127 Fun Facts About Fargo (FX Series)

Who plays Don Chumph, the dim personal trainer Malvo ropes into his blackmail scheme in Fargo?

Glenn Howerton plays Don Chumph, whose clumsy blackmail plot Malvo takes over; Malvo later straps a shotgun to him and leaves him for the police to shoot.

Where do Lester Nygaard and Lorne Malvo first meet in the Fargo series?

A hospital: Lester is waiting with a broken nose and Malvo with a head wound from his car crash when Malvo calmly offers to kill the man who humiliated him.

Which brothers wrote and directed the 1996 film that the Fargo series is based on?

Joel and Ethan Coen won the screenplay Oscar for the 1996 film; the series keeps its snowbound setting and deadpan tone but tells new stories with new characters.

What business does the retired Lou Solverson run in the first season of Fargo?

A coffee shop: Lou's is where Molly talks through her cases, and where the ex-trooper meets Malvo and tells the killer about the bloodiest case of his career.

Who plays Greta, Gus Grimly's young daughter, in the first season of Fargo?

Joey King plays Greta Grimly; hearing her voice on the police radio, Malvo warns Gus to think of his daughter, and Gus lets the killer drive away.

Who plays the hitman Lorne Malvo in season one?

Billy Bob Thornton plays Lorne Malvo, who drifts into town after a car crash, coaxes a meek local into murder and leaves bodies across Minnesota.

What is Lester Nygaard's job in season one?

Insurance salesman Lester is failing at the job when the series opens, mocked by his wife for it; a year and several deaths later he is collecting a salesman of the year award.

Who plays Lester Nygaard?

Martin Freeman plays Lester Nygaard, a henpecked husband who kills his wife in the first episode and spends the season lying his way out of it.

In Fargo's first episode, what is Lester trying to fix when Pearl's taunts finally make him snap?

A washing machine: Lester only makes the fault worse, and when Pearl says she regrets marrying him, the meekest man in town turns killer.

Who plays Deputy Molly Solverson?

Allison Tolman plays Deputy Molly Solverson, who suspects Lester within days and keeps digging even after her new chief orders her off the case.

Which city's police force does Gus Grimly belong to?

Gus Grimly is a Duluth police officer and single father; he lets Malvo go after pulling him over for speeding, a choice that haunts him.

Who plays Gus Grimly?

Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks's son, plays Gus Grimly, a patrolman so shaken by one roadside encounter with Malvo that he ends up hunting him himself.

Which Emmy did the first season of Fargo win in 2014?

Outstanding Miniseries went to Fargo because each season tells one complete story with its own cast, so it competed against miniseries, not ongoing dramas.

In Fargo's 2014 opening scene, what does Lorne Malvo hit with his car on a highway outside Bemidji, Minnesota?

Malvo hits a deer in January 2006, and a nearly naked man then escapes from his trunk.

Who is Sam Hess to Lester?

His childhood bully still torments Lester in middle age: Sam Hess fakes a punch in the street, and Lester flinches into a window and breaks his own nose.

With what does Lester kill his wife Pearl?

Lester strikes Pearl in the head with a hammer in their basement after she mocks him, then phones Malvo for help.

Where does Lorne Malvo track down and kill Sam Hess in Fargo's first episode?

A strip club is where Malvo finds Hess and throws a knife into the back of his head; he then tells a horrified Lester that he never actually said no.

What are the two Fargo hitmen sent to find Hess's killer called?

Wrench and Numbers are sent by the Fargo mob: Wrench is deaf, and Numbers learned sign language as a boy so the two friends could talk.

What do Fargo's mob hitmen do with the man abducted by mistake?

They drop him into an ice fishing hole once the mob's lawyer says he is the wrong man: Lenny Potts had merely matched a description of Malvo.

Who plays the naive new police chief Bill Oswalt?

Bob Odenkirk played Bill Oswalt, the genial deputy who becomes Bemidji police chief after Vern's death and keeps dismissing Molly's suspicions about Lester.

