Five minutes into the Fargo finale, we had a sudden desire for the episode to be over.
That's not because we weren't enjoying it, but after those five minutes, we just didn't want anything to ruin our warm fuzzy feelings. Bad things were bound to happen, and we were just so content.
After the strangely peaceful shots of all the casualties of last week's massacre, we discovered that Betsy (Cristin Milioti) was not only still alive but having marvelous dreams of classrooms, superstores, graduations, and a fifth birthday party for a little boy, hosted by his mother, father, grandfather, and older sister…
It felt just slightly unfair to hit us with a quick glimpse at the happy future of Molly (Allison Tolman), Gus (Colin Hanks), their two kids, and Lou (Keith Carradine) so early in the night, when we were all prepared to watch people die and learn about aliens before the tears set in.
While we did watch a couple people die, we did not learn about aliens. Unfortunately, that UFO is going unexplained for now, which is probably just as well, because there probably is no explanation that would be satisfying on a show that is normally pretty solidly set in reality (or at least something close to it). It made sense that Hank (Ted Danson) advised Lou (Patrick Wilson) to leave the spacecraft as "subtext" in his report. After all, it was just a flying saucer.
So what did end up happening in the episode, after Tolman stole our hearts again without saying a word?
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