An anthology set in 1950, 1979, 2006, 2010 and 2019, released in almost none of that order, with a 1996 film sitting in the middle of the timeline.
Nothing here is a sequel to the thing before it. Each season is a closed story with a new cast in a new decade, so release order is the right order, and the only reason to think otherwise is that the seasons are set in 1950, 1979, 2006, 2010 and 2019 and were made in the order 2006, 1979, 2010, 1950, 2019.
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Ninety-eight minutes and the source of the tone, the title card and the accent. No season requires it, but season one pays off a detail from its ending and that lands better forwards than backwards.
Ten episodes set in 2006. It is the season that decides whether you want the other four, and everything later either precedes it or ignores it.
Ten episodes set in 1979. It is a prequel, and it is written to be watched second: it dramatises the Sioux Falls massacre that season one has already had a character describe, and its lead is the older policeman from season one as a young man.
Ten episodes set in 2010, the latest point on the timeline until season five. One character from season one returns, which is the only connection worth knowing about.
Eleven episodes set in 1950, the earliest of everything, and the only season that is not in Minnesota. Its ending is a setup for a character season two has already used, so it reads as a reveal only if season two came first.
Then what? Season five, ten episodes set in late 2019, which stands alone and connects to nothing. If you would rather go by the calendar, the order is season 4 in 1950, season 2 in 1979, the film in 1987, season 1 in 2006, season 3 in 2010, season 5 in 2019. It is a legitimate way to watch it and a worse one: season two's payoffs and season four's ending are both built on you already knowing what happens later, and a first-time viewer opening on the eleven episodes of season four is starting with the season most people rank last. A sixth season has not been ordered.
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