Without question one of the year’s greatest pieces of television – and if you haven’t seen it yet, holy crap drop everything you’re doing and fix that immediately because it’s pants-shittingly GENIUS viewing – Fargo‘s single season, self-contained nature didn’t exactly lend itself to renewal; feeling more like a ten-part mini-series than an ongoing drama. But a second season is, quite gleefully, being put together, with an entirely new story and a whole new cast stepping in for a new stint in the wheel, much in the same way that True Detective is being structured. One season, one story.
“Dunst will play “Peggy Blomquist,” a small town beautician with big city dreams who is trying to figure out who she really is and what she really wants as she struggles with traditional societal expectations. She shares her home with her husband “Ed” (Plemons), a butcher’s assistant, who wants to be supportive of his wife’s self-discovery, even if he doesn’t quite understand it.“
“Fargo’s new chapter, which will unfold over the course of 10 episodes, will travel back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, where a young State Police Officer “Lou Solverson” (yet to be cast), recently back from Vietnam, will tackle an all new “true crime” case. Solverson’s wife, “Betsy,” (yet to be cast) their four-year-old daughter, “Molly,” (yet to be cast) and fellow officer, “Ben Schmidt,” (yet to be cast) will also be featured in the new instalment.“
