Welcome to the Alternate Economy
- Episode aired Sep 27, 2020
- TV-MA
- 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
5.5K
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The head of an African American crime syndicate goes to war with the Italian mafia in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1950s.The head of an African American crime syndicate goes to war with the Italian mafia in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1950s.The head of an African American crime syndicate goes to war with the Italian mafia in Kansas City, Missouri during the 1950s.
Emyri Crutchfield
- Ethelrida Pearl Smutny
- (as E'myri Crutchfield)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Irish family appearing in this episode (Welcome to the Alternate Economy) have the surname Milligan. In Season 2 of Fargo--set in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota in 1979-- actor Bookeem Woodbine portrayed a character named Mike Milligan, a black hitman employed by the Kansas City mob.
- GoofsThe cap gun with which the children are playing has an orange tip. Cap guns did not get these until 1992 when the Department Of Commerce prohibited the manufacture, shipping, or sale of toy guns unless they had orange tips. This was designed to ensure that police did not think that these toys were real guns and inadvertently end up shooting children. As the setting is 1950, these toys are out of place.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Darkest Fargo Moments (2020)
- SoundtracksCaravan
Written by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol
Performed by Duke Ellington
Played on soundtrack during gang confrontations
Featured review
Threads have been pulled to start another spiraling downward turn
Like all other opening episodes it all starts with a murder and as this draws all of the characters in from the innocent by-standers to the guilty parties this can only pull in all of these to one crazy downward spiral.
Compared to the other 3 series this was gripping but not ground breaking in the introduction of these characters. Moving away from Minnesota into Kansas City which was always going to be the case after seasons 2 &3s involvements is going to be great to see how these are built to be where they are in the 70s and 00s.
After 30 minutes of setting up the frame work for the series i would have liked the reveal of Ben Whishaw and Jason Schwartzman character to be drawn out even just a couple of episodes keeps the story moving quickly is the idea! Chris Rock as ever charming and never seeing him in a gangster role before will be interesting to see if this pays off. The only connections to Fargo, Minnesota is the nurse who maybe in it for her own gains or someone looks to take over from the shadows, who knows!?!
Compared to the other 3 series this was gripping but not ground breaking in the introduction of these characters. Moving away from Minnesota into Kansas City which was always going to be the case after seasons 2 &3s involvements is going to be great to see how these are built to be where they are in the 70s and 00s.
After 30 minutes of setting up the frame work for the series i would have liked the reveal of Ben Whishaw and Jason Schwartzman character to be drawn out even just a couple of episodes keeps the story moving quickly is the idea! Chris Rock as ever charming and never seeing him in a gangster role before will be interesting to see if this pays off. The only connections to Fargo, Minnesota is the nurse who maybe in it for her own gains or someone looks to take over from the shadows, who knows!?!
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- ha77y73ad97
- May 10, 2021
Details
- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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