Hats off to Francesca Eastwood, who played heart-of-stone actress Vivian Lord in the extended Seventies flashbacks on last week’s Fargo (which, for a change, was set entirely in Los Angeles, past and present). In the present-day scenes, Carrie Coons, as former police chief Gloria Burgle, tracks down Vivian, now working in obscurity as a waitress in an L.A. diner. The elder Vivian was played by Frances Fisher – who, in real life, happens to be the mother of Francesca Eastwood, who played the younger Vivian (pictured). And whose real-life father, it’s worth noting, is Clint Eastwood. As an actress, those are pretty good genes… But tonight, Eastwood is gone, as we’re back to the present, and back to Minnesota. For a profile of Fargo co-star David Thewlis, see David Hinckley's All Along the Watchtower.

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