Fargo is returning for what is being called its “fifth installment,” and if you grew up watching Home Alone, some of this will look a little familiar. Juno Temple plays our protagonist this time around, and in the new trailer, she’s a “woman who outsmarted two kidnappers” with some tricky Kevin McCallister-esque maneuvers. Returning November 21, Noah Hawley’s anthology series will uncover Dot’s dark past.
The trailer is a who’s who of character actors and beloved TV stars, as is Fargo’s wont. In addition to Temple, there’s Jon Hamm as North Dakota Sheriff Roy Tillman, who is on the hunt to find Dot, and Stranger Things’ Joe Keery as his bumbling son. New Girl’s Lamorne Morris and Never Have I Ever’s Richa Moorjani also play a pair of law enforcement, while Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as Dot’s suspicious mother-in-law. “She’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing, that one,” Leigh observes, and given the way the seemingly mild-mannered housewife keeps taking out attackers, it seems an accurate assessment.
“With her deepest secrets beginning to unravel, Dot attempts to shield her family from her past, but her doting, well-meaning husband Wayne (David Rysdahl) keeps running to his mother, Lorraine Lyon (Leigh), for help,” reads the synopsis of the new season. “CEO of the largest Debt Collection Agency in the country, the ‘Queen of Debt’ is unimpressed with her son’s choice in a wife and spares no opportunity to voice her disapproval. However, when Dot’s unusual behavior catches the attention of Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead (Moorjani) and North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr (Morris), Lorraine appoints her in-house counsel and primary advisor, Danish Graves (Dave Foley), to aid her daughter-in-law. Afterall, family is family. But Dot has an uncanny knack for survival. And with her back to the wall, she’s about to show why one should never provoke a mother Lyon.”
The first two episodes of Fargo’s fifth season will air on FX on November 21, and can be streamed the next day on Hulu. (In the meantime, you can stream Home Alone on Disney+ to gear up.)