FX’s Fargo set the bar high with its first season, picking up three Emmy wins, three Critics’ Choice Television Awards, two Golden Globes wins, and a Producers Guild award. Critics loved it and so did audiences, but will season two live up to season one? The new official trailer for the series certainly looks interesting and well worth checking out.
The cast for this second visit to Fargo is led by Patrick Wilson and Kirsten Dunst and includes Ted Danson, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons, Bokeem Woodbine, Jeffrey Donovan, Kieran Culkin, Angus Sampson, and Jean Smart.
Season two arrives this October.
The Plot: The all new “true crime” case in Fargo’s latest chapter takes you back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota. “Lou Solverson” (Wilson), a young State Police Officer recently back from Vietnam, investigates a case involving a local crime gang, a major mob syndicate and a small-town beautician “Peggy Blumquist” (Dunst) along with her husband “Ed” (Plemons), the local butcher’s assistant.
Helping Lou 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” (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 frontman 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” (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” (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” (Sampson) is the middle son, an intimidatingly large man who, although inarticulate, is the most decent of his clan. “Rye Gerhardt” (Culkin), the youngest of the Gerhardt clan, views himself as a big shot, but in reality he’s just a small dog with a loud bark.
Watch the trailer:
