Early in the long-awaited new season of Fargo, which is set in Kansas City in 1950, a prominent Italian businessman is accidentally shot in the neck by a couple of dopey young boys fooling around with toy guns in the park...

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THE LATEST REBOOT IS INTRIGUING AND FUN, AND IT'S ON PBS: 'VAN DER VALK' By David Hinckley

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