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Much of Linda only makes sense in retrospect, including a song on its soundtrack.
In retrospect, however, this should have been obvious.
And that destination is perhaps too strange to exist even inFargos reality, which is saying something.
But that, too, only becomes an issue after the episode ends.
Thats long enough to establish him as a real jerk, however.
He bosses Irma around, even using antisemitic slurs in his sandwich-making instructions.
Irmas boy even looks a bit like Steve Buscemi, doesnt he?
RIP and good riddance!
That leaves Irma safe from hot-tempered men, at least for a few more commercial breaks.
This makes it essentially a dramatization of domestic abuse and, well soon discover, thats the point.
Camp Utopia is a gathering place for abused women to heal and recover their identities.
Dot comes in search of a woman named Linda but soon discovers shes found an abundance of Lindas.
At Camp Utopia, they take such names seriously.
Suffice it to say, Dots skeptical of Lindas sainthood, slapping her moments after theyre reunited.
You must think I deserve that, Linda tells her.
And she does think that.
Dot knew her first as Linda Tillman, Roys wife when they met.
(Now we know that the first Mrs. Tillman didnt end up buried in the woods.
Were in a fantasyland, after all.)
Shes also nursing a grudge, telling Linda, You fed me to him so you could escape.
And, of course, this trial will take the form of a puppet show.
Wayne seemsslightlyless loopy than before, but hes also lost his grip on how capitalism works.
He even has a snappy slogan to accompany this new policy: Give a car.
This may not be great for the Kia dealership, but it makes Wayne all the more endearing.
Wayne has more to offer than just shelter and a new name, even in his current state.
He wants to be good, Dot tells her.
But more than that he wants to be like his dad.
This doesnt move Linda, nor does Dots insistence she doesnt need a doll to tell her truth.
I know who I am and whats important, Dot says.
This is the process, Linda retorts.
You wouldnt be here if you didnt need to be here.
So a puppet show its to be!
And then I got my monthly, she recalls, and the wolves came.
It doesnt work, at least at first.
But before long Roys coming to Dots bedroom at night after beating Linda.
After completing it, Dot seems relieved, and more at peace with Lindas departure.
Fight or flight they call it, Dot says, speaking from experience with both.
Then, as the music swells, the dream ends.
One terrifying parking lot accident later Dot finds herself in the hospital again.
But dont worry, shes told, her husbands there.
The only problem: Its not the husband she wants to see.
After a string of action- and incident-packed episodes, Linda slows down the pace while raising the stakes.
Its also another flash of the monster beneath Roys friendly, folksy demeanor.
Not that we didnt know this already.
Weve seen him abuse Karen and kill others.
It also makes the trap Dot finds herself in at episodes end all the more terrifying.
She has three episodes left to escape it and nobody on her side knows where she is.
This could go badly!
Okay Then!
The song Dot switches off is My Love Is a Hurricane by David Ramirez.
