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Within the fandom community, FX is recognized as the network that aired the fifth season of Fargo, which is the first of the series to have no connection to either a previous season or the 1996 film, though it makes several homages to the latter. The season was originally scheduled to premiere in September 2023, but was delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. FX Networks released the season's full trailer on October 25, 2023. The season premiered on FX on November 21, 2023, with the first two episodes, with the rest debuting weekly.

In Their Own Story

In the fall of 2019, a seemingly typical Midwestern housewife named Dorothy "Dot" Lyon living in Scandia, Minnesota, inadvertently lands herself in hot water with the authorities after a middle school board meeting gone wrong. Her mysterious past comes back to haunt her, setting off a chain of events that involves a corrupt constitutional sheriff, a 500-year-old sin-eater, and the billionaire CEO of the largest debt collection agency in the U.S. The ten-episode season follows Dot's struggle to protect her family while confronting the violent ghosts of her former life as Nadine Tillman.

Reader's Guide

Noah Hawley served as showrunner for the fifth season, which was produced by FX Productions and MGM Television. The season stars Juno Temple as Dorothy "Dot" Lyon, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Lorraine Lyon, David Rysdahl as Wayne Lyon, Joe Keery as Gator Tillman, Lamorne Morris as Whitley "Witt" Farr, Richa Moorjani as Indira Olmstead, Sam Spruell as Ole Munch, Dave Foley as Danish Graves, Sienna King as Scotty Lyon, and Jon Hamm as Roy Tillman. Filming started on October 17, 2022 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The season received strong reviews, with many critics calling it a return to form for the show and favorably comparing it to the first two seasons. It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film and Best Actor and Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for Hamm and Temple, respectively.

Did You Know?

• Fargo: Year Five is the first season of the series to have no connection to either a previous season or the 1996 film, though it makes several homages to the latter.
• The season was originally scheduled to premiere in September 2023, but was delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes.
• Sam Spruell's character Ole Munch is described as a 500-year-old sin-eater originally from Wales.
• Filming for the season started on October 17, 2022 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
• The season was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film and Best Actor and Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for Jon Hamm and Juno Temple, respectively.