The Tiger

I'm going to assume they needed a little hiatus from the serious stuff. It is thick on character development, but, unfortunately, the characters are already developed. Dot is immediately thumbed out by her vicious mother in law. We have some fairly long descriptions of the way the world should be from her and the sheriff. We can't help but want to see both of them get their just desserts. Then there's the golf playing, useless husband. We haven't seen a thing that he offers his wife. She should close the accounts, move on, and dump him in the snow. Other than narrow escapes, there is little to this episode.

Do not get me wrong! This season is quite great, the acting, the pacing, the dialogue, you name it. I am a bit concerned on where the show is headed, but have faith in Hawley. Each episode since episode 1 of Year Five seems to keep building, but then with the very next episode, more questions are asked and previous answers are given... but not in the satisfying way i had hoped for. We are only halfway into the season and i am excited to see where the series goes from here. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jon Hamm are fantastic in this episode as their conversation really drives home the stakes of the season, as well as getting to show off Leighs fantastic monologue. Overall a good episode, hoping this season sticks the landing!

I am amazed that Ethan and Joel Cohen would want their names to be attached to this mishmash of absurd plot devices and crudely stereotyped characters, or should I say caricatures? With the exception of Ole Munch, there is not a single interesting or appealing character in this entire story. It's so hard to believe that this season and the last were written by the same person who wrote the first three seasons, which were excellent. I started watching this season with high hopes but after five episodes I'm done.

Oh, and by the way, nowhere does the Bible say that a wife is the property of her husband.

Show had promise and a solid first episode reminiscent of the movie (which is where this all began) but quickly jumped on the modern day crazy train where all Caucasian men are stupid and weak and all women are super heroes, at least as forced by Hollywood. We all seem to be paying for Harvey Weinstein and the result is horrible writing and zero credibility in the screen writing business. I like Juno Temple but she weighs about 95 pounds and they have her overpowering 220 plus pound physically fit men. It's fiction, yes, but it's absurd this narrative seems to be the norm now even though it's not fooling anyone. When will this nonsense end? Just don't make these shows if that's the route you're thinking of going. Women are strong in other ways but they are not going to overpower much larger and stronger men. Jennifer Jason Leigh has had a decent career and some great performances but this is not one of them. Sadly she's overplaying her role in this season to the point of it being sadly obvious.

By the way for everyone that keeps questioning if it's a true story because of the opening credits spoiler alert: it's not. The reason is they have that is the original movie had the exact same opening. And no, that wasn't a true story either.

I´m so happy to see FARGO Season 5 being least as brilliant as Season 1 and 2.

Juno Temple´s performance is just breathtaking, and in this episode, particularly Jennifer Jason Leigh impressed me - her embodiment of that hardboiled alpha-woman is really frightening. Moreover, this whole story about toxic masculinity, paleo-spirituality, libertarianism and the "american way of life" financed by credit and debt is as accurate and sharply drawn as it is sarcastic.

The whole cast of the show is perfect, great writing, and the score is so on-point, never too much, never cliche´. I can´t wait for the next episode.