<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> List of Fargo episodes </Td> </Tr> <P> The third season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy--crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley, premiered on April 19, 2017, on the basic cable network FX . The season had ten episodes, and its initial airing concluded on June 21, 2017 . 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 . </P> <P> The third season is set primarily between December 2010 and March 2011, in three Minnesota towns: St. Cloud, Eden Valley, and Eden Prairie, and is the only season to not feature the titular Fargo, North Dakota . It follows the lives of a couple, Ray Stussy (Ewan McGregor) and Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), who, after unsuccessfully trying to rob Ray's brother Emmit (also played by McGregor), become involved in a double murder case . One of the victims is an old man with a mysterious past whose stepdaughter, Gloria Burgle (Carrie Coon), is a policewoman . Meanwhile, Emmit tries to cut his ties with a shady organization he borrowed money from a year before, but the company, whose employees include V.M. Varga (David Thewlis) and Yuri Gurka (Goran Bogdan), has other plans . </P> <P> Season 3 began filming in early 2017 in Calgary, Alberta . </P>

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