Fargo - Season 2

Season 2 and the gorgeous Kirsten Dunst are exactly what I desire. It has the 1970s and clever split screen work, it’s delicious, it works, it’s interesting, and all the ingredients are perfectly measured. I love and am blissful about Kirsten's return to the small screen. The drama escalates, and the mafia families go up against local police... will random eyewitnesses have the upper hand? The finale was excellent. Privately, I'm glad there was an opportunity for Kirsten and Jesse Plemons to meet, if only because she needed to start a family more than anything else. (09.01.2019)

I can't help but think the second season wasn't as good as the first. There are similar elements here, but the black humor has disappeared somewhat. There is no great villain like in the first season, but the main protagonists were good, and I found them very well written and they didn't bore me, mainly thanks to the actors that portrayed them. (03.11.2017)

Season 2 of Fargo surprised me more than I'd expected. I thought I would sorely miss Lorne Malvo and Lester Nygaard from the first season, but the opposite was true. The creators went back in time, bringing daddy Lou, the tragicomic Blumquist couple, and terminator Ohanzee Dent, and launched a war between two mob families. As usual, they didn't forget to add great atmosphere, tension, brutal action and a whole series of situations in which characters died completely unnecessary deaths caused by sheer stupidity. The only problem I had was with the appearance of a UFO. On the other hand, I was absolutely thrilled by how the two seasons were linked. What a great series! (24.02.2018)

Fargo, or Bloody Tales from the American Underworld, comes in series form for the second time, and this time after some hesitation, I am giving it five stars. Essentially for two reasons. The first season was carried by two characters and two actors. Billy Bob Thornton in particular basically stole the series for himself. Lorne Malvo, a neglected little man with sharp eyes and a virtuoso ability to unsettle his surroundings with his speech full of implied dark threats, is a villain you can't forget. The second season is much more balanced. It doesn't rely on stars, although Kirsten Dunst definitely belongs to the famous names of the American acting scene. However, there are several dozen attractive characters here capable of capturing the viewer's attention, and they should have a chance for a potential spin-off to be built around them. That is to say that they would if the malicious screenwriter didn't let them be massacred in a grandiose style. The rivalry between two criminal gangs sometimes resembles a minor civil war and I get the feeling that certain military operations in the last century have cost Americans fewer lives. The underling Hanzee, who decides to stop being obedient and wants to play his own significant game, the philosophical gangster Mike Milligan, who would be better suited for academia, the silent twin brother killers, the diligent tough cop or sheriff who remembers a lot and predicts a lot - they all function perfectly. The second reason for the fifth star is the married couple who act as a catalyst for everything that happens. Both the butcher Ed, who longs for his own butchery, and the hairdresser Peggy, who is a funny caricature of American feminism, are so obsessed with their own idea of happiness that they don't notice the immense trouble they are getting themselves into and that they are also dragging their surroundings in with them. This season contains more comedic elements than the first and at the same time represents thoroughly modern and clever filmmaking, confirming the well-known fact that interesting things happen on the television screen nowadays. The screenwriter has a tendency to resolve the plot in a deus ex machina style and not everyone can digest the flying saucers, but I simply consider them part of the game with the viewer, which you can either embrace and have a good time with or not. What disappoints me a little is the insufficient connection between the two seasons, which could have been much greater - the bag filled with millions from the first season was practically asking for it. Nevertheless, for me, it was a great bit of satisfaction, and if another season is made, I want to see it. Overall impression: 90%. (06.06.2016)

The second season is comparable in quality to the first one, so I enjoyed watching it again. The gripping thriller ride, punctuated with music that couldn't have been better chosen, captivated me so much that I suddenly stopped thinking about the prominent central characters from the first season of the series and fully focused on the troubles of the butcher and his quirky, determined wife, into which they delved destructively with each subsequent episode. The creators have gone back in time, spiced up the story with a proper mafia plot and I can't wait to see what they surprise and captivate me with next. (07.02.2021)