Round Two: Fargo

Fargo: Season 1, Episode 2 “The Rooster Prince” (B+)

The drama and the suspense didn’t let up at all in this second hour, proving that this limited series seems to have what it takes to tell this unique and incredible story on television. It was great to see Adam Goldberg as one of the henchmen from the title town who spent more time translating for his deaf fellow henchman than actually interacting with the people he came to see. There’s definitely much more going on in Minnesota than either Molly or Bill suspect, but Molly is a much more enterprising detective who is intent on getting to the bottom of a situation she can tell is fishy, while Bill is happy to leave Lester alone rather than push him because he thinks he deserves to mourn without being harassed. Molly’s intrepid distinctive instincts have now cost her the case, but I’m sure she won’t give up that easily. Keith Carradine has a small role on Molly’s father Lou, but he really does make the most of his big speeches. It’s intriguing to see how Gus’ neighbor puts on a show for him, with his daughter, played by Joey King from “Wish I Was Here” and “Bent,” talking to him from a few feet away at the same time. It was great to see Oliver Platt as a supermarket magnate with a blackmail problem, and to see Lorne handle him in an expectedly peculiar manner. I loved the scene in which he tried to get the mail addressed to the town and his rather rude response to his unexpected hotel room visitor.