List of Fargo episodes

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.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
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)

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

Main article: Fargo season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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]

Season 2 (2015)

Main article: Fargo season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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]

Season 3 (2017)

Main article: Fargo season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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]

Season 4 (2020)

Main article: Fargo season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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]

Season 5 (2023–24)

Main article: Fargo season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release 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

Ratings

Fargo : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number											Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	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

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[45]