Fargo

Mr. Nygaard?

Oh, you betcha.

She's a beaut. Yeah.

Got the low water feature but don't skimp on torque.

Am I taking the old one?

Yeah, if that's--

They said on the phone it'd be no problem.

Oh, sure. It's no problem.

The t-160, huh?

Mm. Yeah.

Jeez.

See why you're trading her in.

She's a real lemon.

Motor mount. Chinese used plastic screws.

Bet she bucked like a bronco.

You do not know the half of it.

Stopped making 'em pretty quick.

Recalled, I think.

Surprised to see her, truth be told.

You'd be better off washing your clothes between two rocks,

You know what I mean?

[delivery man continues chattering indistinctly]

[cheerful whistling begins again]

They got chazz up at faribault till the trial.

Gordo's at red wing, which is--

Well, you know, at least they're close.

His lawyer thinks we can plea it down to probation,

Time served.

For murder?

No, gordo... Oh.

On the gun charge. Yeah.

Chazz? Well, good riddance.

Don't care what that man gets. No, sir.

Not after what he did.

Killing my wife, you mean?

Oh. Well, yeah.

Yeah, of course that.

But also--

Well, I mean, look at me.

I was miss hubbard county, for pete's sake.

You don't cheat on miss hubbard county.

I just don't believe it, you know?

I mean, just three weeks ago,

We were sitting around the table...

Eating ham.

And now gordo's having his night terrors again.

Plus, we have to sell everything

To pay the legal bills.

Did you know...

Chazz bought a time share in a boat?

Well, didn't even know that was a thing.

Yeah, it's a thing.

So if there's anything from the house you want--

You know, like I was thinking maybe chazz's hunting gear--

I boxed it up for you.

Not sure it's anything you want.

Oh, sure. That'd--that'd be fine.

Thank you.

Well...

Listen. If there's anything I can do.

Oh, lester, you are so sweet.

I am the one who should be saying that

After what he did to you, my husband.

Ooh, what'd you get?

New washer.

The old one--

Well, I had to get rid of everything from the basement,

You know, on account of all the--

You deserve it, lester.

All good things, you deserve.

[variation on beethoven's ninth symphony]

Back to it, then?

Looks like.

Doc cleared me for duty, so--

Ooh.

More flowers came for you from duluth.

A smarter man would think you were being wooed.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Put 'em up where we can see 'em at least.

So you got a strategy on this lester thing?

Well, I'm just gonna walk in and say, "bill, we--"

If you think it's best.

The direct approach.

Your point being?

Got no point.

Okay.

Bye, dad.

Chief, are you busy?

What's that?

Said, "are you busy?"

Got a request for your attendance.

Can it wait?

I just ate an omelet.

Waiting for it to digest.

Oh, yeah? What kind?

Well, it was mushrooms and cheese.

Sally make it? yeah.

She wrapped it in tinfoil to keep it warm.

Molly needs you is the thing.

Asked me to see if you'd come down to the staff room.

She's back already?

Yep. Hmm.

Thought I had another day.

All right.

Let's go see what we're gonna do today.

There she is, the gunfighter.

Hey, chief.

Nice collage.

You take up basket weaving too in your downtime?

Yeah, it's just some loose ends I wanted to--

Molly, before you--

I want you to know--

I'm not too proud to say

I was wrong on the lester case.

I had the wrong idea.

I thought it was a drifter thing,

Which was the wrong way to go, clearly.

But, you know, some good police work,

And we caught the guy, so--

Well, that-- that's the problem,

Actually, is that you're still--

still what?

Wrong.

I'm sorry-- I mean, no disrespect.

It's just--

It doesn't make any sense.

I mean-- I mean, the brother?

With all the things we know are true?

I've been lying in bed just thinking about this.

And for example, okay, if it was the brother,

Then how do we explain the phone call

From lester's to the motel--

Molly, darn it now, just--

You can't keep going over--

It's time.

You got to let it go.

We did our job.

The brother nygaard killed the wife.

And he cornered and shot the chief.

And lester was covering for him

On account of the brother thing,

Which explains--

We had drinks to celebrate.

I had a greyhound

And knutson had-- what was it with the cherry?

A rob roy.

Rob roy. Yeah.

You had a few of them, if I'm not mistaken.

what about the hess case?

What about it?

It's still open, yeah?

Yeah, no. See...

We're checking to see if the hooker had a boyfriend.

Jealous type, you know?

Didn't like her getting tooled by

Every tom, dick, and jane, but otherwise--

Who's working that now? Terry.

Well, that's good. Yeah.

Except terry doesn't always know

Which end of a mop to use to wash the floor.

He's not the brightest bulb. I'll give you that.

But he's soldiering through.

Well, good for him.

Except I'm back now.

No. Chief, please.

No, molly, deputy.

Now, I would give it to you,

I would, except we both know in two days,

I'd be back in this room with you pointing at names

On that whiteboard and me chewing my tie.

Just please, chief, for pete's sake,

I've got evidence that puts lester nygaard

In a room with a known killer on the day of the hess murder,

And then the next night, lester called the guy.

He called him at the motel. Look,

You can't--that's just how it is sometimes.

Life.

You know, you go to bed unsatisfied.

They're calling lottery numbers on the tv,

And you get the first few,

And already in your mind,

You're buying a jet or a fjord or whatever,

But it's just not meant to be.

It's just not meant to be.

Hey, look.

We're all real glad to have you back, okay?

You're a heck of a police officer.

Tell her about the cake.

The guys are gonna have a cake for you later.

Try to look surprised.

It's... It's really something.

It's got an assault rifle on top

Made of frosting,

Which I don't know how they do that.

But--

Heya, lester.

I like your tie.

Thank you.

I got it online.

Oh, yeah? Uh-huh.