Spoilers

“Linda”

Dorothy returned to Fargo this week as we discovered exactly what she was after. A woman named Linda.

Whereas last week’s episode was lacking Dorothy, this week we get a lot of her. In fact, we only get a little of the rest of the crew outside of her. We do see how the events have affected Wayne and his new attitude toward the car dealership. We see Gator in an attempt to kill Ole Munch, but who is several steps behind him.

And we have Dorothy nearly wrecking her car when she fell asleep at the wheel. After she wakes up, she finds a card for Camp Utopia, which turns out to be a place where Linda had created a refuge for abused women.

Dorothy tried to convince Linda to return and go against Sheriff Roy. Linda says she has to make her puppet first and tell her truth. This was weird and Dorothy did not want to do it at first. However, she finally just basically said screw it and she made a puppet. 

Then, we got the backstory of Dorothy (called Nadine at that time) and how she came to be with Sheriff Roy. It was told with puppets and it was awesome. It did remind me of scenes from The Boys and from Gen V where puppets or animated characters narrated flashbacks. Still, this was beautifully done.

However, this was all apparently a dream as Dorothy had actually crashed her car when she fell asleep and dreamt this whole section. The nurse told her that they were happy that she came to and her husband was here. In walked Roy.

This was a great episode as we learned a lot of truths about Dorothy and her past and we get a chance to see how lowlife Roy Tillman truly was. 

Three more episodes for this season, which has been a lot of fun.