Somehow, Fargo’s final episode, “Somebody to Love,” manages to be both stupidly excessive and disappointingly anti-climactic. The ending, which pits the show’s two defiant moral figures sitting face t…
Fargo 3×09 Review: “Aporia”
In the second to last episode of the season, Fargo experiences an overwhelming drop in quality from episode eight’s twisted and colorful odyssey of violence. “Aporia” continues to unroll Noah Hawley’s…
Fargo 3×08 Review: “Who Rules the Land of Denial?”
The first half of “Who Rules the Land of Denial?” feels like the result of an idle and unassertive showrunner. Unsure of what to do with its characters, the episode spends the entire first thirty minu…
Fargo 3×07 Review: “The Law of Inevitability”
“The Law of Inevitability” seems to have a tighter hold on the series’ disjointed narratives, but as the pieces all fall into place one can’t help but feel underwhelmed by the lack of chaos which made…
Fargo 3×06 Review: “The Lord of No Mercy”
Just past the halfway point this season Fargo’s sixth episode “The Lord of No Mercy” already begins to show suggestions of divine retribution. Self-made millionaire Emmit Stussy is reeling from the re…
TV Review: Fargo 3×05 “The House of Special Purpose”
The fifth episode of Fargo’s third season seems to be about boundary pushing and it’s well timed. We’re halfway through the season, and though plenty has happened, our characters’ journeys, intertwine…
TV Review: Fargo 3×04 “The Narrow Escape Problem”
Fargo’s fourth episode opens with Billy Bob Thornton reading Peter and the Wolf, a symphonic fairy tale told primarily through musical expression and voice-over narration. With Gloria as the heroic Pe…