What is Stavros Milos, whom Malvo begins to extort, known as?

The Supermarket King hires Malvo to unmask a blackmailer, and Malvo, on finding the culprit, quietly takes over the blackmail himself.

What did Stavros find buried in the snow in 1987, linking the Fargo series to the 1996 film?

A satchel of money, the ransom Carl Showalter buried in the 1996 film; broke and stranded, Stavros had just prayed for help and took it as God's answer.

What flows out of Stavros's shower head in Malvo's biblical torment?

Pig's blood pours from the shower as Malvo, who has already killed Stavros's dog, fakes a run of biblical plagues; a swarm of crickets comes next.

What does Malvo claim to be when Gus arrests him near Stavros's house?

A Christian minister named Frank Peterson is Malvo's cover story, backed by papers and an alibi; the police believe it and let him walk free.

What injury reveals Lester was in the room when Vern was killed?

A shotgun pellet wound in his hand: a stray pellet from the blast that killed Vern lodged there, and Lester hid it until a severe infection gave him away.

What job does Gus Grimly take after leaving the police in Fargo's first season?

Mail carrier is the job Gus always wanted: he admits he never liked police work, and after accidentally shooting Molly in a whiteout he finally quits.

Whom does Lester frame for the murders of Pearl and Vern?

His brother Chazz takes the fall: Lester hides the murder weapon in Chazz's gun cabinet and slips a pistol into his nephew's school bag so police search the house.

What becomes of FBI agents Budge and Pepper after they miss Malvo's massacre in Fargo?

Demoted to the file room, a bored Budge wonders how many files could be removed before it stopped being a file room: the heap paradox that titles the episode.

Which comedy duo play FBI agents Budge and Pepper?

Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele play FBI agents Bill Budge and Webb Pepper, who sit bickering in a parked car while Malvo shoots up the building they are watching.

Where does Lester spot Malvo a year later, in season one?

Las Vegas. Lester is there to collect an industry award when he spots Malvo at the hotel bar; Malvo pretends not to know him, and Lester refuses to let it go.

How does Lester cause his new wife Linda's death?

He sends her into his office in his jacket: fearing Malvo is inside, Lester has Linda fetch their passports with his hood up, and Malvo shoots her in his place.

What does Lester set for Malvo in his bedroom that maims his leg?

A bear trap, hidden under a pile of clothes on the bedroom floor, snaps shut on Malvo's leg; both men then fire and miss, and Malvo drags himself away.

Who finally kills Lorne Malvo?

Gus shoots Malvo dead at the hitman's own cabin: having spotted the car outside, he hides indoors and is waiting when the wounded Malvo limps home.

How does Lester Nygaard die?

He falls through thin ice in Montana. Tracked to Glacier National Park, Lester crashes his snowmobile, flees on foot across a frozen lake and goes under.

Who plays the older Lou Solverson, Molly's father, in season one?

Keith Carradine plays the older Lou Solverson, a retired trooper and widower who mentors Molly through the case and warns the family when Malvo returns.

What is the title of the first episode of the Fargo series?

The Crocodile's Dilemma is a logic paradox, and Noah Hawley named every season-one episode after a famous parable, riddle or dilemma of that kind.

In which Canadian city was Fargo mostly filmed?

Calgary. Seasons one to three and five were shot in and around Calgary, Alberta, standing in for Minnesota and the Dakotas; only season four moved, to Chicago.

Who starred as Marge Gunderson in the failed 1997 TV pilot based on the film Fargo?

Edie Falco, soon to be Carmela Soprano, played Marge Gunderson in the pilot; the series was never picked up, and the episode went unaired until 2003.

How does every episode of Fargo begin?

With a card claiming 'This is a true story', each episode copies the 1996 film: it says names were changed at the survivors' request, yet every story is invented.

In Fargo's first season, Malvo asks Gus why the human eye sees more shades of which color?

Green: Molly solves the riddle, reasoning that early humans had to spot predators hiding in grass and trees, which is Malvo's way of saying what he is.

