Fargo

TV show · 2014

This report covers the full series (Seasons 1-5, 2014-2024). Fargo is a darkly comic crime anthology rated TV-MA throughout; each season delivers graphic, bloody violence as its dominant content challenge, with secondary concerns around sexual content, abuse, and substance use varying by season.

Sexual violenceExplicit sexual contentSelf-harm & suicideHarm to childrenHarm to animalsMedical traumaGraphic violence & goreAbuse & manipulationSubstance abuseRacial & cultural stereotypes

Episodes to know about

Graphic violence & goreS1E1Strong

A man beats his wife to death with a hammer in graphic detail, with blood splattering a wall; a separate character is stabbed in the head during sex and shown vomiting blood. Guns are also fired with visible bloody results in this episode.

Explicit sexual contentS1E1Moderate

Strip-club scene with dancers in minimal clothing; a brief sex scene shows bare buttocks.

Graphic violence & goreS1E2Moderate

A man is drowned in an ice-fishing hole. A separate character is strangled to death with a belt.

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