Fargo
Season 1
10 listed hours · 2014–2024 · FX
From the desk
How this season is filed
Noah Hawley’s FX anthology inherits the Coens’ snow and moral geometry: Midwestern manners, sudden violence, and seasons that argue with each other about what niceness costs.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Fargo (2014–2024) on FX as the first listed season of 5 — 10 listed hours, 2014-04-15–2014-06-17 from “The Crocodile's Dilemma” (S01E01) to “Morton's Fork” (S01E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 The Crocodile's Dilemma
The dialect lesson: a meeting that sets an ordinary man on a path and a predator on a town. Niceness as kindling.
- S01E06 Buridan's Ass
Blizzard as ethics exam. Choices pile up until the weather does the editing.
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S01E01 The Crocodile's Dilemma
A ruthless, manipulative man meets a small town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction.
Pilot note — From the desk: Fargo opens its catalog run with “The Crocodile's Dilemma” (2014-04-15). Anthology crime done with moral clarity, absurdism, and casting fireworks. Billy Bob / Malvo menace lore and each season's "is this the best one?" fight.
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S01E02 The Rooster Prince
Molly begins to suspect that Lester is involved with the murders, but her new boss points her in a different direction. Meanwhile, Malvo investigates the blackmail plot against a man known as the Supermarket King.
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S01E03 A Muddy Road
Malvo flips the script on the blackmail operation, Molly sets a trap, and Gus debates whether he should come clean. Meanwhile, Lester's return to work has complicated repercussions.
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S01E04 Eating the Blame
When Gus tries to right a wrong, Malvo embraces his alter ego. Lester finds himself in a surprising situation, and Molly uncovers a promising lead.
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S01E05 The Six Ungraspables
When Lester has a close call, Molly makes an unorthodox decision. Gus weighs some neighborly advice, and Malvo gets what he wants.
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S01E06 Buridan's Ass
Malvo executes his master plan, while Lester attempts to craft one of his own. Gus and Molly team up in Duluth.
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S01E07 Who Shaves the Barber?
Malvo seeks answers, while Lester finagles a few of his own. Molly and Gus try to get past a setback in the investigation.
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S01E08 The Heap
Molly faces pressure to close the case, while Lester starts to feel like a new man.
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S01E09 A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage
Lester has an unexpected encounter, Malvo changes course, and a new investigation leads Molly down a familiar path.
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S01E10 Morton's Fork
Molly takes the lead, while Gus pursues a hunch. Lester manipulates a situation, and Malvo finds a new target.
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