MAN: Precedently on Fargo...
Who? (GROANING)
Fargo!
MOLLY: Freeze! Police officer!
(GUN SHOTS)
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That cop, the female, says you are a suspect.
Suspect of what?
CHAZ: For Pearl, the Chief... even Sam Hess.
If you want this to go away, you gotta give 'em someone.
CHAZ: It's good waffles, hon.
KITTY: It's a mix.
Who's ready for seconds?
KITTY: Gordo? GORDO: Yeah.
KITTY: Watcha doing there? GORDO: Reading a comic.
KITTY: It's breakfast time, though. It's supposed to be family time.
CHAZ: Yeah, put your comic away, huh?
GORDO: One more page. CHAZ: That's not...
CHAZ: It's breakfast, mister, family time.
You heard your mother.
NEWSCASTER: 700 to 1,000 people are without power...
CHAZ: Your mom needs help after school.
Got hockey.
After hockey, then.
I'm supposed to play with Kevin.
Well, you can play with Kevin tomorrow.
It's time you learned some responsibility.
...thousands of fish fell from the sky. Oh, hon, listen to this.
Meteorologists are saying the incident was probably caused by a tornado,
which sucked up water and fish from a lake and dropped them off miles away.
And we'll have more on this developing news story a little later tonight,
along with our meteorologist's take on exactly what happened...
The darndest thing. Come on, bud, get your boots on.
KITTY: You don't wanna be late for the bus.
Kiss, kiss. Kiss, kiss, kiss.
...crews are out in force this morning, and will be working around the clock
to keep roads as clear as possible. Love you.
CHAZ: And me? GORDO: Dad.
...as cleanup continues on what reporters are calling
the storm of the century.
Plow drivers have been working
for 24 hours straight without rest and feel exhausted.
We spoke to one earlier today...
No funny stuff today.
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)
So then, Neo's like, "I'm the One,"
and Agent What's-his-name is like...
"The sound of inevitability." Yeah.
And he's got him, right? Around the neck.
You're hurting me a little. Don't be such a baby.
Guys.
So they're on the tracks, right? And the train's coming.
And Neo says, "No way." And he...
(GASPS)
Uh...
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(RAPID KNOCKING)
(RADIO CHATTER)
So we're in the room with the stripper, yeah?
And Blackman wants to know how much for a blumkin.
Which, I'm like... "What the heck is that?"
Blackman. (CHUCKLES) Yeah.
So he says, you know, "Why not stick around and find out?"
And I'm like...
SECRETARY: Mr. Nygaard, your wife is on one.
Yeah, I'll call her back.
Oh, no, she said it's urgent.
Yeah, hon.
KITTY: Chaz, the cops are here.
Gordo's been arrested and the cops are here.
Whoa, whoa, slow down.
What do you mean the cops are there? In the house.
They think that Gordo brought a gun to school.
And they're tearing up the house.
They say they got a search warrant.
(LOWERS VOICE) Don't... Don't let them. I... I'll be right there.
Just... I'll be right there!
Chaz, what have you done? I'm coming! I'm on my way!
Chaz?
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
CHAZ: Now...
Wait, hold on!
Hold on a minute What? (INCOHERENT YELLING)
You son of a bitch! He's my baby!
No, I got... I got permits for those. You son of a bitch!
Now, Bill Oswalt, hold on...
Son of a bitch!
I can explain that. I...
(KITTY PANTING)
KITTY: What have you done?
(GASPS)
KITTY: (MUFFLED SHOUTING) What have you done?
KITTY: You son of a bitch!
I hate you.
Hey. Bill...
(CLEARS THROAT)
Busy morning, huh?
(SIGHS)
ls there...
some kind of development with the case?
Is that why I'm...
Where's the female deputy?
She got shot, Lester.
She got... In Duluth.
I should be up there right now,
but then there's this mess.
I don't even know where to start.
It's like... When you see on the news... A boat sinks in India
and 300 people drown.
And you ask yourself, "Do I know 300 people?"
Or one of those African massacres with 12 year-olds with machetes.
And they kill, You can't even...
you can't even count that high.
We lost 16 people in 1920 to the flu. I looked it up.
In '78, six people died in a pharmacy fire.
But nothing like this, ever.
Three people murdered in two days,
including the Chief of Police...
Lenny Potts missing...
and a cop shot. And now a kid brings a gun to school.
A kid?
It was Gordo, Lester.
Gordo? My Gordo?
He had a handgun in his backpack. Unloaded, thank gosh.
But still, you can't Not with the current climate.
Is he in trouble?
Is he... He brought a gun to school!
And still, Gordo's the least of this. We searched the house.
And, Lester, I gotta tell ya, I don't know whether to...
After all these years,
I'd like to ihink that you could've... come to me.
You could've trusted me as a friend with...
(SIGHS)
We know you were in the room when Vern was shot.
You had a shotgun pellet in your hand, same as killed Vern.
(SIGHS)
Was your wife having an affair?
With Chaz?
Mmm-hmm.
(SIGHS)
We found a photo... photos...
at his place... suggestive...
I don't wanna talk about...
...boudoir photos and a pair of...
Bill... Yeah. And I know...
I know how much you loved her. I remember.
Ninth grade science class, Mrs. Nagutuck...
Pearl walks in the first day of class
and sits down and you look at me...
"I'm gonna marry that girl one day."
But she was always...
I know this is out of line, but...
we all heard the stories.
But to sleep with your own brother? I know.
God! Your own brother!
And what then? She tells him it's over and he...
We all know your brother had a temper.
He broke a guy's nose once just
for cracking wise at the state fair.
Yeah! I remember. He had to do community service.
So what? She cuts it off, the affair, and then he...
(CLEARS THROAT)
All I know is that I came home from work
and they were arguing in the basement.
I heard the voices. I thought, "Is that Chaz?"
And so I went over to the top
of the stairs to hear, you know.
And she says...
Uh...
"Love? is that what you think this is?" Or something like that.
And she laughs.
And then she says,
"You know, you're not half the man your brother is."
Then I hear this sound. This... (SNAPS)
I'll never forget it. So... Um...
...I run downstairs and.“
...there's Chaz. And he's got the hammer...
And he looks up at me and says, "Oh, geez, Lester.
"What did I..."
(CLEARS THROAT)
I'm upset.
(CLEARS THROAT)
I try to get to Pearl, you know, to check if she's...
And Chaz says to me, "Lester, this was an accident."
And I'm... "An accident?“ He hit her with a hammer.
(CLEARS THROAT)
And... he raises up the hammer again. He's still looking at me.
I don't know if he's gonna... or what.
So I say, something like, "Chaz, what the heck..."
(STAMMERS)
(CLEARS THROAT) And the doorbell rings.
Vern? Mmm-hmm.
I wanted to say something, Bill. I swear.
But Chaz, you know, he's...
You were afraid? Oh, I was afraid. (CHUCKLES)
And Chaz is my only brother.
(CLEARS THROAT)
So then what happens? So then we go upstairs...
(CLEARS THROAT)
and Chaz says, "Take care of it."
And he goes in the back.
Where you kept the shotgun. Where I kept the shotgun.
I should have thought about the shotgun. I know, I know.
But I... I was in shock.
So I let Vern in, and right away, I think to tell him,
to say what's happened.
Because Pearl could still be alive downstairs,
there might still be time to...
And then Chaz comes in with the shotgun.
I should've stopped him.
I should've said right away...
"Chaz is in the house and he's..."
But I was afraid, like you said.
And now... And now, it's...
Bill, if you think that makes me guilty of something, then...
Oh, I want you to throw the book at me. Put me in jail.
'Cause I loved her, you know, Pearl. Despite all...
She was...
She was my wife.
Lester? Lester!
Lester, what did you do?
Lester!
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTING)
MOLLY: Freeze! Police officer!
MAN: Halt!
She's awake.
Hey.
What happened?
Um, you got shot.
Just go outside now, okay? Why?
Just do it.
Did we get him? Who?
Malvo.
I had him and...
Till this other fella popped up.
Um...
Look now, I gotta tell you something.
Do you know what happened to the fella I shot?
Is he...
He's... They got him upstairs... in Intensive.
I shot him twice.
Just like they teach you...
center mass.
And him with a bazooka. (CHUCKLES)
How the heck did I do that?
'Cause you're you.
Look, here's the...
(SNIFFLES) Uh...
I shot you.
Well, that don't make sense.
You... you ran off.
And I couldn't see anything, you know? I mean...
not that that's any...
There's... there's no excuse for it, for what I did.
You were out there...
alone, needing back up and I...
What's! I lose?
A spleen.
Oh...
I'll get you a new one, I swear.
