
Accidents happen all the time in the “Fargo” universe, but there is little happenstance in its design, including that the name of Dave Foley’s character, Danish Graves, is introduced before we see him. The moniker adds to the gravitas of the always besuited right-hand man to the most powerful woman in Minnesota, if not the country, Lorraine Lyon (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
When Lorraine's son Wayne (David Rysdahl) bails his wife Dot (Juno Temple) out of jail after a fateful community rumble, Wayne thinks he's comforting her by sharing, "Mom said she's putting Danish Graves on it, so . . ."