What Are You Playing This Weekend? Weekends are for going to sing karaoke for your friend’s birthday but never knowing the available songs because all you know is 9. Also, video games. I’ve been playing Sailaway, a sailing simulator that just came into early access. It uses real- time weather data, so mostly I’ve been popping around the map seeing what the weather is like in different places. I’ll have more to say about it Monday. And I’ll admit to being a bit behind in my Witcher 3 playing, so I aim to rectify that. What are you playing? The show never tells us. In the series finale, all we get is her statement to Apollo that she thinks she’s completed her mission and that it feels good. ![]() Girls Review: Season 6, Episode 7 The Bounce Lets People Grow Up. LAST WEEK’S REVIEW: Hannah Finally Confronts Her Future While Erasing Her Past. Love Her or Hate Her. Whatever Hannah’s full reaction to Adam’s movie is will have to wait, because this episode was all about some hard realizations that made us really feel for the character. Despite her better judgment Hannah finally got a hold of Paul- Louis (returning guest star Riz Ahmed) and just came right out with the pregnancy news. Well, after she reminded the guy who she was (surf article. Hearing and seeing his freaked out and then relieved reactions when Hannah explained she didn’t need anything but was only fulfilling her moral sense of duty was like waking up from a weird romance with the character, both for us as viewers and for Hannah. Although we had no reason to suspect Paul- Louis would want to stick around and be a part of a baby’s life, this was a character we loved back in the premiere. So to see another (more realistic) side of the pot- smoking loafer was like a hard dose of reality. For Hannah, who expected to do this alone anyhow, it was an affirmation that right now she’s the only one who cares what happens to this unborn human. Things will only get harder from here, which was the big takeaway message from the heartbreaking ending as Hannah sat in the waiting room alone, surrounded by happy pregnant couples. We can all hold out hope that once the shock wears off, Paul- Louis will change his mind and want to know his son or daughter (or even want to be informed of big happenings in the kid’s life). But no one — especially Hannah — can bank on that happening. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. Speaking of babies, Dill (guest star Corey Stoll) made a major and unwelcome return to Elijah’s life when news that he had tried to buy a white baby leaked to the press and the 1. Emmy winner sought solace in Elijah’s arms and apartment. Of course the timing couldn’t have been worse for Elijah, who was finally confronting his fear of auditions by attending an open casting call for a workshop of “White Men Can’t Jump” (apparently it’s not enough that they’re redoing the movie, they have to do a play too? Luckily Elijah ran into a friendly face in the form of fellow wannabe star Afina Dante (Latisha Di Venuto) who talked him into going back in there and singing the song he was feeling at the moment rather than the one he had planned out. And so we were all treated to Andrew Rannells nailing “Let Me Be Your Star” from the defunct NBC series “Smash,” making us all a little wistful for not catching the actor in “The Book of Mormon” during its original Broadway run. Anyhow, just when things were starting to look up for Elijah and he nailed everything but the dance moves (and oh how he failed to impress during the dance portion), he finally gave in and slept with Dill when he got back home despite the man totally breaking his heart. At least he got a callback and was asked to read for producers, which means that if and when Dill leaves again Elijah will at least have something to distract himself with. Breakfast Nook. Corey Stoll should be the next Cheerios or Lucky Charms spokesperson. Dill’s obsession with cereal boxes and the puzzles on the back were perfectly juxtaposed with Hannah’s life crisis as she waited for Paul- Louis to call. Read all about Black Sails XXXV Season 4 Episode 7 Recap by Bernadette Giacomazzo here on TVEskimo.com! The final season is now on Starz. Next Airing Episode Listings and TV Guide Show Summary brought to you by Calendar for TV from PoGDesign. Follow Fargo on ShareTV. Watch full-episodes, get show updates and episode/character guides (911 fans). Noah Hawley, the creator of "Fargo" Season 3 and "Legion," took to the SXSW stage to discuss his process and unveil secrets from the series. How many grown children can Hannah surround herself with, anyway? READ MORE: Which TV Show Is the Most Challenging to Write About? It just goes to show you the power of a magnanimous guest star like Stoll. Something to Cringe About. Now that we all know Marnie’s life is “a lie,” can we please move on? Watching her break down at the pawnshop when she learned her graduation earrings and her Sweet 1. At least the broker was good enough to be honest with her, telling her to stop blaming other people for her problems. Sometimes all it takes is a stranger to point out the obvious before we’ll hear it, and it seems like that may have been the case with Marnie. By the end of the episode we even started liking the character again, as she packed to live with her