Yeah, you better.
(SIGHS) There's gonna be an inquiry.
I... I was too shook up at the scene to...
but... I'll...
I'll confess.
They'll probably take my badge,
but with all that's happened,
that's likely best. So...
Come on now.
You said yourself it was...
a blizzard and whiteout conditions.
And I...
I could have shot you just as easy.
I... I've just been messing things up from the go.
Hey, now.
That's enough of that.
(SNIFFLING)
You want some pop or something...
No, but I want a new spleen, that's... what I want.
So... you know... you better get cracking, mister.
Dad... who's watching the restaurant?
Screw the damn restaurant.
I guess we both got bullet holes now, huh?
(SCOFFS)
(SIGHS)
You got premium channels?
MOLLY: I'm not sure. I just woke up.
(MAN ON TV) ...this work that is extremely difficult.
The bark beetle carries the worm to its nest.
ANNOUNCER: He shoots, he scores!
LOU: Gophers are playing.
If that's what you wanna watch.
Ben Schmidt says you put down a guy with an assault rifle.
(ANNOUNCER CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND)
Well, he was pointing it at me.
Yeah.
Proud of you.
(SIGHS)
Hmm...
All right.
MAN: Cleaners? Hi. Yeah, I got...
How you doin' there then?
I'm real good now. How are you?
You know, can't complain. Wife's got a bit of a cold,
but that's lite, right? Sure.
Well, my house needs...
It's... I'm not gonna lie. It's a real mess.
(LAUGHING) That's our bread and butter.
Well, do you fellas do crime scenes?
Had a breakin, huh?
Yeah, it's a little worse than a breakin.
A lot of broken glass or... I'd rather not get...
Sometimes they defecate in your...
Oh, let's just say there's a lot of blood.
Hello?
TRAINER: Good!
And twist!
And front!
And side!
And two...
and three and good!
Left arm.
And bend... bend...
bend.
Good!
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
WOMAN: It's one story. WOMAN 2: One story...
So I notice you got a pin on your map in every state but Georgia.
What the hell do you got against Georgia?
My first wife.
She was Korean.
She used to spit at me when we had sex.
Can I sit?
Or... did you wanna kill me standing?
Two hombres took a run at me in Duluth.
Mexicans?
That's the wrong part of the sentence to be focusing on.
The point is, they said Fargo sent them.
So I have two questions.
First...
did you tell these boys where to find me?
Second...
who do I see about this in Fargo?
Look... you know I can't...
Did you put them on me?
No. of course not.
But you gotta understand...
this is a business of relationships.
I can't just... Of relationships?
Right.
And... well...
it's not my position professionally to get involved in squabbles.
Especially not of a private nature.
How do you know it's private?
If people are unhappy with our services... they call.
A guy screws up, arrangements are made...
a cash settlement.
If that's not enough, he'd break a leg or an arm.
But no calls...
not about you.
So whatever it is...
it's gotta be personal.
It doesn't matter. It's the principle.
This one calls an ambulance. That one calls a hearse.
I'm gonna ask you again.
And depending on the answer...
I pick up this or that
Who do I talk to in Fargo?
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
You remember me?
Um...
Dead.
Can...
Can you talk? Speak, I mean.
Right. But you... you read lips?
Okay.
You know I'm the one who shot you, yeah?
Do you remember me from before?
In Bemidji?
The insurance office.
You were talking to Lester Nygaard.
It just hit me, lying in bed thinking about that...
what happened, you know.
Hold the phone, I know that fella. (CHUCKLES)
Did you come here looking for Malvo?
For...
Lorne...
Malvo. Lorne Malvo?
Did Lester tell you where to find him?
It hurts. Yeah... mine, too.
You know, it's crazy. I never shot anyone before.
I'm gathering this wasn't your first time, though.
Look at us.
And you got a dad somewhere I bet, just like me.
And I mean, what's the point, you know?
Because here you are and... your friend is dead.
And you're gonna spend the rest of your life in jail.
And for what?
Okay.
Okay, Mr. Nygaard.
I gotta ask you to stand and put your back to the bars.
Listen, Officer, this is a huge mistake.
(STAMMERS)
This is a setup. Sir.
Do you understand? Evidence has been planted...
Sir, turn and back towards me...
It's been falsified and if I...
...or I'm gonna have to tase you!
...could just talk to my brother...
This is a nightmare.
You...
