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Fargo is an American dark comedy–crime drama television series created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. The show is inspired by the 1996 film of the same name written and directed by the Coen brothers, who serve as executive producers on the series. It premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX.^[1]

In February 2022, the series was renewed for a fifth season,^[2] which premiered on November 21, 2023.^[3] As of January 16, 2024,^[update] 51 episodes of Fargo have aired, concluding the fifth season.

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Goldberg, Lesley (January 14, 2014). "FX's 'Fargo' Cast, EPs on Film Comparisons, Anthology Format, Courting Billy Bob Thornton". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 23, 2014.

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D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 17, 2022). "'Fargo' Renewed For Season 5 By FX, Will Be Set In 2019". Deadline. Retrieved February 17, 2022.

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Anthony, D'Alessandro (August 17, 2023). "'Fargo' Season 5 Gets Premiere Date; Plot Details & First Images Unveiled". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 17, 2023.

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Kondolojy, Amanda (April 23, 2014). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Lead Night + Deadliest Catch, The Game, Tosh.0 & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.

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Kondolojy, Amanda (May 21, 2014). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: NBA Conference Finals Lead Night + Deadliest Catch, 19 Kids and Counting, Ink Master & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.

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Porter, Rick (October 13, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' on top, plus 'Fargo' premiere, 'Love & Hip Hop' and WWE". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

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Cantor, Brian (October 20, 2015). "Ratings: FX's "Fargo" Sinks, Sets New Viewership Low". Headline Planet. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved October 20, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (November 3, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' leads the way, plus 'Real Housewives of OC,' 'Love & Hip Hop,' 'WWE Raw'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (November 4, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' leads, plus 'Black Ink Crew,' 'Major Crimes,' 'Fargo'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (November 10, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' down but still on top, plus 'Love & Hip Hop,' 'WWE Raw'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (November 17, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' even with last week, plus 'Street Outlaws,' 'Love & Hip Hop'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (November 24, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' rises, plus 'WWE Raw,' 'Love & Hip Hop'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (December 2, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: Season low for 'Monday Night Football'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (December 8, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'Monday Night Football' rebounds, plus 'Vanderpump Rules,' 'WWE Raw'". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2015.

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Porter, Rick (December 15, 2015). "Monday cable ratings: 'The Expanse' premiere not that expansive, 'Monday Night Football' leads". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on July 6, 2016. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

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Welch, Alex (April 20, 2017). "Wednesday cable ratings: 'Fargo' returns down, 'The Magicians' holds steady". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 21, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2017.

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Welch, Alex (April 27, 2017). "Wednesday cable ratings: 'Fargo' ticks down, 'Black Ink Crew' rises". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2017.

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Welch, Alex (May 4, 2017). "Wednesday cable ratings: 'Greenleaf' and 'Fargo' tick up". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

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Welch, Alex (May 11, 2017). "Wednesday cable ratings: 'Fargo' dips, NHL Semi-Finals land high". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2017.

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For the first season, see "Fargo: Season One Ratings". TV Series Finale. July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
For the second season, see "Fargo: Season Two Ratings". TV Series Finale. December 16, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
For the third season, see "Fargo: Season Three Ratings". TV Series Finale. June 22, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
For the fourth season, see "Fargo: Season Four Ratings". TV Series Finale. October 6, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
For the fifth season, see "Fargo: Season Five Ratings". TV Series Finale. January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.