Fargo's creator pictures every story in the franchise, the 1996 film included, as part of what?

A book of Midwestern true crime: season two put the idea on screen, with an unseen narrator reading one episode's events from the pages of just such a history.

Who plays Gina Hess, Sam Hess's widow, in the first season of Fargo?

Kate Walsh plays Gina Hess, who cares more about her dead husband's money than about mourning him; Lester seduces her with a promise of help that he knows he cannot keep.

Which run of the show holds a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes?

The second. Season two is the only run of Fargo with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, and its Metacritic score of 96 is the show's highest.

Who composed the score for the Fargo television series?

Jeff Russo, a founding member of the rock band Tonic, wrote the theme and scored all five seasons, then followed creator Noah Hawley to his later series.

What does Mike Milligan get for taking credit for the Gerhardts' downfall in season two of Fargo?

A desk job in accounting is his prize: expecting to rule a territory, Milligan is shown a small office and told that the days of busting heads are over.

Who plays beautician Peggy Blumquist?

Kirsten Dunst plays Peggy Blumquist, a beautician with big dreams who hits a gangster with her car and, instead of calling for help, hides him in her garage.

What is Ed Blumquist's job?

Butcher. Ed Blumquist is a butcher's assistant at Bud's Meats in Luverne, saving to buy the shop, when Peggy's car accident with Rye Gerhardt upends his plans.

Who plays the Gerhardt matriarch Floyd?

Jean Smart plays Floyd Gerhardt, who takes charge of the family crime syndicate after her husband Otto suffers a stroke in the season-two opener.

Who plays the younger Lou Solverson in season two?

Patrick Wilson plays the younger Lou Solverson, a state trooper whose inquiry into a triple murder pulls him between two warring crime families.

Who plays Sheriff Hank Larsson, Lou's father-in-law?

Ted Danson plays Hank Larsson, the Rock County sheriff who faces Dodd Gerhardt's gunmen alone outside the Blumquists' house and is knocked cold for it.

At what kind of restaurant does Rye Gerhardt commit the triple homicide?

A Waffle Hut. In 'Waiting for Dutch', Rye follows Judge Mundt to the Waffle Hut in Luverne to pressure her over a typewriter deal, and the encounter leaves three people dead.

What does Rye see just before Peggy's car hits him?

A UFO. Wounded and dazed after the shootings, Rye stands transfixed by lights hovering over the road until Peggy Blumquist's car strikes him.

Who plays Rye Gerhardt?

Kieran Culkin plays Rye Gerhardt, the youngest brother, whose bungled attempt to lean on a judge ends in three murders and sets off the whole season.

Who plays Dodd's enforcer Hanzee Dent?

Zahn McClarnon plays Hanzee Dent, the Gerhardts' tracker, who ends the season by turning on the family that raised him and killing its matriarch.

Which real politician appears in season two, played by Bruce Campbell?

Ronald Reagan. Bruce Campbell plays Reagan on the 1979 campaign trail in 'The Gift of the Magi'; Lou is assigned to his security detail and they talk in a men's room.

Who plays Luverne's only lawyer, Karl Weathers?

Nick Offerman plays Karl Weathers, Luverne's hard-drinking lawyer, who is called in to represent Ed and ends up talking Bear Gerhardt's armed men into leaving.

How does Ed dispose of Rye's body?

In the meat grinder. In 'Before the Law' Ed feeds Rye's remains through the grinder at work after hours, just as Lou Solverson stops in to buy bacon.

What does Hanzee find in the Blumquists' fireplace?

Rye's belt buckle. Ed burned Rye's clothes in the fireplace; in 'Fear and Trembling' Hanzee sifts the ashes and finds the buckle, proving Rye was at the Blumquists'.

What illness is Betsy Solverson being treated for in season two?

Cancer. Betsy Solverson, Lou's wife, joins a drug trial without knowing whether her pills are real, and comes to believe she has been given the placebo.

With what does Peggy subdue Dodd in her basement?

A cattle prod, and it is Dodd's own: in 'Rhinoceros' Peggy hides in her cluttered basement, ambushes him with it and shocks him unconscious.

What does Hanzee ask Peggy for after shooting Dodd in the cabin?

A haircut. After shooting Dodd, Hanzee says he is tired of this life and asks Peggy for a professional haircut; she stabs him with her scissors when Lou and Hank arrive.

Where does the climactic massacre of Fargo season two take place?

A motel in Sioux Falls. The Gerhardts' raid on the Motor Motel in Sioux Falls, where police are holding Ed and Peggy, is the 'Sioux Falls' case Lou refers to in season one.

What self-help seminar has Peggy secretly paid to attend in season two?

Lifespring. Peggy quietly spends the couple's savings on the self-actualization seminar, so the money Ed needs to buy his boss's shop is gone.

Where do Ed and Peggy hide as Ed bleeds out in Fargo's season two finale?

A supermarket meat locker. In 'Palindrome' Ed and Peggy barricade themselves in a supermarket's walk-in meat locker; Ed dies there and Peggy imagines smoke, echoing the war film she had watched.

What were the strange symbols in Hank Larsson's office?

An attempt at a universal language. In 'Palindrome' Hank explains the pictograms covering his study are his try at a universal language, hoping shared symbols would mean less misunderstanding and fewer wars.

Which film did Fargo's creator name, alongside The Man Who Wasn't There, as an influence on season two?

Miller's Crossing, a tale of two gangs at war, suits a season about the Gerhardt family's fight with the Kansas City mob; the showrunner named it before filming, with Fargo and The Man Who Wasn't There.

Which Fargo co-star did the Peggy Blumquist actress begin a relationship with in 2016?

Jesse Plemons, who played her on-screen husband Ed. The two began dating in 2016, were engaged the following year and married in 2022.

An episode of Fargo's third season opens by recasting its characters in which children's tale?

Peter and the Wolf. The actor who played Lorne Malvo narrates the opening of 'The Narrow Escape Problem', giving each character an instrument: Gloria is Peter, and Varga is the wolf.

What is Emmit Stussy's self-proclaimed title?

The Parking Lot King of Minnesota. Emmit's empire, Stussy Lots, is the prize of the season: a lender he cannot shake moves in as his 'partner', and the company is finally sold out from under him.

What do Ray and Nikki try to steal from Emmit?

A valuable vintage stamp. When their father died, Ray took the Corvette and Emmit the stamp collection, which he sold to build his business; Ray wants the last stamp as his due.

Who plays Nikki Swango?

Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays Nikki Swango, Ray's fiancée and a recent parolee; she and Ewan McGregor became a couple after meeting on the set.

What is Nikki Swango's passion?

Competitive bridge. Nikki plays tournaments with Ray as her partner, and the season borrows the game's jargon: 'The Law of Vacant Places' and 'The Principle of Restricted Choice' are both bridge terms.

Who plays the sinister financier Varga in Fargo's third season?

David Thewlis plays V.M. Varga, the rotten-toothed villain who answers Emmit's attempt to repay a loan by declaring himself a partner in Stussy Lots; the role earned him an Emmy nomination.

Who plays police chief Gloria Burgle?

Carrie Coon plays Gloria Burgle, the small-town police chief whom automatic doors, sinks and soap dispensers ignore, until late in the season they suddenly start working for her.

Which town's police chief is Gloria Burgle when season three starts?

Eden Valley. Gloria starts season three as police chief of tiny Eden Valley, Minnesota, just as her department is absorbed by the county, leaving her answering to a new boss who wants the Stussy case closed.

Why does Maurice LeFay kill Ennis Stussy in Fargo's season three premiere?

He goes to the wrong house. Sent to rob Emmit, the stoned Maurice loses the address, looks up the surname in a gas-station phone book and breaks into the home of an unrelated Stussy, Gloria's stepfather.

How do Ray and Nikki kill Maurice LeFay?

They drop an air conditioner on him. Maurice had just demanded $5,000 from Ray at gunpoint; as he steps out of Nikki's building, the couple tip her window unit onto his head.

