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The third season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley, is scheduled to premiere on April 19, 2017, on the basic cable network FX.[1] Its principal cast consists of Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis and Jim Gaffigan. The season will consist of ten episodes. As an anthology, each Fargo season possesses its own self-contained narrative, following a disparate set of characters in various settings, albeit in a connected shared universe.[2]
The third season is set in Minnesota in 2010. Hawley said, "There are going to be connections, the way the first year was connected to the movie and the second year was connected to the first".[2] In the season, McGregor plays the dual lead roles of Emmit and Ray Stussy, Emmit being the Parking Lot King of Minnesota, a handsome, self-made, real estate mogul and family man, while his younger balding and pot-bellied brother, Ray is now a parole officer, and has a huge chip on his shoulder about the hand he’s been dealt, and he blames Emmit for his misfortunes.[3]
Season 3 began filming in early 2017 in Calgary, Alberta.[4]
| No. overall | No.in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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| 21 | 1 | "Law of Vacant Places"[8] | Unknown | Unknown | April 19, 2017 (2017-04-19) | TBA | N/A |
| 22 | 2 | "Principle of Restricted Choice"[8] | Unknown | Unknown | April 26, 2017 (2017-04-26) | TBA | N/A |
Ewan McGregor was cast in the lead dual role as Emmit and Ray Stussy,[3] and Carrie Coon plays the lead female role, Gloria Burgle.[9] In September 2016, Mary Elizabeth Winstead was cast in a major role as Nikki Swango and Scoot McNairy in a recurring role.[10][11] In November 2016, it was announced that Jim Gaffigan had joined the main cast in the role of Donny Mashman.[12] In December 2016, several new actors joined the cast, including David Thewlis, Michael Stuhlbarg, Shea Whigham, Karan Soni, Fred Melamed and Thomas Mann.[13][14]
Filming began in early 2017 in Calgary, Alberta, where the previous two seasons were also filmed.[4]
