I love this show. It's great writing, acting, and directing at its absolute finest. Last season was great, but I have a feeling this season will be even better. Much like the previous few episodes, 'Fear and Trembling' doesn't necessarily do much for any one particular arc, but the show as a whole took another huge step forward this week. I'm embracing the coincidences and conveniences of the story because it all makes sense for what Fargo is at its core. A story about unfortunate circumstances happening to unfortunate people.
True Detective season 2 tackled many different story lines that all seemed too prevent any one story from taking off or becoming great at any particular aspect. But Fargo season 2 has far more characters than the previous season, but it actually improves the narrative. I love that this episode focuses more on some of the minor characters such as Hanzee, Mike Milligan, and most importantly Dodd Gerhardt. We seemed to get a bit of clarification on the opening scene of the first episode with Ronald Reagan's film as a callback to Dodd's childhood and the one particularly tragic moment. That scene with Dodd and his son felt a lot like Kingpin and his father back in Daredevil season 1. But I liked that we got to see more about the Gerhardt's who are as entertaining as they are deceptive. Judging by the end scene, it looks like we are going to get some big time mob murders in the coming episodes.
It was good to see Nick Offerman back as Lou's friend and car dealer. It was definitely a little convenient that he was in fact the dealer who has the Blomquist's car, but again, I bought into it. It was hard to watch the Blomquist's struggle to tell Lou about the accident. Now that they have reached that no point of return I think it's inevitable that they both die at the end of the season. Just as you rooted for Lester in season 1, you root for the Blomquist's here. It's unfortunate because I think Ed was just about to confess to Lou what really happened, oh well. Once again, another gem of an episode. It's funny that I can go from watching a mediocre and playful show like Supergirl to then immediately watching a masterpiece like Fargo.
+Esposition episode that was just as if not more entertaining than usual.
+Focused on minor characters
+Dodd
+Just tell them Blomquist's!
9.5/10
True Detective season 2 tackled many different story lines that all seemed too prevent any one story from taking off or becoming great at any particular aspect. But Fargo season 2 has far more characters than the previous season, but it actually improves the narrative. I love that this episode focuses more on some of the minor characters such as Hanzee, Mike Milligan, and most importantly Dodd Gerhardt. We seemed to get a bit of clarification on the opening scene of the first episode with Ronald Reagan's film as a callback to Dodd's childhood and the one particularly tragic moment. That scene with Dodd and his son felt a lot like Kingpin and his father back in Daredevil season 1. But I liked that we got to see more about the Gerhardt's who are as entertaining as they are deceptive. Judging by the end scene, it looks like we are going to get some big time mob murders in the coming episodes.
It was good to see Nick Offerman back as Lou's friend and car dealer. It was definitely a little convenient that he was in fact the dealer who has the Blomquist's car, but again, I bought into it. It was hard to watch the Blomquist's struggle to tell Lou about the accident. Now that they have reached that no point of return I think it's inevitable that they both die at the end of the season. Just as you rooted for Lester in season 1, you root for the Blomquist's here. It's unfortunate because I think Ed was just about to confess to Lou what really happened, oh well. Once again, another gem of an episode. It's funny that I can go from watching a mediocre and playful show like Supergirl to then immediately watching a masterpiece like Fargo.
+Esposition episode that was just as if not more entertaining than usual.
+Focused on minor characters
+Dodd
+Just tell them Blomquist's!
9.5/10