Fargo - Season 2
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Hawley and his writing team used the second season to expand the scope of the show's storytelling. Season two's episodes were shot in Calgary, Alberta over an 85-day period. The series received widespread critical acclaim and was cited as one of the strongest programs of the 2015 television season. It was a candidate for a multitude of awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series and Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film, and won several other honors recognizing outstanding achievement in acting, directing, writing, cinematography, editing, special effects, and creative direction.
Details of a new season first emerged in the media following a Television Critics Association (TCA) press event,[11] and by July 21, 2014, FX commissioned ten episodes for Fargo's second season.[12]
A principal cast of five actors received star billing in the show's second season.[19] Hawley did not tailor his characters with any specific actors in mind, though Nick Offerman, Brad Garrett, Patrick Wilson and Kirsten Dunst were among the few he considered for starring roles in the season's early stages.[20][21] The search for talent was sometimes an exhaustive process that required advertising via custom built websites and social media. Once actors were hired, their agents were made aware of the frigid shooting conditions and any issues with the location and potential scheduling conflicts during production were discussed.[22] Hawley discussed the script with actors who had little experience in the television industry. \"They're used to reading the whole story but you've given them one or two hours of it,\" he remarked.[21] Once hired, the actors trained with a dialect coach to master a Minnesota accent.[23]
Wilson, Ted Danson, and Jean Smart completed the principal cast by January 2015.[19] Wilson appeared as officer Lou Solverson, Danson as sheriff Hank Larsson, and Smart as Floyd Gerhardt, the matriarch of the Gerhardt crime family. Wilson's casting was unique because he was the only performer to portray an already established character; Keith Carradine played Lou for the show's first season, set 27 years after the events of season two.[30] As such, Hawley did not want to take cues from Carradine because Lou was \"at a different point\" in his life, although Wilson analyzed Carradine's performance to a point.[31][32] Wilson was persuaded by Fargo's critical accolades and commercial success; the actor said: \"There have been several times that you've given your heart and soul to an independent film and more often than not it doesn't match up to any commercial success or people seeing your film. So [my wife and agent] were like, 'You need to do something that people see'.\"[30] Danson found learning the Minnesota accent difficult; to improve, he began practicing as soon as he was signed, often on set before filming began.[23] Smart's role required an older look, which producers achieved by cutting and dyeing her hair, and Hawley gave the actress a book of paintings by Andrew Wyeth to explain her character.[23]
An ensemble of 20 actors make up the bulk of the series' cast. Hawley found ensembles enticing because they presented \"a lot of really good moving pieces\".[33] At Paleyfest 2015, the Fargo creator commented: \"It's sort of like a horse race in a way, especially when you know that everyone is on this collision course. It's like, 'Who's going to make it' And you can put people together in unexpected pairings.\"[33] Offerman played Karl Weathers, an alcoholic and the only lawyer in Luverne, and Cristin Milioti was assigned the part of Betsy Solverson, Lou's terminally ill wife. Hawley felt that Milioti was the right choice because her personality was similar to her character's.[33][34] Garrett portrays Joe Bulo, and Bokeem Woodbine appears as Mike Milligan, a role he was offered two days after auditioning.[35] For the role of Hanzee Dent, Hawley hired Zahn McClarnon two weeks after his audition.[36] Six others play members of the Gerhardts: Kieran Culkin as Rye,[37] Rachel Keller as Simone, Michael Hogan as Otto,[37] Allan Dobrescu as Charlie, Angus Sampson as Bear, and Jeffrey Donovan as Dodd.[37] When asked about his decision to cast Donovan, Hawley told the actor, \"I don't know. You just come off with a sense of power. I think Dodd comes off with a sense of power, and I thought that you have the chops to find the humor in it.\"[21] Donovan gained 30 pounds in preparation for his role.[38] Other major supporting roles in Fargo's second season include: Bruce Campbell as Ronald Reagan, Keir O'Donnell as Ben Schmidt, and Elizabeth Marvel as Constance Heck.[37][39]
