Part of the brilliance of Fargo is the coincidences that lead to major story lines. In both the show and film, the writers explore the "wrong place, wrong time" plot. It creates an every-man feel to the show that most other shows simply don't have. It's one of the reasons I think Fargo is so fascinating. Though tonight stretched it maybe a bit too far.
We began the episode with the Gerhardt family. After the leader of the crew had a stroke last week, it seems as though we will focus on who takes over as the so called 'boss'. We don't know a ton about the Gerhardt's and they seem to be who the cops will go after in the coming weeks some way or another, but their story just seems a little distant at the moment. Then we also have the other group of crime bosses who are going after the Gerhardts and also running into the police. That was the part that lost me. How did Ten Danson's character just know to pull them over, did he have suspicion because of history there? Nonetheless that was one of the many scenes that brought a tremendous amount of tension. I also love the offbeat score/music this show uses to complement these tension filled scenes.
Fargo is almost Hitchcockian in that we see who is at fault for all of the crimes and the mystery is taken away. But it's the suspense that truly gets us. It's a smart way to build tension like we had in this episode. Jesse Plemons and Patrick Wilson's characters seem to have history as their ending scene felt natural, it felt normal. Other than Plemon's character chopping up the Gerhardt kid in the back and shredding his body like it was an animal. It just seems like Ed (Plemons) has some crazy in him. He has to if he can cut up a body like that. It's a whole lot different than an animal I would assume. So other than one too many coincidences for my liking, Fargo keeps on humming along.
+Tension throughout
+Score
-Few too many coincidences
7.7/10
