History Recap / FargoS02E05TheGiftOfTheMagi

* ArcherArchetype: Richard Armbruster believes that "the longbow is an art."

* BoomHeadshot: How Richard Armbruster goes. Wayne Kitchen also kills a Gerhardt mook like this execution-style after shooting his leg off.

Lou is temporarily taken off the Waffle Hut murder case while working a security detail for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (Bruce Campbell). Dodd and Hanzee concoct a story—in which Ed is a hitman called "The Butcher" hired by Kansas City to kill Rye—in an attempt to rile Floyd into bloodshed. She has Hanzee and accomplices ambush Bulo and some of his men who are on a hunting trip. Hanzee kills Bulo and a Kitchen brother, and sends the former's head to Milligan. Milligan threatens Simone during their next dalliance, demanding she spy on her family for him.

* BoomHeadshot: How Richard Armbruster goes. Wayne Kitchen also kills a Gerhardt mook like this execution style after shooting his leg off.

* KilledOffscreen: Bulo's death is not actually seen. He escapes the slaughter in the woods, only to find Hanzee Dent waiting for him at his car. Next time we see him, [[DecapitationPresentation it's only his head.]]

Lou is temporarily taken off the Waffle Hut murder case while working a security detail for presidential candidate Ronald Reagan (Bruce Campbell). Dodd and Hanzee concoct a story—in which Ed is a hitman called "The Butcher" hired by Kansas City to kill Rye—in an attempt to rile Floyd into bloodshed. She has Hanzee and accomplices ambush a group of KC men. Hanzee kills Bulo and a Kitchen brother, and sends the former's head to Milligan. Milligan threatens Simone during their next dalliance, demanding she spy on her family for him.

* ActionSurvivor: Maureen survives the butcher shop fire with Ed and Charlie, though her role is more impressive due to how little experience she's had with the surrounding action up until this point.

* UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream: Discussed by Ed and Maureen when the latter asks the former why he wants to buy the butcher shop.

* BoomHeadshot: How Richard Armbruster goes.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Maureen jumps to help Ed by attacking Virgil with a hunk of frozen meat.

* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: Amrbruster's death comes out of nowhere and kicks off the ensuing massacre in the woods.

* StrayShotsStrikeNothing: {{Averted}}. Virgil takes a shot at Ed, but it misses and ends up hitting Charlie, knocking him out.

'''Season 2, Episode 05:'''
!!The Gift of the Magi
!!!Written by Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi

->'''Lou:''' I don’t know what I’m saying, except… do you really think we’ll get out of this mess we’re in?
->'''Ronald Reagan:''' Son, there’s not a challenge on God’s earth that can’t be overcome by an American, and I truly believe that.
->'''Lou's:''' Yeah, but how?
->''[Reagan smiles, pats him on the shoulder, and leaves]''

Ronald Reagan’s election campaign passes through Luverne, Minnesota while the Kansas City men prepare for a day of hunting deer. Hanzee, meanwhile, returns to Gerhardt headquarters and informs them that Rye was murdered by “the butcher.” Dodd concludes that “the butcher” is a codename for a contract killer hired by Kansas City to take care of Rye to gain some leverage on the family before the initial deal was even proposed.

In the middle of their hunting spree, Joe Bulo and the other Kansas City men in the woods are attacked by Gerhardt gunmen. The Kicthen brothers take out a majority of the goons, but Hanzee slices one’s throat and knocks out the other. Joe Bulo runs back to the cars, where he finds Hanzee waiting for him.

Reagan finishes up a speech and Lou escorts his campaign bus to its next stop. Peggy, meanwhile, tries to convince her husband to run away to California, but Ed is determined to buy the butcher shop and try to live a normal life. Dodd, meanwhile, is on his way into Luverne to find a man who will take care of Ed when he’s stopped by Charlie.

-->'''Charlie:''' Should be us. A Gerhardt. He killed a Gerhardt, so it should be one of us. The real boss would know that.

Dodd concedes and sends Charlie off to take care of Ed, and Simone also speeds off to meet with Mike at his hotel. She finds Mike and Gale Kitchen quiet in the wake of their fallen men, including Joe Bulo, who’s head has been sent to Mike and sits in his room. Angrily, Mike tells her that she has to tell them what her family is going to do before they act, otherwise he won’t save her.

Ben Schmidt calls Lou to inform him about the dead men found by the woods up in Fargo, and Lou fills him in on the developments with the Rye Gerhardt case. He proposes they meet up tomorrow after he’s done escorting Reagan, and Schmidt obliges. Charlie, meanwhile, walks into the butcher shop with the intent of murder with no witnesses. Without meaning to, he strikes up a cute conversation with Noreen before Ed walks in. Unable to bring himself to kill them both, he buys some meat and returns to the car.

At home, Peggy packs her bags before going in to the auto shop to pick up her car. On a whim, she decides to sell her car to Sonny for $700 despite his insistence that it’s worth more. In the meantime, Hanzee returns to the Gerhardt house, where Bear thanks him for all the services he’s done for their family. Dodd is mad that Bear talked to Hanzee before speaking to him, but shrugs him off for enjoying taking orders from their mother.

Charlie walks back into the shop and walks in the back to shoot Ed. Noreen notices first and gets Ed’s attention, prompting Charlie to miss his first shot and hit the electric box instead. A fire starts spreading throughout the back room, and Virgil, the Gerheardt enforcer sent with Charlie, busts in the back to finish the job. Virgil takes a shot that ricochets and knocks Charlie out, and after a struggle, Ed kills him with a butcher knife. Noreen makes it out alive, and Ed drags Charlie out, makes sure Noreen tells the authorities the truth, and runs off.

Simone comes home, where her father threatens to beat her for going out before her grandma intervenes and lets her go. That night, Lou goes into town to survey the scene at the butcher shop. Ed returns home with the intention of packing up and leaving, but Peggy excitedly tells him that she’s sold the car so he can buy the shop. He fills her in on what happened and informs her that they need to start packing, but their stopped when police sirens begin sounding outside their door.
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Ben Schmidt calls Lou to inform him about the dead men found by the woods up in Fargo, and Lou fills him in on the developments with the Rye Gerhardt case. He proposes they meet up tomorrow after he’s done escorting Reagan, and Schmidt obliges. Charlie, meanwhile, walks into the butcher shop with the intent of murder with no witnesses. Without meaning to, he strikes up a cute conversation with Maureen before Ed walks in. Unable to bring himself to kill them both, he buys some meat and returns to the car.

Charlie walks back into the shop and walks in the back to shoot Ed. Naureen notices first and gets Ed’s attention, prompting Charlie to miss his first shot and hit the electric box instead. A fire starts spreading throughout the back room, and Virgil, the Gerheardt enforcer sent with Charlie, busts in the back to finish the job. Virgil takes a shot that ricochets and knocks Charlie out, and after a struggle, Ed kills him with a butcher knife. Maureen makes it out alive, and Ed drags Charlie out, makes sure Maureen tells the authorities the truth, and runs off.

* CharacterDeath: Joe Bulo, Wayne Kitchen, and Virgil Bauer all kick the dust.