Fargo is like True Detective (before you jump all over that please finish the sentence) in that it gives you a new case each season. Each season of the series is going to be self-contained, which with series like True Detective and American Horror Story seems like a more and more popular choice. Season one was a winner and so expectations were elevated going into the sophomore season. Somehow the show makers were able to top themselves. This is even better!

 

This time we are back in the year 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota along with Luverne, Minnesota. Just back from Vietnam, Lou Solverson (played by Patrick Wilson) is working for the State Police. His latest case involves a small crime gang, a big mob syndicate and a beauty parlor worker, Peggy Blumquist (played by Kirsten Dunst), and her butcher’s assistant husband, Ed (played by Jesse Plemons).

 

Peggy used to think that her life was a bore. Well, no more. It is true until she accidentally hits and kills a member of the mob syndicate with her car. Panicking she drives home with the body on her windshield to get Ed’s help. The mob family tries to locate their missing member and soon the bodies are piling up in Sioux Falls. A full out territory war begins between the Sioux Falls group and a larger syndicate from Kansas City. Already you can see that this is not your typical case. Lou is getting some help from his father-in-law Sheriff Hank Larsson (played by Ted Danson).

 

fargo the complete second seasonThe entire cast is amazing. They are able to make you laugh despite the fact that their characters all do weird and gross things. Ted Danson continues his solid winning run on television and Kirsten Dunst might be better than she has been in anything else over her career. Also Nick Offerman shows that he is more than just a comedic actor. Despite the fact that there are more characters in the second season than there was in the first it is kept from tipping over into a world of chaos. The pacing is a little different so that might take some getting used to but trust me when I say it is worth it.

 

Special Features:

Lou on Lou: A Conversation with Patrick Wilson, Keith Carradine and Noah Hawley

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

The Films of Ronald Reagan: Extended Fargo cut

The True History of Crime in the Midwest

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