130 Fun Facts About Fargo (FX Series)
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It premiered on April 15, 2014.
Who created the Fargo TV series?
He also created Legion and Alien: Earth.
Which brothers wrote and directed the 1996 film the series is based on?
They became executive producers after reading Hawley's script.
How many seasons of Fargo were released between 2014 and 2024?
Each has a different setting and cast.
What format does Fargo use, with each season telling a self-contained story?
The seasons share continuity with the film and each other.
Which run of the show is set earliest, in 1950?
It takes place in Kansas City, Missouri.
Who plays the hitman Lorne Malvo in season one?
He won a Golden Globe for the role.
What is Lester Nygaard's job in season one?
He later wins salesman of the year in Las Vegas.
Who plays Lester Nygaard?
He also narrates season two.
In which Minnesota town is season one mainly set?
Malvo hits a deer outside it.
Who plays Deputy Molly Solverson?
She earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for it.
Which city's police force does Gus Grimly belong to?
He first meets Malvo while stopping him for speeding.
Who plays Gus Grimly?
His father is Tom Hanks.
Which Emmy did the first season win?
Colin Bucksey also won for directing.
What does Malvo hit with his car in the opening scene of the series?
A nearly naked man then escapes from his trunk.
Who is Sam Hess to Lester?
He breaks Lester's nose in the street.
With what does Lester kill his wife Pearl?
He then calls Malvo for help.
Whom does Malvo shoot dead in Lester's house in the first episode?
Lester then knocks himself out to fake a home invasion.
What are the two Fargo hitmen sent to find Hess's killer called?
Wrench is deaf and returns in season three.
What do the two hitmen do with the wrong man they abduct?
They then visit Lester's office.
Who plays the naive new police chief Bill Oswalt?
He constantly clashes with Molly over suspects.
What is Stavros Milos, whom Malvo begins to extort, known as?
Oliver Platt plays him.
What did Stavros find buried in the snow in 1987, linking the show to the film?
It is the ransom money buried by Carl Showalter in the movie.
What flows out of Stavros's shower head in Malvo's biblical torment?
Malvo also kills his dog and swaps his pills for Adderall.
What does Malvo claim to be when Gus arrests him near Stavros's house?
His documents give him a plausible alibi.
What injury reveals Lester was in the room when Vern was shot?
He hid the infected wound for weeks.
Who accidentally shoots Molly during the whiteout gunfight?
He is blinded by the snow.
Whom does Lester frame for the murders of Pearl and Vern?
He plants the hammer in Chazz's gun cabinet.
How many people does Malvo kill in his rampage at the mob's Fargo headquarters?
Two FBI agents notice too late.
Which comedy duo play FBI agents Budge and Pepper?
They are demoted to filing clerks.
Where does Lester spot Malvo a year later, in season one?
Lester is there receiving a salesman of the year award.
How does Lester cause his new wife Linda's death?
Malvo mistakes her for Lester and shoots her.
What does Lester set for Malvo in his bedroom that maims his leg?
It maims Malvo's leg.
Who finally kills Lorne Malvo?
He shoots him in the face in his cabin.
How does Lester Nygaard die?
Police track him down two weeks after Malvo's death.
Who plays the older Lou Solverson, Molly's father, in season one?
He is a former state cop who runs a coffee shop.
What is the title of the very first episode?
Many season-one titles are named after paradoxes.
In which Canadian city was Fargo mostly filmed?
Season four moved to Chicago instead.
Who starred as Marge Gunderson in the failed 1997 TV pilot based on the film?
Kathy Bates directed it; it aired in 2003.
How does every episode of Fargo begin?
The claim is untrue, as in the film.
What did dialect coach Tony Alcantar help the actors attain?
He coached every season, including Richa Moorjani in season five.
In Hawley's 'leather-bound book' of Midwestern crime, which number did he give the movie?
Season one was chapter 9 and season two chapter 2.
Which UK broadcaster premiered Fargo the day after its US debut?
Australia's SBS One followed on May 1, 2014.
Which run of the show holds a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes?
Its Metacritic score is 96.
Who composed the music for Fargo?
He won an Emmy for it in 2017.
What year is season two set in?
Twenty-seven years before season one.
Who plays beautician Peggy Blumquist?