What is the name of the robot in the animated Planet Wyh segments?

Minsky. The animated adaptation of The Planet Wyh follows Minsky, a small robot whose only phrase is 'I can help', wandering the planet for millions of years.

What does Varga force Sy Feltz to drink from his own mug?

Urine. Angry that Sy has talked to the police, Varga fills the mug himself and has his henchmen make Sy drain it; a terrified Sy then tries to arrange a sale of Stussy Lots.

How does Ray Stussy die in Fargo's third season?

A shard of broken glass cuts his throat. Emmit comes to Ray's apartment to end the feud with a framed peace offering; in the scuffle the frame hits Ray's face and breaks, and a horrified Emmit phones Varga to cover it up.

What does Paul Marrane show Nikki in the bowling alley, claiming it is Ray reincarnated?

A kitten. Marrane says its name is Ray and speaks of gilgul, the Jewish belief that an old soul can enter a new body, then points Nikki and her companion to a car he has left for them outside.

Which Twin Peaks actor plays the enigmatic Paul Marrane in Fargo's third season?

Ray Wise plays Paul Marrane, who chats with Gloria on her flight to Los Angeles and later greets Nikki in a bowling alley; the show hints that he is the Wandering Jew of legend.

What does Varga's infiltration of Stussy Lots turn out to be?

A tax fraud scheme. IRS agent Larue Dollard pieces it together from Varga's records, which Nikki steals and sends to him; five years on, Emmit has pleaded guilty to tax fraud and been given probation.

Who kills Emmit Stussy at a family dinner in the epilogue of Fargo's third season?

Mr. Wrench. Five years after the main story, the deaf ally once chained to Nikki in the prison-bus escape walks into Emmit's family dinner and shoots him, finishing what she could not.

Where is Varga flying in from when Gloria interviews him in the final scene?

Belgium. In 2016 Gloria, now with Homeland Security, detains Varga at the airport after a flight from Brussels; the season ends with the two waiting in silence to see who is right.

Which award did Ewan McGregor win for playing both Stussy brothers in Fargo?

A Golden Globe. McGregor won Best Actor in a Limited Series or TV Film in January 2018; the Emmys had nominated him for the same double role in 2017, but he did not win.

Who plays crime boss Loy Cannon in season four?

Chris Rock plays Loy Cannon, boss of the Cannon Limited, a syndicate of Black migrants who fled the Jim Crow South; he strikes a deal to end the gang war, only to learn that half his business now belongs to the Italians.

Which character narrates Fargo's fourth season as part of a school history report?

Ethelrida Smutny. The 16-year-old opens the story with her account of the city's rival gangs and finishes the report in the last episode, read aloud to her proud parents.

What tradition do the Cannons and Faddas honour to keep the peace?

Trading their youngest sons. Each boss raises the other's boy as his own to keep the peace: Loy's son Satchel goes to the Faddas and Zero Fadda to the Cannons, a custom that had already ended in betrayal twice.

Who plays the nurse Oraetta Mayflower?

Jessie Buckley plays Oraetta Mayflower, the chirpy nurse and self-described angel of mercy whose patients keep dying; she is finally arrested when a doctor she poisoned survives to accuse her.

Who plays Josto Fadda?

Jason Schwartzman plays Josto Fadda, the jittery heir who takes over the Fadda family after his father Donatello's death; Salvatore Esposito plays his brother Gaetano.

What business idea does Loy Cannon pitch to a banker in Fargo's fourth season?

The credit card. The banker turns Loy down, sure his customers won't want it; later in the season Loy stops his car in front of a billboard advertising the very same idea.

What puts Donatello Fadda in hospital in Fargo's season four premiere?

Shot in the neck by a child's BB gun. The stray shot hits the Fadda boss as his car waits at a stop sign; he survives, only for his nurse to kill him in his bed and take his ring.

Who plays U.S. Marshal Dick 'Deafy' Wickware?

