The KILLING

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.