The first season of Fargo was one of the surprise delights of last year, even if we didn’t love every episode. The second season, a prequel to the first that centers on Keith Carradine’s character now played by Patrick Wilson, is coming to FX this fall, and it looks like it could be even better.
While it’s hard to see a standout character along the lines of Billy Bob Thornton’s Malvo, the cast assembled, including Ted Danson and Jean Smart, shows great promise that we’ll see a collective strength that’s even greater than that of season one.
And characters aside, Kirsten Dunst seems like she might give a standout performance here in her catatonic but also Lady Macbeth-evoking display of guilt. In addition to the short trailer above, see another teaser below showcasing Dunst by herself.
Here’s the full synopsis for the second season of Fargo via FX Networks:
The all new “true crime” case of Fargo’s new chapter travels back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, where a young State Police Officer “Lou Solverson” (Wilson), recently back from Vietnam, investigates a case involving a local crime gang and a major Mob syndicate. Helping him piece things together is his father-in-law, “Sheriff Hank Larsson” (Danson). The investigation will lead them to a colorful cast of characters that includes “Karl Weathers” (Nick Offerman), the town lawyer of Luverne, Minnesota. A Korean War vet, Karl is a flowery drunk blessed with the gift of gab and the eloquence of a true con artist. Three-time Emmy winner Brad Garrett will play “Joe Bulo,” the front man for the northern expansion of a Kansas City crime syndicate. The new face of corporate crime, Joe’s bringing a Walmart mentality to small town America. His number two is “Mike Milligan” (Bokeem Woodbine). Part enforcer, part detective, Mike is always smiling – but the joke is usually on you. Bulo and his crew have their sights set on the Gerhardt crime family in Fargo, currently led by matriarch “Floyd Gerhardt” (Smart). With her husband at death’s door, Floyd takes over the family business, frustrating her eldest son, “Dodd Gerhardt” (Jeffrey Donovan). An impatient hothead with a cruel streak to match his ambitions, Dodd can’t wait for both his parents to die so he can take over and expand their business from kingdom to empire.“Bear Gerhardt” (Angus Sampson) is the middle son, an intimidatingly large man who, although inarticulate, is the most decent of his clan. “Rye Gerhardt” (Kieran Culkin), the youngest of the Gerhardt clan, views himself as a big shot, but in reality he’s just a small dog who barks big.
Here are two more teasers for the show, which returns in September:
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