Fargo

precedently on fargo...

Who?

Fargo.

freeze! Police officer!

Halt!

That cop, the female, says you're a suspect.

Suspect of what?

for pearl, the chief,

Even sam hess.

If you want this to go away,

You gotta give 'em someone.

it's good waffles, hon.

it's a mix.

Who's ready for seconds?

gordo?

yeah?

What you doing there? Reading a comic.

It's breakfast time, though. Supposed to be family time.

yeah, put the comic away, huh?

one more page.

that's not-- it's breakfast, mister.

Family time. You heard your mother.

700 to 1,000 people are without power...

your mom needs help after school.

Got hockey.

After hockey then.

Supposed to play with kevin.

Well, you can play with kevin tomorrow.

It's time you learned some responsibility.

Ooh, hon, listen to this.

Meteorologists are saying the incident

Was probably caused by a tornado

Which sucked up water and fish from a lake

And dropped them miles away.

And we'll have more on this developing news story

A little later tonight

Along with our meteorologist's take on... The darndest thing.

Come on, bud, get your boots on.

You don't wanna be late for the bus.

Kiss, kiss. Kiss, kiss, kiss.

Mwah. Love ya.

and me?

dad.

On what reporters are calling the storm of the century.

Plow drivers have been working for 24 hours straight

Without rest, and though exhausted,

We spoke to one earlier today...

No funny stuff today.

So then neo's like, "I'm the one."

And agent what's-his-name is like--

"the sound of inevitability."

Yeah, and he's got him, right? Around the neck.

Oh, it hurt me a little. Don't be such a baby.

Guys. So they're on the tracks, right?

And the train's coming. Stop--

And neo says, "no way, huh?"

And he--

Uh...

So we're in the room with the stripper, yeah?

And blackman wants to know how much for a blumkin.

Which I'm like, "what the heck is that?"

Blackman. Yeah, so he says,

"you know, why not stick around and find out?"

And I'm like--

mr. Nygaard, your wife is on one.

Yeah, I'll call her back.

Oh, no, she said it's urgent.

Yeah, hon?

chazz, the cops are here.

Gordo's been arrested, and the cops are here.

Whoa, whoa, slow down.

What do you mean the cops are there?

In the house.

They say that gordo brought a gun to school,

And they're tearing up the house.

They say they got a search warrant.

don't--don't let them.

I'll be right there.

Just--I'll be right there.

I'm coming! Chazz, what have you done?

I'm on my way! Chazz?

no.

Wait, hold on!

what?

You son of a bitch! He's my baby!

Now, I got--

I got permits for those. You son of a bitch!

Now, bill oswalt, hold on--

Son of a bitch!

I can explain that.

I--

what have you done?

Son of a bitch!

[rhythmic thumping continues]

[thumping and gurgling sounds]

Oh, hey.

Bill.

Busy morning, huh?

Is there a...Some kinda development with the case?

Is that why I'm--

Where's the female deputy? Is she--

She got shot, lester.

She got-- in duluth.

I should be up there right now,

But then there's this mess.

I don't even know where to start.

It's like when you see on the news

A boat sinks in india

And 300 people drown, and you ask yourself,

"do I know 300 people?"

Or one of those african massacres

With 12-year-olds with machetes,

And they kill-- you can't even--

You can't even count that high.

We lost 16 people in 1920

To the flu.

I looked it up.

In '78, six people died in a pharmacy fire,

But nothing like this ever.

Three people murdered in two days,

Including the chief of police,

Lenny potts missing, and a cop shot.

And now a kid brings a gun to school.

A kid?

It was gordo, lester.

Gordo? My gordo?

He had a handgun in his backpack,

Unloaded, thank gosh.

But still, you can't-- not with the current climate--

Is he in trouble?

Is he--he brought a gun to school!

And still-- gordo's the least of this.

We searched the house.

And, lester, I gotta tell you,

I don't know whether to--

After all these years,

I like to think that you could've come to me,

You could've trusted me as a friend with--

We know you were in the room

When vern was shot.

You had a shotgun pellet in your hand,

Same as killed vern.

Was your wife having an affair?

With chazz?

Mm-hmm.

We found a photo.

Photos. At his place.

Suggestive.

I don't wanna talk about it.

Boudoir photos.

And a pair of-- bill!

Yeah, and I know--

I know how much you loved her.

I remember

Ninth grade science class, mrs. Nagutuck.

Pearl walks in the first day of class

And sits down, and you look at me--

"I'm gonna marry that girl one day."

But she was always--

I know this is outta line, but...

We all heard the stories.

But to sleep with your own brother?

I know.

God-- your own brother!

And what then?

She tells him it's over and he--

We all know your brother had a temper.

He broke a guy's nose once

Just for crackin' wise at the state fair.

Ha! I remember!

Had to do community service.

So what, she cuts it off, the affair,

And then he--

All I know is that I came home from work,

And they were arguing in the basement.

I heard the voices. I thought, is that chazz?

And so I went over to the top of the stairs

To hear, you know?

And she says, uh,

"love? Is that what you think this is?"

Or something like that.

She laughs.

And then she says,

"you know, you're not half the man your brother is."

Then I hear this sound.

This...