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Wherein Hawk and Truman engage in uncomfortably clear and concise summary and plot development over the newly-found pages of Laura Palmer's diary, Andy gets gullible again, the military arrives on the scene of the beheading in search of Garland Briggs, the cops ask Dougie about his car, Beverly and Ben search for a mysterious sound, or something, Ike attacks Dougie, and we learn that Diane likes to say 'fuck you' a lot...

Wherein local Stussys begin to drop like flies, Emmit spills the beans and his heart to Gloria, Nikki and Wrench go on the offensive, Ruby backpedals, Chief Dammik believes he's solved the case, Nikki and Varga meet in a familiar location and throw strategic cred at each other, Gloria and Winnie share a moment, Nikki gives Varga another 24 hours, a folder arrives at the IRS, and we learn that Gloria's inability to be detected by technology was not a permanent thing...

Wherein Jimmy visits with some old friends and does everything except give formal legal advice, Chuck and Howard share a drink and discuss the future of the Firm, Mike gets a new job that may or may not involve riding a Segue, Kim starts work with her new client, Gus and Hector have a conference call with Bolsa, Nacho has a chat with his dad after the Pill Switch apparently failed, Chuck threatens to sue the Firm, Jimmy does chair yoga, and we learn that if you think Gustavo Fring is only a drug dealer then you do not know Gustavo Fring...

Wherein #DougieCooper settles into domestic life with Janey-E and Sonny Jim, then settles down to do some work at home, Richard Horne does a kind of shitty Tuco Salamanca impersonation while Red does some shitty magic tricks, Hawk uses his heritage to find clues stuffed in the bathroom stall, Richard hits-and-runs, Duncan gets a sign and sends an envelope to Ike the Spike, Janey-E negotiates, Coop connects the dots, and we finally learn what Diane looks like...

Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha struggle NOT to do a recap of every single episode of the entire show, then embark on the exploration of the beginnings of many character arcs and themes that resonate throughout the entire series, noting how events in the first season both echo and foreshadow events to come in subsequent seasons. And we begin to get a vague idea of just how deep our host Tsar Misha's love for Nina runs... 

Wherein Jambone and Misha appear to be proven correct in their Fargo Inter-dimensional Henchman Highlander Theory (tm), Nikki and Wrench take a stroll in the woods and encounter Leland Palmer in a bowling alley, Gloria celebrates ShittyXmas, Sy lets Varga convince him to have another cup of anything, Emmit is haunted by reminders of Ray, Ray gets a furball, and we learn that Fargo can still bring the mind-bending twists and weirdness...

Wherein Mike goes digging up the past, Chuck tries a little too hard to get better, Saul sees his music store commercials slip away forcing Jimmy to Slip on a drumstick, Howard whips the daggers out for Kim at lunch, but Kim parries and gives better than she gets, Nacho remains nervous after much practice and as he fails air-conditioner repair, Howard visits Chuck to talk about an insurance issue, Hector gets his pocket picked, Jimmy makes a new friend named Mug Mealer, and we learn that the lessons Jimmy learned from his father growing up were not all positive...

Wherein #Bobdoppelcooper says hello to an old friend, Agent DougieCooper continues his wandering in the desert, Shelly and Nora share a tsk-tsk, Dr. Jacoby goes on the air, Dougie's car finally blows up, the Pentagon goes in search of Garland Briggs, Jade sends sends some snail-mail, a box in Buenos Aires blinks, and we learn that hosts Jambone and Dr. Amp know way more about drugs than perhaps they should admit...

Wherein EndGame hosts Jambone and Tsar Misha admit that they can't even go a week without doing a podcast about The Americans, and so launch the Summertime Blues series wherein they'll review key episodes over the course of the show with deep analysis of character and plot development in light of where we are now at the end of Season 5, along with background of historical events, predictions, bullshitting, and whatever else we feel like doing...

Endgame Podcasts drives to Fargo S3E7 - The Law of Inevitability Written by Noah Hawley and Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi Directed by Mike Barker Wherein Jambone and Misha go where no podcast has gone before and finally unveil their Full Fargo Multidimensional Parallel Universe Highlander Theory after first discussing how Nikki has lost whatever she had left, Emmit tries again to channel his inner Varga with about as much success as before, Winnie interrupts a dinner, Sy begins to see the world in a whole new way, Varga recited poetry to Emmit, Nikki takes a bus ride, and we learn all about the firm of Blumpkin and Lipshitz...

