It may not have ended the way some thought (or hoped?) but “Fargo” went out — perhaps forever — with a reminder of Minnesota Nice and a mostly happy, creatively adventurous ending. It had mayhem. And comedy. Sweetness. Sadness. A season looking at debt and revenge, what is owed for what is taken, it closed on a soliloquy about forgiveness.
Key point: debt forgiveness can work in mysterious ways.
Ole Munch, nee Oola Moonk, the ancient, everliving sin eater, ends a cycle of violence that started with the bitter taste of the misdeeds of the rich, by eating some Bisquik biscuits made with love and joy by Dorothy and topped with a concept that’s so hard for people to believe in — forgiveness.
It was a longtime coming for Ole/Oola, but based on this indelible image, it looks like it was a goodness that was much appreciated:
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