[6] At Nikki's suggestion, Ray impersonates Emmit so he can retrieve a safety deposit box, believing it contains their father's rare stamp.

Despondent, Ray forgets a meeting with Nikki and a wealthy backer she hopes will bankroll them on the bridge circuit, ruining their chances.

Learning of Ray's theft, and suspecting Varga was involved in Irv's death, Emmit and Sy consider selling their company.

Gloria investigates the death of Maurice LeFay, but her superior, Chief Moe Dammik, believes that she is overthinking the case.

In the restroom, she meets Winnie Lopez, a cop who is investigating hit and run damage caused by Sy when he rammed Ray's Corvette.

The episode features Billy Bob Thornton, who portrayed Lorne Malvo in the first season of the show, as the narrator of Peter and the Wolf.

McGregor still had to be so deeply aware of both characters that he’d understand Ray’s perception of Emmit: how they differ, how they’re alike, what he’d say and do when pushed.

He also praised the use of Peter and the Wolf and Thornton's voiceover, and how the episode seemed to raise the season's stakes, stating "now we’re ready to see the fireworks.

[8] Brian Tallerico of Vulture gave the episode a four out of five rating, highly praising the characters of Chief Moe Dammick and Winnie Lopez.

He did however express concern at the lack of marking events so far this season, stating "hardly anything has happened since that air conditioner fell on Maurice.

It feels like Noah Hawley is purposefully working a more deliberate opening act, but I’m hoping for a shocking turn of events next week to really start the fire.

"[7] Despite calling the episode "the weakest of season 3 to this point", Vinnie Mancuso of the New York Observer gave a positive review, stating that "it did serve to bring us closer to some kind of nasty, unpleasant result, the endgame of an enigmatic criminal with an eating disorder, whatever that may be."

He highly praised the performances of McGregor, Thewlis, Thornton, and Olivia Sandoval, calling the latter's a "scene-stealing debut" and "a pure delight".

Reducing the characters to their representative character-instruments in Prokofiev doesn’t exactly help to add depth, though the trade-off is cleverness for its own sake, which isn’t the worst outcome.

Club praised the episode for its use of Peter and the Wolf, its story development, the performances of McGregor and Thewlis, and Winnie Lopez's scenes.

[2] Ben Travers of IndieWire stated "In Prokofiev’s fairy tale, Peter (Gloria) is locked in the backyard by his Grandfather (Sy), and a wolf (Varga) does come.

When Billy Bob Thornton’s narrator nods to Prokofiev toward the end — 'Peter paid no attention to his grandfather’s words.

Club noted that the fact Emmit and his identical, less successful brother Ray were respectively the bird and duck was a good joke.

"[4] Noel Murray of Rolling Stone stated "back in the car, when Nikki complains that he didn't take more money, Ray shrugs her off: 'See, that's the criminal mentality.'

"[9] Murray called V. M. Varga "the perfect villain for our times", calling him, "an agent of the kleptocrats – with ties to Vladimir Putin and an innate understanding of how "fake news" and shameless bullying works – this year's adversary is practically a living embodiment of everything terrifying that's happening in the world circa 2017.

He even speaks the language of our more authoritarian leaders, arguing that we live in 'the age of the refugee,' and that the best we can do is lay low and take care of ourselves, before the inevitable revolution comes."