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Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	10	April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)	June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17)
2	10	October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)	December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)
3	10	April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19)	June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)
4	11	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)	November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29)
5	10	November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21)	January 16, 2024 (2024-01-16)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Crocodile's Dilemma"	Adam Bernstein	Noah Hawley	April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)	XFO01001	2.65^[4]
2	2	"The Rooster Prince"	Adam Bernstein	Noah Hawley	April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)	XFO01002	2.04^[5]
3	3	"A Muddy Road"	Randall Einhorn	Noah Hawley	April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)	XFO01003	1.87^[6]
4	4	"Eating the Blame"	Randall Einhorn	Noah Hawley	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)	XFO01004	1.70^[7]
5	5	"The Six Ungraspables"	Colin Bucksey	Noah Hawley	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	XFO01005	1.60^[8]
6	6	"Buridan's Ass"	Colin Bucksey	Noah Hawley	May 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)	XFO01006	1.80^[9]
7	7	"Who Shaves the Barber?"	Scott Winant	Noah Hawley	May 27, 2014 (2014-05-27)	XFO01007	1.52^[10]
8	8	"The Heap"	Scott Winant	Noah Hawley	June 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)	XFO01008	1.86^[11]
9	9	"A Fox, a Rabbit, and a Cabbage"	Matt Shakman	Noah Hawley	June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)	XFO01009	1.90^[12]
10	10	"Morton's Fork"	Matt Shakman	Noah Hawley	June 17, 2014 (2014-06-17)	XFO01010	1.98^[13]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Waiting for Dutch"	Michael Uppendahl Randall Einhorn	Noah Hawley	October 12, 2015 (2015-10-12)	XFO02001	1.59^[14]
12	2	"Before the Law"	Noah Hawley	Noah Hawley	October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)	XFO02002	0.96^[15]
13	3	"The Myth of Sisyphus"	Michael Uppendahl	Bob DeLaurentis	October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)	XFO02003	1.21^[16]
14	4	"Fear and Trembling"	Michael Uppendahl	Steve Blackman	November 2, 2015 (2015-11-02)	XFO02004	1.28^[17]
15	5	"The Gift of the Magi"	Jeffrey Reiner	Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi	November 9, 2015 (2015-11-09)	XFO02005	1.13^[18]
16	6	"Rhinoceros"	Jeffrey Reiner	Noah Hawley	November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16)	XFO02006	1.15^[19]
17	7	"Did You Do This? No, You Did It!"	Keith Gordon	Noah Hawley and Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi	November 23, 2015 (2015-11-23)	XFO02007	1.24^[20]
18	8	"Loplop"	Keith Gordon	Bob DeLaurentis	November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)	XFO02008	1.32^[21]
19	9	"The Castle"	Adam Arkin	Noah Hawley and Steve Blackman	December 7, 2015 (2015-12-07)	XFO02009	1.31^[22]
20	10	"Palindrome"	Adam Arkin	Noah Hawley	December 14, 2015 (2015-12-14)	XFO02010	1.82^[23]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
21	1	"The Law of Vacant Places"	Noah Hawley	Noah Hawley	April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19)	XFO03001	1.42^[24]
22	2	"The Principle of Restricted Choice"	Michael Uppendahl	Noah Hawley	April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26)	XFO03002	1.06^[25]
23	3	"The Law of Non-Contradiction"	John Cameron	Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi	May 3, 2017 (2017-05-03)	XFO03003	1.17^[26]
24	4	"The Narrow Escape Problem"	Michael Uppendahl	Monica Beletsky	May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10)	XFO03004	1.05^[27]
25	5	"The House of Special Purpose"	Dearbhla Walsh	Bob DeLaurentis	May 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)	XFO03005	0.98^[28]
26	6	"The Lord of No Mercy"	Dearbhla Walsh	Noah Hawley	May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)	XFO03006	1.04^[29]
27	7	"The Law of Inevitability"	Mike Barker	Noah Hawley & Matt Wolpert & Ben Nedivi	May 31, 2017 (2017-05-31)	XFO03007	1.03^[30]
28	8	"Who Rules the Land of Denial?"	Mike Barker	Noah Hawley & Monica Beletsky	June 7, 2017 (2017-06-07)	XFO03008	1.14^[31]
29	9	"Aporia"	Keith Gordon	Noah Hawley & Bob DeLaurentis	June 14, 2017 (2017-06-14)	XFO03009	1.19^[32]
30	10	"Somebody to Love"	Keith Gordon	Noah Hawley	June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21)	XFO03010	1.22^[33]

