“This year, I wanted the story to stand on its own two feet,” Hawley says. Up close and personal: Hawley describes this year’s saga as “more intimate.” The cast is smaller, and at least early on, the scope isn’t as expansive as it was in Season 2, which erupted into an all-out war between crime syndicates.Īlso, there aren’t the obvious character connections that there were between Seasons 1 and 2. “I felt it was important to tell a story that felt a little more modern,” says Hawley, who wanted explore the impact technology has upon the narrative and how the real estate crash affected one character in particular.Ģ. Season 1 was set in 2006 and Season 2 in 1979. It’s set in the year 2010, making it the most contemporary installment of the series. Cloud and tiny Eden Valley (with a population of just over 1,000). A sense of place: This year, the darkly comedic mayhem unfolds in two Minnesota locales - St. And now, without getting into spoiler-alert territory, we’ll pass along five things you need to know about Season 3:ġ. We’ve seen two episodes that FX made available for review, and we’re happy to report that we’re hooked. They’ve been locked in a lifelong sibling rivalry - a competition that will lead them down a very dangerous path. Season 3 focuses on combative brothers Emmit and Ray Stussy, both wonderfully played by Ewan McGregor.
After a hiatus that lasted for more than a year, creator Noah Hawley’s snow-capped crime saga returns with new actors and new stories tied to desperate Midwestern folks who tend to hatch pathetic schemes that go horribly awry.īut some things don’t change: “At its core,” says Hawley, “the show has always been about the idea of what people will do for money.”
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