This week's Fargo gives the time-skip a different perspective. Last episode, the skip in time magnified the feeling of hopelessness. It'd been a year and Malvo seemed no closer to being caught. Now? It almost seems like Malvo can't escape time.
This episode finally gives us a feeling that the good guys are making progress. Lester, having met with Malvo in Vegas before witnessing three murders, is fraught with paranoia. Is there guilt mixed in with it? I doubt it at this point, but it's always possible. The chance that Lester might be too scared for his life to live-especially after the ending-gives him something resembling a consequence for taking the worst possible course of action.
Meanwhile, Molly meets up with the FBI detectives, who admire her diagram of the case a year ago. When they tell her that in front of Bill, there's a feeling of catharsis at that incompetent loon being shown how stupid he is. Bill is a thorn in Molly's side, and part of the villains getting away is very much his fault, to the point that he could perhaps be called an antagonist. Having him finally out of the way is satisfying to no end. Maybe we can actually get closer instead of farther away.
Malvo remains untouchable. His takedown will need to wait for the finale, which is closer than ever. One scene involves Malvo casually telling the family in Lester's old house about the murders, as well as making up stories about Lester hearing things in the house. A child remarks, "I don't like him." (not an exact quote). This is a bit of light in this very tense episode.
And goodness is it tense. There's a moment where Malvo is in the Solverson diner talking to Molly's dad. Molly is driving back, and there's a hope that she'll get back in time. The thing is, she does, but she has the misfortune of parking at the wrong door, causing her to just miss him. It's unfortunate that her father didn't recognize Malvo, because if he did things would have gone quite differently. It's a tense scene with a frustrating conclusion, and it's absolutely wonderful.
Fargo isn't as quirky as it initially was. It's very much a TV drama now, with all of the tension and darkness that implies. It's not constantly dead serious, but it's becoming more and more so as it goes. The finale is almost upon us, if I'm not mistaken, and the wait for it is going to be harder than anything Fargo fans have had to endure yet. If there's one thing we can rely on, though, it's that the wait will be worth it.
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