Oliver Platt

[WARNING: The following contains spoilers from Fargo's episode "Eating the Blame." If you haven't seen it yet, may you be plagued with doubts until you do.]



Well, Fargo finally did it. On Tuesday's episode, the FX series went beyond mere homages and confirmed that it not only shares the same DNA as the 1996 hit film of the same name, but in fact lives in the same universe.



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In a pivotal crossover scene, a younger version of Stavros Milos (played by Oliver Platt in the series' present day) desperately needs a lucky break, and his literal prayers are answered. See how in the clip below:





Fans of the Coen Brothers film will realize the origins of Stavros' windfall: the ill-gotten gains that Steve Buscemi 's character Carl buried in the snow for later retrieval. Of course, a rendezvous with an axe and woodchipper waylaid Carl, leaving the cash sitting there for Stavros to find. Series boss Noah Hawley didn't conceive of the crossover until after he wrote the first episode, in which drifter Lorne Malvo (