This week, on Episode 27 of The TV Obsessive Podcast, Caemeron and Ryan discuss Fargo Season 5 Episode 6, “The Tender Trap.” But first, in the news:
- RIP Andre Braugher
- Good Omens has been renewed for Season 3
- Curb Your Enthusiasm‘s 12th season is set to be its last
- Nathan Fielder posted an “Exclusive First Look” at Fliplanthropy to YouTube
- Mayim Bialik will no longer be hosting Jeopardy!
- Jonathan Majors has been dropped by Marvel after being found guilty of reckless assault and harassment
Ryan is still watching Monarch: Legacy of Monsters and catching up on Slow Horses. Caemeron briefly discusses the finale of A Murder at the End of the World without giving any spoilers. We’re both looking forward to True Detective: Night Country coming to HBO in January.
On Fargo S5E6, “The Tender Trap”
The Queen (Dot/Nadine) is nowhere to be found, but all the pieces on the chess board are making moves around her. Roy is furious at another one of Gator’s screw-ups and decides to re-hire Munch to take care of Dot once and for all. Indira yells at Lorraine, as she learns what a victim Dot has been in the past. Lorraine offers her a job. Lorraine and Roy both go after Vivian, the bank owner, and threaten him in different ways. The FBI want Dot so they can use her to go after Roy and his father-in-law’s militia. Meanwhile, Wayne is still confused and aimless and Scotty plays Lars’ drums.
- Thoughts on the episode title
- Varieties of masculinity in Fargo Season 5
- Indira’s husband, Lars, is awful
- Juno Temple’s absence from the episode
Next Time on The TV Obsessive Podcast…
We continue to work through Fargo Season 5 with Episode 7, absent our usual news and notes for the week. Want more Fargo? Check out the weekly recaps of this season from Felicia Nickens, and the other articles on the show in the TV Obsessive archives.