mom and left a message for Desi apologizing for acting like he owed her something. Maybe now Marnie can get on track and take responsibility for her own life. It’s definitely about time. The Michaels Sisters. Should we expect a Michaels Sisters reunion anytime soon? Just because Marnie is going to go and live with her mother doesn’t mean she has to have jam sessions with her. In fact wouldn’t it be great if Marnie found another career path altogether? Fly on the Wall. Where is Shoshanna? Apart from her networking event with Elijah and a couple of brief scenes with Ray, the character has been notably absent this season. With the massive pregnancy storyline taking center stage there’s obviously less room for the supporting characters, but we really miss our favorite fast- talker. Preparing For the End. Hannah is moving on with a baby, Marnie is moving back home and Elijah is finally pursuing his acting dreams. It seems like everyone is finally growing up and taking some responsibility for themselves now that the characters are in the back half of their twenties, and it looks good on them. If everyone continues down this path it means we can leave the characters in a good, somewhat grown- up place by the time the series wraps in three short episodes. And that’s a good place to be; no one has it all figured out in their twenties, but as we approach our thirties we all at least have to pretend that we do. Because you know, #adulting. Grade: A- Next Week: Adam shares some news with Hannah and Shoshanna helps Ray with a project. Stay on top of the latest film and TV news! Sign up for our email newsletters here. There will be SPOILERS. Or at least he’s the closest approximation to the Devil a narrative that’s as obsessed with infusing Biblical allusions and moral paradoxes as Noah Hawley’s Fargo is likely going to see. Malvo’s chameleonic ability to insert himself into any situation wholly and convincingly, all for the purpose of eventually taking a life is just one of the many facets of his devilish or trickster- like persona. Another, of course, would be the persuasive sway he holds over other, morally weak or conflicted individuals like Lester Nygaard, and then there’s the fact that Malvo has so far managed to elude punishment for his crimes, as though evading capture or worse was simply a perk of being the enigmatic Lorne Malvo. And honestly, when it comes to a character like Malvo, that’s about the level of explanation necessary from a narrative that doesn’t seem terribly concerned with the sense of ambiguity around a character. A lot of what’s going on in Fargo – and a lot of what there is to like about the show – goes beyond a need for total clarity, so when an episode like . Therefore, the episode has to establish a new set of rules to go along with the change in character. Here, that new and improved Lester is younger looking, vibrant, and brimming with confidence – the kind of confidence that apparently tells a person he should approach a known killer in a hotel bar in Las Vegas to some sort of unknown end. It is certainly a strange choice for Lester to make, but it is indicative of Malvo’s gravitational pull. Was Lester planning on reminiscing or did he just want to show off the transformation he’s undergone since the two crossed paths so fatefully in that hospital waiting room? Clearly though, that change in Lester’s demeanor doesn’t do him any good, as his newfound assertiveness makes him a witness to a shocking triple homicide that’s so abhorrent, it’s only outdone by the murder of Lester’s new wife Linda at the end of the episode. And in that sense, because of another chance encounter, Lester and Malvo are brought back into one another’s orbits, into Bemidji, and back to their old tricks. It is a return to the status quo of sorts, as Lester again resorts to using his wife as little more than a means to his personal end, halting any sense that his character might still have a shred of decency within him. As this is the penultimate episode of Fargo (at least this particular story) there’s a sense that the sometimes- nightmarish tenor of the series is headed toward a waking moment. The episode begins with a deep, dreamlike depiction of hotel hallways, filmed with a Shining- like eeriness; the kind that makes it feel as though the long, disturbingly silent corridors might go on forever, or extend into some tangled labyrinth of narrow passages from which escape seems impossible. Perhaps that’s what it feels like for the characters to be in this particular story: surrounded by closed doors, and constantly looking for a way out. In the end, this is a surprising and sometimes astonishingly cinematic episode that begins to set up the end by pulling the various threads together with a sense of inevitability. Agents Budge and Pepper – as marginalized individuals themselves – are tellingly the first people to praise Molly’s investigation into Malvo and the Fargo massacre, leading to a well- earned moment of triumph for Deputy Solverson (and one of forced modesty for Bill). That is a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise endlessly grim situation, but with someone like Malvo running around, a glimmer may be as good as it gets. Fargo will conclude next Tuesday with.
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