Telly Review: Fargo season five is more perfect comfort-watching

"I was totally immersed in the world and on the edge of my seat waiting for the next shock of violence..."
Telly Review: Fargo season five is more perfect comfort-watching

Jon Hamm stars in season 5 of Fargo

Christmas is about sticking with the familiar. The beauty of Fargo (Prime Video), season five, is you’ll feel like you’ve seen it before. 

Based in the same world as the Coen brothers movie of the same name from 1996, this latest season has strong notes of No Country For Old Men and True Detective. Nothing wrong with that when it’s done right. And it’s done really right here.

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