is there a word for use of incomprehensible scenes only understandable when the back action is revealed ?

[peridito]

Sometimes in the following episode ? Like bloody Fargo .

Contrived?

Bollocks.

Ah yes ,both of those fit the bill ...

Pretentious. Irritating.

Mindfuck

Bear with...

an attempt at actually answering the question - foreshadowing?

A very intricate Chekov's Gun? (Chekov's Naming of Parts, perhaps...)

Neither of these is really what you're after, is it?

Drip feed

I found the latest Fargo very hard to follow and repeatedly thought I'd missed something .

I've come to realise that it's a stylistic device .An event is suddenly happening on screen -a holdall of cash being handed over - no preamble .And I'm following the scene and then ,eventually thinking ,hang on ,am I supposed to know about this cash .

I'm not up to it I'm afraid .

I'm struggling with Fargo this time round. I thought I didn't understand it because I kept falling asleep but it seems I'd have no chance anyway!