Rhinoceros
- Episode aired Nov 16, 2015
- TV-MA
- 46m
With Ed and Charlie in custody, the Gerhardts arrive at the police station, forcing Lou and Hank to try and prevent any more bloodshed.With Ed and Charlie in custody, the Gerhardts arrive at the police station, forcing Lou and Hank to try and prevent any more bloodshed.With Ed and Charlie in custody, the Gerhardts arrive at the police station, forcing Lou and Hank to try and prevent any more bloodshed.
- Noreen Vanderslice
- (as Emily Haine)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe poem Mike Milligan (Bokeem Woodbine) recites is called "Jabberwocky" and is taken from the novel "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There" written by Lewis Carroll in 1872.
- GoofsKorean War vet Karl Weathers, when being convinced to help negotiate between Bear Gerhardt and Lou Solverson despite being completely drunk, mentions that he once "stared down Chiang Kai-Shek". Chiang Kai-Shek was an anti-communist ally of the United States and fled to Taiwan prior to the start of the Korean War, so it was either a drunken error or one of Karl's tall tales.
- Quotes
Ed Blumquist: And I can't stop thinking about that book. Noreen's book. It's, like, stuck in my head.
Lou Solverson: What? What book?
Ed Blumquist: It's about this guy who, every day, he... he pushes this rock up this hill. Like a boulder. And then every night, it just rolls back down. But he doesn't stop. You know, he just... he keeps goin'. And he wakes up every day and starts pushin'. By which I guess I'm sayin', it doesn't matter what they throw at me. I'm gonna take care of what's mine. And...
Lou Solverson: These boys aren't gonna rest until you're dead, son. Possibly Peggy, too.
Ed Blumquist: I want a lawyer.
- Crazy creditsThere's some scenes with Karl (Nick Offerman) during the ending credits.
- ConnectionsReferences The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
'Rhinoceros' pits the Gerhardt clan against the police, and I mean that literally; the whole thing culminates in a standoff outside the precinct. It's almost "Assault on Precinct 13", I love it; especially the tension building (in peculiar Fargo style, like seeing Mike Milligan recite Jabberwocky as he's gunning up for a fight). The use of split screen to this effect is ingenious; very nice camera work here.
And as performances go, Ted Danson, Patrick Wilson and Jean Smart all deserve praise. But for me, Nick Offerman is the MVP, a background character who suddenly takes center stage with hilarious results. The man just goes to town with the material, and I'm very happy that he's been given something more to do.
This is superb television, 10/10
- Mr-Fusion
- Mar 24, 2017
Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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