One major lesson from the entire series? Don't bully anyone….ever. The reach it has can be mind blowing….literally.

Um…..Malvo KNEW it was not Lester. He wanted to show Lester that he couldn't be fooled. He killed Linda knowing it was her, guys. Just as he knew Lester was watching….he is the one who successfully unlocked Lester's true desires (to kill Pearl, frame his own brother, etc.), so KNOWS Lester's moves.

Yep. Lou can sense someone who's "dirty" as they say.

I would add that when Lester is "banging" the Widow Hess, he seems to really be banging Sam….I mean, he is fixated on Sam's image the whole time. The ultimate power to finally humiliate Sam by doing his wife (as Sam apparently did Lester's) and also do Sam as well. Lovely.

Yep. And I would add that she didn't even flinch when the Widow Hess blurted out to Lester, "I let you cum inside me!" Any normal woman would be just a tad bothered by that…

No, not necessarily. Remember that Lester is now in the police system from his wife's murder, and can be ID'd by fingerprints and mug shots. He is also on the security camera in that elevator and was likely identified by the staff. Lester would be easy to ID as he got an award and so, was very visible at the hotel. It…

Read down the list of comments….that's already been discussed. He's a guy, not the devil. But the references are definitely contributing to the fact that he "thinks" he IS the devil, and so justified in his actions as it's "just his way."

Well, yes. Doesn't everyone? :)

Yep.

Yes, that was like the finishing touch….Lester needs to be face down on the ground in handcuffs.

What's wrong with Steven Root's character's wife?

He makes a lot of references to such things, but also to being a primitive being driven by urges….he is more "lizard-brained" than the devil. And I keep hearing people say that….he's a guy, an evil one who mimics our literary idea of Satan, but he's a guy in the end. One obsessed with wreaking havoc and then listening…

Yeah, but everyone there has cordwood piles… :)

Because Lester wouldn't stop talking and Malvo knew that his cover was being blown. The next thing out of Lester's mouth might have been "Lorne Malvo….." Malvo is far too careful of a hit man to risk even the slightest chance that he will have witnesses.

Yeah, he bought one ticket only for himself, one way…..I missed it the first time I watched it too, but I caught it the second time on DVR in slo-mo. lol What a guy, eh? But he was already planning this at the house when he grabbed his hunting jacket (symbolic as well) and paraded in front of the bare window in his…

He doesn't know anything you don't. And Malvo is not supernatural; he's a guy that behaves that way, but is not. That's just the ending he is hoping for…and it's Lester ON the ground. In other words, in cuffs. I don't want Lester to die either….that would be too easy of a way out for him. He needs to be tried and…

The lesson in this program is; don't bully anyone. That action is what has lead to the vast majority of dead bodies in this tale…

No, he said it was Sioux Falls…and in 1979. Not related.

Yep. We heard. :)

I loved this episode and the series is brilliant. I have one question about last night: In the diner with Malvo and Lou….did it seem odd to anyone that Lou seemed not to recognize Malvo? I mean, Molly had put an APB out on him way back in "Eating the Blame" and Lou is a retired cop, her father, and even with all…