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 minutes absorbed in a fever-dream foot…

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 the series so watchable in…

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 recent departure of his wife and has surrendered himself…

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, intertwined under the absurd laws of the universe, haven’t yet…

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 Peter and Varga as the villainous Wolf, the allegory between…

TV Review: Fargo 3×03 “The Law of Non-Contradiction”

Fargo’s third episode is going to be a hard one to top (a surprise considering Hawley’s absence from the writer’s credits). Not only is it a deeply powerful character study “The Law of Non-Contradiction” is also an existential tract as…

TV Review: Fargo 3×02 “The Principle of Restricted Choice”

The second episode, a marginal improvement over the first, has the benefit of playing with what the first episode strenuously lays out. It’s looser, more unpredictable and explores character in-depth. The title (“The Principle of Restricted Choice”), a reference to…