Allison Tolman: Why Fargo's Molly Is The Smartest Person In The Room

If you haven't watched, turn back now or we'll sic our egg-laden pregnant spider on you. Don't be fooled by Fargo's "Minnesota nice." Lurking behind that polite veneer could be a killer or the cop who will bring that killer to justice. On Tuesday's episode, Deputy Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman) maneuvers Lester Nygaard (Martin Freeman) into revealing that he recognizes suspected killer Lorne Malvo (Billy Bob Thornton) from a surveillance photo she "accidentally" drops. Lester's stunned reaction to the picture is enough of a confirmation for Molly that the two men have a connection. The making of Billy Bob Thornton's demented Fargo look In the premiere, Lester dispatched his wife with a hammer in the heat of the moment, but his nice-guy reputation has kept him free of suspicion among the Bemidji, Minn., locals who grew up with him. In particular, new police chief Bill Oswalt (Bob Odenkirk) is determined to leave poor Lester to mourn in peace instead of questioning him. The first week was a really steep learning curve. Everybody was really patient with me while I just learned the lingo and the day-to-day of doing things. Fargo's Martin Freeman has been waiting to play a killer Molly is kind of the TV version of Margie, Frances McDormand's character from the film Fargo. Margie is such an iconic, strong female character. There are not a whole lot of those, especially for character actresses for myself to look at and be like, "That was cool, that was really neat." Margie is definitely one of those for a character actress growing up interested in good work. What drives Molly to pursue the investigation despite Bill's insistence that she drop it? Save These Shows: 14 series our readers hope will survive When are we going to see Molly get the first big break in the case? Seeing her with Gus and with Greta is really fun because you get to see her interact with humans and not just her co-workers and not just suspects. There's a romance budding, but there are these very understated Minnesota-North Dakota people, so their courtship is very stunted and funny. There's actually one woman from Canada who plays another female deputy who's got a couple of scenes later on. The accent, once I found it, I could slip in and out of it really easily with the exception of a few words that they'd have to be like, "It's not inSURance, it's INsurance." In addition to that, I think there are a lot of Easter eggs for really Coen-y Coen Brothers fans. Fargo airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on FX. [...] check out a video of Tolman's more memorable moments from the episode here.