There is a God, and he has decided that a second season of The Killing would be a good thing, so sayeth TV Line.
I’ll admit that i’m smitten with the show, and I feel that it has turned the cop/murder/procedural drama completely on its head. Focusing on the family of the victim, rather than just the police and the perps feels totally fresh. And the melancholic tone of the show evokes a mood seldom seen on television. I’m interested to see where they go with season 2, as the Rosie Larsen storyline of the current season should (we think?) be wrapped up neatly next week in the season finale. If the Danish original is followed, one would imagine an entirely different case with the same detectives.
For my money, it simply does not get any better than AMC right now. With this wrapping up next week, Breaking Bad coming back on July 17th, more Walking Dead in the fall, and Mad Men in early 2012, there is no shortage of greatness on hand for the next year. If you aren’t watching AMC, get to a church and pray for your mortal soul.
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I agree that it’s a cop show.
Heh, yeah, I remember from your blogs that you aren’t exactly in love with the show. Or you hate it. A lot of people hate the slow burn, cock tease brand of storytelling but i’ve felt that it’s been pretty engrossing. I love the dynamic between Linden and Holder and I feel there’s real depth there. I’ve just really loved watching it unfold. It isn’t up to par with Breaking Bad or Mad Men, but had a better first season than The Walking Dead.
My mother’s cancer had a better season than Walking Dead.
With The Walking Dead, despite its erratic season, I was still onboard w/ the premise and talent involved at the end. With The Killing, I have no faith left in the writers to craft an intelligent show. They don’t know how email works. They don’t know how the police work. They don’t know how logic works.
I’ve watched the series every week, and it’s grown somewhat tiresome.
Amazing how all of the characters interconnect in some way. In the portrayed Seattle it always rains and everyone has some sordid connection to one another. Likewise each character is provided with a layer of suspicion in the murder that any one of them could provide a perfectly plausible culprit. Ultimately, it may not matter who did it. Like Poirot walking us through the passenger list, it’s simply a a mechanism unless the ending provide the Deus Ex.
One episode left to tell us whether this is worth the time but I have my doubts.
“They don’t know how the police work. They don’t know how logic works.” LOL, yep, you’re right. This show is a train wreck and like a train wreck, I can’t avert my eyes because I can’t believe AMC still hasn’t fired the writing staff. But next year will be the same train wreck all over again, and I won’t need to see that twice.
I’ll admit the show isn’t perfect, and the scenes with Richmond and his advisers REALLY drag. But as gimmicky as the concept is, I love piecing it all together and watching it unfold. Maybe i’m a sucker for a murder mystery. With any luck they’ll at least slightly alter the formula in season 2, as it could get a bit redundant.
Yeah, its not really the slow burn style that most of us detractors are hating on though. It’s the complete lack of logic/believability of any of the characters, Seattle, politics, teenagers and even basic technology. I mean, what kind of a computer makes loud beeping sounds alerting you every time you get an email (which, by the way, do not show up the second they’re sent)?
Oh, that’s right, the plot convenient kind! When every episode dabbles in this, with no redeeming qualities, its not really fair to level nay-saying viewers as turning away because they can’t dig a slow burn.
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