Question: given that the big twist is the same ("The shadowy secret leader was YOU all along, Mister Questioning-Everything!"), is the naming convention A, B and C (Arnold, Bernard and Charlie) a reference to "The Prisoner"?

Every single frame of this goddamned show is like a baroque painting. Look at that penultimate bit in the last two minutes with Jimmy just in the light of the open window and Chuck shrouded in shadows, completely unreadable. Just stunning.

So, people - I think it's pretty clear by now, based on the clues, that Dr. Jonas Venture Sr. had Kano kill the Monarch's parents, and then later recycled the "Blue Morpho" into Vendata.

It is odd that the Monarch has become the new 24 to 21.

I love how since their usual M.O. is to make their parody superheroes *more* ridiculous, with Wonder Woman they went the other way and gave her an outfit, transport and general vibe which are better than what's going on in the comics/movies.

On my fourth or fifth rewatch, another "Palindrome" - in both the Season 1 premiere and the Season 2 finale, a bearded mob hitman shoots a man in the chest with a shotgun; then stares, coldly, down at him as he spits blood and dies.

Wellll yes and no. Currently I am ensconsed in Foreign Parts and unable to celebrate Xmas with my nearest and dearest, but in february I will be returning to Her Majesty's glorious shores once more. I assume you're holed up across the pond, judging by the time difference?

Oh, I forgot to ask - have you had a gander at this bit of brilliance? It opened my eyes a bit to Lovelace, who I'd formerly taken for granted as merely the co-inventor of the computer. I wonder what Byron made of his daughter…or would have, had he not died when she was 9.

I know, right? He's behaving like a grownup Lemony Snicket.

And just to make you a little more confused, on Charlie Gerhardt, Noah Hawley says: "If he’s out there, I’d love to get a letter from him someday.”

I can actually picture an alternate-ending version where Lou turns and she's gone, without any trace of which way she went, ala the bit from S1 where Malvo goes down into Lester's basement and disappears.

I thank you…this is about as close to employable skills as my Comp. Lit. degree gets.

OK, heh, you get a no-prize.

Given their last-act appearance, and their narrative function being to remind the characters of the big, strange world around them…I'm gonna say the UFOs.

That's all fine, but what about when she says she's 31 in 2006?

Oh, cool! I should give that one a go…or maybe suggest it as a double-bill with FARGO itself at my nearest indie cinema.

I thought it was called "This Is A True Story"…

A man so beloved of the sea he chose his pseudonym after a nautical term - the second mark on the line that measured depth in fathoms. I can be but jealous of your upbringing…only on chance occasions had time to mess about in boats.

Always had a fondness for Blake, myself, but I still remember thrilling at the near-operatic passions of "Manfred", or the charming human bond of "So We'll Go No More A-Roving" (which also inspired one of my favourite of Ray Bradbury's short stories).

Media, you know? As Twain once said, a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on.