The Myth of Sisyphus
- Episode aired Oct 26, 2015
- TV-MA
- 47m
The Gerhardts' search for Rye intensifies, Lou takes a trip to Fargo, and Peggy overhears a new theory about the Waffle Hut shooter.The Gerhardts' search for Rye intensifies, Lou takes a trip to Fargo, and Peggy overhears a new theory about the Waffle Hut shooter.The Gerhardts' search for Rye intensifies, Lou takes a trip to Fargo, and Peggy overhears a new theory about the Waffle Hut shooter.
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Hank (Ted Danson) is putting up the wanted poster in the beauty shop, he mentions that all those people were killed "for what, A little bit of money". That's the same line that Marge (Frances McDormand) said at the end of the movie Fargo (1996).
- GoofsThe "Wanted" poster for Rye Gerhardt is clearly a poorly made prop as it has no description of him (such as date of birth, height, weight, etc.) and no phone numbers listed for people to call in case he is spotted. It also should have shown his mugshots from the front and from the side. Wanted posters always contain such information.
- Quotes
Lou Solverson: Gotta ask you your business here.
Mike Milligan: Maybe I'm the owner.
Lou Solverson: Nope. Met the owner this mornin'.
Mike Milligan: Is that right? Maybe tell us where he is. Make a few bucks.
Lou Solverson: I was gonna ask you the same. Say, you wouldn't by any chance be Mike Milligan and the Kitchen brothers, would ya?
Mike Milligan: You make us sound like a prog rock band. "Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Mike Milligan and the Kitchen Brothers."
[Gale Kitchen pulls a shotgun on Lou]
Mike Milligan: Double Whoops.
Lou Solverson: [raises his own gun] Easy.
Mike Milligan: [mocking Minnesota accent] Minnesota cop. You do know you're in North Dakota, right?
Lou Solverson: Must have got lost on the way to the lake.
Mike Milligan: So, where'd you say you saw old Skip?
Lou Solverson: At your mother's house. I think goin' in the back door.
Mike Milligan: [to Gale Kitchen] I like him.
[turns back to Lou]
Mike Milligan: I like you. Met another fella from Minnesota yesterday. Big guy. Sheriff, I think. I liked him, too.
Lou Solverson: We're a very friendly people.
Mike Milligan: No, that's not it. Pretty unfriendly, actually. But it's the way you're unfriendly - how you're so polite about it. Like you're doing me a favor.
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- SoundtracksEl Amor Brujo: Danza Ritual del Fuego
(uncredited)
Performed by Katona Twins, Juanita Lascarro & David Garcia Mir
The first thing I noticed about the episode was the music. The show-runners consistently pick the right music number for each scene no matter what the tone is. This episode also did a great job at showing us stakes that are on the line. We obviously know Lou makes it out alive as he is an old man in season 1, but there was still an enormous amount of tension between him and Dodd at the Gerhardt's home. That is a tribute to the writers, music, and directing that you can create that much tension in a scene where there really shouldn't be a ton of tension.The geographical set up was made a bit more clear here as well. For some reason I thought the Gerhardt's were in Minnesota.
There wasn't a ton of Blomquist material in this episode but we now know that they have 'taken care of' their wrecked windshield. I expect that to come back to haunt them as that stuff always does in Fargo. The one thing that bothered me a little bit was Betsy breaking down a crime scene to her father which propelled him to think twice about the shoe they found. It just seemed a little bit too on the nose with Peggy standing right there. Other than that, this was an incredible episode with so much tension.
+Lou & Dodd
+Tension filled
+Balanced everything so well
+Music
-Betsy breaking down a crime
9.1/10
- ThomasDrufke
- Oct 26, 2015
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- 413 1 St SW, High River, Alberta, Canada(Carriage Typewriters)
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- Runtime47 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1