Just in time for its sophomore finale, Fargo nabbed three Golden Globe nominations on Thursday morning: one for best miniseries, as well as acting noms for stars Kirsten Dunst and Patrick Wilson.



It's a coup for creator Noah Hawley. The writer-producer's loose spin on Joel and Ethan Coen's 1996 film of the same name set a very high with critics during the first go-around. And the nominations further validate all the praise for the anthology's latest installment. It's currently the most-acclaimed TV series of the year, per review aggregate Metacritic. Hawley hopped on the phone with The Hollywood Reporter Thursday morning — but, instead of discussing statuettes, the showrunner sounded off on the subtle extraterrestrial through line that came to a head during Fargo's latest episode.



"It felt like that territory was open to me," Hawley says of the UFO that appeared to hover over the hotel parking lot bloodbath in "The Castle." "Last year, fish fell from the sky. The fun thing about having a show that starts out with 'This is a true story,' is that there's this mindset where you get to play around with the fudgeability of what's real and what's not. You also want to create a story that plays into that other Coen Brothers theme — which is, 'Accept the mystery.' "

