Although this season of "Fargo" is set eight years before the film that inspired it, there are still plenty of references, allusions, and homages to the 1996 film. Here is what we've managed to spot thus far — check back for updates throughout the season. Episode 1: "Waiting for Dutch" The film and this season begin in the exact same manner. When Rye Gerhardt shows up an hour late for a meeting with his brother (“11, not noon”), his delay echoes the first scene of the film, when Jerry Lundegaard shows up an hour late to meet with his hired kidnappers. (”I’m sure sorry. Shep told me 8:30. It was a mix-up, I guess.”) Otto Gerhardt looks familiar, doesn’t he? From the show, this is Otto Gerhardt, patriarch of the Gerhardt crime family: From the film, this is Wade Gustafson, father-in-law of Jerry Lundegaard and ill-fated ransom deliverer: You’d be
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