Ed Blumquist is a fictional character and one of the lead protagonists from second season of the FX produced television series, Fargo.

He is created by Noah Hawley and portrayed by Jesse Plemons, who was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for this role.

Ed is perfectly content with their life and has plans to buy the butcher shop from his boss and start a family.

Despite this, and all of the issues caused by Peggy's accident, Ed never wavers in his love and support for his wife, going along with her often problematic ideas.

[2] Without a sufficient answer, he continues to fulfill the role of the faithful husband and the two begin to plan a cover-up for the accident and disposal of the body.

At Peggy's suggestion, they decide to crash the car to explain the damage and Ed disposes of the body after hours at the butcher shop.

Sheriff Deputy Lou Solverson walks in on the body grinding process, finding Ed's nervousness strange but not realising what's occurring.

When Lou pieces the events together, he questions Peggy and Ed and informs them that Rye is a member of the Gerhardt family- the most powerful crime syndicate in Fargo, North Dakota.

After making sure Noreen can recount how he saved Charlie and killed the other man in self-defence to the police, Ed rushes home to Peggy.

The couple are offered a deal by the South Dakota State Police where they receive reduced jail time and protective custody in their imminent trial.

While the police are holding the Blumquists in protection at the hotel, the Gerhardts attack, mistakenly thinking that Dodd is being held there.

Ed sits in anguish and tells Peggy that he can see her problems clearly now and that their relationship is over, even though he still loves her and the idea of their life together.