Lester sends his wife to her death / Fargo S1-E9 

"Id hate for your pretty face to freeze" that line just hit different, like he knew exactly what he was doing to her

My God, I felt so sorry for Linda. She literally fell in love with a monster who cheerfully used her as a pawn without any hesitation or remorse. I hated him more than Lorne Malvo, honestly.

Everyone's talking about Lester but I can't help wonder what Malvo thought when he realised he'd been tricked

Even though he was responsible for the deaths of numerous people, I still kind of liked Lester. Then this happened, and I couldn't wait for him to die.

Damn if Lester was gonna set her up like that, he could’ve at least hid around the corner ready to shoot Malvo. What a dirty coward.

This was the most disturbing scene to watch in season one for me personally. After he checks the body and just turns around and stares at lester.. Horrific. Walks outside and stares at him some more as if saying "Jeez Lester". Lights a cigarette as if it was a chore, and walks away out of respect for his intelligence

Her giving him the story about how a nice man would save her and then he sends her off as lamb to the slaughter.. that hurt. Lester is worse than a monster, he is a dangerous rat.

It gets worse the more you think about it cos she really loves him. Prior to this scene she's telling him in the car how long she's loved him. And he sends her in and she never knows he was a scumbag.

1:21 ... AWESOME DIRECTING! made us think he'd do right thing after seein the threat.

I was laughing this whole scene. I love how Lester just becomes a slimy worm able to just barely wriggle his way through by doing nasty choices. He becomes a character that thrives on being under estimated. He knows that everyone thinks he is a weak little man which is why he catches so many people off guard with how ruthless he becomes.

This is when Lester became truly repulsive. And this is only death from any movie or show that I felt truly sad for in my bones. People saying he was already a killer before this are wrong. There is a huge difference. His first wife belittled him as half a man loser, taunted him for years, even about sex. And he killed her in a crime of passion. Linda on the other hand adored him, supported him, told him her life story and how she always knew someone would save her and they were going to acapulco what a contrast from her childhood cleaning hotel sheets. In my opinion she was the purest character on the show. She even lied to the cop about Vegas for him without needing any other explanation from him like a true wife. And he sacrificed her right after she told him all that - as if the sum total of her life meant nothing to him, that killing an innocent loving person means nothing as a 'trick' to save your skin. Lester is repulsive and without anything resembling a conscience. Linda deserved an ocean's worth of happiness and the fact that her life ended like this makes me really really sad.

The question is whether Malvo corrupted him or if he was always this monstrous and Malvo gave him an excuse?

I was rooting for Lester until this moment.

Whats odd is how Malvo took a liking to Lester instantly, as if he somehow recognised the potential of a cold blooded killer. Almost every other interaction Malvo has involves him intimidating or fucking with the other person, he is constantly making people around him suffer for the hell of it.. Yet in Lesters case he offers his own twisted form of help and true advice.

Lester set her up big time..

I was rooting for Lester for the entire series, until he did this.

You were kinda rooting for Lester until this scene.....then it was like FUCK HIM he has to go down now

Linda deserved better

Linda, so sweet and innocent and the dream woman I am looking for... This scene was the exact moment I no longer wanted Lester to live. . . Until the bathroom scene which was a brilliant setup.

hardest moment in the show to watch :(

Honestly what did we expect from a dude who killed his wife in the first episode

So being Lester’s wife is a dangerous job, he is 2 for 2 lmao

It took me about 3 episodes to get abead on Malvo. Malvo enjoyed turning regular people into monsters.

Why didn’t he just leave instead of either of them going in.

There are some people you just don't be ride or die for

Little Red Riding Hood getting killed by the Big Bad Wolf, live action edition.

This was such a good scene loved seeing how Lester never changed

I couldn’t fucking believe this scene. He REALLY actually did that! 😂

Fargo season 1 is the best 10 episodes of television I’ve ever seen.

Lester Nygaard makes Walter White look like a saint

Honestly I was rooting for Lester right up until this moment tbh

I guess this was the only scene that he was smoking.

