The Law of Non-Contradiction
- Episode aired May 3, 2017
- TV-MA
- 51m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
6.2K
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Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Nikki Swango
- (credit only)
David Thewlis
- Robot
- (voice)
Thomas Mann
- Thaddeus Mobley
- (as Thomas Randall Mann)
Frances Fisher
- Vivian Lord
- (as Francis Fisher)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFrancesca Eastwood played the younger version of Vivian in the flashbacks while the present Vivian was played by her real-life mother Frances Fisher who was in a relationship with her father Clint Eastwood from 1989 to 1995.
- GoofsEnnis Stussy was 82 years old when he died in 2010, but mysteriously his character in 1975 is in his mid-20s. Thomas Mann was born in 1991, making him only 25 years old (20 years too young) when he portrayed the young Ennis Stussy.
- Quotes
Donny Mashman: So, what do you want me to tell the new chief?
Gloria Burgle: Tell him I saw the ocean and it was wet.
- ConnectionsReferences Futurama: Space Pilot 3000 (1999)
- SoundtracksBlue Shadows On the Trail
(uncredited)
Written by Eliot Daniel and Johnny Lange
Performed by Riders in the Sky
Featured review
astonishing change of pace episode
Fargo the movie in 1996 seems to have heralded a seachange in TV generally. Most shows today, the real hits, do not follow the old fashioned linear narratives (think CSI) and moreover tend to have liberal amounts of absurdity built in.
Fargo the series has been one of the most successful efforts at balancing the narrative and absurdity to great effect.
Season 3 Fargo was showing signs of losing some of the zing. Not really a criticism, really just the observation that maintaining the level of quality of Fargo S01 is almost impossible.
Then comes this amazing episode out of nowhere. This single episode with its flashbacks in time and change of locale is better than many iconic films. It is for example better than, yet similar to, Chinatown.
Carrie Coon is amazing. The entire episode is amazing.
Fargo the series has been one of the most successful efforts at balancing the narrative and absurdity to great effect.
Season 3 Fargo was showing signs of losing some of the zing. Not really a criticism, really just the observation that maintaining the level of quality of Fargo S01 is almost impossible.
Then comes this amazing episode out of nowhere. This single episode with its flashbacks in time and change of locale is better than many iconic films. It is for example better than, yet similar to, Chinatown.
Carrie Coon is amazing. The entire episode is amazing.
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- paradux
- Jun 17, 2017
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 2.00 : 1
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