AMC's The Killing

Discovered this show, then got up to date on it, this weekend. It's very good (not great). The red herring count is getting a little high.

As a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest, I must say that I love the overhead shots of Seattle in all its splendor, especially the views of the skyline from West Seattle/Bainbridge, anything looking north-to-south, and of the various bodies of water and waterways. It's always raining on the show, which hides the fact that on a sunny summer day, Seattle is as beautiful as any city in the world, and might be the most beautiful in the country.

P.S. Alan Sepinwall's reviews are excellent. Fans of 'The Wire,' which is the Michael Jordan of television shows, know this already.

 

I don't think it's clear at all. The first episode showed her running through the woods. If she was killed at the apartment that wouldn't make any damn sense.

 

It's only six episodes of a thirteen episode series. I doubt it's Richmond or Ahmed or his wife who were directly involved with the girl's death. They could wrap that up by episode eight or nine

I'm figuring it may be somebody we haven't even thought of yet, like the guy who works with Stanley.

 

I wanna know what was up with the sister and the man at the funeral reception? There's still a lot of layers to be uncovered I think.

 

HC, yeah, that one caught my eye as well. Up until that point the sister was just a peripheral character taking care of the kids and providing a shoulder to cry on. All of a sudden, with one awkward "Hello," and a clearly angry snub she heads off to get drunk. Didn't see that coming and now it's bothering me.

 

This is an excellent point, and one I hadn't even thought about. But how the hell are they going to make the teacher/wife thing a red herring? Like I said before, there is intricate and there is tiresomely convoluted. We're definitely headed toward the latter. I'm still watching for now.

 

Maybe she wasn't killed in the woods. Maybe whomever was chasing her knocked her unconscious and took her to the teacher's house or somewhere else.

 

Not sure where this is going, but it's not getting better. Even though I have not seen the Euro series this was based on, it seems to me that it's trying to project a lot of European cultural conflicts onto this. It's almost as if they're trying to adapt the original series without really taking into account cultural differences between Copenhagen and Seattle.

 

i'm too invested now to not see it through to the end, but 'the killing' has loooong blown it's chance to be special. some terrific performances, here and there, but far too inconsistent, dark and cliche'd. it's an amc 'one and done' that may or may not win a couple of trophies in award season, leaving those who didn't watch wondering if they missed the boat.

you didn't. nothing to see here. move on to the next amc project, biding time until the return of 'mad men.' hope draper still has hair and it's still black by then. :

 

The show picked up the pace last night, but it's starting to get a little too drawn out for me. I'm with HC, I want to know what was the deal with the sister.

I wonder if they laid the groundwork for a second season last night too, with the missing girl at the Isamic center.

 

I'm back and forth with this show. Last week, I hated the episode. This week, I'm back on the bandwagon. I just don't know where it's heading, and that part I don't like. But like shockey, I'm too invested to give up now.

 

Guy from "TV Without Pity" I overheard on WLS the other night said he liked the series but that it sometimes played like "the longest, slowest episode of Law & Order: SVU ever."