Category: Directed by Noah Hawley

  • Fargo (2014) s04e02 – The Land of Taking and Killing

    If last episode was a big Miller’s Crossing homage—though there’s a big Miller’s nod here too—when this episode opens with a prison break, I had to wonder if it was going to be all Raising Arizona nods or if it was a one-off. Seems to have been a one-off. I wonder if Noah Hawley’s going…

  • Fargo (2014) s04e01 – Welcome to the Alternate Economy

    “Fargo,” season four, is firmly planted in traditional American literature. Sure, it’s got a female, Black teenage narrator (E'myri Crutchfield), but… female, Black teenage narrators are traditional American literature too. The episode opens with Crutchfield giving a history lesson, though most of the history plays out onscreen and not specifically in her narration. Her narration…