FAQ

It is both a spinoff and continuation.

Contrary to the claim that appears at the beginning of each episode and similar to the movie Fargo (1996), the story is completely fictional.

Fargo is the largest city of North Dakota in the United States. It's only shown in the series in the seventh episode in Season One..

The series was filmed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As well, a bit was filmed south of Calgary, in the town of High River, Alberta, Canada, where many film and television productions are shot, such as Heartland,, Tin Star, and some of Superman II (the house used as the farmhouse in the aforementioned film survived the catastrophic Alberta Flood of 2013.

The rain of fish in episode six is a probably due to a water spout picking up fish from Lake Superior, which freezes 1 in 20 years according to Wikipedia.

In the beginning of episode seven, Chaz, Kitty and Gordo are in the kitchen when the reporter in the TV News refers to a possible tornado causing the incident.

Somewhat, Season One took place in 2006 in Bemidji, Minnesota, which is in the northern part of the state. Season Two is in 1979 in Luverne, Minnesota, which is in the Southwest corner of the State. One recurring character is Lou Solverson, portrayed by Keith Carradine for Season One who is a retired cop turned diner manager. Season Two has Patrick Wilson playing a younger Lou Solverson who is part of the state highway patrol.

Each season we will see a glimpe of Fargo, North Dakota.

Season One: Bemidji and Duluth, Minnesota, 2006-2007

Season Two: Luverne, Minnesota and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1979

Season Three: Eden Valley, Eden Prairie, and St. Cloud, Minnesota, 2010-2011

Season Four: Kansas City, Missouri and Liberal, Kansas, 1950-1951

Season Five: Scandia, Minnesota and Bismarck and Stark County, North Dakota, 2019

A Fargo soundtrack, including scene descriptions, can be found on Tunefind.