Fargo (TV Series) Did You Do This? No, You Did It! (2015) User Reviews

I fu**ing love this show!

[WalterSoprano · 10/10 · 24 November 2015]

Pardon my French, I'm still coming off the fumes from the episode so stay with me here, from opening frame to last I was loving this hour (or hour and a half because of commercials) of television. Its opening montage had me as soon as Jethro Tull's locomotive breath came through the speakers on the t.v., this particular music choice smacked a grin on my face. I just love it when a movie or show knows how to utilize good music such as Fargo, this is something they have already established many times this year and episode alone.

As if I wasn't having a good enough time with this opening montage they laid to rest one of the ambiguous notes from last weeks episode, old Otto Gerhardt is gone. Simone pays her price for sleeping with the enemy (whose fate is left to some ambiguity), and the undertaker makes an appearance. Outside of the synopsis I have to say that this episode just furthers my admiration for this terrific season of Fargo. In last weeks review that I wrote I mentioned that I hope this weeks episode is another home run and I am glad to say that this episode knocks it out of the park.

Of course I have yet to mention my favorite aspect of this weeks episode.They answered another ambiguous hanger from episode 6 at the end, Peggy and Ed have kidnapped Dodd and are headed towards Sioux Falls. That's right folks, they have set forth the actions that will lead to the massacre in Sioux Falls.

Overall I'm glad this season has managed to not just masterfully sustain tension but also pay it off quite well. Believe me there's many other bits I could talk about but I hope this is still useful. Enjoy the show and tune in for these final 3 episodes of the season and of this story for they are most likely going to knock the ball further out of the park than this and previous episodes had. Thanks for reading and enjoy the show.

A tragic episode which is clearly the calm before the storm.

[TouchTheGarlicProduction · 9/10 · 23 November 2015]

My favourite part of the episode was the opening shot. It was stylish, funny, and brutal all at the same time. The entire opening montage is brilliant. For the majority of the episode, they refuse to tell us what we all want to know; what happened to the Blomquists.

We see the Gerhardts hit a new low. Dodd is seemingly dead (I just thought he was knocked out last episode). Rye's funeral comes around and mama Gerhardt turns herself in to rat on the opposing gang. And the teenage Gerhardt is acting up again, bringing a tragic conclusion to her story.

Mike is at his wit's end. He has a really cool scene at the end. Lou's wife seems to be coming to the end. I didn't think she would survive this episode. She ends up in a room coated with strange symbols. I have no idea what was going on there. The soundtrack contains a great reference to another Coen brothers movie.

It's All Coming to a Boil

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 24 November 2015]

The Blomquists are on the run with a passenger in the trunk. There are factions within the Kansas City gang and Mike is in no mood to fall on his sword for the sake of the brotherhood. The Gerhardt daughter (Fredo) has overstepped her bounds. At some point the Gerhardts had to wonder how Mike and the gang knew so much so soon. The old lady has put her trust in the local police and in the Luverne contingent to prevent her entire family from being decimated. There is incredible bloodshed from the very beginning, including an intriguing group of window washers on scaffolding, firing automatic weapons into an office building and killing four people. Lou continues to push his luck in the face of great danger. He is truly the Gary Cooper poker face in this episode. He has seen the awful side of life and isn't afraid to mix it up. Meanwhile, his poor wife is probably dying. She is spirited but truly ill. Excellent setup episode, Can't wait to get the Blomquists back and see what happens.

The Heat is Coming

[851222 · 9/10 · 14 January 2016]

Greetings from Lithuania.

I enjoyed season 2 for far as much as season 1 to be honest, i don't think season 2 is THAT better then 1st. Acting is very solid, but performances in season 1 were a bit better, but that is because is of the story and the script. That said performances here are very good, with some great ones as well. Story is more action oriented, and that's good. There are some more weaker plot lines, but overall package in season 2 is very good, i do looking forward to see how it all will turn out at the end.

Overall, this episode is very good. Tension is rising, some decisions have been made, w'll see how it will end in the next 3 episodes. Great series so far.

Such an unusual setting for one of TV's best crime dramas

[Mr-Fusion · 10/10 · 25 March 2017]

I'm hard-pressed to choose an episode that more epitomizes "Fargo" than this one; how it moves from exciting to riotous to deeply sad. Seems like every commercial break was a cliffhanger ending - and the real ending came completely outta nowhere ; it's a roller-coaster. It's just a pile-up of twists and turns, one after another.

And all throughout, pretty much every character gets some wicked dialogue to chew on. In that sense - hell, in every sense - this is classic Fargo.

10/10

Greed

[ThomasDrufke · 8/10 · 24 November 2015]

Coming off of last weeks eventful episode, we got a bit of a slower week, but I think it was needed. It felt like an in between episode so that we can process what has happened before and prepare for what's coming. Once again, the writers, director, and actors all nailed it.