She was Emmy-nominated for it.
What is Ed Blumquist's job?
He disposes of Rye's body in the meat grinder.
Who plays the Gerhardt matriarch Floyd?
Her husband Otto has a stroke in the opening episode.
Who plays the younger Lou Solverson in season two?
Keith Carradine played the older Lou in season one.
Who plays Sheriff Hank Larsson, Lou's father-in-law?
He found the Minnesota accent daunting.
At what kind of restaurant does Rye Gerhardt commit the triple homicide?
He was trying to extort a judge.
What does Rye see just before Peggy's car hits him?
UFOs recur throughout season two.
Who plays Rye Gerhardt?
He is credited as a special guest.
Who plays Dodd's enforcer Hanzee Dent?
He was hired two weeks after his audition.
Which real politician appears in season two, played by Bruce Campbell?
Lou works his security detail.
Who plays Luverne's only lawyer, Karl Weathers?
Hawley considered their personalities similar.
How does Ed dispose of Rye's body?
Lou is buying bacon at the shop at the time.
What does Hanzee find in the Blumquists' fireplace?
It confirms the Blumquists' involvement.
What nickname does Dodd invent for Ed to provoke a war?
Supposedly a Kansas City hitman.
With what does Peggy subdue Dodd in her basement?
Ed later puts Dodd in his trunk.
What does Hanzee ask Peggy for after shooting Dodd in the cabin?
She stabs him in the back instead.
Where does the season two massacre take place?
Season one had already referred to 'Sioux Falls'.
What interrupts Bear Gerhardt strangling Lou at the motel?
No one can explain it afterwards.
Where do Ed and Peggy hide as Ed bleeds out in the finale?
Peggy hallucinates a fire, mirroring a film she watched.
What were the strange symbols in Hank Larsson's office?
He hoped it would promote global cooperation.
Which Coen films inspired the setting of season two, according to the production notes?
They set it 27 years before season one.
Which Fargo co-star did the Peggy Blumquist actress begin a relationship with in 2016?
They became engaged in 2017.
Which pair of brothers does Ewan McGregor play in season three?
He won a Golden Globe for the dual performance.
What is Emmit Stussy's self-proclaimed title?
Ray is a probation officer.
What do Ray and Nikki try to steal from Emmit?
Ray got their father's Corvette; Emmit got the stamps.
Who plays Nikki Swango?
She and McGregor began a relationship after meeting on set.
What is Nikki Swango's passion?
She is Ray's parolee and fiancee.
Who plays the sinister V. M. Varga?
He was Golden Globe-nominated for it.
Who plays police chief Gloria Burgle?
Automatic doors and taps refuse to work for her.
Which town's police chief is Gloria Burgle when season three starts?
The department is absorbed by Meeker County.
Why does Maurice LeFay kill Ennis Stussy in the season three premiere?
Ennis Stussy is Gloria's stepfather.
How do Ray and Nikki kill Maurice LeFay?
He had tried to blackmail Ray.
Under what pen name did Ennis Stussy write science fiction?
His novel was The Planet Wyh.
What is the name of the robot in the animated Planet Wyh segments?
He wanders a planet for millions of years.
What is Sy Feltz forced to drink from a mug as punishment?
Michael Stuhlbarg plays Sy.
How does Ray Stussy die?
Emmit was trying to end the feud by giving him the stamp.
What does Paul Marrane show Nikki in the bowling alley, claiming it is Ray reincarnated?
He discusses the Jewish belief of gilgul.
Who plays the enigmatic Paul Marrane?
He is implied to be the Wandering Jew.
What does Varga's infiltration of Stussy Lots turn out to be?
IRS agent Larue Dollard works it out.
Who kills Emmit Stussy five years later, at a family dinner?
Nikki had died in a shootout with a police officer.
Where is Varga flying in from when Gloria interviews him in the final scene?
The season ends with them sitting in silence.
Which award did McGregor win for his dual role in season three?
At the 75th Golden Globes.
Who plays crime boss Loy Cannon in season four?
His character is also trying to launch the credit card.
Where is season four set?
The Cannons and Faddas fight over it.
What tradition do the Cannons and Faddas honour to keep the peace?
Loy's son Satchel is swapped for Zero Fadda.
