LC
Loy Cannon
Leader of the Cannon Limited crime organisation and father of Satchel.
ClearStory COMPLETE SEASON GUIDE · EPISODE 1
FARGO
SEASON 4
Episode 1 · Welcome to the Alternate Economy
The setup
Kansas City, Missouri, 1950. This season follows a new case. Loy Cannon’s Black crime organisation and Donatello Fadda’s Italian syndicate maintain an uneasy peace by exchanging their youngest sons. Mortician Thurman Smutny owes Loy money, while his daughter Ethelrida meets their unsettling new neighbour, nurse Oraetta Mayflower.
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JF
Josto Fadda
Donatello’s eldest son, trying to lead the Fadda family after his father’s death.
OM
Oraetta Mayflower
A cheerful-looking nurse with a secret habit of harming patients and collecting trophies.
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Ethelrida Smutny
The intelligent teenage daughter of Thurman and Dibrell, determined to understand the danger around her family.
TS
Thurman Smutny
Ethelrida’s father and the owner of a struggling funeral home indebted to Loy.
RM
Rabbi Milligan
An Irish-born Fadda adviser who was exchanged between rival gangs as a child and now protects Satchel.
SC
Satchel Cannon
Loy’s young son, living with the Faddas as the guarantee of their truce.
ZF
Zero Fadda
Donatello’s youngest son, living with the Cannon family as the other guarantee of peace.
DS
Doctor Senator
Loy’s calm and highly educated chief adviser and negotiator.
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Content note: Violence, organised crime, racial abuse, threat, strong language and scenes involving death.
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