killed his wife because that's what he promised him during his phonecall to moss, he promised that if he didn't get the money, she would get punished, so he was still following his own rules
@@sebastiendiaz-corona7966 yeah what an honorable man of his word, dude there was no point the guy he had beef was dead. Idk if it’s because we see so much violence in media that it’s not even registering sometimes but dude imagine that Chiqur was a real person and you didn’t have a tv screen protecting you from him are you seriously going to tell me Chiqur is just a man of his word then? He is a maniac who loves killing people otherwise he wouldn’t have a bar to kill somebody to be “they ask me questions or they are in the vicinity of his target”.
The bigger villain is his barber
*He along with Gus Fring, are my all time favorite villains in any genre. They both are excellent puppet masters*
Yess!! I recently finished Fargo season 1 and this character sends chills in my spine. Great job Billy Bob Thornton.
Yes! Lorne Malvo is my favourite villain of all time. He’ causes havoc for the sake of chaos, he revels in all the mayhem he causes… With a grin
The conversation Lorne has with Lou at his diner contradicts the feral child theory but does suggest he had an abusive upbringing. What he said to Stavros was likely just an allegory for how he felt about his place in the world.
Not necessarily! If you stuck around for my reading of Marcos Rodriguez Pentoja's story, he was raised by humans until he was seven, and then abandoned to the wilderness for eleven years to be raised amongst wolves. I'm theorizing here that Lorne had a similar upbringing to Marcos, so both the abuse and the feral upbringing could be true.
It might feel obvious and i know it wouldnt be the next episode but after this awesome video i really would love to see you cover VM Varga next. He gave me the heeby jeebies to th same degree Malvo did for different reasons.
Varga is the modern, civilized banality of evil.
Malvo is primal, animalistic, elemental evil.
@@omarnsimpson908 wonderful wording, totally agree.
Yeah, Varga would be a great video subject. He's downright creepy and a great demonstration of corporate evil.
"It's a red tide Lester, this life of ours."
Unexpected Bob Odenkirk at 23:05 :O I did not remember him being in this show.
Also Fargo was so good oh my god
his character was so dopey and he played it incredibly well, i loved him!!!
I never realized there were so many animalistic references with Lorne Malvo. It's fascinating to consider.
As you touched on in the video, I recall coming across a theory that Lorne is actually a demon. There's even a scene where a Jewish man approaches him for staking out Gus's apartment, and he even refers to Lorne as a demon after their brief conversation. And I recall a comment (which I'm only paraphrasing, as it's been so long) pointing out how it's common in folklore that knowing a demon's true name is a way of defeating them, or at least getting their attention. And right before the "shades of green" riddle, Gus called Lorne out by name, which broke his facade immediately. Those details, and the way he barely flinched and just stared for a moment after being shot, was just so creepy and fascinating in a way that makes him seem like something other than human.
(I forgot to mention the couple scenes where he just seems to disappear from a room too.)
Analyzing Evil: Jenny from Forrest Gump
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She's not evil just damaged.
Jenayyy
@@EmoBearRights were born evil taught rights and wrongs she's the capture of what every female goes through in life they see no evil they've done
Ooooo. Nice one. Man, I hated her.
Fargo is such a series, all season have great characters and stories. I love how every season happens in a different time
Season 1 and 2 is so good I couldn’t finish s3 episode one.. It didn’t catch on somehow
@@dirkdiggler5581 Is not as good as the other 2 but I think is still better than a lot of other series
@@dirkdiggler5581 i prefer season 3 over season 2, VM Varga is just such an interesting character, season 2 didnt have any characters that compare in my opinion
I've always wanted to see you cover him. He was the reason I got into Fargo and he impacted me long after I finished the show
Great episode, fingers crossed for one on VM Varga!
Don't know if you remember vile but awhile back, I recommended you cover Lorne along with Pietre Carvel from utopia. I'm so glad you finally made a video on Lorne as he is my favorite antagonist of all time.
I'm so happy to see this one! Lorne Malvo is one of the best characters in recent memory - let alone one of the best villains. Billy Bob Thornton's portrayal is a masterclass. Can't wait to see your analysis!
