It looks like Ed and Peggy have their fates sealed. Wise warnings have a habit of coming true, as Lou's probably will. That look he gives them as he leaves, that he knows, and that he knows they know he knows, is like a sigh of understanding, him giving up on trying to save them as they won't let him. It's a final chance for them to tell the truth, but no, they won't say it and he can see they won't. They ignore his advice at their peril.
The lead up to gang warfare takes thrilling turns. Criminal gangs are evil, end of, so it's unsettling seeing one gang being bested by another. Again, this is an example of a deal which could have been worked out, in this case by Floyd showing Joe Bulo that she has control of her family by punishing her son. But as a mother, she can't do that. She makes the wrong decision for which, like Ed and Peggy, she will pay. Her son is the most responsible for this however with his reckless violence. It's interesting because Fargo shows what goes wrong if you're take the coward's way out in situations but also the consequences of being too aggressive. The only characters who will make it are the ones who will tread that fine line.
This is the great thing about Fargo, each tragedy is the sum of bad decisions that could have been avoided. In both these cases, characters didn't do the brave thing even though it would have worked out better for everyone if they had. As well as terrible (but always understandable) decisions, there are real surprises, such as the discovery that Simone is sleeping with Mike Milligan. That complicates things just a little.
Anything that seems too contrived? Hanzee finding the buckle in Ed's fireplace. A certain amount of coincidences is fine, but there's a point where it becomes ridiculous, and Fargo has reached that point with this. Hopefully there won't be much more of people carelessly leaving something behind and other people amazingly stumbling across it.
As war approaches, what can be certain is that the most weak-willed, including Ed and Peggy, will be responsible for their own demise.
The lead up to gang warfare takes thrilling turns. Criminal gangs are evil, end of, so it's unsettling seeing one gang being bested by another. Again, this is an example of a deal which could have been worked out, in this case by Floyd showing Joe Bulo that she has control of her family by punishing her son. But as a mother, she can't do that. She makes the wrong decision for which, like Ed and Peggy, she will pay. Her son is the most responsible for this however with his reckless violence. It's interesting because Fargo shows what goes wrong if you're take the coward's way out in situations but also the consequences of being too aggressive. The only characters who will make it are the ones who will tread that fine line.
This is the great thing about Fargo, each tragedy is the sum of bad decisions that could have been avoided. In both these cases, characters didn't do the brave thing even though it would have worked out better for everyone if they had. As well as terrible (but always understandable) decisions, there are real surprises, such as the discovery that Simone is sleeping with Mike Milligan. That complicates things just a little.
Anything that seems too contrived? Hanzee finding the buckle in Ed's fireplace. A certain amount of coincidences is fine, but there's a point where it becomes ridiculous, and Fargo has reached that point with this. Hopefully there won't be much more of people carelessly leaving something behind and other people amazingly stumbling across it.
As war approaches, what can be certain is that the most weak-willed, including Ed and Peggy, will be responsible for their own demise.