Well... I guess I am ok with the ending for hanzee and milligan but other than that the ending seemed to be a let down but maybe I just did not want it to end.
Yeah, the ending was surprising. Seemed like all the action happened in episode 9. I've seen that before from Coen Brothers movies though. I think it was No Country for Old Men that had the movie end in the middle of a long boring conversation. It was a bit weird since the ending of Season 1 was so great.
I also didn't really understand the Hanzee thing.
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So apparently he gets a face lift and becomes the fat Russian looking dude Tripoli who is the leader of the Fargo Mob in Season 1 and easily gets killed by Malvo. And those kids who he saved in the park were Mr. Wrench and Mr. Numbers (Wrench was deaf if you remember) who were the henchmen Tripoli sent to Minnesota to track the guy Malvo killed for Lester early in Season 1 (I forget his name but he had a hot wife and two dumb kids). I didn't really get the point of that. We don't know much about Tripoli and he didn't seem to share any of the traits that made Hanzee so liked (by fans). It seemed like it was just forced to make some kind of connection to Season 1.
I'm also interested in seeing what happened to Mike. The ending was a bit funny but I hope that's not the end of his character. As soon as I saw the scene where he comes a pencil pusher, I immediately thought of Morgan Freeman playing an older Mike in Season 3. Possibly the kingpin of a major crime organization. Doubt it would happen but it sure would be awesome.
Also, the explanation by Hank that his office was full of a "universal language" he was creating was a bit disappointing. It seemed perfectly reasonably and didn't give the viewer any doubt that maybe aliens are somehow involved. Just seemed like they tried to wrap up loose ends without really wrapping them up.