Edit: I think it's an interesting analysis/take. I'll admit I can't really get onboard with the idea that Malvo was literally raised by wolves. That seems really, really silly to me. I think he's simply a "hollow" man and an agent for death, destruction and chaos. Nobody leaves an interaction with him better for the experience. A truly fascinating and brilliantly written/acted character.
Some suggestions:
- Analyzing Evil: Park Yeon-jin from The Glory
- Analyzing Evil: Thor " The Swede" Gundersen from Hell on Wheels
- Analyzing Evil: Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West
I’d LOVE to see ‘The Swede’ from Hell on Wheels! I wondered how his time in Andersonville prison could’ve and would’ve affected him.
I thought it was a great, rich, textured, layered series and is one of my favorites!
Brava!
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Stay safe mate✌🏼🌎
“A Man like that….he be not even a man”
- Molly Solverson
“He’s a really dangerous-looking fella and had these really scary eyes”
- Gus Grimly
“You have black eyes, you’re trouble” and “Se’īrīm” (Demon in Hebrew)
- Ari Ziskind
Day two asking for Raphael Montero from Mask of Zorro. Stole an enemy’s child, put the hero in prison, accidentally killed hero’s wife, enslaved a population of people, attempted to burn slaves alive.
Maps used to say, "There be dragons here." Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there.
My second favourite TV psychopath after Villanelle from Killing Eve.
Been waiting for this once for probably close to four years. Super psyched to give it a watch
I find it interesting you compared him to Chigurh from No Country For Old Men, because I consider the two of them very different characters. Forgive the following mini essay, but your videos always inspire my inner critic.
In the McCarthy novel, Chigurh is a highly symbolic and almost phantom-like character motivated solely by a supernatural drive to act as the literal hand of Fate; less of a man and more of a natural disaster in the shape of a man, bringing the consequences of human beings’ actions to them.
The Cohen Brothers made an ingenious creative decision in the movie adaptation, where such symbolism would inevitably be lost without the prose to explain his existence, and made him a real person who merely _believed_ he was the chosen agent of Fate, but was ultimately a mortal and delusional man. Albeit a hard boiled psychopath and a clinically insane one at that, completely detached from reality apart from where his all-consuming delusions of grandeur met the real world. Chigurh is associated with cars because he considers himself to be an emotionally vacant vehicle of death, as well. He feels nothing other than a singular, highly focused drive to enact what he crazily believes fate has in store for others, something which only he is aware of and for which he was put on earth to make real.
By comparison, Lorne Malvo is much more present, visceral, and grounded. While Chigurh is relentless, unstoppable, and fatalistic, Malvo is much more…human. _Almost_ empathetic, at least by comparison to the ice cold vacuum that is Chigurh. Malvo is sadistic and playful and comprised of the same meat and bones everyone else is, and is well aware of this. He is undeniably different from everyone else mentally, but is vulnerable to the same emotional foibles us normal people are, but expressed in much more predatory ways. If there’s one emotion that I associate with Lorne Malvo, it’s glee. Something which Chigurh seems neurologically incapable of experiencing. Joy, lust, satisfaction, hunger, desire, the capacity and willingness to embody false warmth and get close to people in deeply personal ways, stick his fingers in their wounds and twist them just to see how they flinch.
Chigurh is like a gun; he only has one purpose, which is to definitively end life, or use his potential power to change the course of things. And once his goal is met, he returns to being a cold, hard, yet dormant weapon. He aims carefully and seeks to do the job in a single shot.
Lorne Malvo on the other hand, is like a knife. Something also very dangerous and lethal, but which is seen first as something familiar and banal, and a weapon second. Lorne Malvo lives inside your father’s old pocketknife sheath, or in the butcher’s block on your sunny kitchen counter. He’s not dangerous until he is, and when he is it’s both messy and intimate.
Yesss, I 110% agree
I think Catherine Trammell would be a nice addition to and overall amazing list, i would like to see too a take on Archibald Cunningham from Rob Roy and "And Then There Were None" characters
Great video as usual
Such a great character.. he literally gives me chills. Great to see your channel grow Vile! Keep up the good work!
