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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