Sam Spruell's Performance in Last Scene of 'Fargo' Season 5 Finale
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Fargo Season 5 Finale Ole Munch Sam Spruell
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THE PERFORMER | Sam Spruell

THE SHOW | Fargo

THE EPISODE | “Bisquik” (Jan. 16, 2023)

THE PERFORMANCE | We’re still not sure who, or even what, the mysterious bounty hunter known as Ole Munch is, exactly — but we do know that his every moment on screen was mesmerizing, thanks to Sam Spruell’s eccentric, animalistic performance. An unstoppable killer with a strange supernatural aura, Ole goes down as an all-time great Fargo antagonist, but in this week’s finale, Spruell dug deeper and found the faint flicker of humanity still lingering inside Ole in a supremely satisfying denouement.     

Spruell didn’t appear until halfway through the finale, for an extended scene at Dot’s house — but what a scene! Dot returned home with her daughter Scotty with ingredients to make chili, but she found her husband Wayne chatting with Ole in her living room, a sight that made her blood (and ours) run cold. Ole calmly insisted that he still had a score to settle with Dot, with Spruell projecting a primal intensity, spitting out each word as if it hurt Ole to say them. But Dot and her family simply responded to Ole’s threats with kindness, and Spruell was riotously funny as Ole struggled to make sense of their domestic bliss, like an unfrozen caveman trying to understand an iPhone.

Dot put Ole to work making biscuits for their chili, disarming the hitman with cozy small talk, and Spruell visibly softened as Ole sat down to dinner, his anger gradually melting away. He launched into a sprawling, verbose monologue about his younger days eating the bitter sins of men, with Spruell spinning a web of vividly weird imagery. But Dot offered him a chance at redemption via a freshly baked biscuit, and Ole took it, first closing his eyes with pleasure as he bit into the biscuit, then breaking into a wide, ecstatic smile. It was a triumph of good over evil, and Spruell reminded us that even the most hardened of killers can be won over by a nice home-cooked meal.  

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