Fargo

Fargo, North Dakota

I'm Jerry Lundegaard.

- You're Jerry Lundegaard?

- Yah.

- Shep Proudfoot said...

- He said you'd come at 7.30. What gives????????????

Shep said 8.30.

We've been here an hour.

He's peed three times already.

Aw. I'm sure sorry. Shep told me 8.30.

It was a mix-up, I guess.

- You got the car?

- Yah, you bet. Its out in the lot there.

- Brand-new, burnt-umber Ciera.

- Yeah, OK. Well, sit down, then.

I'm Carl Showalter.

This is my associate, Gaear Grimsrud.

Yah. How ya doin'?

- So, we all set on this thing, then?

- Sure, Jerry. Why wouldn't we be?

Yeah, no, I'm sure you are. Shep vouched

for you. I've got every confidence in you.

I guess thats it, then. Here are the keys.

No, thats not it, Jerry.

- Huh?

- The new vehicle, plus $40,000.

Yah, but the deal was the car first, then

the $40,000, like as if it was the ransom.

- I thought Shep told you.

- Shep didn't tell us much.

- Well, OK. Its...

- Except that you'd be here at 7.30.

- Yah, that was a mix-up.

- Yeah. You already said that.

Yah. But its not

a whole pay-in-advance deal.

See, I give you a brand-new vehicle

in advance, and then...

- I'm not gonna debate you, Jerry.

- OK.

I'm not gonna sit here and debate.

I will say this, though. What Shep told us

didn't make a lot of sense.

Oh, no, its real sound. Its all worked out.

- You want your own wife kidnapped?

- Yah.

You...

My point is, you pay the ransom,

what, 80,000 bucks?

I mean, you give us half the ransom -

Its like robbin' Peter to pay Paul.

Makes no sense.

OK. See, its not me paying the ransom.

The thing is, my wife, she's wealthy.

Her dad, he's real well-off.

- Now, I'm in trouble.

- What kind of trouble you in, Jerry?

Well, thats... I'm not gonna get into...

See, I just need the money.

- Now, her dad, he's real well-off.

- So why not just ask him for the money?

- Or your f***ing wife.

- Or your f***ing wife, Jerry.

Well...

Its all part of this...

They don't know I need it, see.

OK, so there's that.

And even if they did, I wouldn't get it.

So there's that on top, then.

- These are personal matters.

- Personal matters?

Yah. Personal matters that needn't...

OK, Jerry. You're tasking us

to peftorm this mission, but you won't...

You won't...

Oh, f*** it. Lets take a look at that Ciera.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

- Hon!

- Hi, hon. Welcome back.

- How was Fargo?

- Yah. Real good.

Dad's here.

- How ya doin', Wade?

- Yah. Pretty good.

- What you watchin' there?

- Gophers.

Who they playin'?

- Is he stayin' for supper, then?

- Yah, I think so. Dad?

- What?

- You stayin' for supper?

Yeah.

- May I be excused?

- What?

- You done there?

- Uh-huh. I'm going out.

- Where are you going?

- Just McDonald's.

- Back at 9.30.

- OK.

He just ate. He didn't finish. He's going

to McDonald's instead of finishing here.

- He sees his friends there. Its OK.

- Its OK, McDonald's?

What do you think they do there?

They don't drink milkshakes!

Its OK, Dad.

Wade, have you had a chance to think

about that deal I was talkin' about?

- Those 40 acres there on Wayzata?

- You told me about it.

Yah. You said you'd think about it.

I understand its a lot of money.

Its a heck of a lot.

What did you want to put there?

- A lot. Its a limited...

- I know its a lot.

- I mean a parking lot.

- Yeah, well, $750,000 is a lot.

- Yeah, well, its a chunk, but...

- I had two lots. Lost a lot of money.

- Yah, but the difference...

- Why not show it to Stan Grossman?

Stan'll say no dice.

Thats why you pay him.

I'm askin' you here, Wade.

This could work out real good

for me and Jean and Scotty.

Jean and Scotty never have to worry.

Where is Pancake's House?

- What?

- We stop at Pancake's House.

You nuts? We had pancakes for breakfast.

I gotta go to a place where

I can get a shot and a beer and steak.

Not more f***ing pancakes. Come on.

Oh, come on, man.

OK, here's an idea.

We can stop outside of Brainerd.

I know a place there we can get laid.

- I'm f***in' hungry now.

- Yeah, yeah. Jesus.

I'm saying we can stop, get pancakes

and then we'll get laid. All right?

We sat right here in this room

and went over this.

- Yah, but that TruCoat...

- I said I didn't want any TruCoat.

Yah, but I'm saying, that TruCoat, you

don't get it, you get oxidation problems...

You're sitting there talking in circles

like we didn't go over this already.

- Yeah, but this TruCoat...

- We had a deal for $19,500.

Darned if you didn't tell me you'd get me

this car without the sealant for $19,500.

- All right, I'm not saying I didn't.

- You called me and said you had it.

"Ready to make delivery" you says.

And here you are and you're

wasting my time and my wife's time.

And I'm paying $19,500

for this vehicle here.

All right.

I'll talk to my boss.

See, they install that TruCoat

at the factory. There's nothing we can do.

But I'll talk to my boss.

These guys here. These guys.

Its always the same. Its always more.

- You going to the Gophers on Sunday?

- Oh, you betcha.

You wouldn't have an extra ticket?

You kiddin'?

Well.

He's never done this before, but seein' as

its special circumstances an' all,

he says I can knock $100 off that TruCoat.

One hundred?

You lied to me, Mr Lundegaard.

You're a bald-faced liar.

Bucky, please.

A f***ing liar.

Bucky, please.

Where's my goddamn chequebook?

Lets get this over with.

Where is it?

From Hollywood,

The Tonight Show, star...

I am talking about your potential.

You're not a C student.

Yeah.

Yet you're gettin' C grades.

Its that disparity there

that concerns your dad and me.

- You know what a disparity is?

- Yeah!

OK. Well, thats why we

don't want you goin' out for hockey.

Oh, man! Come on. Whats the big deal?

It's just an hour....

Hold on.

- Whats the big deal?

- Hello.

- Yeah, hi, hon.

- Oh, hi, Dad.

- Is Jerry around?

- Yah. Hon? Yah, he's here.

- I'll catch him for ya. Hon? Its Dad.

- OK.

- Look, Dad, there's no f***ing way...

- Scotty!

Hey, lets watch that language there.

- How ya doin' there, Wade?

- Whats goin' on?

Nothin', Wade. How ya doin' there?

Stan Grossman looked at your proposal.

He says its pretty sweet.

- No kiddin'?

- Might be interested.

No kiddin'? I'd need the cash pretty quick

there, in order to close the deal.

Come by at 2.30. We'll talk about it. If your

numbers are right, Stan says its sweet.

- Stan, you know, Grossman.

- Yah.

- 2.30.

- Yah. OK.

Say, Shep, how ya doin' there?

Say, you know those two fellas you

put me in touch with up there in Fargo?

- Put you in touch with Grimsrud.

- Well, he had a buddy there. He...

- I don't vouch for him.

- Thats OK.

- I vouch for Grimsrud. Who's his buddy?

- Carl something.

Never heard of him. Don't vouch for him.

He's a buddy of the guy you vouch for,

so I'm not worrying.

I gotta get in touch with him.

This deal I needed 'em for, I may not need

it any more. Something's happenin', see.

- Call him up.

- I did, and I haven't been able to get him.

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