This season is a bit darker than the rest of the show. Some characters, like V. M and his crew, are legitimately terrifying, there's barely anything human about them. Like some parasites, they consume life. This season is not much of a fun, that fargo-ish dark humor is pretty much gone. And the characters are not cool and colorful really, like this season itself, they look gray, mostly just struggling around.
This episode is everything, a full package. The axe scene in the wood was just amazing. Extremely breathtaking. And the bowling alley scene was just surreal and magical. And a twist at the end to wrap this damn masterpiece of an episode.