‘Fargo’ Recap: Molly Steals the Show and More Highlights

[Warning: This story contains spoilers from Fargo’s “The Rooster Prince” episode.]

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After introducing the central characters and setting up the foundation for the anthology series, FX’s Fargo expanded the world during Tuesday’s second outing with the introduction of several colorful characters.

Coincidence is not in Molly’s (Allison Tolman) vocabulary when she sets out on a mission to connect the dots from the town’s slayings, leading her to a suspicious Lester (Martin Freeman). And while she has her eyes set on Lester, the lonely Gus Grimly (Colin Hanks) has his eyes set on his neighbor.

Here are The Hollywood Reporter‘s top moments from episode two.

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1. There’s no library in this town.

“There’s no library in this town. Why is there no library in this town?” Meet Mr. Numbers (Adam Goldberg) and Mr. Wrench (Russell Harvard), the Fargo “fixers” who are brought in to investigate whether or not Sam Hess’ (Kevin O’Grady) death was connected to what they call “the business.” Just what that means, however, is unclear, though their concern about the town’s missing library helps explain why some of Fargo‘s characters seem so out-of-touch.  

2. Billy Bob Thornton is … a priest? 

During Tuesday’s hour, that’s how his jack-of-all-trades character Lorne Malvo is portrayed — at least for a moment. When Malvo waltzes into the post office to pick up his fake ID, he takes one look at his typically awful photo and says, “I’m a minister apparently.” Maybe there is a spot in heaven for this cynical serial killer. Maybe.

3. The Supermarket King.

Meet Stavros Milos (The Big C‘s Oliver Platt), who hires Malvo to uncover his blackmailer. During an indulgent introduction, he tells Malvo, “I got mangos in January,” before sending Lorne off to find out who sent him the scrappy blackmail note. Milos takes peculiar pride in his supermarket chain glory. He’s another arrogant character like Hess, and things didn’t turn out so well for the latter.

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4. Caught bronze-handed.  

In a strange twist, the self-tanning bronzer is a clue. Lorne goes to meet the alleged blackmailer, Stavros’ wife, Helena Milos (Allegra Fulton). After this visit and a handshake with Helena’s flamboyant trainer Don Chumph (Glenn Howerton), Malvo finds an odd discovery: The same bronzer wiped off in a handshake is soiled on the blackmail note.

5. Gus is on dog duty.

Gus Grimly may be the male counterpart to Molly’s curiosity. He has a keen eye to solve a mystery, but even though he has suspicions about Malvo, Gus keeps his mouth shut and ends up on animal control.

6. The naked neighbor. 

The single dad surprises his teenage daughter Greta (Joey King) with dinner and gets a tease of his own thanks to his seductive neighbor and potential love interest, Rachel Ziskind (Leah Cairns). Although she’s married, she flashes her lingerie and ogles the officer through the window. Let’s hope the conversation goes a little further than the tin-can telephone. 

7. Lorne Malvo doesn’t give a [fill in the blank]. 

Stavros’ henchman, Wally (Barry Flatman), is suspicious of Lorne and tries to strong-arm him. But Malvo shows no fear. While Wally tries to intimidate Lorne, all the bad-ass Malvo does is tune him out, take a trip to the bathroom and just basically not give a crap.

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8. Pearl’s stuffed animals.

If Lester’s whining wife Pearl (Kelly Holden Bashar) lived to see episode two, she may have been featured on TLC’s My Strange Addiction after Molly finds her collection of stuffed animals in her car. It’s a heartbreaking discovery that may also explain why Pearl treated her husband like a child. 

9. Ice Fishing. 

Fargo natives Numbers and Wrench take advantage of the cold and bury the episode’s only victim, Lenny (Paul Braunstein), six feet under. Although they know Lenny didn’t kill Hess, that doesn’t stop them from offing him in cold blood. Will the ice-covered pond become the show’s designated graveyard? 

10. Molly is 10 steps ahead of … everyone. 

“A learned detective might consider that a clue,” Molly’s father, Lou (Keith Carradine), tells her as she begins to put the murder-mystery’s puzzle pieces together. Meanwhile, new chief of police Bill (Bob Odenkirk) blames the series of slayings on coincidence. For her part, Molly is trying to find justice for the victims, while Bill is just a victim of the town missing a library. 

Do you think Molly is the one to watch in Fargo? Hit the comments with your thoughts. Fargo airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. on FX. 

