Fargo – Season 5 Episode 9 Review
Fargo – “The Useless Hand” aired Tuesday, January 9th on FX. “The Useless Hand” is the 9th episode of the 5th season. Season 5 is about various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
In “The Useless Hand”, the tide turns. Next week is the finale of season 5. Below is our review of season 5 episode 9 of Fargo.
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Tuesday night’s “The Useless Hand”. Read at your own risk!
Overall Thoughts – “The Useless Hand”
Amy- You don’t understand the excitement that I had the moment Dot (Juno Temple) was able to escape. But I cheered when Lorriane sent the FBI to the Tillman ranch with Indira (Richa Moorjani) calling Witt (Lamorne Morris) to save Dot. Of course, Roy (Jon Hamm) had to call in his little militia group, did we really think he would go quietly? I love the line FBI Agent Meyer (Jessica Pohly) gave Roy when he compared them to the witch hunt; “You know what a witch hunt is, right? Not witches hunting men, but men killing women to keep them in line.”
How did Roy not realize that Gator was missing? I know it was expected that Munch (Sam Spruell) would get his payback against Gator (Joe Keery) for killing the old lady, but that was a little rough to watch. Low liked how Munch delivered Gator to Roy instead of making him find Gator or anything worse. I hope this is the moment Gator can redeem himself though and realize how crappy his father is.
Next week’s finale is going to be so good, if not I’m going to be very disappointed. Though I doubt it.
Clare- I LOVED this episode. I think my absolute favorite moment was Lorraine calling Dot her daughter, because that wasn’t bluster and posturing for once, she meant it and it was so incredibly touching. I also really loved the fact Munch was the one to save Dot from the pit, after being the one who had come to get her, and set her on this collision course with Roy again. That was great!
Always thought S1 of this show was closest to the movie, but after revisiting it this past weekend I’ve realized just how many more similarities there are between this season and the movie. I can’t wait to see how the finale plays out. I do hope Gator helps Dot take down Roy, although not sure how much use he’ll be without eyes.
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