Fargo

I'm Jerry Lundegaard.

You're Jerry Lundegaard?

Yeah.

Shep Proudfoot said...

Shep said you'd be here at 7:30. What gives, man?

Shep said 8:30.

We've been sitting here an hour.

He's peed three times already.

I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30.

It was a mix-up, I guess.

You got the car?

Yeah. You bet.

It's out in the lot there, brand-new, burnt umber Cierra.

Yeah, okay. Well, sit down, then.

I'm Carl Showalter.

This is my associate, Gaear Grimsrud.

Yeah. How you doing?

So, we all set on this thing, then?

Sure, Jerry. We're all set. Why wouldn't we be?

Yeah, no, I'm sure you are.

Shep vouched for you and all.

I got every confidence here in you fellas.

I guess that's it, then.

Here are the keys.

No, that's not it, Jerry.

Huh?

The new vehicle plus $40,000.

Yeah, but the deal was the car first,

then the 40,000, like as if it was the ransom.

I thought Shep told you.

Shep didn't tell us much, Jerry.

Well, okay...

Except that you were gonna be here at 7:30.

Yeah, well, that was a mix-up, then.

Yeah, you already said that.

Yeah, but it's not a whole pay-in-advance deal.

See, I give you a brand-new vehicle in advance, and then...

I'm not gonna debate you, Jerry.

Okay.

I'm not gonna sit here and debate.

I will say this, though.

What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.

Oh, no. It's real sound. It's all worked out.

You want your own wife kidnapped.

Yeah.

You...

My point is,

you pay the ransom, what, 80,000 bucks?

I mean, you give us half the ransom, 40,000, you keep half.

It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It doesn't make any sense.

Okay, see, it's not me paying the ransom.

The thing is, my wife, she's wealthy.

Her dad, he's real well-off.

Now, I'm in a bit of trouble.

What kind of trouble you in, Jerry?

Well, that's... I'm not gonna get into...

See, I just need the money.

Now, her dad, he's real well-off.

So, why don't you just ask him for the money?

Or your fucking wife, you know?

Or your fucking wife, Jerry?

Well...

It's all part of this...

They don't know I need it, see?

Okay, so there's that. And even if they did, I wouldn't get it,

so there's that on top, then.

See, these are personal matters.

Personal matters?

Yeah, personal matters that needn't...

Okay, Jerry.

You're tasking us to perform this mission, but you won't...

You won't...

Fuck it. Let's take a look at that Cierra.

Hon?

Hi, hon! Welcome back!

How was Fargo?

Yeah, real good.

Dad's here.

...leads the Badgers in goal production with five this year.

How you doing, Wade?

Yeah, pretty good.

What you watching there?

Gophers.

Who they playing?

Ooh!

Is he staying for supper, then?

Yeah. I think so.

Dad? What?

Are you staying for supper?

Yeah.

May I be excused?

You done there?

Uh-huh. I'm going out.

Where are you going? Just out.

Just McDonald's.

Back at 9:30. Okay.

He just ate. He didn't finish.

Going to McDonald's instead of finishing here.

He sees his friends there. It's okay.

It's okay, McDonald's?

What do you think they do there?

They don't drink milk shakes, I assure you.

It's okay, Dad.

Wade, have you had a chance to think about

that deal I was talking about,

those 40 acres there, in Wayzata?

You told me about it.

Yeah, you said you'd have to think about it.

I understand. It's a lot of money.

It's a heck of a lot. What did you say you were gonna put there?

A lot. It's a...

I know it's a lot.

I mean a parking lot.

Well, 750,000 is a lot.

Yeah, well, it's a chunk, but...

I had a couple lots, late 50s. Lost a lot of money.

A lot of money. Yeah, but the difference...

I thought you were gonna show it to Stan Grossman.

He passes on this stuff before it gets kicked up to me.

Well, Stan'll say, "No dice." That's why you pay him.

I'm asking you here, Wade.

This could work out real good for me and Jean and Scotty.

Jean and Scotty never have to worry.

Where is Pancakes House?

What?

We stop at Pancakes House.

What are you, nuts? We had pancakes for breakfast.

Gotta go to a place where I can get a shot

and a beer and a steak, maybe.

Not more fucking pancakes. Come on.

Oh, come on, man.

Okay. Here's an idea.

We can stop outside of Brainerd.

I know a place there where we can get laid. What do you think?

I'm fucking hungry now, you know.

Yeah, yeah, Jesus. I'm saying we can stop, get pancakes,

and then we'll get laid, all right?

Lou Diamond, line one.

We sat right here in this room

and went over this and over this.

Yeah, but that TruCoat...

I sat right here and said I didn't want any TruCoat.

Yeah, but I'm saying that TruCoat.

You don't get it, you get oxidation problems.

It'll cost you a heck of a lot more than $500.

You're sitting there.

You're talking in circles.

You're talking like we didn't go over this already.

Yeah, but this TruCoat...

We had a deal here for 19,500.

You sat there and darned if you didn't tell me

you'd get me this car, these options,

without the sealant, for 19,500.

All right, I'm not saying I didn't.

You called me 20 minutes ago and said

you had it ready to make delivery.

You says, "Come on down and get it."

And here you are, and you're wasting my time and my wife's time,

and I'm paying 19,500 for this vehicle here.

All right.

I'll talk to my boss.

See, they install that TruCoat at the factory.

There's nothing we can do, but I'll talk to my boss.

These guys here. These guys.

It's always the same. It's always more.

You going to the Gophers on Sunday?

Oh, you betcha.

You wouldn't have an extra ticket?

You kidding?

Well,

he never done this before,

but seeing as it's special circumstances and all,

he says I can knock $100 off that TruCoat.

100?

You lied to me, Mr. Lundegaard.

You're a bald-faced liar.

Bucky, please.

A fucking liar.

Bucky, please.

Where's my goddamn checkbook?

Let's get this over with.

Where is it?

From Hollywood, The Tonight Show, starring...

I am talking about your potential.

Mmm-hmm.

You're not a C student.

Yeah.

Yet you're getting C grades.

It's that disparity there that concerns your dad and me.

Uh-huh.

You know what a disparity is?

Yeah!

Okay! Well, that's why we...

We don't want you going out for hockey.

Oh, man!

Come on. What's the big deal? It's just an hour...

Hold on.

What's the big deal?

Hello?