At this point, you kind of know how the season is going to play out. The Stussy brothers will get what they deserve and Gloria will be honored and become police chief. But even if we do know the outcome, it doesn't make the path to get there any less effective.
Just as Martin Freeman did last season, Billy Bob Thornton returned to record some weird voice-over the episode. Leave it to Fargo to apply an animal and an instrument to each character on the show. For example, Ray, being the clumsy and sometimes grumpy guy that he is, was given the designation of a duck. This, largely taken from the "Peter and the Wolf" symphonic fairytale, added some context to the most clichéd Fargo episode yet. I say cliché in the most admirable way possible, considering this felt like classic Fargo at its best, and still unlike anything else on TV.
The thing I'm enjoying the most about this season is watching the Stussy brothers continue to fail in their respected occupations. Ewan McGregor brilliantly draws the line between two charismatic characters, but two characters who are generally not good people. Looking at the history of this show, that's quite a common thing for Noah Hawley to be able to pull off.
Perhaps even more so than that part of the show is watching each character progressively get closer and closer to the truth. I've always taken particular interest in the cops for the seasons and how twisted the case ends up getting before inevitably coming to the truth. Just the mere fact that we know everything about the case, and cops know close to nothing. It's very Hitchcockian in that way. The thrills don't come from reveals, they come from the suspense building up to those reveals. Love it.
8.4/10
Just as Martin Freeman did last season, Billy Bob Thornton returned to record some weird voice-over the episode. Leave it to Fargo to apply an animal and an instrument to each character on the show. For example, Ray, being the clumsy and sometimes grumpy guy that he is, was given the designation of a duck. This, largely taken from the "Peter and the Wolf" symphonic fairytale, added some context to the most clichéd Fargo episode yet. I say cliché in the most admirable way possible, considering this felt like classic Fargo at its best, and still unlike anything else on TV.
The thing I'm enjoying the most about this season is watching the Stussy brothers continue to fail in their respected occupations. Ewan McGregor brilliantly draws the line between two charismatic characters, but two characters who are generally not good people. Looking at the history of this show, that's quite a common thing for Noah Hawley to be able to pull off.
Perhaps even more so than that part of the show is watching each character progressively get closer and closer to the truth. I've always taken particular interest in the cops for the seasons and how twisted the case ends up getting before inevitably coming to the truth. Just the mere fact that we know everything about the case, and cops know close to nothing. It's very Hitchcockian in that way. The thrills don't come from reveals, they come from the suspense building up to those reveals. Love it.
8.4/10