When starting Fargo Season 5, my expectations were extremely low. I had been disappointed with Season 4’s lack of biblical content, which was a departure from the first 3 seasons. Would Season 5 continue the disappointment, or would Fargo return to its former glory? It would take several episodes to know for sure, but former glory it was.
The main character is Dorothy Lyon (“Dot” for short), a housewife married to Wayne with a daughter named Scotty. Dot is being hunted by her abusive ex-husband, Sheriff Roy Tillman. The majority of the show follows Dot as she hides from Roy and defends herself against his henchmen.
Roy is presented as an arrogant, brash conservative-type. Roy says things like, “I am the law of the land” and “the Constitution was given by Almighty God” (Episode 2). He has a private chapel on his property, decorated with the American flag, where he lights candles to a large crucifix of Jesus (Episode 3). Roy talks to the crucifix and addresses Jesus as his “old friend” (Episode 4). He quotes from the book of Revelation (Episode 8); he references Lot’s wife and the walls of Jericho (Episode 9). Early on, you start to wonder if Season 5 has an agenda to paint Christians in a bad light. Thankfully, that is not the case at all.
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