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The second season of ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]]'', an American [[anthology series|anthology]] [[black comedy]] [[crime film|crime drama]] television series created by [[Noah Hawley]], premiered on October 12, 2015, on the basic cable network [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]. Its principal cast is [[Kirsten Dunst]], [[Patrick Wilson]], [[Jesse Plemons]], [[Jean Smart]], and [[Ted Danson]]. The ten-episode season's finale aired on December 14, 2015. As an anthology, each ''Fargo'' season possesses its own self-contained narrative, following a disparate set of characters in various settings in a connected [[shared universe]].
 
A [[prequel]] to the events in [[Fargo season 1|its first season]], season two of ''Fargo'' takes place in the [[Upper Midwest]] in March 1979. It follows the lives of a young couple—[[Peggy Blumquist|Peggy]] (Dunst) and [[Ed Blumquist]] (Plemons)—as they attempt to cover up the [[hit and run]] and homicide of Rye Gerhardt ([[Kieran Culkin]]), the son of [[Floyd Gerhardt]] (Smart), matriarch of the Gerhardt [[crime family]]. During this time, [[Minnesota State Patrol|Minnesota state trooper]] [[Lou Solverson]] (Wilson), and [[Rock County, Minnesota|Rock County]] sheriff Hank Larsson (Danson), investigate three homicides linked to Rye.