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Set in 2010, the third installment of Fargo centers on 'Emmit' and his slightly younger brother 'Ray Stussy' (Ewan McGregor). Emmit, the Parking Lot King of Minnesota, sees himself as an American success story, whereas Ray is more of a cautionary tale. Forever living in his more successful brother's shadow, Ray is a balding ad pot-bellied parole officer with a huge chip on his shoulder about the hand he's been dealt -- and he blames his brother. Their sibling rivalry follows a twisted path that begins with petty theft but soon leads to murder, mobsters and cut-throat competitive bridge. Carrie Coon stars as 'Gloria Burgle,' the steady chief of the local police department. A newly divorced mother, Gloria is trying to understand the new world around her, where people connect more intimately with their phones than with the people around them. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Ray's girlfriend, 'Nikki Swango,' a crafty and alluring recent parolee with a passion for competitive bridge. David Thewlis stars as 'V.M. Vargas,' a mysterious loner and true capitalist whose bosses plan to partner with Emmit, whether 'The Parking Lot King' likes it or not.
The genius of this episode, and of Fargo's divisive but richly acted, thoughtfully shot, and cryptically written third season, lies in asking us what we think that view might be.
Fargo, see, is ultimately a series about the death of capitalism, where the only people who can profit are con men and hucksters, who see the world for what it really is.
The season finale brings us to the "little bit of money" part of Fargo, the moral reckoning part, in which our hero - in this case, Gloria - surveys the carnage and is left aghast at the pointlessness of it all.
Showrunner Noah Hawley does an excellent job of continuing to run, full speed, until the finish line - such a good job, in fact, that the last episode doesn't feel like something I'm watching to see loose ends tied up.
I'm fine being left to make up my own mind about Tony and the rest of the characters in that show, but less pleased when the show is unwilling to give us a satisfying ending and a real conclusion.
With all this uncertainty in a world demanding certainty, why was the open-ended finale ultimately unsatisfying The easy answer is that we want answers.