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There were a lot of good things to like about this episode, but some things fell flat for me and left me feeling disappointed. Hanzee's ending seemed shoehorned in there. I also didn't like Hank's story about wanting to make an archetypal language. It just seemed like the mark of a much lesser show to have a character say "Oh hey, what about that one thing?" in the epilogue and have it not affect the story in any way, or even give us insight into Hank's character while the story was going on.

I was on the fence about the UFO thing, and I almost thought it wasn't going to be mentioned this episode at all, which might have been an interesting nod to how absurd the last episode was. But then they had a throw-away line about that too that messed it up for me. It was a decent episode overall, but my least favorite of the season by far.

I felt Hank's story about developing that picto-language did tell us something about his character, and how he dealt with loss, and I thought Ted Danson did a great job with it.

And the "throw-away line" about the UFO? When he said that, I chuckled and thought it was the appropriate nod to what happened. The basic jist of the story (as far as the police report is concerned) is that this shootout went down, the Gerharts are finished, Hank got shot, Ed and Peggy ran away, Hanzee went after them, and Lou and Ben gave chase. The UFO? Well, let's just keep this to ourselves.

I can definitely see where you're coming from on those points. I do think the language is a good insight into Hank's character, and the UFO might even be an interesting element. I suppose they might have both worked better for me if they had been earlier in the season. Like if I learned something about how Hank deals with loss, and then I get to see him in action after that revelation. Or if the UFO thing had time to settle in and didn't feel like the climax of the season. I don't entirely disagree with the show's choices, but maybe it's most accurate to say that I like where they're going with almost all of the characters, but I wish the pacing of their progression had been a little different. But who knows! I might feel differently on a re-watch.

The Hanzee ending? Well, I don't know whether or not it was shoe-horned in. Hopefully, we'll see a post-mortem interview with Noah Hawley. I think it was a cool idea to set up Numbers and Wrench. I'm sure if Noah Hawley were to do it again, he may have cast someone to look a little more Native American as Tripoli in Season 1, and maybe made some kind of suggestion that he was or used to be a bad ass, but it's too late for that now.

The more I think about it, the more I like this idea. It probably would have worked perfectly for me if the mob boss had looked more like Hanzee. Maybe George Lucas can make a special edition and fix it for me! I was pretty satisfied with the episode overall and agree with many of the positive points made above.

There were a lot of good things to like about this episode, but some things fell flat for me and left me feeling disappointed. Hanzee's ending seemed shoehorned in there. I also didn't like Hank's story about wanting to make an archetypal language. It just seemed like the mark of a much lesser show to have a character say "Oh hey, what about that one thing?" in the epilogue and have it not affect the story in any way, or even give us insight into Hank's character while the story was going on.

I was on the fence about the UFO thing, and I almost thought it wasn't going to be mentioned this episode at all, which might have been an interesting nod to how absurd the last episode was. But then they had a throw-away line about that too that messed it up for me. It was a decent episode overall, but my least favorite of the season by far.

I still think this season was incredible, and I can't wait to see what they come up with for season 3.

What if, in the finale they reveal to us somehow that the version we saw this week is not really how it went down and that what we saw this week is just the legend that's been built up around the event and was recorded this way in that book?

I really did enjoy the episode this week, but I would love it if this were the case.

I was surprised the guys didn't like it, but I don't really agree with the push back here or in the Walking Dead threads either. I mean I was sad to hear Jim say that he wasn't excited for Fargo anymore, and I hope this doesn't ruin the season for anybody. During Game of Thrones last year, I sometimes got a little antsy listening to the guys be really disappointed in the season. It's never fun when other people don't like what you like, but that's bound to happen in shows like Fargo sometimes. Like A-Ron said, they took a risk, and for some people it didn't pay off.

I can't wait for next week, though!

I really enjoyed this episode. Loved the split screen and freeze frames. The narration felt okay to me. Not sure how I feel about the UFO, but for right now my person head canon is going to be that this episode, or maybe even the whole season, is like the urban legend version of what actually happened. Like maybe the UFO is just some conspiracy theory that the real story gets lumped in with. I'll double believe this if nobody addresses the UFO next week. The aliens might end up being a silly plot thread, but I never really saw the point of The King's plot in season 1 either.

I had a little bit of a problem with how stupid the cops were, but I don't know if they're so much worse than Saul Goodman in season 1. Plus, I give them credit for actually putting up a decent fight against the Gerhardts. I can't wait for the finale!

I actually really liked this episode. I agree with @Raiyne about the dread I'm starting to feel for certain characters. I felt like Lou's conversation with Betsy at the end, about how he "knew" she had gotten the real drug, was just him lying to her like he would one of the soldiers in Vietnam, because she was already dead and didn't know it yet. But I still hope against hope she'll make it out of the season alive. Or at least go to cancer and not get massacred.