Palindrome
- Episode aired Dec 14, 2015
- TV-MA
- 54m
In the events following the motel massacre, Hanzee goes after Ed and Peggy.In the events following the motel massacre, Hanzee goes after Ed and Peggy.In the events following the motel massacre, Hanzee goes after Ed and Peggy.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe story Lou Patrick Wilson tells about the helicopter pilot in Vietnam actually happened and is depicted in the documentary Last Days in Vietnam (2014). The pilot was Ba Van Nguyen.
- GoofsWhen Peggy and Ed are in the meat locker, in the market, the inside latch has Canadian Robertson screws holding it in place. These screws would not be used in the US.
- Quotes
Noreen Vanderslice: Do you feel it?
Betsy Solverson: Feel what?
Noreen Vanderslice: My aunt lost her bosom to cancer. Said it felt like somebody took a hot poker and put it through her heart.
Betsy Solverson: No. Not like that. Not yet. You know how sometimes you get a peach from the bowl and one side is ripe and yellow and the other is black and moldy? That - that's the only way I can think to describe it.
Noreen Vanderslice: Camus says knowin' we're gonna die makes life absurd.
Betsy Solverson: Well, I don't know who that is. But I'm guessing he doesn't have a 6-year-old girl.
Noreen Vanderslice: He's French.
Betsy Solverson: Ugh, I don't care if he's from Mars. Nobody with any sense would say something that foolish. We're put on this earth to do a job. And each of us gets the time we get to do it. And when this life is over and you stand in front of the Lord... Well, you try tellin' him it was all some Frenchman's joke.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016)
- SoundtracksWar Pigs
(uncredited)
Written by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward
Performed by Black Sabbath
What I Liked:
The cinematography is solid, and each scene perfectly implements its well-crafted and memorable music score. On top of that, each actor gives a strong performance.
Mike Milligan received the perfect conclusion to his character arc. Rather than killing him off, he instead is given a promotion in the corporal world, a reward at face value but not what he wanted or expected.
What I Disliked:
Hanzee's character arc is poorly executed and entirely hamfisted. He assumes the identity of a character who appeared just twice in the first season and, on top of that, saves and recruits Mr Wrench and Mr Numbers in what was an entirely hamfisted scene overall.
One can't help but feel slightly disappointed after the last episode's enthralling cliffhanger - the faceoff between the Blomquist's, Hanzee, and Lou. As this never occurs, it feels ultimately anti-climatic, and instead, we have to witness Peggy hallucinate. Also, just a side note, what happened to Karl and Sonny? Or Charlie?
Overall:
Fargo doesn't quite stick the landing with its sophomore season finale, but this is still a pretty good conclusion to a great season, if slightly underwhelming.
7/10
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- Mar 16, 2022
Details
- Runtime54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1