Timothy Olyphant plays Dick 'Deafy' Wickware, a Mormon U.S. Marshal who arrives in Kansas City on the trail of two escaped bank robbers and is shot dead there by a corrupt local policeman.

What does Oraetta lace the apple pie she leaves for the Smutnys with?

Ipecac. Oraetta spikes the apple pie she brings the Smutnys with syrup of ipecac, an emetic; Swanee eats it and ends up vomiting over the stolen cash.

Which episode of Fargo's fourth season is presented in black and white?

East/West. The ninth episode follows Rabbi and young Satchel to a boarding house in Liberal, where Rabbi slips out to find the boy a birthday treat and never comes back.

What kills the fugitive Rabbi and the hitman Calamita in the black-and-white episode of Fargo's fourth season?

A tornado. It tears apart the gas station where the two men are trading shots and carries both of them off, leaving young Satchel to wake alone and start the long walk home.

Who does Satchel Cannon grow up to become?

Mike Milligan. A scene during the finale's credits shows the grown Satchel riding in a car driven by Gale Kitchen and thinking back to his childhood with Rabbi: he is the Kansas City enforcer of season two.

Who kills Loy Cannon in Fargo's season four finale?

Zelmare Roulette. With the gang war settled, Loy stands outside his own front door watching his family when Zelmare stabs him, payback for the betrayal that got her lover Swanee killed.

What is the name of the dog Satchel adopts in Liberal, Kansas?

Rabbit. Satchel finds the terrier hiding in the wardrobe of their boarding-house room, the name already on her collar, and later walks all the way home to Kansas City with her.

Who plays Dorothy 'Dot' Lyon in season five?

Juno Temple plays Dot Lyon, a seemingly ordinary housewife who escapes two kidnappers in the premiere by rigging a gas station with improvised traps; the role earned her an Emmy nomination.

Who plays Sheriff Roy Tillman?

Jon Hamm plays Roy Tillman, a rancher and self-styled constitutional sheriff who pays a hired man to snatch back the wife who fled him years earlier.

Who plays Dot's mother-in-law Lorraine Lyon, the 'Queen of Debt'?

Jennifer Jason Leigh plays Lorraine Lyon, head of the country's largest debt collection agency; in the finale she visits Roy in prison, having cleared other inmates' debts so that they will make his sentence miserable.

What is Ole Munch revealed to be?

A 500-year-old sin-eater from Wales. A flashback to Wales in 1522 shows him being paid to eat a meal that stands for a dead rich man's sins, taking them on himself, which is why he cannot die.

Who plays Gator Tillman, Roy's son and deputy?

Joe Keery, Steve Harrington on Stranger Things, plays Gator Tillman, Roy's reckless deputy son, who carries out his father's botched attempts to recapture Dot.

Where is Dot arrested at the start of season five?

A school board meeting. The premiere defines 'Minnesota nice' on screen, then cuts to a school meeting in Scandia erupting into a brawl, where Dot tasers a police officer by mistake while getting her daughter out.

What was Dot's name when she was married to Roy Tillman?

Nadine. Dot was born Nadine Bump; Roy Tillman took her in as a teenager and married her, and she fled his ranch years before the series begins.

In which state is Roy Tillman the constitutional sheriff of Stark County?

North Dakota. Roy runs Stark County from his ranch as a 'constitutional sheriff' who recognises no authority above his own, a stance that ends with the FBI and state police storming the place.

What business does Dot's husband Wayne own?

A Kia dealership. Wayne stars in its TV commercial, and when one airs at the Tillman ranch Roy realises the man his crew kidnapped and are interrogating is not Wayne at all.

What does Danish Graves have three debtors do to sabotage the sheriff's debate?

Legally change their names to Roy Tillman. Danish picks three men from Lorraine's ledger of debtors, so the sheriff walks on stage to find three more Roy Tillmans waiting to debate him.

What punishment does Munch inflict on Gator for killing his landlady?

He cuts out his eyes. Munch takes Gator's eyes as the debt owed for his landlady Irma's death and leaves him alive; Roy shows his blinded son no sympathy.

