Title: Fargo
Year: 2014-ongoing
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Russell Harvard, Bokeem Woodbine, Brad Mann, Kirsten Dunst, Ewan McGregor, Chris Rock, Patrick Wilson, Carrie Coon, Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jason Schwartzman, David Thewlis, Ted Danson
Genre: Criminal, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Viewing method: Fourth Season.
Why in Database: In the ninth episode of the fourth season (East/West) one of the characters tells a story about the turtle king, who wanted to “see further”, so he ordered his subjects to stand on top of each other, while he himself from the top of such a structure had a much better view. But for the sake of balance, the turtles at the bottom could not see anything and were additionally crushed by the weight of those above. This is essentially retelling of a Yertle the Turtle story by Dr. Seuss.
– Say there’s a turtle.
– Turtle?
– Hmm, king turtle. He rules over everything he sees. Except he’s a turtle, so he’s real low to the ground.
– I’m gonna put you back in the trunk.
– No, no. Hear me out. So, this king turtle, he calls two of his guys and he tells them to climb on top of each other, you know, like a ladder. And he climbs on their backs. So now he can see further but still just, like, 50 feet. So he calls even more turtles. And one by one, they get on top of each other. And up he goes. Till all the turtles are in a pile. And old king turtle, oh, he can see for miles. Except, the guys on the bottom, are getting crushed. And I’m saying…
