The second season of FX's highly acclaimed crime drama anthology "Fargo" made its debut on air Monday night, and it seemed to live up to the standards set by its award-winning season 1.
The new installment of the black comedy-crime anthology serves as a prequel to the first season. It focuses on the younger version of season 1's Lou Solverson as he investigates a case that involved a local gang and crime syndicate in Sioux Falls and Luverne back in 1979. The said crime was mentioned in passing in the first season.
State Trooper Solverson was initially portrayed by Keith Carradine in the first season, but actor Patrick Wilson takes over the role for season 2.
In the middle of his investigation, Solverson meets the bubbly Midwestern beautician named Peggy Blomquist (Kirsten Dunst) and her husband named Ed (Jesse Plemons), a butcher. In a recent interview with E! News, Dunst revealed that her character made a big mistake that plays a big part in this season's plot.
"Peggy does something very dumb and very bad and then she tries to cover it up like nothing ever happened," Dunst said. "So you slowly realize there's a sociopathic streak in her to be able to do something like that."
Carradine's Solverson claimed in "Fargo" season 1 that the Sioux Falls murder case played a pivotal role in his career. In season 2, the younger Solverson will do everything that he can to solve the crime while keeping the rest of the public in safety.
The premiere episode of "Fargo" season 2 shows that a startling turn of events at a local diner makes a big impact on the lives of the residents of a quiet little town in Minnesota.
Meanwhile, the synopsis for the second episode titled "Before the Law" reads: "The Gerhardts get a surprising offer, and two unlikely murderers do their best to clean up their mess."
"Fargo" season 2 episode 2 airs Monday, Oct. 19, on FX.
