In 1950 Kansas City, two criminal syndicates fighting for a piece of the American dream have struck an uneasy peace. Together, they control an alternate economy of exploitation, graft and drugs. To cement their truce, Loy Cannon (Chris Rock), the head of the African American crime family, trades his youngest son Satchel (Rodney Jones), to his enemy Donatello Fadda (Tommaso Ragno), the head of the Italian mafia. In return, Donatello surrenders his youngest son Zero (Jameson Braccioforte) to Loy.
Of course, that fragile status quo will inevitably become disrupted, leading to a prospectively brutal (and complex) dynamic with a gang war between the African-Americans and Italians rife with dynastic drama, tenuous loyalties and plenty of tumult to the diverse array of local denizens and business owners who happen to be caught between the crossfire. Notably among said denizens are U.S. Marshal (and a Mormon,) Dick “Deafy” Wickware (Timothy Olyphant, in an occupational role that should delight fans of Justified) and Kansas City cop in Detective Odis Weff (Jack Huston).
With a solid release date finally set, the fourth season of Fargo’s anthology storytelling will see the aforementioned Rock, Olyphant, Huston, Jones, Ragno and Braccioforte as part of an immense ensemble of talent also consisting of Jason Schwartzman, Salvatore Esposito, Ben Whishaw, Jessie Buckley, E’myri Crutchfield, Andrew Bird, Anji White, Gaetano Bruno, Sean Fortunato, Jeremie Harris, Corey Hendrix, Matthew Elam, James Vincent Meredith, Francesco Acquaroli, Karen Aldridge, Kelsey Asbille and Glynn Turman.
