It has been confirmed that Fargo (which aired on Channel 4 in the UK) will return for a second, 10-episode season next year. This isn’t really a major surprise as the first season – which starred Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton – recently picked up 18 Emmy nominations and overwhelmingly positive reviews.

Though they did at one point consider bringing back the same actors in different roles, a decision was made to instead make this spin-off the the Coen brothers’ 1996 film a loose prequel to the first season.

Creator Noah Hawley revealed at the summer Television Critics Association press tour that season two of Fargo will take place in Sioux Falls in 1979, a location mentioned a number of times in season one.

It’s set to be a loose prequel, with the Lou Solverson character (played by Dexter’s Keith Carradine in season one) returning as a 33-year-old man who has recently come back from fighting in Vietnam.

“That time period is interesting — post-Vietnam, post-Watergate … the best of America versus worst,” Hawley said. “That sense, I think, that this war had come home with people, and the violence and brutality of it. Lou Salverson went to Vietnam and came home, but now he’s come back and it’s here — it’s domestic.”

Though the team working on the series are aware of the desire to see the return of Molly (Allison Tolman) and Gus (Colin Hanks), that’s not something they felt happy with doing after wrapping their story up in season one. However, this season of Fargo will feature Molly’s mother and a 4-year-old version of that character.

There’s no word on the cast as of yet, but they are hoping to once again attract some big name actors. As for what the second season could be called, Hawley suggested Fargo: Backlash.