Fargo season 2

The second season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley, aired in ten episodes from October 12 to December 14, 2015 on the basic cable network FX. A principal cast featuring Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Jean Smart, and Ted Danson leads the show's ensemble. Each Fargo season follows a self-contained story, distinguished by distinct sets of characters, settings, and events bound by a shared universe.

A prequel set 27 years before the events of season one, Fargo season two explores the lives of a Midwestern couple—Peggy (Dunst) and Ed Blumquist (Plemons)—and their cover up of the hit and run and homicide of Gerhardt crime family scion Rye (Kieran Culkin). Simultaneously, Minnesota state trooper Lou Solverson (Wilson) and Rock County sheriff Hank Larsson (Danson) investigate three homicides implicating Rye.

Hawley and the writers expanded the scope of Fargo's storytelling in the characters and subject matter. They increased the number of main characters to bolster the plot with interconnecting arcs and perspective. The shift in time enabled the creation of a more turbulent onscreen world. Filming of season two began in Calgary, Alberta in January 2015 and ended after 85 days. The series received widespread praise in the media and was nominated for various awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series and a Golden Globe for Best Miniseries or Television Film. It won several other honors for its acting, directing, writing, cinematography, editing, special effects, and creative direction.