Fargo: The Pretend War (2020)
Season 4, Episode 4
4/10
I give up
4 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Episodes 1 and 2 were a mess. No direction, hard to follow, somehow too slow and too fastpaced at the same time.

Episode 3 had a few good scenes in them.

Episode 4 is slightly better but now the poor acting and casting is more apparent. Nurse Mayflower is the only character who's lines are well written and executed. But her character doesn't make any sense. In the previous episodes she killed some people. It stood to reason this was on behalf of Josto and the Italians. Judging by the conversation in this episode and the encounter in the previous one that doesn't seem to be the case though. So why is she randomly killing people in the hospital as a nurse?

Josto's brother only has one facial expression. He's supposed to be the crazy eyed brother of the boss but he's overdoing it. Timothy Olyphant i trying I guess ans Schwartzmann is there too.

What might be missing most of all is anything that makes this "Fargo". Fargo has a certain sense of humor, a certain pacing, a certain atmosphere that makes it distinctly Fargo. Season 4 has none of those traits.

I'm giving up on this season and will give season 5 a try since it's getting better ratings.
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