Yeah that’s what I mean, they’ll have to go beyond what’s in the source material. I’ve only read the book and haven’t done any research beyond that, so I don’t know if there’s that much real life story to tell with Ernest, but it’s possible they invent more stuff for dramatic license.

Interesting he was originally supposed to play Tom White but wanted to play Ernest instead, since White is definitely more of a central character in the book. I'd have to assume they'll be expanding Ernest's character a lot from what's in the book.

In the book there definitely are cover-ups, >!Hale was mostly pretty careful to cover up his tracks, never going through the murders himself and often killing off co-conspirators he'd hired in what looked like routine accidents or paying off private eyes and witnesses to obfuscate the investigation. It took a while before Tom White and his men were able to detangle Hale's "plots within plots", it's not like they were just killing the Osages in public in broad daylight.!< But otherwise you're right, after J Edgar Hoover thought the FBI had done enough to make themselves look good they walked away and let everything else fade away to time.

Yeah, as others have said it really becomes the show it ends up being around episodes 5/6. The writing team is comprised of a lot of British sitcom writers so it’s kind of the same thing of how most sitcoms take a bit to find their groove.

They reshaped and expanded a lot of characters based on what the actors were bringing to them. For example, Roman is way more sadistic and cruel in the pilot than he is later in the show. He’s still a complicated person but seasons 2/3 Roman would never rip up a million dollar check in front of a Latino boy and his working class parents.

It’s 10 episodes so it’s longer than season 3. Based on all the reviews, I think they mean they’re referring to the pacing and that they don’t beat around the bush kicking the story into full gear.

And Fargo

The Leftovers as well, of which Patrick Somerville (creator of Station Eleven) was a writer.

Problem is >!she’s basically absent for the second half of the season until the second to last episode!<