Been waiting for this one for a long time, thank you.
Absolutely one of the most amazing channels on this platform. Cheers.
YES! Loved the first fargo video! Been waiting for another one!
A video analysing the world of Blood Meridian would be interesting. I know you did a video on Judge Holden but the rest of the world contains so much evil that it would warrant its own episode.
Given all the supernatural stuff in the show, Lorne being raised by wolves isn’t all that unbelievable.
Yes it is, he even says its unbelievable himself. Saying that the jungle book is ridiculous
Been waiting for this one for a long time. Keep em coming VE.
Hey - I wanted to suggest I thought you might want to try Apollyon from For Honor. It's a medievil fantasy setting and her life is fairly well documented. The lore isn't extensive or anything but I think it'd make due for a video.
I only recently found your channel and these videos are fantastic. Some of your subjects are familiar to me and even for the ones that aren't, they are still fascinating. So well explained with nice editing that really drives home your analysis.
Best Fargo villain!
I think hanzee Is better. The one thing I hold against Malvo is the Rambo scene where he solos the Cartell.. that’s just super bad writing and takes the tension and being immersed in the story. Totally over the top.
@dirkdiggler5581 Mt brother in christ the show is a satire. It's supposed to me like that
I would pay money to see Lorne, the Judge and Anton Chigurh have a chat
Lorne and the Judge would probably have a good chat due to them having similar outlets on life, and Anton would be wondering why the hell is he there in the first place
Who's the judge?
@@fortelewisandrew2426 The villain of Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy
Iconic performance in a series with many iconic performances 🤩🔥🔥🔥🔥
What do you get when you cross Anton Chigurh and Tyler Durden? You get Lorne Malvo
While I like the wolf angle, I've always read it that Malvo was raised by awful people. I think along the lines of the very real monster Pedro Lopez and his upbringing of constant horror and abuse then being used to justify the disgusting crimes he committed. He sees people as pretending to be above animals and leans into that logic by being the apex predator wherever he goes. One of my favourite villains of all time. He can't be bargained with because he feeds on chaos and pain
Would love more Fargo villains mate
I am consistently blown away by the quality of analysis in these videos. Keep up the good work!
Cant wait for the next tier list with all these new characters
Been waiting for this one...
I absolutely love what you do my man. I find hanzee from season 2 of fargo to be very fascinating as well, hopefully you analyze him. Keep up your great work, scholar of villainy
Great Video! Malvo was one of those perfect villains, I was genuinely scared for every character he interacted with. Hopefully we'll see a video for Lester soon as well. Watching him become a villain as the show progressed was pretty great
You should do both Analyzing evil: Tom and Analyzing Evil: Jerry from Tom and Jerry
Are you 4 years old???
Been looking forward to this episode for as long as you’ve done this
-Peyton Flanders: "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"
-Arthur Mitchell: "Dexter"
-Henry Evans: "The Good Son"
-Mickey & Mallory Knox: "Natural Born Killers"
I second Arthur Mitchell. Lithgow was so good.
Finally!!! Been requesting this one for AGES!!!
I have no joke been asking for this since your channel began. I am certain my requests have to be part of this being made I’m certain of it
I’ve been waiting for this one, this is easily one of my favorite villains. The first season of Fargo was so good.
Another fantastic video. I’ve been waiting for Lorne Malvo since subscribing to this channel!
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The video I’ve been waiting for. Thank you Evil!
Can’t wait to watch this later after class.
I almost died in Reno Nevada when I was 13. I was visiting my great aunt during the summer and had borrowed a bike and took off on some bike trail. Ended up getting lost but found my way back to the highway leading back into Reno. I didn't tell my great aunt what actually happened but I was so dehydrated I kept throwing up anything I drank all night. Reno is no joke.
This character alone made the Fargo TV show it's own beast
I been asking for this for about a year thanks for doing it
Malvo being able to easily slip into the role of a dentist so convincingly that he fools a professional like Burt makes me think he actually does have experience there. Being a dentist is a very good way to get away with instilling fear in and causing pain to people, though it probably didn't satiate Malvo's desires enough for him to continue pursuing dentistry.
