Coen Brothers references abound.
Theres plenty of Judaism.
And Im not entirely sure what it all meant.
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The opening of this episode gives a bit of background into how that flip occurred.
The bus gets flipped, but Nikki and Wrench make a break for it.
Things get even more complicated when a couple drives past, echoing the unfortunate onlookers from theFargofilm.
chase after Wrench and Nikki.
We went nearly eight hours without a reference to that opening scene.
More on that in a bit.
I have a question!
This will keep me up tonight.
Who is this guy?
While were not likely to ever get an explicit answer to the question, its fun to chew.
Hes familiar with the good book, enough to quote Obadiah 1:4.
This may suggest another origin for Marrane, who may represent a higher power of a different order.
Fargos preoccupation with the nature of story casts the writer as the Lord.
The rest of the episode was a bit of a blur, but a significant blur nonetheless.
Emmit finds himself the victim of a haunting, further underscoring the biblical powers at play.
Meemo continues to be a terrible character.
And Sy is in a coma, unlikely to wake up.
As Emmit turns himself in to Gloria, the season seems set on careening toward its inevitable end.
Whether it all ends up meaning something has yet to be determined.
