In a completely disappointing ending to a season that created hugely high hopes, the season finale just doesn't add up.
Not that things in Fargo have to make sense. The world is weird, sure.
Sure, we can all agree that in the end, Varga might have been abandoned by his people, because he got snatched, because technology advances and circumstances change and at some point, agencies catch up with even the most advanced or well-connected criminals.
Sure, we can buy that an out-of-the-blue convict would help a complete stranger and even wrap up her personal vendetta. Sure, we can even say that everyone, ultimately, got what they deserve.
However, it is one thing being weird and quite another being Nikki (who was what? an ex-convict that weighs 100 pounds is good at cards and was beaten to a pulp?) single - handedly taking out an entire team of thugs, whose job it is to deal with armed conflict, and who knew that they were headed into a dangerous situation. And manage to move all around a car to grab a shotgun and shoot a policeman who had repeatedly asked her not to move.
It just doesn't sit well with the season's "dry reality" feeling. Nikki's character has always been distasteful, because it displays a figment, the person from nowhere that beats the machine – the thing that just doesn't happen. It just serves to give the audience some feeling of "the victory of the underdog" or "the bad ones got punished" – even if it means we kill and hurt some innocent people. It is stupid and it ruins the ending of an otherwise awesome season. Sad.
Not that things in Fargo have to make sense. The world is weird, sure.
Sure, we can all agree that in the end, Varga might have been abandoned by his people, because he got snatched, because technology advances and circumstances change and at some point, agencies catch up with even the most advanced or well-connected criminals.
Sure, we can buy that an out-of-the-blue convict would help a complete stranger and even wrap up her personal vendetta. Sure, we can even say that everyone, ultimately, got what they deserve.
However, it is one thing being weird and quite another being Nikki (who was what? an ex-convict that weighs 100 pounds is good at cards and was beaten to a pulp?) single - handedly taking out an entire team of thugs, whose job it is to deal with armed conflict, and who knew that they were headed into a dangerous situation. And manage to move all around a car to grab a shotgun and shoot a policeman who had repeatedly asked her not to move.
It just doesn't sit well with the season's "dry reality" feeling. Nikki's character has always been distasteful, because it displays a figment, the person from nowhere that beats the machine – the thing that just doesn't happen. It just serves to give the audience some feeling of "the victory of the underdog" or "the bad ones got punished" – even if it means we kill and hurt some innocent people. It is stupid and it ruins the ending of an otherwise awesome season. Sad.