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
31	1	"Welcome to the Alternate Economy"	Noah Hawley	Noah Hawley	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)	XFO04001	1.22^[34]
32	2	"The Land of Taking and Killing"	Noah Hawley	Noah Hawley	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)	XFO04002	0.79^[34]
33	3	"Raddoppiarlo"	Dearbhla Walsh	Noah Hawley	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)	XFO04003	0.72^[35]
34	4	"The Pretend War"	Dearbhla Walsh	Noah Hawley and Stefani Robinson	October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	XFO04004	0.76^[36]
35	5	"The Birthplace of Civilization"	Dana Gonzales	Noah Hawley and Francesca Sloane	October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18)	XFO04005	0.74^[37]
36	6	"Camp Elegance"	Dana Gonzales	Noah Hawley and Enzo Mileti & Scott Wilson and Francesca Sloane	October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)	XFO04011	0.70^[38]
37	7	"Lay Away"	Dana Gonzales	Noah Hawley and Enzo Mileti & Scott Wilson	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)	XFO04006	0.65^[39]
38	8	"The Nadir"	Sylvain White	Noah Hawley and Enzo Mileti & Scott Wilson	November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)	XFO04007	0.70^[40]
39	9	"East/West"	Michael Uppendahl	Noah Hawley and Lee Edward Colston II	November 15, 2020 (2020-11-15)	XFO04008	0.82^[41]
40	10	"Happy"	Sylvain White	Noah Hawley	November 22, 2020 (2020-11-22)	XF004009	0.81^[42]
41	11	"Storia Americana"	Dana Gonzales	Noah Hawley	November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29)	XFO04010	0.85^[43]

List_of_Fargo_episodes

List of Fargo episodes

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

Season 2 (2015)

Season 3 (2017)

Season 4 (2020)

Season 5 (2023–24)

Ratings

References

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions) ^[44]
42	1	"The Tragedy of the Commons"	Noah Hawley	Noah Hawley	November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21)	XFO05001	0.566
43	2	"Trials and Tribulations"	Noah Hawley	Noah Hawley	November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21)	XFO05002	0.311
44	3	"The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions"	Donald Murphy	Noah Hawley	November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28)	XFO05003	0.494
45	4	"Insolubilia"	Donald Murphy	Noah Hawley	December 5, 2023 (2023-12-05)	XFO05004	0.424
46	5	"The Tiger"	Dana Gonzales	Noah Hawley	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	XFO05005	0.451
47	6	"The Tender Trap"	Dana Gonzales	Noah Hawley & Bob DeLaurentis	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	XFO05006	0.457
48	7	"Linda"	Sylvain White	Noah Hawley & April Shih	December 26, 2023 (2023-12-26)	XFO05007	0.576
49	8	"Blanket"	Sylvain White	Noah Hawley & Thomas Bezucha	January 2, 2024 (2024-01-02)	XFO05008	0.461
50	9	"The Useless Hand"	Thomas Bezucha	Noah Hawley	January 9, 2024 (2024-01-09)	XFO05009	0.517
51	10	"Bisquik"	Thomas Bezucha	Noah Hawley	January 16, 2024 (2024-01-16)	XFO05010	0.601

Season		Episode number											Average
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Average
	1	2.65	2.04	1.87	1.70	1.60	1.80	1.52	1.86	1.90	1.98	–	1.89
	2	1.59	0.96	1.21	1.28	1.13	1.15	1.24	1.32	1.31	1.82	–	1.30
	3	1.42	1.06	1.17	1.05	0.98	1.04	1.03	1.14	1.19	1.22	–	1.13
	4	1.22	0.79	0.72	0.76	0.74	0.70	0.65	0.70	0.82	0.81	0.85	0.80
	5	0.566	0.311	0.494	0.424	0.451	0.457	0.576	0.461	0.517	0.601	–	0.486