Fargo | FX
Fargo(2014)
2014 · TV SERIES
Fargo
Ordinary Midwesterners in frozen Minnesota find their quiet lives upended when a sudden wave of malice and murder forces them to confront the dark underbelly of their seemingly peaceful world.
CrimeDrama
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Seasons & Episodes
- 1.01The Crocodile's DilemmaApr 15, 2014Rate
A meek and mild insurance salesman encounters a rootless, manipulative stranger in a hospital, setting off a series of terrible and gruesome events that will forever change the salesman's life.
- 1.02The Rooster PrinceApr 22, 2014Rate
Molly begins to suspect that Lester is involved in the murders, but her new boss steers her toward a different lead. At the same time, Malvo looks into a blackmail scheme targeting a man known as the Supermarket King.
- 1.03A Muddy RoadApr 29, 2014Rate
Malvo takes control of the blackmail scheme, Molly devises a trap, and Gus wrestles with the decision to confess. Lester's return to his job leads to complex and far-reaching consequences.
- 1.04Eating the BlameMay 6, 2014Rate
When Gus attempts to correct a mistake, Malvo embraces his alternate identity. Lester finds himself in an unexpected situation, and Molly discovers a promising clue.
- 1.05The Six UngraspablesMay 13, 2014Rate
When Lester faces a near-death experience, Molly makes an unconventional choice. Gus considers some friendly advice, and Malvo achieves his goal.
- 1.06Buridan's AssMay 20, 2014Rate
Malvo carries out his master plan, while Lester tries to develop one of his own. Gus and Molly join forces in Duluth.
- 1.07Who Shaves the Barber?May 27, 2014Rate
Malvo is in pursuit of answers, while Lester is maneuvering to obtain some of his own. Meanwhile, Molly and Gus work to overcome a recent setback in their investigation.
- 1.08The HeapJun 3, 2014Rate
Molly is under pressure to wrap up the case, while Lester begins to feel like a new person.
- 1.09A Fox, a Rabbit, and a CabbageJun 10, 2014Rate
Lester experiences an unexpected encounter, Malvo alters his course, and a new investigation causes Molly to follow a familiar path.
- 1.10Morton's ForkJun 17, 2014Rate
Molly assumes a leadership role, while Gus follows a lead. Lester orchestrates a scenario to his advantage, and Malvo identifies a new potential victim.
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Cast & Crew
19 unique people credited
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8Awards & Nominations
5 wins · 4 nominationsCritics Choice Television Award
- Won2016Best Movie/Miniseries Actress — Kirsten Dunst
- Won2014Best Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actress — Allison Tolman
Golden Globe Award
- Won2015Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama — Billy Bob Thornton
- Nom2015Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film — Allison Tolman
Primetime Emmy Award
- Won2014Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special — Colin Bucksey
- Nom2014Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — Allison Tolman
- Nom2014Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie — Martin Freeman
More awards & festivals (2) — regional academies & film-festival prizes
Satellite Award
- Won2016Best Actress – Television Series Drama — Kirsten Dunst
- Nom2015Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film — Allison Tolman
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Awards (2)
- Nominated — Golden Globe Awards 2015: Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- 🏆 Won — Golden Globe Awards 2015: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
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Characters
Lorne Malvo · Billy Bob Thornton · debut [S1E1]
Season 1 antagonist — a manipulative, amoral hitman who drifts into Bemidji, Minnesota in 2006 and sets off a cascade of violence. He kills on impulse, manipulates everyone around him, and massacres the Fargo crime syndicate before being fatally shot by Gus Grimly in the season finale.
Lester Nygaard · Martin Freeman · debut [S1E1]
Season 1 protagonist — a meek Bemidji insurance salesman whose chance encounter with Malvo unleashes a catastrophic chain of events. He evolves from passive victim to calculating killer, framing his own brother and sacrificing his second wife before drowning while fleeing law enforcement.
Molly Solverson · Allison Tolman · debut [S1E1]
Season 1 investigator — a tenacious Bemidji deputy who is the only officer to correctly connect Malvo, Lester, and all the murders. Shot by Gus in the field but survives. Ultimately vindicated when Malvo is killed and Lester drowns, though she never secures a formal conviction. By the end she has married Gus.
Gus Grimly · Colin Hanks · debut [S1E1]
Season 1 — a Duluth mail carrier turned police officer who encounters Malvo early but backs down under threat. This haunts him until he tracks Malvo to his cabin and kills him in the finale, earning a citation for bravery.
Lou Solverson · Patrick Wilson · debut [S2E1]
Season 2 lead — a Minnesota state trooper in 1979 who investigates the Waffle Hut murders and becomes entangled in the war between the Gerhardt crime family and Kansas City. A moral bedrock throughout. Survives the season's catastrophic motel shootout.
