Fargo Season 2 Thread

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, "Fargo" producer Warren Littlefield said, "The second season is really is about the corporatization of America. It's the difference between a mom and pop family business and a Walmart."

The ten-episode season will accomplish its examination of the corporatization of America, through a true crime tale of a mob turf war set in 1979, and will even include Ronald Reagan starting out on the presidential campaign trail.

"It's the Kansas City mob basically looking to do a hostile takeover of the Gerhard crime family," Littlefield said. "In the middle, we have a couple, Ed and Peggy Blomquist, and they get caught in the middle of a war between these two crime factions."

The Blomquists will be played by Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons ("Breaking Bad").Patrick Wilson does serve as something of a tie-in with the first season playing Lou Solverson -- the former state trooper played by Keith Carradine in the first season --. Solverson is a clean cut Minnesota State Patrolman, four years back from Vietnam, whileTed Danson will play a WWII veteran and sheriff of Rock County, Minnesota named Hank Larsson.

Additional members of the cast include Jean Smart in a juicy role, playing crime family matriarch Floyd Gerhardt. Nick Offerman plays a Minnesota lawyer named Karl Weathers and they're joined by Brad Garrett, Kieran Culkin, Bokeem Woodbine,Jeffrey Donovan and Angus Sampson.

The difference, of course, between "Fargo" and "True Detective" is one plays on network television with commercial breaks, the other on premium cable. So how do they account for the advertisements in the writing? Easy, they don't. "With 'Fargo', it's strong content. We don't do melodrama," Littlefield said. "We don't build at the end of an episode. We have never show the network a script with an ad break in it. We figure it out in the edit suite."

Plot Details

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” (Patrick 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” (Ted 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” (Jean 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.

 

[hex]

This shyt is about to be so dope. What an era of TV we live in.

Fred.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

This shyt is about to be so dope. What an era of TV we live in.

Fred.

I agree

Season 1 I found was ridiculously underrated(even I slept on it)

 

[Brozay]

I preferred Fargo over TD during season one, have a feeling in season two it will distance itself further

 

[Diunx]

Ted Danson?

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Ted Danson?

if he dies his hair again back to the sam malone days

dyes too

 

[pickles]

When does the season start?

I hate getting excited and then finding out the season starts in November or some shyt.

 

[StraxStrax]

Ted Danson?

Fixed

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

When does the season start?

I hate getting excited and then finding out the season starts in November or some shyt.

that's the time it starts I think

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

Loved Season 1.
Bokeem Woodbine back

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

my god, i can't wait

 

[Urbanmiracle]

Fargo was the hidden gem of my TV watching a year ago. I even put my ex onto it. We loved that show. I hope this continues the standard.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Fargo was the hidden gem of my TV watching a year ago. I even put my ex onto it. We loved that show. I hope this continues the standard.

what's her @?

i'll make sure she tunes in

 

[Dylmatic]

 

[Nature Boy Ric Flair]

IN FOR FARGO fukkERY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO