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Fargo airs Mondays on FX beginning on April 15, 2014



An original adaptation of the Academy Award®-winning feature film, Fargo features an all-new “true crime” story and follows a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and “Minnesota nice” that made the film an enduring classic. Oscar® winner Billy Bob Thornton stars as “Lorne Malvo,” a rootless, manipulative man who meets and forever changes the life of small town insurance salesman “Lester Nygaard,” played by BAFTA Award® winner and Emmy®-nominated Martin Freeman. Colin Hanks plays Duluth Police Deputy “Gus Grimly,” a single dad who must choose between his own personal safety and his duty as a policeman when he comes face-to-face with a killer. Allison Tolman also stars as “Molly Solverson,” an ambitious Bemidji deputy.

A 10-episode limited series, Fargo is written by Noah Hawley. Emmy Award-winning director Adam Bernstein directed the premiere hour. Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Joel & Ethan Coen and Geyer Kosinski serve as executive producers. Fargo is produced by MGM Television and FX Productions.*

FARGO RELATED LINKS
*Fargo at FX
*Martin Freeman on why he normally would have turned down 'Fargo'
*Martin Freeman: Why the Coen Brothers' movie Fargo works as a TV series
*FX defies logic by reviving indie classic 'Fargo' on the small screen -- and it works
*Fargo the TV series has arrived, with the Coen brothers and Billy Bob Thornton in tow
*Allison Toman Helps Take 'Fargo' to TV
*The Bitter Tundra Returns as 'Fargo' Comes to Television

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*Show synopsis shamelessly cut and pasted from the FX website