Spoilers

E1: “The Tragedy of the Commons”

E2: “Trials and Tribulations”

I watched the first few seasons of Fargo on FX and I liked them tremendously. However, the schedule was always tight and they were on a bad night, if I remember correctly.

But I saw the first two episodes of season five on Hulu during one of my trips to that sight for the bunch of rewatches that I am doing. They dropped the first two episodes together and there will be a new episode every Wednesday on FX and Hulu.

This pair of episodes were right in with the Fargo tone.

Juno Temple plays Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, who is a housewife in Minnesota. She seems that there is some kind of surprise to her because two men arrive in an attempt to kidnap her, but she shows that she is more than capable of taking care of herself.

When she set one of the guys’ mask on fire with a lighter and a spray can, it was astonishing.

She also was a bad ass at a gas station where she killed one of them and is able to escape. Strangely enough, though, when she returned to her family house, she denied being kidnapped and insisted that she was just having a bad day and walking around. She had bloody feet, and, even with the cops compiling evidence, she denied.

We also met Roy Tillman, a local sheriff, played by Jon Hamm and this guy is something else. He is a hard man for a hard time.

He is the one who sent the kidnappers after Dot. Why? I am not sure why and I can’t wait to find out the back story to these weird charaters.

As with Fargo, these characters are amazingly eccentric and interesting to watch. This was violent, fun and curious. I’m glad to be back on the Fargo train.