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The stamps that their father gave to Emmit are apparently quite valuable and could provide Ray the money he needs to buy Nikki’s ring. With other more pressing concerns, Emmit tells Ray “it’s not a good time.” Ray isn’t happy about that, figuring he’s owed money that belongs to their family. As explained by a creepy representative (David Thewlis), the $1 million was “an investment,” intended to save a business that could be used to hide criminal money. Emmit is ready to pay the money back (with interest), having saved his company, but the broker doesn’t want the payment. But he apparently took out the loan from a criminal enterprise. So Emmit and Sy sought other means to get the $1 million necessary to keep his business afloat. He had to take out a loan, but no bank would front him the money he needed - at least in the amount he needed. What Ray doesn’t know is that Emmit has his own financial issues to deal with. It’s 2010, and Emmit was likely hit hard in the economic crisis of 2008 caused by the cratering of the real estate market. This clearly isn’t the first time Ray has tried to borrow money from his brother, as the disapproving sneer from Emmit’s lawyer, Sy (Michael Stuhlbarg), indicates. But Ray can’t afford the kind of ring he wants to give Nikki, so he tries to borrow money from his affluent brother Emmit (also Ewan McGregor), a successful businessman in town. He wants to buy Nikki (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) a ring and get married. The latter seems to apply to this story, notably to Ray Stussy (Ewan McGregor), a shady parole officer who’s met a woman way out of his league and wants to give her what he thinks she deserves. Either they have no idea what they’re doing because they’re not criminals, arguably good people who suddenly do bad things (perhaps revealing a latent inner darkness), or they’re dimwits who are incapable of getting away with the scheme they’re trying to plan.
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#IMPULSE SEASON 1 EPISODE 8 RECP MOVIE#
What Fargo is really about - whether it’s the movie or TV series - is people either trying to commit or unwittingly pulled into crimes that completely disrupt their lives and the simple, Midwestern communities in which they live.