Home > Fargo > Season 2 « TV Series Page Fargo: Season 2 (2015) SEASON: Season 2 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Want to see Episode List Season 2 Fargo Critics Consensus 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. 100% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 58 95% Audience Score User Ratings: 3038 See score details Rate And Review Submit review Want to see Edit Submit review Super Reviewer Verified Super Reviewer Verified Edit Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit Continue Super Reviewer Step 2 of 2 How did you buy your ticket? Let's get your review verified. Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. You're almost there! Just confirm how you got your ticket. Super Reviewer Rate this season Oof, that was Rotten. Meh, it passed the time. It’s good – I’d recommend it. Awesome! So Fresh: Absolute Must See! What did you think of this tv season? (optional) Submit How did you buy your ticket? Submit By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. Episodes 1 100% Waiting for Dutch Air date: Oct 12, 2015 In the second season premiere, a surprising event at a diner disrupts the citizens of a small Minnesota town. More 2 100% Before The Law Air date: Oct 19, 2015 The Gerhardts get an unexpected offer and two surprising murderers try to clean up their mess. More 3 100% The Myth Of Sisyphus Air date: Oct 26, 2015 The search for Rye escalates; Lou visits Fargo; and Peggy learns a new theory about the Waffle Hut shooter. More 4 100% Fear And Trembling Air date: Nov 2, 2015 Floyd responds to Kansas City's proposal; Hanzee takes a road trip; and Lou comes to a realization. More 5 100% The Gift Of The Magi Air date: Nov 9, 2015 Floyd takes action and Charlie tries to prove himself. Also: Peggy and Ed disagree about what to do next and Lou is sidelined during Ronald Reagan's campaign tour. More 6 100% Rhinoceros Air date: Nov 16, 2015 Lou and Hank try to prevent an altercation; Peggy and Ed defend their choices; and the Gerhardts attempt to get back one of their own. More 7 100% Did You Do This? No, You Did It! Air date: Nov 23, 2015 Lou and Hank investigate in Fargo; the king of breakfast visits Betsy and Molly; Floyd is summoned away; and Bear questions a family member's loyalty. More 8 100% Loplop Air date: Nov 30, 2015 Hanzee searches for Peggy and Ed while Dodd ends up in unfamiliar territory. More 9 100% The Castle Air date: Dec 7, 2015 Peggy and Ed follow their plan at the Motor Motel; Lou faces jurisdictional politics; and Hanzee reports to the Gerhardts. More 10 100% Palindrome Air date: Dec 14, 2015 In the season finale, Peggy and Ed try to escape. More Fargo: Season 2 Videos 2:03 Fargo: Season 2 First Look View All Videos (1) Fargo: Season 2 Photos View All Photos (133) Tv Season Info The all new "true crime" case in Fargo's latest chapter takes you back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota. "Lou Solverson" (Patrick Wilson), a young State Police Officer recently back from Vietnam, investigates a case involving a local crime gang, a major mob syndicate and a small town beautician "Peggy Blumquist"(Kirsten Dunst) along with her husband "Ed" (Jesse Plemons), the local butcher's assistant. Helping Lou piece things together is his father-in-law, "Sheriff Hank Larsson"(Ted Danson). The investigation will lead them to a colorful cast of characters that includes "Karl Weathers" (Nick Offerman), the town lawyer of Luverne, Minnesota. A Korean War vet, Karl is a flowery drunk blessed with the gift of gab and the eloquence of a true con artist. Three-time Emmy® winner Brad Garrett will play "Joe Bulo," the front man for the northern expansion of a Kansas City crime syndicate. The new face of corporate crime, Joe's bringing a Walmart mentality to small town America. His number two is "Mike Milligan" (Bokeem Woodbine). Part enforcer, part detective, Mike is always smiling -- but the joke is usually on you. Bulo and his crew have their sights set on the Gerhardt crime family in Fargo, currently led by matriarch "Floyd Gerhardt" (Jean Smart). With her husband at death's door, Floyd takes over the family business, frustrating her eldest son, "Dodd Gerhardt" (Jeffrey Donovan). An impatient hothead with a cruel streak to match his ambitions, Dodd can't wait for both his parents to die so he can take over and expand their business from kingdom to empire. "Bear Gerhardt" (Angus Sampson) is the middle son, an intimidatingly