The Character That Breathed New Life Into <em>Fargo</em>
The series likes to complicate the politeness of midwesterners. Its terrific latest protagonist went even further.
This article contains spoilers through the Season 5 finale of Fargo.
In the latest season of Fargo, one scene is re-created from the 1996 movie on which the show is based—but with a twist.
The first episode finds Juno Temple’s character, Dorothy Lyon, known as Dot, watching TV and knitting on the couch when two masked kidnappers enter. It’s the same scenario that, in the Coen brothers’ , Jean Lundegaard (played by Kristin Rudrüd) finds herself in. But whereas a panicked Jean is quickly captured after she tumbles down the stairs, Dot fights
