I'll copy my post from another thread...
Episode 1 was really good. Thornton was truly menacing, especially the scene when he was stopped by the traffic Cop (which reminded me of the Gas-Station attendant scene in "No Country for Old Men").
Martin Freeman is especially good I think because I soon forgot it was an English Hobbit doing an accent.
I lived in Minnesota for a year and it's a subtle and unexpected accent that the (true) locals have .
My colleagues were Ingrams, Olsens and Jungwirths among other Scando-Germanic names..think "Little House on the Prairie". In fact I rarely came across what you may call an "English" surname.
It seems that the Scandinavians, tired of the freezing cold and remoteness, emigrated somewhere just as bloody cold and remote.
True Minnesotans are a very warm people, quite innocent, slow talking and without any mean-spirited sense of sarcasm. That's why I was so happy to leave.
Me - "Sorry I'm late for work again, I was attacked by Bears"
Them - "Really? Again?"
Me -"No. I was joking. Again"
Them - "Ahhh, No Bears again then?"
Me - "No, no Bears, again".
I'm not quite sure why it's called Fargo though, it's not set in Fargo (which is isn't even in Minner-sodah). There's probably a good reason, one I can't be arsed to investigate.