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The fifth season of the American black comedy crime drama television series Fargo, billed as Fargo: Year Five and Fargo: Installment 5, aired on FX from November 21, 2023 to January 6, 2024, totaling ten episodes. The series is an anthology about violent crime in the American Midwest, with each season acting as a self-contained story within the show's shared continuity. Set in the fall of 2019, Year Five follows Dorothy "Dot" Lyon, a seemingly typical Midwestern housewife living in Scandia, Minnesota, whose mysterious past comes back to haunt her after she inadvertently lands herself in hot water with the authorities. The season was produced by FX Productions and MGM Television, with Noah Hawley serving as showrunner. It is the first of the series to have no connection to either a previous season or the 1996 film, though it makes several homages to the latter. Originally scheduled to premiere in September 2023, it was delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes. It stars Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Rysdahl, Joe Keery, Lamorne Morris, Richa Moorjani, Sam Spruell, Sienna King, Dave Foley, and Jon Hamm. Fargo: Year Five received strong reviews, with many critics calling it a return to form for the show and favorably comparing it to the first two seasons. It was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film and Best Actor and Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film for Hamm and Temple, respectively.