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Victoria’s Secret Show 2014 comes to London

“The Victoria’s Secret show is the biggest fashion show in the world, so it will be amazing to bring to London.”

After much speculation, the American based fashion show, Victoria’s Secret, is heading across the pond to London.

One of the largest American retailer of lingerie, every year the internationally popular brand holds a not-so-secret lingerie fashion show with celebrities, designers and glamorous after parties. It has rapidly become one of the most coveted fashion events of the year.

Well known for having stellar performances from notable pop stars, previous Victoria’s Secret fashion shows have seen performances from Rhianna, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran.

The show is taking a big leap from New York to London.

The world of fashion has been talking non-stop about the big relocation, and Limited Brands Chief Marketing Officer, Edward Razek has even confessed: “The brand has been wanting to show in London since 1998.

“Candidly, in 1998 when we came to London, no one knew who we were. We’ve started opening stores in London — I think we’ve got six stores in Great Britain at the moment and we hope to open more here. We found a good [show] location that made sense in Earls Court. It just kind of all came together this year,” Edward adds.

Victoria’s Secrets American angels, Adriana Lima and Candice Swanepoel made the big announcement at the new Bond Street store along with Razek earlier in April 2014.

Being one of the most-watched catwalk events in the world, London will be privileged to have the show arrive at their doorstep. The show has a normal audience of 1,000 but the move to London has increased the expected audience to 3,000.

It is only fitting that the show relocated to London as the 2013 show was a very British affair. Models donned Union Jack themed attire and waved flags during a ‘British Invasion’ segment, and even American country singer, Taylor Swift got into the swing.

There was blue white and red oozing down the runway, and models donned a ‘Royal Fantasy Bra’ to suit the occasion worth around $10 million.

British models Cara Delevingne, Jourdan Dunn and Lily Donaldson were also on the runway, strutting their stuff for the America crowd. But while they were part of an incredible ensemble for 2013, could we see them return for 2014 in their hometown, London?

Razek did let out a little secret that Cara knew about the show, saying: “I’ll let you in on a secret. I told Cara a week ago that we were coming to do this, and I told her to save the date. She was excited about it.”

Will the British beauty be a part of this year’s show? We will have to wait and see, maybe she will earn her angel wings in her hometown. Brazilian model, Adriana Lima, one of the most famous angels, already has high expectations of the British show.

She declared that there is already a ticket reserved for Prince Harry, should he want one. She also went on to say that he is the ‘UK’s most illegible bachelor’. Adrianna has her eyes set on Harry! Speaking about who she would love to see attend the show, Lima says:

“There are a bunch that we’d like to invite. I’d love to see Elton John because I’m a big fan — I really love him. Hopefully, also — I’d like to invite Prince Harry, if he would like to come. He definitely has a front-row seat!”

So with Prince Harry and Elton John already on the guest list, who else can we expect? It is a known fact that One Direction heartthrob, Harry Styles, never misses a fashion show, but could this be the year that the popular boy band perform exclusively for Victoria’s Secret London?

Ed Razek has said that no performances have been confirmed yet but all the designers are ready. The popular show has already been to Cannes, LA and Miami, but this is a big step for the Victoria Secret crew and all the fans of the brand:

“The Victoria’s Secret show is the biggest fashion show in the world, for sure, so it will be amazing to bring the show to London,” Ed says.

With Victoria’s Secret coming to London, this could open the doors for British Asian models looking to make it big.

One of the first ever Victoria’s Secret models was Canadian-born Yasmeen Ghauri, back in the 1990’s. Gauri is half-German, half-Pakistani and the first Asian model to walk for the lingerie brand.

Her modelling career stirred many in Pakistan and other ethnic countries. For many Asians it was a bit of a grey area, as Victoria’s Secret seemed a taboo topic for them. However, as time and generations have passed, the idea of a sexy lingerie show has become somewhat of the norm, and even a trend.

British Asians no longer have the stigma that the Victoria’s Secret show is bad or showcasing women in a disrespectful way. 23-year-old Anita says: “I adore the Victoria’s Secret show, it’s a buzz in the fashion world, and I watch it and just love all the underwear and the names associated with the show, it’s exciting!”

The show will be held at London’s Earls Court on December 2nd 2014. The Earls Court site is set to be demolished in 2015, so it will certainly be going out with a bang!

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