In elevator after malvlo guns down his wife and Lester leaves malvlo is seen in darkness to show how evil he is. After Lester sets up his wife to be killed and malvlo looks at the car, the darkness is set on Lester instead of malvlo to show how evil and monstrous he's become. Lester Naaygard becomes a Machlavian Narsssict.

LOL the way he just sat there. This confirmed that he was trash if it wasn't clear enough.

After this, it was the point of no return, but a part of me hoped he got away in the end and surpass Lorne and become a larger antagonist in the later seasons.

This was the episode that made lester unlikable

Poor lady was a pawn in his skeem 😢

There's some issues with this scene though coherence wise. Malvo would never kill Lester without having a little talk first

Lester was always a scumbag. It just took Lorne Malvo to give him the confidence to play it out in the real world

He should have stayed with Dawn in the Office…..

The thing I didn't like about this is that the question of why she lied for Lester when he was being questioned about leaving Las Vegas will never be answered.

Weird take on this… Malvo is preternaturally deliberate and unflinchingly detached/distant from the impacts of his every action. He lingers outside the murder to make prolonged eye contact with Lester, just to show Lester just how powerful that mindset is. Because for Malvo, in killing Linda, he’s essentially cuckolded Lester by proxy. Lester’s every bit the psychopathic murderer as Malvo. But his frantically nervous and cowardly emotional constellation cause him to misfire, to rush, to ready, shoot, aim. Always too quickly - always leaving a mess. Lester ultimately needs to be emasculated, as much as Malvo needs to emasculate him. Malvo humiliates Lester by showing how a real murderer does things. The kicker; Malvo lights up using a “Zippo”-style lighter, not a disposable. Everything about that lighter is premeditated, as was Malvo’s selection of Lester as his target/cohort. That commitment requires planning and maintenance; possessing and regularly and carefully refilling its lighter fluid, occasionally advancing and trimming the wick and (rarely) replacing the flint. Owning that lighter also means one is careful not to lose or leave it behind somewhere.

He set her up as a doomed decoy😠 very despicable! That’s the kind of malevolence you read in Agatha Christie novels

Eu me senti tão triste por ela, Lester mudou, não tem mais volta.

0:55. The way he looks at her before smiling. It took him just that long.

I liked him even more after this scene 👍

Ok this guy makes malvo seem better than him

Lester was the real villain of this season, not Malvo

The Devil always collects on outstanding debt

Did anyone know's what music play in the background? When Malvo came out?

His first wife was terrible and his brother could be dick who lester was jealous of so I can understand; even though those crime were still evil, this has to be the most cold blooded as not only did he like his 2nd wife but this was all so avoidable.

I live in Calgary those buildings are familiar.

Why did he had her killed??

All them killing Minnesota youbetcha

Lester didnt have to confront lorne salvobefore

when you find out your wife has an onlyfans page...

Lester was a horrible person…

Wouldn't he seen the car pull up and wait.

I just finished watching s1 and this scene was just awful I already hated Lester since what he did to his nephew and brother but this is just disgusting shows how much of a loser and coward he is

Does anyone know the name of music that plays when Lorne leaves the store and looks at Lester's car?

LESTER'S A COWARD!!

I got a crush on Linda Park

I still liked Lester, no matter what he did.

I thought LESTER OF GTA V sent HIS GIRL

Even though she knowingly lied to the police, Linda didnt deserve this.

Lmao

I actually liked Lester up until this point.

asian women are very kindhearted and thoughtful. I hope i meet someone one day

3:19 Malvo knows that Lester is watching him from inside the Passat.

The question is whether Malvo corrupted him or if he was always this monstrous and Malvo gave him an excuse?

You know it’s bad when even an emotionless monster like Lorne believes you crossed a disgusting line.

Did Malvo know Lester was in the car?

I get Malvo...But man, Lester is pure evil.

2:41 Omg, they killed Kenny

Lester was such a spineless coward.