Fargo Anthology Series: Every Season, Explained
Based on the 1996 Coen Brothers’ film of the same name, Fargo is one of the most prominent and successful anthology TV series of the last decade. The black comedy crime series shares continuity and stylistic elements with the film and often references it. But the cast of characters is not only original to the show, it routinely resets as each season depicts a different mystery in the American Midwest. This differs sharply from other television series based on famous source material, which tend to emphasize connections to the original texts. But Fargo’s standalone anthology approach has worked spectacularly well,…