You gotta believe me. I didn't do these things.
Not for me to say, sir.
Where are you... Transfer to county.
You'll be there until the trial...
or until you make bail.
BO MUNK: Jeez, Lester. Oh, hey.
I heard you got arrested.
Well, you know how it is. Had a few too many,
slept it off at the station. (CHUCKLES)
Who can blame you really... after what you've been through.
Yeah. Yeah.
They were real sweet to me.
I'm the victim here, you know.
Of course. So...
what's on the agenda for today?
I'm ready to go... you know... start fresh.
I... I can work late even.
There's nothing at home but an empty house. So...
Right. Well...
I was just about to call the widow Hess.
Yeah, her claim's been denied.
You don't say. Yeah.
It seems Sam stopped paying the premium. (SCOFFS)
A shame, really.
I mean, good for us. That was a big policy.
Well, she's not gonna be happy about that.
No, she's not.
Why don't I take that off your plate?
Really?
I mean, I don't know. Are you sure you're ready for...
Look, she can't shout at me, right? Not after...
I mean, we're in the same boat.
So I figure I tell her, she has a good cry, and that's that.
Otherwise she's gonna be all claws out.
That makes sense. Yeah. Then it's settled.
I'll head over. You don't wanna just call?
No, in person is better, I think.
Give her a shoulder, you know?
(CLICKS TONGUE)
(WHISTLES)
Come in.
I... brought you some flowers.
Oh, thanks, just put 'em...
What are you...
(SIGHS) on.
It's making my head hurt.
This whole case... all the moving pieces.
I thought I'd put it up, you know, graphically...
see if things made much more sense.
I called back to Bemidji to talk to Bill, but he's...
I don't know. Some kid brought a gun to school or something.
So everyone's kind of running around.
And to be honest, everything they said didn't make much sense anyway.
Who's the deaf fella then?
Fella upstairs, tried to murder me with a bazooka.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
Turns out he can't hear.
And the other fella with his throat cut, I'm guessing he translated.
And they're who now?
(SIGHS) Well... that's the thing.
All I can think is... and maybe this is a stretch,
but heck if I know any other way to think about it.
Sam Hess, right?
So... he owns a trucking company.
And we always thought he had maybe alleged ties to organized crime,
this operation out of Fargo.
So... when Hess gets killed,
I'm thinking maybe Fargo
sends these two boys to figure out what happened.
And how do they end up here?
Well... follow me.
If we think...
which we do...
...that Lester... on the day of the murder...
got bullied by Hess...
and then met Malvo at the hospital.
Right... and hired Malvo to kill Hess.
Which he did.
And then...
these two boys come in from out of town asking questions.
Get to finding Lester.
And he sends 'em here.
So Lester knew that Malvo was here... in Duluth.
It would appear that way, yeah.
Well, that's... that's ammunition, right?
I mean, to go back to Lester.
Oh, yeah. You betcha.
Took forever, but I got 'em to sign off on taking you home.
Oh, so you're...
Yeah. Sure that... Recover at home, you know, it...
makes sense, sure.
Thanks, Dad.
(SOFT GRUNT)
Well, okay.
I guess I'll see you later.
Dad, my flowers. Oh, yeah.
Thanks for these.
He bought me flowers. You don't say.
Glad you like them.
I'm gonna put them in water as soon as I get home.
You keep your chin up, Gus Grimly.
We're winning this thing.
Don't you forget
Say bye to Greta for me.
(SPITS)
So he's got the stick in his mouth, right? Biting down.
And I grab the arrow... and Craig is in the car having a giggle.
Thinks the whole thing's hilarious, which...
That's my cousin out there, right?
So I slip the knife out of me boot.
Give him the old what for.
Held the knife to his bloody face.
And lunch is over.
I don't know how they eat that crap every day.
Speaking of...
What? It's fresh.
Do you know the conditions of a modern fast food restaurant?
I'm not just talking about hygiene.
Get bent.
They did an experiment once.
Scientist took two glasses of water...
and he starts cursing atone,
calling it all kinds of names.
You're making this up.
I swear to God. Mmm-mmm.
I swear to God.
He yells at one glass and then whispers sweet nothings to the other glass.
Okay? And in one week... MAN 2: Just stop it. Just stop it.
MAN: But, listen, a week later...
WOMAN: Can I help you, sir?
MAN: Gun!
(GUNFIRE) (WOMAN SCREAMS)
MAN: Is that shots?
