It also serves a plot function: it shows Marge, who has a very highly developed sense of her own capabilities, with good reason, that it is possible to fool her. The first major thing she does after that is go back to talk to Jerry again.
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I interviewed him for the Vulture TV podcast years ago and he said that stuff about the scene in Fargo. I don't remember if I actually took issue with him during the interview, because it was pretty stunning to hear from the showrunner of freaking Fargo, but I've been thinking about it ever since.
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It's also not particularly subtle, the equivalent beat of a million other detectives hearing some unrelated piece of information, stopping, saying "What -- what did you say?" and figuring out whodunit.
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