Plot hole in season 2??

Alright, so as we said before, you are right to be wondering about this. It is one thing in the series (apart from flying saucers, fish storms, etc) that is so clearly not realistic. I guess the idea is that Lou was busy checking on Hank or something while Ed and Peggy are leaving their house, which does happen pretty quickly to be fair. And not only is it so obviously unrealistic, but the show waits two episodes to tell us what happened even. So they definitely are aware of how ridiculous this is, they are acknowledging that it is a plot convenience in the title of episode eight—which is one of the coolest things in the series IMO.

The eighth episode is called Loplop. That is the episode of the Blumquists in the cabin—the whole thing of course being possible because Hank (and Lou) let them go.

The name LOPLOP is a reference to the collage artist Max Ernst who used a "character" (a bird) named Loplop in his paintings and collage art. Max Ernst was a really crazy dude and way ahead of his time. The point of Loplop basically was that he would put it in his collages to "communicate information" to the other characters, or basically act as his own "representative" in the collage.

Fargo season 2 is also basically a kind of collage artwork, although a totally original one, consisting of characters inspired by the characters in books, plays, etc that make the titles of the episodes. For example, the Blumquists are like the main characters from Waiting for Godot. Lou is like the main character from The Castle.

But in Fargo, everything that happens to these characters is the very OPPOSITE of what happens to them in the book or play originally. And a lot of that is thanks to Hank, who not only causes this to happen but also tried to talk to the aliens, and from the looks of it probably was successful in that even if he doesn't realize it.

So, Hank and his concussion are basically the "Loplop" in Fargo which pulls the strings that the real life creators (Noah Hawley etc) need to make the collage artwork of the season. And episode eight is the strongest example of FLIPPING the original piece of art, in this case being Waiting for Godot (and also The Stranger which seems to inspire Hanzee's character).

None of this was really picked up on by people at the time. I think it is seriously cool, as you can tell. I have a blog about this stuff also, at blueoxtalks.tumblr(dot)com, and if you want to read more there is a lot there. But I am happy to answer specific questions also. It is an amazing show that is still holding many secrets.