Wherein Pasha has a narrow escape, Pastor Tim hits the road, Tuan tells Phillizabeth he's narc'd on them to his superiors but then gets a smackdown from Liz, the Renee Rorschach Test continues as she moves in with Stan due to "plumbing problems", Evgheniya takes Pasha back home without Alexi, Martha gets a happy ending at last, Philizabeth decide to go home and wrestle with how to tell the kids, Henry gets accepted, Gennadi passes a test, Kimmy gets some bad news while Phillip learns some good news about her dad, and we learn how our host Tsar Misha got his picture taken in the Kremlin with Mikhail Gorbachev...

Wherein a severely disoriented Agent Cooper becomes Dougie "Mr. Jackpot" Jones, and meets his wife and sonny, Joe, Bobby Briggs returns to reminisce about his dad and weep over a picture of Laura Palmer, Andy and Lucy's son Wally Brando arrives to pay his respects and homage to his godfather and Frank Truman, Gordon meets with a superior and then leaves with Albert and Tamara to interrogate "Agent Cooper" in a South Dakota prison, and we learn that, like Highlander, there can be only one Cooper...

Wherein Agent Cooper endures a lengthy re-entry to our dimension, Bob DoppleCooper struggles against the pull of the Black Lodge, Lucy, Andy and Hawk are concerned that it might be the bunnies, we meet and bid farewell to Dougie Jones and friend, Gordon and Albert return and are told that Cooper has turned up, and we learn that vomit from another dimension is a whole lot grosser than from ours...

Wherein Nikki and Ray plot their revenge, V.M. shares his rapid expansion plans for Stussy Lots with Emmit and Sy and appears to have Emmit sold, V.M. Varga-blocks a meeting between Gloria and Winnie and Emmit, Nikki and Ray bug out but Ray has to go back for the money, Nikki is framed, Gloria changes her mind, and we learn just where the madness of brothers can lead...

Wherein Pastor Tim gets a new gig and offers Phillizabeth some parting advice, Phillizabeth break the news to Claudia that they want to go home, Claudia raises the lingering question of the kids, Paige tries to un-cross herself, Henry cooks dinner, Pasha gets his ass kicked, Oleg saves the MarthaMart lady and has a heart-to-heart with Mom and Dad, and we learn that Tuan has gone off the reservation in a big, big way...

Wherein Bill sits in jail and tries to relate to his wife as a weird, dark being sits in another cell, Phyllis returns home to be greeted by Bob DoppleCooper, who then goes on another killing spree to clean up while Agent Cooper remains stuck in the Black Lodge with Laura and Leland until told he must get Bob DoppleCooper back to the Lodge and is ejected, only to land on a particular glass box, and we learn that James has always been cool...

Wherein Jimmy gets a rough start at his community service gig and begins to master the art of the Quick Change, The SquatCobbler returns only to find Nacho waiting for him at his house with a proposal and then turns to Mike with one of his own, guilt begins to eat away at Kim, Jimmy and Kim go out mark-hunting but Kim is dismayed at Jimmy's darkening attitude, Jimmy has a meeting with the insurance company, and we learn that there might be a relationship not involving parking cars or phat stacks in Mikes future...

Wherein things pick up, literally, right where they left off 27 years ago with Agent Cooper and Laura talking in the Black Lodge, Dr. Jacoby gets some shovels, Ben and Jerry have a new, legal line of revenue and a beautiful new secretary, the Log sends Hawk messages, a glass box is observed to the ultimate detriment of the observer and pal, Evil Cooper, aka Bob, continues his rampaging ways and ponders not returning to the Lodge, principle Bill is hauled in on charges and we learn that even after 27 years this universe is as weird and wonderful as it ever was...

Wherein Ray celebrates his engagement to Nikki by becoming Emmit yet again in order to film a sex tape that gets intercepted by Ray's wife, V. M. gives Sy a special cup as a reward for talking to the cops, Sy has a dinner with Ruby Goldfarb where he doesn't drink much, Ray finally turns Sy loose against Emmit, Gloria and Winnie play good-cop bad-cop with Ray, and Sy and Nikki learn what comes after The Cup...

Wherein Phillip agrees to let a cold-opening Henry go to boarding school, Phillizabeth tells Claudia that Paige is OK with shuffling Pastor Tim off to South America then Claudia tells Philizabeth that, yes, the Lassa virus was used as a weapon in Afghanistan, and that the Center wants them to whack a Nazi collaborator they've tracked to the Boston area, we FINALLY get that Henry-Mail Robot scene we've waited five seasons for, Phillizabeth track down and ultimately eliminate the collaborator, and we learn, perhaps, where Elizabeth's breaking point is...