The Law of Non-Contradiction
- Episode aired May 3, 2017
- TV-MA
- 51m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
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Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.Gloria revisits her stepfather's past to try and find some answers.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
- Nikki Swango
- (credit only)
David Thewlis
- Robot
- (voice)
Thomas Mann
- Thaddeus Mobley
- (as Thomas Randall Mann)
Frances Fisher
- Vivian Lord
- (as Francis Fisher)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFrancesca Eastwood played the younger version of Vivian in the flashbacks while the present Vivian was played by her real-life mother Frances Fisher who was in a relationship with her father Clint Eastwood from 1989 to 1995.
- GoofsEnnis Stussy was 82 years old when he died in 2010, but mysteriously his character in 1975 is in his mid-20s. Thomas Mann was born in 1991, making him only 25 years old (20 years too young) when he portrayed the young Ennis Stussy.
- Quotes
Donny Mashman: So, what do you want me to tell the new chief?
Gloria Burgle: Tell him I saw the ocean and it was wet.
- ConnectionsReferences Futurama: Space Pilot 3000 (1999)
- SoundtracksBlue Shadows On the Trail
(uncredited)
Written by Eliot Daniel and Johnny Lange
Performed by Riders in the Sky
Featured review
We May Solve This Thing Yet
Ah, the brilliance that is the randomness and pointlessness that is Fargo. And I mean that in the best possible way. Was there any point to see Gloria take off from Minnesota and head to Hollywood investigate her step-father's death? No, not at all, because we all know his death was an accidental murder somehow related to the Stussy brothers. But leave it to Noah Hawley and crew to create an hour long one-off story that somehow feels like it's completely necessary to viewers. If for nothing else, this episode provided us with a wonderful place to just watch Carrie Coon do her thing waltzing through an unsolvable crime. That's exactly what we got. It's not usual that we get an episode focused on one main character, but perhaps that's just what we need to keep this story moving forward in a unique direction. It also gave us a chance to go back to the 70's era, where last season took place, and see Ennis Stussy's life when he wrote screenplays that seemed to be heavily inspired by Star Wars (albeit a year or two before its release). Heck, if we are talking inspirations, this episode as a whole could be seen as an homage to Twin Peaks, with a cop investigating the murder with strange circumstances and even an appearance from Ray Wise himself. This version of Stussy was played by up and coming actor Thomas Mann, from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and also most recently Kong: Skull Island. That whole thing played out interesting as it was revealed that he changed his last name to Stussy via a name seen on the rim of a toilet. Could that feel any more like a Coen Brothers plot point? So in all, this episode didn't necessarily trudge the plot forward like I thought it might, but it may have been just the off-shoot we needed.
8.7/10
8.7/10
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- ThomasDrufke
- May 4, 2017
Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 2.00 : 1
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