YES! THE ONE IVE BEEN WAITING FOR!
I really am glad you did Lorne! Is it possible to do one on Lester?! He’s not the typical evil but GOSH what he is capable of is pure evil.
Yess!!! Fargo is one of my favorite shows ever made, I'm so happy to see this, been waiting for a video about Malvo for a while.
I hope you continue to cover the rest of the show.
I’ve been requesting the a characters since I started watching your channel 4 years ago. I knew you’d make this one eventually and I’m glad that day is today
I'd love to suggest Lorgar Aurelian or Erebus from the Warhammer 40k universe.
Nice, I was just thinking the other day "Vile Eye should drop a fargo video" a little after me and the missus finished season 5.
Lorne lives for the chaos.
This is the first time I’m seeing the theory that Lorne was raised by wolves and it actually makes the most sense for some reason. One of my favorite villains in media of all time glad he got his own episode
He wasn’t actually raised by wolves, it’s a fcking metaphor. Morons
THANK YOU. i just watched this series like a week ago and i wanted so bad to see him here
Video suggestions:
Analyzing Evil - Lt. Tsurumi from Golden Kamuy
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Lorne is my favorite villain of all time.
At last… great video, hope you enjoy the rest of Fargo
Nice, been waiting for this one for a minute
YYYEEEESSS bro. I requested this a few months back... vile eye is the 🐐
OH. HELL. YEAHHHH!!! I have been asking for this video since like the 3rd one on your channel. LETS GOOOOOI 🎉🎉
Yay! I've been waiting on this episode
Please do these villains next when you get a chance:
1. Alice Morgan - Luther
2. Joe Goldberg - You
3. Sheriff Roy Tillman - Fargo season 5
4. Sephiroth - Final Fantasy VII
5. Catherine Trammel - Basic Instinct
6. Vecna - Stranger Things
7. Odin - God of War: Ragnorok
8. Oswell Spencer and The Umbrella Corporation - Resident Evil series
9. Edwin Epps - 12 Years a Slave
10. Magneto, Colonel William Stryker, and Apocalypse - X-Men series
11. Baron Zemo and Ultron - MCU
12. The Puppet Master - Ghost in the Shell (1995 version)
13. Andrea Greene - Swarm
14. Marty and Wendy Byrd - Ozark
15. Saruman and Gollum - The Lord of the Rings trilogy
16. Peter Baelish and Cersei Lannister - Game of Thrones
17. Simon Gruber - Die Hard with a Vengeance
“Lester, are you sure this is what you really want?”
been waiting for this one for years
For whatever I didn't finish Fargo
But this character left an impression on me in the few episodes i watched
I remember the scene where the cop pulls him over
YESSSSS!!!!!! YOU FINALLY DID IT!! THANK YOU BROTHER ❤
Been waiting for this one. The cautious/reckless Lorne.
Hope Lester makes the list for his subdued unintended using others villainy. As well as the vampiric complex financial crime cooking offputting V M Varga from the third season.
Been waiting for this one
another great analysis, I always look forward to these videos such detail is put into the research. I would love to see you cover the Top Boy series, especially Sully I wonder what your thoughts are about his specific brand of evil
Definitely one of the more evil characters you've covered! Also as a suggestion, could you cover Negan at some point from The Walking Dead (show and comic) ?
I always watch your videos and Lorne Malvo is my favorite character of all time, I'm so excited that you chose to do him!
Oh damn you actually made it. Thank you
This made me wanna rewatch the series now
Great case studies. Adds a lot of quality to the content.
I waited a long time for this video, so thanks for finally giving it. The secound season could get it own analysis and Varga from season 3 especially would deserve a take.
Been waiting forever for this
On the topic of the Coen brothers, you should consider doing video on private detective Loren visser from blood simple! Might be the second scariest Coen brothers villain
Love the vid as always :)
I can’t help but see Bad Santa whenever I see Billy Bob Thornton