Or she dresses that way, apparently.

The deception with "The Butcher" was to make sure that Floyd absolutely wanted the guy dead and to get her properly committed to the war - unlike him, she did not want it, and could still go back to negotiating if Kansas City decide to wave the white flag. It becoming a matter of spilt family blood takes any further…

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Oh, how sweet that would be. Maybe as the prosecution on Ed's case.

Yah, I noticed and pointed that out. I thought it was an interesting contrast, given in both cases it is juxtaposed against a couple that is hardly happily romantic.

Whoever was complaining about the body-count thus far in contrast to Old!Lou's statement about the second floor…well, they must be a little more pacified, I should imagine.

I like it. Makes me think if they ever remake "Daredevil" for some strange reason, he'd be well-cast as The Owl.

It's been telegraphed for the past few episodes, they just went all-out with it this time.

I saw it as a bit of sadism…not unlike Malvo leaving Mr. Wrench alive. When you've hung out with one single person for a large period of your adult life, losing them is going to sting.

I loved the juxtaposition of the Gipper's empty patriotism against Ohanzee, an actual First Nations American, left so disenfranchised by the world around him that he can only live as the remorseless hitman stooge of an angry white idiot.

Probably why Bear is trying to butter him up. He can see a smaller war coming - a family feud, if you will - and he knows that Ohanzee is the Queen on the chessboard.

My guess is that Ed's going to just flat-out take the blame for the entire killing from start to finish and get jailed as a result, in a neat reversal of the circumstances of "The Man Who Wasn't There". Peggy will fall into the welcoming arms of her boss and flee to Sioux Falls. However, by then intelligence…

Note the car being perfectly restored the very scene after Maureen talks about resurrection…and Ed watching the butcher's shop going up in flames just after Bear mentions everyone getting what they deserve.

Although I appreciate them throwing me a bone in the ongoing "Betsy's getting abducted so the aliens can cure her cancer and show her the stars" theory, in the bit where she seems to sense them I could practically hear Jeremy from CinemaSins. "Ominous-Kid's-Drawing-Spells-Out-The-Real-Danger Cliche!" Ding!

Ultimately the prevailing theme of this episode - tying into the AV Club's excellent insights on the first - was the contrast between what we expect the characters to do, and what they actually do. Karl grumbles about Reagan's reputation but shakes his hand and fanboys out. Mike should feel remorse, pack up and go…

I hope I'm the first to point out the use of "Let's Find Each Other Tonight" from the original 'Fargo' in Peggy's packing scene. As in the original use, here it's both ironic in contrasting romantic overtones against depressing reality, and in foreshadowing imminent violence.

With that "No Witnesses" line I'm beginning to think they're using the train-whistle as a death-knell.

Here we see more strongly the connection between Ed Blomquist and Ed Crane: both are exemplars of the grand attractive romance of "The American Dream", and how terribly it fails people who live in the real world.

So, yes, Mike Milligan is this story's Tom Reagan. Watch the buggers dance, and pick up everything they knock over…

In one sense, this entire Season is retroactive continuity…