Home > Fargo > Season 1 « TV Series Page Fargo: Season 1 (2014) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Want to see Episode List Season 1 Fargo Critics Consensus Based on the film of the same name in atmosphere, style and location only, Fargo presents more quirky characters and a new storyline that is expertly executed with dark humor and odd twists. 97% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 60 97% Audience Score User Ratings: 4169 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1. The Crocodile's Dilemma Air date: Apr 15, 2014 A manipulative drifter preys upon a small-town insurance salesman in the opener of this adaptation of the 1996 Coen brothers film. View Details 2. The Rooster Prince Air date: Apr 22, 2014 Molly becomes suspicious of Lester. Meanwhile, Malvo investigates a blackmail plot. View Details 3. A Muddy Road Air date: Apr 29, 2014 Molly sets a trap. Meanwhile, Gus thinks about coming clean; and Lester returns to work. View Details 4. Eating the Blame Air date: May 6, 2014 Gus tries to fix a mistake. Meanwhile, Molly uncovers a promising lead. View Details 5. The Six Ungraspables Air date: May 13, 2014 Molly makes an unorthodox decision after Lester has a close call. View Details 6. Buridan's Ass Air date: May 20, 2014 Gus and Molly team up. Meanwhile, Malvo puts his master plan into motion. View Details 7. Who Shaves the Barber? Air date: May 27, 2014 Malvo seeks answers. Meanwhile, Molly and Gus have a setback in their investigation. View Details 8. The Heap Air date: Jun 3, 2014 Molly faces pressure to close the case. Meanwhile, things are looking up for Lester. View Details 9. A Fox, a Rabbit and a Cabbage Air date: Jun 10, 2014 Lester has an unexpected encounter. Meanwhile, Malvo changes course. View Details 10. Morton's Fork Air date: Jun 17, 2014 Malvo eyes a new target in the series finale. Elsewhere, Gus pursues a hunch; and Lester manipulates a situation. View Details Fargo: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (36) Tv Season Info A drifter named Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) brings trouble to small-town Minnesota and influences insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) into murder. Meanwhile, a pair of local police officers are trying to piece together a series of murders which they believe is connected to Malvo and Nygaard. Genre: Drama Network: FX Premiere Date: Apr 15, 2014 Creator: Noah Hawley Exec. Producers: Noah Hawley, Adam Bernstein, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Warren Littlefield Cast Billy Bob Thornton as Lorne Malvo Martin Freeman as Lester Nygaard Colin Hanks as Gus Grimly Bob Odenkirk as Deputy Bill Oswalt Adam Goldberg as Mr. Numbers Russell Harvard as Mr. Wrench Allison Tolman as Molly Solverson Glenn Howerton as Don Chumph Joey King as Greta Grimly Joshua Close as Chazz Nygaard Kate Walsh as Gina Hess Oliver Platt as Stavros Milos Peter Breitmayer as Lieutenant Schmidt Rachel Blanchard as Kitty Nygaard Tom Musgrave as Bo Munk Rachel Keller as Simone Gerhardt Keith Carradine as Lou Solverson Julie Ann Emery as Idea Thurman Brian Markinson as Max Gold Shawn Doyle as Vern Thurman Barry Flatman as Wally Semenchko Kelly Holden-Bashar as Pearl Nygaard Show More Cast News & Interviews for Fargo: Season 1 6 TV Shows You Should Binge-Watch This September Billy Bob Thornton Says His Goliath Character Picked Up the Actor’s Bad Habits in Season 2 Writers Guild: 2018 Film and Television Winners Announced View All Fargo: Season 1 News Episodes 1. The Crocodile's Dilemma Air date: Apr 15, 2014 A manipulative drifter preys upon a small-town insurance salesman in the opener of this adaptation of the 1996 Coen brothers film. View Details 2. The Rooster Prince Air date: Apr 22, 2014 Molly becomes suspicious of Lester. Meanwhile, Malvo investigates a blackmail plot. View Details 3. A Muddy Road Air date: Apr 29, 2014 Molly sets a trap. Meanwhile, Gus thinks about coming clean; and Lester returns to work. View Details 4. Eating the Blame Air date: May 6, 2014 Gus tries to fix a mistake. Meanwhile, Molly uncovers a promising lead. View Details 5. The Six Ungraspables Air date: May 13, 2014 Molly makes an unorthodox decision after Lester has a close call. View Details 6. Buridan's Ass Air date: May 20, 2014 Gus and Molly team up. Meanwhile, Malvo puts his master plan into motion. View Details 7. Who Shaves the Barber? Air date: May 27, 2014 Malvo seeks answers. Meanwhile, Molly and Gus have a setback in their investigation. View Details 8. The Heap Air date: Jun 3, 2014 Molly faces pressure to close the case. Meanwhile, things are looking up for Lester. View Details 9. A Fox, a Rabbit and a Cabbage Air date: Jun 10, 2014 Lester has an unexpected encounter. Meanwhile, Malvo changes course. View Details 10. Morton's Fork Air date: Jun 17, 2014 Malvo eyes a new target in the series finale. Elsewhere, Gus pursues a hunch; and Lester manipulates a situation. View Details Critic Reviews for Fargo Season 1 All Critics (60) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (1) Wrap a snowmobile suit around that thin skin of yours, and relish one of the best darn series of the year. Apr 15, 2014 | Full Review… Neal Justin Minneapolis Star Tribune Top Critic There's a considered cleverness and kindness to his [Hawley] scripts that would never fit into the tight