The eagerly awaited Fargo season 5 premiered on November 21 in the US, with the pitch-black comedy revealing a whole new cast led by Juno Temple’s midwestern housewife Dot Lyon, and Jon Hamm’s Bible-thumping sheriff Roy Tillman.
Fargo season 5 aired weekly on FX in the US (now available to stream on Hulu) and weekly on SBS in Australia. It streamed on Prime Video in the UK. If you’re traveling away from home right now, you can still watch Fargo season 5 from anywhere with a VPN.
US: FX (via Fubo/Sling TV/ Hulu with Live TV/YouTube TV) | Hulu
AU: SBS on Demand (free)
UK: Prime Video
The previous four seasons of Fargo had their own distinct storylines, but each new plot almost always has it roots in the past. If you paid close attention you may have noticed some of the intricate threads connecting them.
For instance, Hanzee Dent, who was raised alongside the Gerhardt family in season two, started a new life after facial reconstructive surgery and went on to become Moses Tripoli, the leader of the Kansas City Mob in season one. And in season three, the escaped prisoner Nikki Swango was handcuffed to another prisoner, who just so happened to be Mr Wrench, the deaf hitman from season one.
The 10-part miniseries has been hailed as an emphatic return to form in reviews, partly due to the new baddie, Ole Munch (Sam Spruell), who's proving to be a worthy successor to David Thewlis’ VM Varga and Billy Bob Thornton’s Lorne Malvo, so read on below as we explain how to watch Fargo season 5 online now – from anywhere in the world.
How to watch Fargo season 5 in the US
Fargo season 5 debuted on FX in the US with a double-header on Tuesday, November 21 with new episodes coming out each Tuesday. The 10-parter wrapped up on January 16.
FX is a cable channel that's available to cord-cutters on several live TV streaming services like Hulu with Live TV, Sling TV (with its Hollywood Extra add-on), YouTube TV, Fubo or DirecTV Stream.
You can now stream the whole season on Hulu, as each episode arrived on the streaming service a day after airing on FX. It joins all the previous seasons of the show on the platform.
Hulu costs $7.99 per month for its ad-enabled plan, or $17.99 per month for its ad-free one. And both plans offer a 30-day FREE trial to new subscribers. Some people choose to sign up via the Disney Bundle too: at $9.99 you get Hulu and Disney Plus, while $14.99 per month gets you those two and live sports and more with ESPN Plus.
A new app combining Disney Plus and Hulu is now available, though only to people who subscribe to both streaming services.
How to watch Fargo season 5 online in the UK
Fargo season 5 was released on Prime Video in the UK and is now available to stream in full.
You can also watch previous instalments of the show on Prime Video.
Prime Video is one of the perks of an Amazon Prime subscription. It costs $14.99 / £8.99 per month or $139 / £95 per year to sign up to Prime, and doing so gets you a few benefits beyond Prime Video: there's next-day shopping on the massive online store, Prime Reading, Amazon Music, Prime Gaming, Deliveroo Plus and more.
How to watch Fargo season 5 in Australia
You can watch Fargo season 5 for free on SBS in Australia with the whole season now available on-demand on the SBS on Demand streaming service.
How to watch Fargo season 5 online from anywhere with a VPN
You can watch Fargo season 5 on any of the streaming services above by using a VPN – no matter where you are in the world!
Normally a streaming service will know where you are trying to tune in from and block you if you're not in the right country but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an app that hides your location. That means you can access your usual sports and entertainment services even while you're traveling abroad.
Our favorite VPN is ExpressVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
What is the Fargo season 5 release date?
The first two episodes of Fargo season 5 released on FX in the US on Tuesday, November 21. Subsequent instalments came out one-by-one each week. See below for the full episode release schedule.
Fargo season 5 episode guide
- Episode 1: The Tragedy of the Commons – November 21
- Episode 2: Trials and Tribulations – November 21
- Episode 3: The Paradox of Intermediate Transactions – November 28
- Episode 4: Insolubilia – December 5
- Episode 5: The Tiger – December 12
- Episode 6: The Tender Trap – December 19
- Episode 7: Linda – December 26
- Episode 8: Blanket – January 2
- Episode 9: The Useless Hand – January 9
- Episode 10: Bisquik – January 16