Which lawman does Roy Tillman fatally stab in Fargo's season five finale?

Witt Farr. As the FBI closes in, Roy slips into the ranch's dugout with the trooper on his heels and stabs him there, then tries the escape tunnel and walks straight into waiting agents.

What does Dot teach Munch to make in the final scene of Fargo's fifth season?

Biscuits. In the finale, titled 'Bisquik', Munch turns up at the Lyons' home and Dot has him help make biscuits; he eats one at the family table, a gesture of forgiveness.

Which episode of Fargo's fifth season is narrated by the actor who played Josto Fadda?

The Tiger. The fifth episode borrows the voice of a nature documentary: its unseen narrator describes how a cornered tigress protects her family while Dot fights her way out of a psychiatric hold.

In the Fargo episode 'Linda', what is Camp Utopia?

A women's shelter run by Roy's first wife. In 'Linda' Dot drives to Camp Utopia, a refuge for abused women run by Linda Tillman, Roy's first wife; the whole visit turns out to be a dream.

In which Cold War city does the opening scene of Fargo's third season take place?

East Berlin. In 1988 a Stasi colonel insists a baffled man is a wanted killer because the state's records put him at the murderer's old address; only then does the story jump to Minnesota in 2010.

Which forensic crime drama did Fargo's creator write for before making the series?

Bones. He wrote for the Fox series in its early seasons, then created two short-lived series of his own, The Unusuals and My Generation, before FX handed him Fargo.

Which other FX series did Fargo's creator make next, based on a Marvel character?

Legion. It ran for three seasons on FX from 2017 to 2019, with Dan Stevens as David Haller, a mutant who has grown up being told that his powers are mental illness; Fargo's own composer wrote its music.

In Fargo's first season, what falls from the sky after a blizzard and causes a fatal car crash?

Fish. In 'Buridan's Ass' a freak storm rains them onto the road and a bodyguard flips his car, killing himself and the son Stavros Milos had just sent for.

What does Lorraine Lyon make her family hold for their Christmas card photo in Fargo's fifth season?

Rifles. Lorraine hands one to everyone, her granddaughter included, saying it is about strength, 'a projection of our values as a family'; Dot arrives straight from being bailed out of jail.

What delayed Fargo's fourth season by five months?

The pandemic. Filming stopped in mid-March 2020 with episodes still to shoot, so the April 19 debut was scrapped and the season missed that year's Emmys; it finally opened on September 27.

In Fargo's third season, where does a fleeing sci-fi author find his new name, Ennis Stussy?

On a motel toilet. After beating the producer who conned him, the writer is sick in his motel bathroom, reads the maker's name, Dennis Stussy & Sons, with its D worn away, and flees Los Angeles as Ennis.

What business does the narrator's family run in Fargo's fourth season?

A funeral home. A debt to Loy Cannon lets him take the mortuary over as a front, and the family's teenage daughter wins it back by handing him evidence he can use in his war.

Which Fargo season two actor earned an Emmy nomination as a charismatic Kansas City enforcer?

Bokeem Woodbine. When his bosses send in a hitman called the Undertaker over his failures, his gangster shoots the man dead on arrival and decides to blame the Gerhardts.

In Fargo's fifth season, who plays the state trooper wounded beside Dot Lyon in the gas-station shootout?

Lamorne Morris, New Girl's Winston, won the 2024 Emmy for supporting actor in a limited series as the trooper, who spends the season trying to repay Dot for patching up his gunshot wound.

In the Fargo episode 'Linda', how does Dot recount her years of abuse by Roy Tillman?

With a puppet show. Asked to prove her story at a 'trial', Dot carves puppets and acts it out: taken in by the Tillmans as a teenager, then married to Roy and beaten.

Who plays lawyer Danish Graves in season five of Fargo?

Dave Foley, of The Kids in the Hall, plays Danish Graves, Lorraine Lyon's in-house lawyer, who drives to Roy's ranch to bargain for Dot's release and is shot dead for his trouble.