wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocodile_dilemma">Crocodile Paradox used in the show, or should we look into the in the later episodes?
Lester Nygaard was exactly the kind of man Malvo looked for—a man so compressed by his own life that he was ready to shatter. Lester was a life insurance salesman who couldn’t sell a policy to a drowning man. He lived in a beige house with a wife, Pearl, whose disappointment was so sharp it could cut glass. After a humiliating run-in with his childhood bully, Sam Hess, Lester found himself in a hospital waiting room with a broken nose and a soul that felt even worse. That’s where Malvo sat, calm as a frozen lake. "Fargo" The Crocodile's Dilemma(2014)
"If I were you," Malvo said, his voice a low, sandpaper growl, "I’d have killed that man." wikipedia
By the time Deputy Molly Solverson arrived, she found a dead Chief, a dead wife, and a "victim" in Lester. But Molly was the only one who saw the jagged edges of the story. She saw the way the blood didn't match the tale. He lived in a beige house with a
The blood on the white linoleum was the only bright thing in the room. The Noose Tightens
When Chief Vern Thurman came knocking on Lester’s door to ask about Hess, the panic finally broke Lester. He didn't just snap; he splintered. In a blind, pathetic rage at his wife's endless mocking, Lester picked up a ball-peen hammer and ended his marriage in the middle of the kitchen.
: Malvo shot Vern with a shotgun before the Chief could even draw his weapon.