Oh, my God! My God!
MAN: Drop it!
(GUNFIRE) (MAN GROANS)
MAN: Call 911!
(GUNFIRE) (MAN GRUNTS)
MALVO: Where's the top dog? MAN: The what?
MALVO: The boss man. (MAN GRUNTS)
MAN: Third floor. Private elevator.
MAN: Oh, no! No!
(MEN SHOUTING)
MAN: He's got a gun!
MAN: Freeze, shit bird!
(GUN CLICKS REPEATEDLY) Shit! Ah...
MALVO: What's the code for the elevator?
MAN: Nine-thirty-three.
(MAN GRUNTS) (GUNSHOT)
(ELEVATOR ASCENDING)
AN: He's gotta be in there.
(GUNFIRE)
MAN: Son of a...
(GUNFIRE CONTINUES)
MAN: God damn it!
MAN 2: Get him!
(MAN GRUNTS)
MAN: Get him! Quick!
(MAN GRUNTS)
MAN: Come on, get back!
MAN 2: Get him!
(SCREAMING)
Jesus!
What the... What? Was that...
Call it in.
Oh. Okay. Call it in, man.
Your pop is in the way.
Where are you... Hold on.
Got me all...
BUDGE: Maybe we should get in the car and then back up a few feet
and then pull back in like we just arrived.
PEPPER: Can we just focus on the...
You need to have fewer ideas.
(SIGHS)
Shitballs.
We're in so much...
(BRAKES SCREECHING)
PEPPER: Okay, let me do the talking. Why? I can do the talking.
PEPPER: Because when you talk... Back!
...bad shit happens. Get back!
FBI! We're FBI! MAN: Back! Get back!
MAN: Get back, please. Police on the scene.
What have you guys got? PEPPER: Really?
No... Well, he doesn't know... It's a body. Lock it down.
BUDGE: Multiple gunshots. The shooter's still inside the building.
You're gonna need more patrolmen than this.
Okay, okay. PEPPER: Okay, we're good.
We're going in. Back us up.
James, you follow us, come on. Yes, sir.
(GROANS)
It's about time.
I've been calling.
Sorry about the delay.
You know the red tape on these things. Mmm-mmm.
Come on in. Thanks.
You look real nice today.
Thanks.
You're sweet.
The boys home? No, thank God.
They have a game. Good.
You don't go then, no? Are you kidding?
I just stay here trying to drink enough
so I'm numb by the time they get home.
(LAUGHING)
Got one of those for me?
Why, Lester...
(LAUGHS)
Hmm? Sure.
(LAUGHING)
Cheers. Cheers.
To fresh beginnings. Yeah.
(CHUCKLES)
So it's all set, right? I'm getting paid?
(INHALES) Um...
(CLEARS THROAT) Well, they should.
What do you mean "should"?
When do I get the money?
Like I said, there's a few more hoops on these homicide cases.
We're not just talking about filing a death certificate.
I don't think I'm telling you anything you don't know
when I say these insurance companies,
they don't like writing checks. (SCOFFS)
But I'm gonna get it, right?
Well... that is where a skilled
middleman such as myself comes in.
You see, it's all about knowing who to call.
It's all about knowing which... palms to grease...
if you get my meaning.
I...
know a little something...
about greasy palms.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, why don't you and me have another drink?
You can show me that.
(GINA MOANING)
Oh, Lester!
(HEADBOARD POUNDING)
GINA: Lester.
Slow down, tiger.
You're hurting me. I'm sorry.
(GINA GROANING)
God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
I should take you home and put you to bed.
It'll just be a second. I promise.
Hey.
Oh, my gosh. Are you... They said you were still...
Oh, the bullet went clean through.
Doc says take a few days, rest up.
Otherwise, fine. Where is everyone?
Celebrating.
We got him... who killed the Chief.
Lester?
You arrested Lester? No.
Didn't you hear? It was his brother...
Chaz... the whole time.
He was having an affair with the wife. She broke it off.
What? Yeah.
Beat her with the hammer, then shot the Chief.
Lester covered for him.
Bill thinks 'cause of Chars temper...
you know... the fear factor.
Where...
That's not...
I gotta talk to Bill. Where's Bill?
Yeah, with the rest... over at Bernard's.
I'm supposed to go over after my shift.
Okay, I gotta...
Shouldn't you go home?
You okay, hon?
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