Continuing his services from the prior season, Dana Gonzales oversaw production of the show's second season. The cinematographer took cues from William Eggleston to develop a retro visual palette.[45] To achieve this quality, Gonzales relied on vintage practical lighting technology, and captured scenes with an Arri ALEXA camera, retrofitted with vintage Cooke lenses.[45] In one section of Calgary where they were filming, production staff replaced each sodium-lamp street light with tungsten light bulbs, creating an ambience that \"pulls the audience into the world when the story takes place\".[45] Also, once Hawley analyzed the 1968 thriller film The Boston Strangler, split screen effects were employed to help streamline the narrative during transitions.[45] Gonzales said: \"We felt that split-screen would be an incredible way to track all these characters and locations within the episode: Where's the Gerhardt family Where are the guys from Kansas City Where's Peggy Where's Ed\"[45]
Fargo was considered among the best television shows of 2015 by the American press.[58] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 61 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 9.1/10. The website's consensus reads, \"Season two of Fargo retains all the elements that made the series an award-winning hit, successfully delivering another stellar saga powered by fascinating characters, cheeky cynicism, and just a touch of the absurd.\"[59] The season also holds the rare distinction of having each episode maintain a perfect 100% rating as well.[59] Metacritic gives the season a score of 96, based on 33 reviews, indicating \"universal acclaim\".[60] It was the highest rated TV show of the year on the same site, as well as the 20th highest of all time.[61][62]
Christopher Orr of The Atlantic called Fargo \"smart, thrilling, imaginative television, in addition to being wicked funny\", in which Hawley assumes greater narrative dimension and assurance in his vision.[63] Matthew Gilbert from The Boston Globe identified the dialog, acting, cinematography, music, set design and directing as its most satisfying attributes.[64] So too did The Hollywood Reporter's Tim Goodman, who believed that said qualities \"make a very riveting and entertaining dark comedy spectacle\".[65] Neil Genzlinger, writing for The New York Times, said that Fargo marries deadpan humor, violence, and \"observational oddity\" in a way unmatched by similar dramas.[66] In his review for Variety, Brian Lowry believed that despite the show's brisk pace, Hawley nonetheless adds depth to his story.[67] Dan Jardine of Slant Magazine agreed and thought that the narrative complexity is what distinguishes season two from Fargo's freshman season.[68] Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield felt that Fargo painted \"a fascinating portrait of America at the crossroads\".[69] Alan Sepinwall said in his review for HitFix that the series captures its namesake film's most redeeming qualities while assuming a distinct identity,[70] and The A.V. Club website felt that the series was \"the rare cable drama that forgoes attenuated storytelling and moral ambiguity, and instead delivers episode after episode where a lot happens, and all of it matters\".[71]
On February 23, 2016, 20th Century Fox released the second season of Fargo on DVD and Blu-ray formats in region 1. In addition to all ten episodes, both DVD and Blu-ray disc formats include five featurettes; \"Lou on Lou: A Conversation with Patrick Wilson, Keith Carradine and Noah Hawley\", \"Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls\", \"The Films of Ronald Reagan: Extended Fargo cut\", \"The True History of Crime in the Midwest\", and \"Skip Sprang TV Commercial\".[89]
The producers at one point discussed revisiting a modern period for their story. Ultimately, their vision was realized as a prequel that takes place 27 years before the events of the first season of Fargo (set in 2006) in 1979, rotating between Luverne, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. According to Hawley, the change in the time period helped to develop a sense of turbulence and violence in a world that \"could not be more fractured and complicated and desperate\".
An all-new season 4 Fargo story will premiere with two weeks of double episodes, beginning 8.30pm Thursday 8 October on SBS. Episodes will continue weekly at 9.30pm from Thursday 22 October. New episodes will be available at SBS On Demand each week on the same day as broadcast. Relive the first three standalone seasons of Fargo now at SBS On Demand.
The Emmy-winning first season of Fargo, the limited series that was inspired by the Coen brothers film of the same name (and quickly earned their hard-to-get endorsement), was a triumph on multiple levels as one of the most creative and evocative works on TV in 2014. The second season proves that was no fluke.
In season two, we definitely dwell on it, as we meet young Vietnam vet Lou (played by Patrick Wilson), a Minnesota state trooper, married to Betsy (Cristin Milioti), daughter of Luverne Sheriff Hank Larsson (Ted Danson), mimicking the setup of season one while also hammering home the small-town family vibe. Betsy, who is fighting cancer, and Lou have a daughter, Molly, who will of course grow up to be the focal point of the first season. 59ce067264
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