large man who, although inarticulate, is the most decent of his clan. "Rye Gerhardt" (Kieran Culkin), the youngest of the Gerhardt clan, views himself as a big shot, but in reality he's just a small dog with a loud bark. -- (C) FX Genre: Drama Network: FX Premiere Date: Oct 12, 2015 Creator: Noah Hawley Exec. Producers: Noah Hawley, Adam Bernstein, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Warren Littlefield Cast Kirsten Dunst as Peggy Blomquist Patrick Wilson as Lou Solverson Ted Danson as Hank Larsson Jean Smart as Floyd Gerhardt Jesse Plemons as Ed Blomquist Zahn McClarnon as Hanzee Dent Angus Sampson as Bear Gerhardt Brad Mann as Gale Kitchen Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan Nick Offerman as Karl Weathers Cristin Milioti as Betsy Solverson Rachel Keller as Simone Gerhardt Kieran Culkin as Rye Gerhardt Jeffrey Donovan as Dodd Gerhardt Brad Garrett as Joe Bulo Show More Cast News & Interviews for Fargo: Season 2 2018 Critics’ Choice Award Winners Announced Critics’ Choice Nominations: The Shape of Water and Feud: Bette and Joan Lead the Race 2016 Emmy Winners Announced: Game of Thrones and Veep Win Top Awards View All Fargo: Season 2 News Episodes 1 100% Waiting for Dutch Air date: Oct 12, 2015 In the second season premiere, a surprising event at a diner disrupts the citizens of a small Minnesota town. More 2 100% Before The Law Air date: Oct 19, 2015 The Gerhardts get an unexpected offer and two surprising murderers try to clean up their mess. More 3 100% The Myth Of Sisyphus Air date: Oct 26, 2015 The search for Rye escalates; Lou visits Fargo; and Peggy learns a new theory about the Waffle Hut shooter. More 4 100% Fear And Trembling Air date: Nov 2, 2015 Floyd responds to Kansas City's proposal; Hanzee takes a road trip; and Lou comes to a realization. More 5 100% The Gift Of The Magi Air date: Nov 9, 2015 Floyd takes action and Charlie tries to prove himself. Also: Peggy and Ed disagree about what to do next and Lou is sidelined during Ronald Reagan's campaign tour. More 6 100% Rhinoceros Air date: Nov 16, 2015 Lou and Hank try to prevent an altercation; Peggy and Ed defend their choices; and the Gerhardts attempt to get back one of their own. More 7 100% Did You Do This? No, You Did It! Air date: Nov 23, 2015 Lou and Hank investigate in Fargo; the king of breakfast visits Betsy and Molly; Floyd is summoned away; and Bear questions a family member's loyalty. More 8 100% Loplop Air date: Nov 30, 2015 Hanzee searches for Peggy and Ed while Dodd ends up in unfamiliar territory. More 9 100% The Castle Air date: Dec 7, 2015 Peggy and Ed follow their plan at the Motor Motel; Lou faces jurisdictional politics; and Hanzee reports to the Gerhardts. More 10 100% Palindrome Air date: Dec 14, 2015 In the season finale, Peggy and Ed try to escape. More Critic Reviews for Fargo Season 2 All Critics (58) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (0) By giving us a wide array of characters who's brutality and venality are covered with just the right amount of Minnesota nice, "Fargo" shows us all just how a modern TV anthology is supposed to work. Nov 26, 2019 | Full Review… Eric Deggans NPR Top Critic The most important thing about what's before us is that Fargo remains a risk-taker. Oct 9, 2015 | Rating: A- | Full Review… Liz Shannon Miller indieWire Top Critic Fargo revels in presenting ordinary folk with extraordinary problems, in stripping away their everyday guises and peering long and hard at their dark potential. That it can do this through adaptations of true stories makes it all the more jaw-dropping. Oct 9, 2015 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Tom Long Detroit News Top Critic The cast is excellent, the plot-lines are richer and more neatly interwoven, and the alternating portions of whimsy and menace are served up with extraordinary panache. Oct 9, 2015 | Full Review… Christopher Orr The Atlantic Top Critic Despite its endlessly flat landscape, FX's Fargo is elevated by the most spellbinding direction of any drama currently on TV. Season 2 achieves new heights, thanks to writer-director Noah Hawley. Oct 9, 2015 | Full Review… Joanne Ostrow Denver Post Top Critic The dialogue in season two of Fargo might be even sharper than season one. Oct 9, 2015 | Full Review… Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Top Critic The second season has maintained the high bar of the first and the film. With memorable characters like those ordinary types caught in the spiral of violence. