Molly, having strong suspicions about Lester, is determined to get the truth out of him, but when she attempts to interview him, he gets all flustered - as if he wasn't flustered enough already - and accuses her of harassment. Two muscle men from Fargo, Mr. Numbers (Adam Goldberg), and the deaf Mr. Wrench (Russell Harvard), show up to track down the mystery man who murdered Sam Hess. And Lorne Malvo has moved on to a new gig, trying to find out who has been blackmailing "supermarket king" Stavros Milos (Oliver Platt).
As before, the appeal of this series lies in a colorful bunch of characters, some of whom are VERY determined to do their job. It seems that Molly will have to grin and bear her situation, since the dense Bill (Bob Odenkirk), who's been made the new police chief, has reverse tunnel vision when it comes to Lester. Unfortunately, he's so convinced that Lester is too wimpy to hurt even a fly that he encourages Molly to think of the perpetrator(s) as possibly being one or more drifters.
This cast is just fantastic to watch. Billy Bob Thornton is still a case study in carefully restrained evil. His big moment in this episode shows him taking a dump in front of a goon named Semenko (Barry Flatman) just to show the goon how NOT intimidated he is by the guy. And the new characters are fun, with Goldberg, Harvard, and Platt adding a lot to the mix.
It will be interesting to wait and see how long it takes for the truth to come out, so writer / series creator Noah Hawley did his job in reeling in the viewers.
Eight out of 10.