binged season 2 this weekend after watching the first season like a year or so ago
season 2 was very good, but not as good as season 1 imo
which is a near-masterpiece aside from ending
freeman and BBT completely carried season 1, and season 1 had ton of amazing outdoor takes.
season 2 has a lot more charismatic characters in general, but none compare to lester/malvo. lester's raskolnikov-like metarphosis 'by chance' was amazing to watch.
felt like in season 2 the most difficult role to play was kirsten dunst's peggy, and I do think she pulled it off near perfectly. she's probably the 'lester' of season 2 and my favorite character from season 2 too
ufo shyt I didnt like too much, simply its because its too obvious a deus ex machina and season would lose nothing without it. unlike coen bros and david lynch where mystical shyt ties and blends in well, this kinda over the top in your face shyt. it also felt like unlike season 1 which was close in spirit to the fargo movie (ie movie about 80s shot in the 90s), this felt like a movie in the 2010s shot about the 70s.
ironically I didnt really like both ending shooting sprees in both seasons and malvo being a superhuman/devil and john redcorn becoming a terminator were both a bit
plus not a huge fan of the whole clan wars stuff, to me lester/peggys social fukkery that leads to fukkery is always more powerful to see.
anyway season 3 coming this spring
and looks like its taking place after season 1