Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.

第三季的时间线将回到2010年，第一季的几年后。伊万在剧中将饰演一对形象和性格大相径庭的兄弟，哥哥埃米特是明尼苏达州一个白手起家的房地产大亨，多金，英俊，拥有美满的家庭，他把自己的经历看做一段成功的美国励志故事。而弟弟雷则拥有截然不同的生活，秃顶，大腹便便，曾经高中的霸 王现在成了一名假释官，他把自己的不幸怪罪给哥哥。凯丽·库恩扮演的Gloria Burgle是伊甸谷（Eden Valley）警局局长，一位刚刚离婚的母亲。玛丽·伊丽莎白·文斯蒂德的角色名字叫Nikki Swango，是一个桥牌爱好者和刚刚获得假释的罪犯。

艾德（杰西·普莱蒙 Jesse Plemons 饰）是一名在肉铺工作的屠夫，深爱着身为理发师的妻子佩吉（克斯汀·邓斯特 Kirsten Dunst 饰），艾德最大的愿望，就是佩吉能为他生一个可爱的孩子，组成幸福的三人家庭，可是佩吉对此的态度却非常暧昧。
某日，佩吉驾车行驶在公路上，撞到了一名傻站在路中央的陌生男子，尽管该男子并未死亡，但佩吉还是将其锁进了后车厢，带回了家囚禁在地下室中。让佩吉没有想到的是，这个男人并不是普通人，他的身份竟然是当地最大的黑道家族格哈特家的公子哥雷（基南·卡尔金 Kieran Culkin 饰）。格哈特家正面临着前所未有的危机，小儿子雷的失踪，治安官卢（帕特里克·威尔森 Patrick Wilson 饰）的步步紧逼，一家之主奥托（迈克尔·霍根 Michael Hogan 饰）的重病，这家人宛如被绷到极致的琴弦，濒临崩溃的边缘。

2004 film by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.