The Killing
The
Killing is an American crime drama television series that premiered on
April 3, 2011, on AMC that is based upon the Danish television series
Forbrydelsen (literally The Crime). The American version was developed
by Veena Sud and produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse
Entertainment. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the
various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden
(Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman). Wiki.
This
is the damnedest thing. After watching all of the Mentalist, and all of White Collar, me and the MoSup
looked for another series we could watch whilst supping. I found
the KILLING
(AMC). It looked good. 42 episodes. So we
began. When episode one
left us hanging, we had to wait until the next day for the
conclusion.
But, no. After episode two, Rosie Larsen's murder was still not
solved. Over the next two weeks we watched in awe as this single
crime
stretched into 14 episodes; then 21. WTF? Will it take all
42 45
minute episodes to solve? We took to watching 2-3 episodes in a row at
times.
The thing is, the lead detectives are not attractive people. So
there's
that. But, getting mildly impatient, after watching episode 9 we
determined that this is some of the finest all-around acting we've seen in an American television series. On a par with Lonesome Dove. Or, Mad Men.
It took all of season 2 (26 episodes, I think) before we had closure on
the first Killing. Tonight we begin again. Yes, 5 Stars.
What? You've seen it? Nevermind.
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Thanks for the tip! One of the gifts I bought Mr. Hughes for his b'day this year was a Roku 3. I've been an Amazon Prime member since '04 so it works out great. This, The Killing, is right up our alley. AMC turns out some great shows aside from the famed, Breaking Bad; such as, Hell on Wheels, an awesome western without the vulgar dialog of, Dead Wood.
ReplyDeleteTwo summer shows I got sucked into this year were, Those Who Kill (LMN), and The Divide (WE). The former was my favorite but has been cancelled - damn. The latter slips in liberal BS - duh- but so far not enough to turn me away. Looking forward to your recommendation.
Never made it to episode 2 of The Killing, because by the end of episode 1, The Mrs and I wanted to smash both actors in the face with a rock.
ReplyDeleteSorry.
Kim
Which is exactly how I felt Kim (unattractive characters). We just started season 3 and I hated it, but will give it a short chance
ReplyDeleteI can't recommend Wallander enough, it's a police crime procedure done by the BBC, based on a Swedish series of the same name. The Wife want dot see it originally because it had Tom Hiddleston in one of his earlier roles, but the lead is played exquisitely well by an aging Kenneth Branagh.
ReplyDeleteIt does have the world's worst theme song, as well as the universe's most annoying cell phone ring tones, but the show itself is quite good.
John the Baptist
Watching the pilot episode and looking up all the familiar actors faces at IMDB, like I always do.
ReplyDeleteI don't get where the unattractive and hit actors in the face with rocks comments have come from. Seriously? I don't get ya'll. Hoping the rest of this series will be as good.