Warning: full spoilers for the episode follow...
Oofda. Last week, as some folks pointed out, a detail in our Supermarket King’s office teased a direct link between the events of the film Fargo and the FX series. That played out in the flashback to 1987 in tonight’s entry. I’m not going to go into too many details about the ties between the film and the show, as there are some viewers who haven’t seen the Coen’s classic yet. All I’ll say is this: If you’re a fan of the film, the little Easter Eggs are a fun treat, but more than that, they speak to one of the show’s central themes: the cyclical nature of life.
As far as Lorne Malvo is concerned, we don’t truly evolve. Not in the sense of becoming genuinely “better” at any rate. We simply become slightly altered versions of what we already were: predators and prey. We adapt to avoid detection or to better hunt, but we’re all still playing the same “kill or be killed” jungle games. Lorne’s hilarious persona this week was him taking momentary cover, camouflaging himself to blend into his surroundings so that he could avoid detection. Lester, on the other hand, is quickly learning new ways to deal with potential danger. Initially, I’d been pretty irritated by the shifty Mr. Nygaard’s atrophied ability to express himself. I thought, “Why not just tell your brother that you’re being kidnapped?”
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