18 Facts About Lou Solverson

Lou Solverson is a fictional character in the FX television series Fargo.

Lou Solverson first appeared as a supporting character in the first season, played by Keith Carradine, and then as a main character in the second season, played by Patrick Wilson.

Lou Solverson makes several references to his career, in particular the events of 1979, most notably when he describes the Sioux Falls Massacre to Lorne Malvo.

In 1979, Lou Solverson is a state trooper with the Minnesota State Police and based out of Luverne, Minnesota.

At home, Lou Solverson is dealing with the worsening cancer of his wife Betsy while raising their 6-year-old daughter, Molly.

Later, while driving his family into town, Lou Solverson stops by the crime scene where Betsy finds Rye's gun in some weeds.

Later that night, Lou Solverson sees a light on inside the closed butcher shop and finds Ed working late, as he is disposing of Rye's body in a meat grinder.

Lou Solverson asks to buy some bacon for Molly, while Ed does his best to distract Lou Solverson from noticing a severed finger that had rolled under a door.

Lou Solverson hesitates for Betsy to participate in the trial, but Betsy accepts anyway.

Peggy takes Lou Solverson's warning about the Gerhardts' reputation for violence very seriously and plans to leave town, but Ed insists on staying.

Lou Solverson accepts a deal that will give her family amnesty for previous crimes they have committed in exchange for information about how the Kansas City syndicate runs their drug operation.

Lou Solverson manages to escape, but Ed and Peggy are captured.

When Lou Solverson strongly opposes this idea knowing that Milligan would see right through the ruse, Cheney has him escorted to the state line, though Hank elects to stay behind.

Meanwhile, Lou Solverson, who has discovered that Hanzee killed a gas station attendant, goes back to warn the others that Hanzee likely knows of their plan.

Lou Solverson arrives at the motel too late as the Gerhardts have ambushed Cheney and the other officers and massacred all of them, only realizing their mistake when Hank and Ben begin shooting back while in uniform.

Lou Solverson uses the opportunity to shoot a distracted Bear in the head, while Peggy uses a pot of boiling coffee to wound Hanzee in order to escape with Ed.

Lou Solverson begins firing at Hanzee, but misses and he escapes.

Lou Solverson then succumbs to blood loss, causing Peggy to break down mentally and hallucinate that Hanzee has lit the supermarket on fire in an attempt to smoke them out, when in actuality, Hanzee has fled the scene.