Who plays the nurse Oraetta Mayflower?
She is an 'angel of mercy' who poisons patients.
Who plays Josto Fadda?
He also narrates a season five episode.
What is Loy Cannon's business idea in season four?
Chris Rock plays him.
How is Donatello Fadda fatally injured in the season four premiere?
Nurse Mayflower then finishes him with morphine.
Who plays U.S. Marshal Dick 'Deafy' Wickware?
He is a Mormon lawman hunting Zelmare and Swanee.
What does Oraetta lace the apple pie she leaves for the Smutnys with?
Swanee eats it and vomits on the stolen money.
Which season four episode is presented in black and white?
It ends with a tornado in Liberal, Kansas.
What kills Rabbi Milligan and Calamita in the black-and-white episode?
It sucks up the gas station.
Who does Satchel Cannon grow up to become?
Bokeem Woodbine's season-two Kansas City enforcer appears in the finale credits.
Who kills Loy Cannon in the season four finale?
She stabs him with the war officially over.
What is the name of the dog Satchel adopts in Liberal, Kansas?
He gets home with it in the finale.
Who plays Dorothy 'Dot' Lyon in season five?
She was Golden Globe-nominated for it.
Who plays Sheriff Roy Tillman?
He had worked with Hawley on Legion.
Who plays Dot's mother-in-law Lorraine Lyon, the 'Queen of Debt'?
She runs the largest debt collection agency in the US.
What is Ole Munch revealed to be?
A flashback shows Bryn Glas eating a dead man's sins.
Who plays Gator Tillman, Roy's son and deputy?
He was Steve on Stranger Things.
Where is Dot arrested at the start of season five?
She mistakenly tasers an officer during a riot.
What was Dot's name when she was married to Roy Tillman?
She disappeared eleven years earlier.
In which state is Roy Tillman the constitutional sheriff of Stark County?
Stark County.
What business does Dot's husband Wayne own?
David Rysdahl plays him.
What does Danish Graves have three debtors do to sabotage Roy's debate?
Roy storms out and strikes the moderator.
What punishment does Munch inflict on Gator for killing his landlady?
Roy then abandons his 'useless' son.
Which lawman does Roy fatally stab in the season five finale?
He is then arrested by the FBI, tipped off by Gator.
What does Dot teach Munch to make in the final scene of season five?
The episode is titled Bisquik.
Which season five episode is narrated by the actor who played Josto Fadda?
He played Josto Fadda in season four.
What is Camp Utopia in the episode Linda?
It turns out to be a dream.
What Emmy did the show's composer win for Fargo in 2017?
He also scores Star Trek: Discovery.
Which crime series had the show's creator written for before Fargo?
He was a writer and producer on its first three seasons.
Which other FX series did Fargo's creator make next, based on a Marvel character?
Jeff Russo scored that one too.
How many Primetime Emmys has Fargo won in total?
Out of 70 nominations.
Which Paramount+ series later cast the Molly Solverson actress as Alma Fillcot?
Molly Solverson remains her best-known role.
How many episodes did season four have, one more than every other season?
It premiered September 27, 2020.
Which streaming service carried seasons 1–3 in 20 regions between 2015 and 2022?
FX is the original home.
How were the Coen brothers involved when the Fargo series was first developed?
They joined as executive producers only after being impressed by Noah Hawley's script for the first episode.
How many episodes was the Fargo adaptation originally announced to have as a limited series?
Billy Bob Thornton signed on in August 2013, followed by Martin Freeman that September and Colin Hanks in October.
Which recurring guest star of the 1979 storyline received a Golden Globe nomination?
He played Kansas City enforcer Mike Milligan; Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Jean Smart earned Emmy nominations for the same run.
Who plays state trooper Witt Farr, who helps Dot Lyon escape in season five?
Season five, set in late 2019, earned Golden Globe nominations for Jon Hamm and Juno Temple.
In which month and year did FX renew Fargo for its fifth season?
Filming ran through Alberta towns including High River, Didsbury and Beiseker in the winter of 2022–23.
Who plays lawyer Danish Graves in season five of Fargo?
Graves works for Lorraine Lyon, the 'Queen of Debt', whose collection empire is one of the season's power centres.
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