margins of a motion picture; it lights this Fargo from within. Apr 15, 2014 | Full Review… Andy Greenwald Grantland Top Critic There is at least one significant link - you'll hoot in recognition - that could be the linchpin of the anthology. We're looking forward plenty of long, cold winters. Apr 15, 2014 | Rating: A | Full Review… Vicki Hyman Newark Star-Ledger Top Critic He [Hawley] makes us care about a wildly exaggerated situation involving characters who, by themselves, would be either 1) dull, 2) psychotic or 3) dumb as a stack of snowballs. Apr 15, 2014 | Full Review… David Hinckley New York Daily News Top Critic The acting and directing are uniformly strong, and the script, by Noah Hawley, proves that everyone who has ever described the Coen brothers' sensibility as "inimitable" was wrong. Apr 15, 2014 | Full Review… Tom Conroy Media Life Top Critic The series, is funnier than the film, more bleakly so. The Coens got brilliant performances out of their film actors and they do here as well -- Thornton especially, who is a magnificent sociopath-monster. Freeman simply reminds everyone how good he is. Apr 15, 2014 | Rating: B- | Full Review… Verne Gay Newsday Top Critic A great take on an original story that we didn't know we needed. [Full review in Spanish]. Apr 28, 2020 | Full Review… Federico Furzan Cinelipsis Fargo is an attempt to adapt the sensibilities and quirks of its movie counterpart, while creating some sort of fresh dramatic tension that makes the show worth watching. Feb 19, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Randy Dankievitch Processed Media The cast is simply excellent. Who knew that Peter Stormare's assassin could be outdone by Billy Bob Thornton? He steals every scene he's in during the first season. Nov 16, 2018 | Full Review… Gem Seddon SFX Magazine The cast is uniformly terrific, so strong and smartly assembled that praising every actor worthy of praise could turn this review into a long laundry list of greatness. Oct 17, 2018 | Full Review… Jen Chaney Esquire Magazine This was a brilliant opening episode that hit the ground at a sprint, and the next nine episodes have instantly become mandatory viewing. Jul 23, 2018 | Full Review… Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk Utterly unpredictable and left me pondering it for hours afterwards. Jul 18, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Claudia Connell Daily Mail (UK) View All Critic Reviews (60) Audience Reviews for Fargo: Season 1 Aug 07, 2020 Brilliant adaptation of the original Fargo film. Amazing setting, great characters and endless black comedy twists and turns - when you think it can't get any worse, the digging just keeps on! An absolute must watch. Justin T Jul 24, 2020 A gripping blend of dark comedy, allegory, and crime drama. All the characters have clear, completed story arcs that balance and complement each other. Highly recommended for those that like quirky, realist fable. earso e Jun 09, 2020 Great season! Been hearing great things about it for ages and finally made the leap and just watched it. Binged the entire season. The story telling is so amazing, love the relationship between Molly and Gus. It describes the classic male and female gender roles with so much more nuance then I ever see. Jacqueline T May 28, 2020 This was absolutely perfect. I haven't seen an spin off done this well since Ash vs The Evil Dead. AverageJoe O May 26, 2020 Added flavor living nextdoor to Minnesota and hearing the accent Raisul S May 22, 2020 Love it. Wanted to binge the whole season in one sitting! Decided to savor one episode a day. Billy Bob Thorton was phenomenal! His performance was simply brilliant. Like a force of pure evil and genius coming over this small town and it's residents. Freeman is equally captivating as we watch the evolution of his character Lester from unlucky, passive, and inconsequential to sociopathic ego maniac. It's also hilarious and wickedly clever. Outstanding! Amy B May 03, 2020 When I first watched the Series 1 E 01 had no idea what this series headed for, no sooner till the 2nd series end, I was blown way by the brilliance of the ambience of the whole series. This is something very distinctive to other stories we see in any mode. Jude P Apr 02, 2020 The beginning of the best show on television, Fargo, starts towards the end of the timeline played by one of the most likable characters ever put to screen who also just happens to be, y'know, a murderer. Heck, aren't they all? Cause I'm not talking about Billy Bob Thornton over here. This is one of the tightest (and most tragic) plots yet on the show, the humor and drama balancing out the odd crime shenanigans that could only happen where everyone's Minnesota Nice. Just try it, please. Don'cha know it has a 97% on Rotton Tomatoes from both critics AND audiences?! Daniel M Feb 23, 2020 Incredible! I love almost everything HBO touches -- and "Fargo" is definitely something they've perfected. Viktor E Jan 29, 2020 One of best limited TV series I've ever watched. Billy Bob Thornton was chilling as Lorne Malvo. Allison Tolman [Molly Solverson] and Martin Freeman [Lester Nygaard] also provided unforgettable performances. Add a stunningly good screenplay to the mix and you have Fargo Season One. It just doesn't get any better than this. 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