FX’s ‘Fargo’: Watch The First Seven Minutes Right Now
FX’sFargowon’t premiere for another couple of weeks, but with all the good TV shows coming up on the horizon, why not get a head start on this one? The network has released the first seven minutes of their newCoen Brothers-inspired miniseries, starringMartin FreemanandBilly Bob Thornton. Watch the FX Fargo Seven Minutes clip after the jump.
Watch the Opening: FX Fargo Seven Minutes
Fargothe miniseries isn’t really a remake ofFargothe movie. The location, characters, and plotlines are all different, and all totally new for the movie. But it’s easy enough to tell that they come from the same place. It’s still a darkly comic tale set in a small Midwestern town, where the locals speak in thick accents and bundle up against the winter chill. Even the possibly-not-entirely-true “based on a true story” claim is the same.
This tale centers around Freeman’s Lester Nygaard, whom you’re able to think of as the Jerry Lundegaard counterpart. He’san insurance salesman who’s short on cash but fat with self-loathing. His life changes when he meets Thornton’s Lorne Malvo, a mysterious stranger drifting through town.
The first few minutes of the show don’t reveal how their paths collide or what exactly happens when they do, but it makes efficient work of laying out the setting and main characters. There’s also the entertainment of watching a British actor trying to wrap his tongue around that tricky Minnesota accent. It sounds a bit forced, but otherwise it’s not bad.
Colin Hanks,Allison Tolman,Bob Odenkirk,Oliver Platt,Kate Walsh,Keith Carradine,Adam Goldberg, andGlenn Howertonalso star in the ten-episode limited series, which premieresApril 15on FX. The Coens are executive producing the series, which was written byNoah Hawley.
