Fargo's Sheriff Roy Tillman Revealed as Violent Abuser in Latest Episode

Public humiliation at debate and failed negotiation for hostage's release escalate tensions in the ongoing storyline.

Roy Tillman, the sheriff in the fifth season of 'Fargo', is shown to be a violent and abusive character, who has kidnapped Dorothy 'Dot' Lyon, a woman who escaped from a violent marriage to him.
In a televised local debate, Roy is publicly humiliated when three men, who have legally changed their names to Roy Tillman, echo his every word, turning the audience against him.
Dot, who has been chained up on Roy's ranch, vows to kill him, despite his threats and physical violence.
Danish Graves, a fixer for the Lyon family, attempts to negotiate Dot's release but is shot and killed by Roy.
The episode ends with Dot realizing that her fantasy of Linda, Roy's ex-wife, escaping and living in a women's shelter was false, as she sees the windmill under which she believed Linda had hidden a postcard, indicating that Linda is likely buried there.