According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.451 million household viewers and gained a 0.07 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Even though she grants Dot (Juno Temple) hospitality at her mansion, Lorraine (Jennifer Jason Leigh) raises her suspicions with Danish (Dave Foley).
However, Dot improvises a plan when she arrives at the clinic and escapes her room by subduing one orderly and stealing a nurse's uniform.
As she walks away, she accidentally bumps into FBI agents Meyer (Jessica Pohly) and Joaquin (Nick Gomez), who recognize her as Nadine.
As they try to talk to her, Gator, who was told to wait in the car due to his previous failures, passes by and recognizes her, after having realized that the FBI is also at the hospital.
He meets up with the henchmen just as they take the man they believe to be Wayne and enter an elevator to leave the hospital, with Gator silently gesturing to Dot to keep quiet.
As Scotty (Sienna King) plays outside, Dot sneaks onto the property, where she secretly meets and runs away with her, alerting Danish and Lorraine's guards.
In November 2023, it was reported that the fifth episode of the season would be titled "The Tiger", and was to be written by series creator Noah Hawley, and directed by producer Dana Gonzales.
[2] In its original American broadcast, "The Tiger" was seen by an estimated 0.451 million household viewers and gained a 0.07 ratings share among adults aged 18–49, according to Nielsen Media Research.
It annoys me, is the takeaway here, but even with a show as brash and unsubtle as Fargo, I found myself frustrated by this week's episode, 'The Tiger,' and its fragmented, obvious storytelling.
"[6] Scott Tobias of The New York Times wrote, "Lingering over all these developments is a big question that Fargo seems content in putting off for as long as possible: Who is Dot, anyway?
"[8] Felicia Nickens of TV Obsessive wrote, "Maybe I am biased because I am a woman, but I love watching powerful females, onscreen and off.
The site wrote, "Fargo has had its share of charismatic villains across five seasons, and Jennifer Jason Leigh is carrying on that grand tradition as obscenely wealthy matriarch Lorraine Lyon, who looks physically pained when she has to speak to someone below her social station.