Review of Bisquik

Fargo: Bisquik (2024)
Season 5, Episode 10
4/10
Noah Hawley has lost my faith
17 January 2024
The season finally draws to a close in a predictably annoying manner. Hawley's strawman story of vengeance against his imaginary political rivals, depicted in a typically shallow manner, ends with prison rape jokes and a full on swastika neck tattoo in case you weren't getting the message he was beating you over the head with. I for one am sick to death with people wedging their politics into these shows, even when I agree, and this one was just nauseating. The worst part to me is that note it started on was "Why is everybody at each others throat in this country?" and then proceeded to patronize and demonize in a relentlessly biased manner. And didn't Fargo used to be about...cops? That's totally out the window.

I can't say there were any poor performances this season, but I wasn't particularly fond of any of the characters. Munch was okay, except for the mystical magical metaphorical bits. It's also a little odd that the hired assassin got the redemption arc. Also...if Dot had just gone to the police in the first place and asked for help a lot of lives would have been saved. She's not a sympathetic character at all.

I think it's time they call it. If Hawley can't stop trying to preach at his audience, and ignores the basic format of the show to do so, there's no point to go on.
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