Peggy Blumquist · Kirsten Dunst · debut [S2E1]
Season 2 — a beautician with ambitions beyond Luverne, Minnesota. She strikes Rye Gerhardt with her car and, rather than report it, draws her husband Ed into a cover-up that escalates into full-scale mob war. Arrested at the end of the season.
Ed Blumquist · Jesse Plemons · debut [S2E1]
Season 2 — Peggy's husband, a butcher whose loyalty to his wife pulls him deeper into violence and criminality. He is shot by Hanzee and bleeds out in a meat locker in the season finale.
Hanzee Dent · Zahn McClarnon · debut [S2E1]
Season 2 — a Native American Vietnam veteran adopted by the Gerhardts. He serves as their most lethal enforcer but, after a lifetime of racism and violence, turns on the family. In the finale he is given a new identity — the name 'Tripoli' — and funds for plastic surgery, with plans to start his own criminal operation. The show presents this as the origin of Moses Tripoli, the Season 1 crime boss, though the connection requires the contrivance of plastic surgery and is considered by many viewers to be implied rather than proven.
Betsy Solverson · Cristin Milioti · debut [S2E1]
Season 2 — Lou's wife and Molly's mother. A warm, perceptive woman coping with a cancer diagnosis throughout the season. She survives to the finale and experiences visions of her family's future, though the show implies she eventually succumbs to her illness between 1979 and 2006, as she is absent from Season 1.
Emmit Stussy · Ewan McGregor · debut [S3E1]
Season 3 — a prosperous Minnesota parking lot mogul whose refusal to help his struggling brother Ray starts a spiral of guilt, manipulation, and murder. He becomes a pawn of V.M. Varga, eventually pleads guilty to tax fraud, and is later killed by an assassin.
Ray Stussy · Ewan McGregor · debut [S3E1]
Season 3 — Emmit's parole-officer brother, resentful over their father's inheritance. His scheme to steal a valuable stamp from Emmit spirals out of control. He is accidentally killed in a confrontation with Emmit mid-season.
Nikki Swango · Mary Elizabeth Winstead · debut [S3E1]
Season 3 — Ray's parolee girlfriend, cunning and determined. After Ray's death she is framed for his murder, escapes a prison transport, and teams with Mr. Wrench to pursue those responsible. She is killed in the finale confronting Varga's operation.
V.M. Varga · David Thewlis · debut [S3E4]
Season 3 antagonist — a menacing, enigmatic British businessman who exploits Emmit's financial vulnerability to run a vast tax fraud scheme. He evades capture for most of the season and remains defiant in custody at the finale, claiming he will soon be free.
Gloria Burgle · Carrie Coon · debut [S3E1]
Season 3 — the outgoing Eden Valley police chief who investigates the murder at the season's start, doggedly pursuing connections others dismiss. She is never able to secure formal convictions but survives the season and confronts Varga directly.
Loy Cannon · Chris Rock · debut [S4E1]
Season 4 — the head of Kansas City's Cannon Limited African American crime organization in 1950. He navigates a tense truce with the Italian Fadda Family, which collapses into open war. He is fatally stabbed by Zelmare Roulette in the finale.
Oraetta Mayflower · Jessie Buckley · debut [S4E1]
Season 4 — a deceptively cheerful nurse who murders patients with fatal injections, including Fadda patriarch Donatello. She becomes entangled with Josto Fadda romantically. Arrested for poisoning Dr. Harvard, she is then executed by Joe Bulo in the finale.
Ethelrida Pearl Smutny · E'myri Crutchfield · debut [S4E1]
Season 4 — a precocious Black teenager whose family runs a funeral home caught between both crime factions. She uncovers Oraetta's poisoning crimes and uses the information strategically to protect her family and ultimately negotiate with Loy.
Dorothy 'Dot' Lyon · Juno Temple · debut [S5E1]
Season 5 — a capable Midwestern housewife hiding a violent past. She escaped her abusive ex-husband Roy Tillman years earlier under a new identity. When Roy sends the criminal Ole Munch to retrieve her, she fights back fiercely and ultimately sees Roy arrested.
Roy Tillman · Jon Hamm · debut [S5E2]
Season 5 antagonist — a corrupt, self-righteous North Dakota sheriff who believes he has a Biblical right to reclaim his estranged wife Dot (born Nadine). He is arrested in the finale after stabbing an officer.
Ole Munch · Sam Spruell · debut [S5E2]
Season 5 — an ancient, enigmatic Welsh sin-eater who functions as a supernatural-tinged enforcer for Roy Tillman. Over the course of the season he shifts allegiance and ultimately finds an unexpected form of redemption with the Lyon family.
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