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 15, 2018 | Full Review… Natalia Marcos El Pais (Spain) As a whole, this year's ensemble provides an humorous and dark array of characters that, together, help fill the holes of Hawley's strung out script. Jun 18, 2018 | Full Review… Oliver Whitney ScreenCrush It's weird and wonderful and elegantly done. Expect lots of snow, blood and great dark humour. Apr 26, 2017 | Full Review… Pattie Pegler Stuff.co.nz Every scene in Fargo is compelling, because the show is generously populated with characters so interesting, they could all star in their own spinoff. Oct 9, 2015 | Full Review… Kristi Turnquist Oregonian Okay, then. Let's not dilly-dally and get straight to the point. You betcha, FX's second season of Fargo is a real winner, all right. Oct 9, 2015 | Full Review… Brittany Volk Tampa Bay Times Hilarious, harrowing and strangely cathartic, everything I put to words for FX's seminal series feels frustratingly futile, but I can say this: the first four hours of Fargo's second season are home to some of my favorite moments of TV in years. Oct 8, 2015 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review… Mitchel Broussard We Got This Covered View All Critic Reviews (58) Audience Reviews for Fargo: Season 2 2d ago Episode 6 is one mad piece of western warfare.... great show Raisul S 6d ago Where do I even begin. I loved season one and wasn't sure if season two would deliver. I can admit when I'm wrong. Season two is equally captivating as season one. Quite possibly even better. The cast is huge and full of amazing talent. I'll mention one specific performance as possibly my favorite Kirsten Dunst. Brilliant. So many different plot points and amazing performances are woven together with writing that truly captivated me and had me laser focused unable to look away. I have since re watched season one and two to make sure I didn't miss anything. My husband and I both loved season one and two and we found ourselves discussing Fargo more than once. Entertainment that delivers so much more than just your average drama is hard to come by, especially when they are able to continue season to season. Season two also stands alone as it's own masterpiece. Amy B May 03, 2020 When I first watched the Series 1 E 01 had no idea what this series headed for, no sooner till the 2nd series end, I was blown way by the brilliance of the ambience of the whole series. This is something very distinctive to other stories we see in any mode. Jude P Apr 02, 2020 The prequel season hits all the right notes, with the biggest highlight being the hilarious "Loplop" episode. Tons of tension, great characters, and all the wit, charm, and irony you've come to expect coming in one great package for the greatest show on television! Daniel M Mar 07, 2020 Mind blowing and unforgettable Jeff B Feb 23, 2020 Incredible storytelling, directing, production-value. A must watch -- and continues the HBO tradition of making invaluable television. Viktor E Jan 29, 2020 Season 1 was outstanding in every way, shape, and form. That said, I actually preferred season 2 slightly more. It featured a wider range of characters and a more expansive storyline. And there were so many outstanding acting performances, none better than Kirsten Dunst. How she lost out on the Best Actress in a Limited Series Emmy to Lady Gaga is beyond me. To say she was robbed is an understatement. C T Jan 05, 2020 This 'bizarro' universe tv series, FARGO - based on the movie of the same name (why I'm saying that, as if you don't know what you're watching, I don't know), is a little bit warmer this season. This season has more characters, more organizations and more departments involved than the movie and Fargo Year One, but it's a neatly woven mess, just like the fabric on the video box cover. The performances are all well done and as crazy as the characters they represent (bear with me, I'm trying for a compliment here) and the casting choices are excellent. I reallly enjoyed this large of a story with its many cogs, but at the end of it all, I'm wondering if its too big for the Fargo universe. Eric W Dec 27, 2019 Great show. Stays true to the movie and the first season Andrew S Nov 22, 2019 Intriguing, clever and funny. Also draws links in people and storyline with series 1, which was nice. A truly must see series. 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