The Simpsons will send up prestige TV crime shows with a Fargo-inspired two-part episode

Variety

“A Serious Flanders," premiering Sunday, will have a Fargo theme as it sends up the rise of prestige premium crime dramas on cable and streaming. “We wanted to do all the tricks that these cool streaming shows get to do: Flashbacks, crazy time jumps, the feeling that anyone might die,” says executive producer Matt Selman, who finally caught up on Fargo. “It’s all the tricks of the trade, for a semi-pretentious but also very cool kind of story. We have scenes that build tension or make fun of the idea of building tension.”