No Dodd and barely any Blumquist's scenes meant more of Floyd and Bear Gerhardt. While I really liked the episode as a whole, I don't find those characters to be as interesting as the others that took a backseat this week. Floyd was taken in by the police and ended up cutting some sort of deal that would help both sides in their fight against the Kansas City mob and Mike Milligan. It was interesting to see that as soon as Floyd said the word 'snitch' to the cops, we cut to Simone, the real snitch of the family.

Simone took some heat this week from Bear to say the least. In all the brutality that this show brings to the table, the scene with Bear and Simone in the forest is about as unapologetic as the show can get. We also got some great quiet moments between Lou and Mike. If I remember correctly, that's the first real confrontation they have had this season? I could be wrong. I also found it interesting but also confusing when Betsy went to her father's house to feed the cats and nearly passed out after seeing all the crazy signs on the walls. Perhaps I'm missing something there. Anyways, another solid entry for what is one of the best shows on television right now.

+Milligan taking down undertaker

+Calm but intense episode

+Brutal forest scene

-Focus on uninteresting Gerhardt characters

8.0/10

Good enough to teas audience for the final war.

[mgidb · 8/10 · 4 September 2019]

Absolutely fascinating opening montag/editing this way to tell the story is just attractive. A tragic end of the poor girl story which is the cost of her betrayal.

The final scene hanger cliff us waiting for the next week to know what is going on.

Breather

[TheDonaldofDoom · 3 March 2018]

A bit of a cooldown episode after the intense previous two, "Did you do this" doesn't hit the same heights by Fargo's standards, but is still an excellent hour of television. The biggest point is obviously Simone's death. Everything about it is delicately shot for such a horrible scene as this... too delicate, in my opinion. I actually thought Simone had been let off because of how unclear it was, until I read up on it for writing this review. The fact that she tried to get him to reconsider and he appeared to lower his gun made it look like he had changed his mind.

The most interesting aspect of this episode is that the police has effectively picked a side in the turf war by using the Gerhardts to deal with the KC mafia. And as Ed phones Mike Milligan with news that he has Dodd, it looks like he has picked a side too. Both have picked sides that suit them in the situation. Rather like international politics in which it's rarely clear-cut who are "good" side in a war are, yet different parties giving their own moral justifications for their choice of side to support.

Ultimately, it's clear the Gerhardts are losing this war by constantly fighting amongst themselves, even executing their own. As Simone says, what is the point of loyalty to a family that betrays its duty to love?

Fargo: S2E7 "Did You Do This? No, You Did It!" Review - King Cadmium

[kingcadmium · 8/10 · 13 March 2022]

Lou and Hank investigate in Fargo, The King of Breakfast visits Betsy and Molly, and Bear questions a family member's loyalty.

What I Liked:

The cinematography is solid, and each scene perfectly implements its well-crafted and memorable music score. On top of that, each actor gives a strong performance.

As the gang war intensifies, each scene involving the Gerhardts and the Kansas City Mafia becomes tenser and tenser, making for some highly enthralling television.

Mike killing the Undertaker is perhaps the best scene to this point. The way he is introduced and then executed was ingenious by the writers.

What I Disliked:

I am not a fan of several editing choices, particularly the usage of split screens, which appear superfluous at best.

The philosophical rantings from Mike are starting to become forced and trite. He is still an interesting character, but it seems the writers are trying too hard to make him an intellectual thug.

Overall:

Fargo continues to deliver high-quality episodes, making for an enthralling and consistent sophomore season so far.

8/10

King Cadmium.

Setting up the players for the grand finale?

[dierregi · 7/10 · 27 January 2018]

Since I am watching this in chronological order and I did not read any reviews about the finale, I guess this episode is setting up all the players for the showdown. As in a chess board, the "pieces" are now taking their final positions.

I liked it because there are no Blomquist in it and I truly don't care about whatever happens to them. The idea might have been to build suspense about their fate, but I was glad not to see them, even if I know that "silent" Hanzee is on their track (BTW, a bit of sloppiness there - if Hanzee is that smart, how come he did not top them off, instead of just chasing them around?)

The gangs are imploding, devastated by internal troubles. These people never learn: if you stick together you're stronger. Take care of inside business only AFTER you won the war...

But again, the Gerhardt's family showed very little cohesion form the start: three brothers despising each other; mum over 60 with a sick husband and battling sons; a double-crossing grand-child ...

And the Kansas City gang is just thugs, so who cares? Even if they think they're smarter than average and can quote from literature (very unlikely, but still... makes for a better show... maybe)

The plot thickens

[gedikreverdi · 24 November 2021]

The one who lays with the enemy gets killed by Charlie's father as he thinks she's responsible for it all. I'm pretty sure this season's Lorne Malvo is Mike Milligan but Malvo was way more intriguing to be honest. Lou's wife who's cancer saw the symbols on the walls in his father's house. Is he in contact with aliens? Karl the lawyer helps her and he most have had a bigger role as he's a really good actor and his character is.