The unlikely encounter between the immoral Lorne Malvo and the insurance salesman Lester Nygaard results in the former casually murdering Sam Hess for bullying Nygaard. What follows is a set of violent crimes investigated by Chief Vern Thurman and Deputy Molly Solverson to uncover the truth.
In season 2, in a small Minnesota town, a shooting at a restaurant upends the lives of a police officer, a married couple, and a crime syndicate. The Gerhardt family receives a surprise offer, while two unlikely killers do their best to fix the mess they've made.
A woman with bad intentions decides to help her boyfriend, a parole officer, turn his life around, but things spiral out of control when a small theft changes their plans and a series of chaotic events unfold.
In Kansas City, Missouri, in the year 1950, an African American gang boss makes the decision to wage a bloody battle against the head of the Italian Mafia.
Set in Minnesota and North Dakota, the events follow Dorothy Lyon, a woman with a shady past who clashes with the authorities.