AMC: The Killing

[quartermainefan]

after sleeping on it, my heart has hardened. I think the show made a big mistake not answering the only question that matters. Their cliffhangers are really over very tiny cliffs. Will the congressman die? It's irrelevant and doesn't matter. Will she get off the plane? Again, this is inconsequential. There is only one thing that matters, who the killer is, and the show did not need to drag this out a year. I think what they will find is rather than people sitting on pins and needles, people will just no longer care because they see there is no end in sight and the show tries to cover up their nonsense with smoke and mirrors asking questions nobody was asking.

[jcar03]

The first season takes place over the course of 13 days, many murders go unsolved for years.

[alexisfan07]

Veena said the murder would be solved in season two and we'd also have another case to solve

[Juliajms]

Many murders are never solved, but that's not what we were promised. The show's tagline was "who killed Rosie Larson?", it doesn't seem unrealistic to want that answer at the end of a 13 show season. I'm not as pissed about this as many people, but it does annoy me. It wouldn't annoy me as much if they hadn't set up one red herring after the next. They played that beat one too many times for me.

[alexisfan07]

Very true. They could've sacrificed one of the Bennett episodes for an episode that at least told us part of WHY Rosie was killed. That would've been nice at least. When you think about it, though, there weren't THAT many red herrings. It was just the kids, Bennett, and Darren (maybe), right? I don't really count the mayor, Drexler, Belko or the casino people since there wasn't an entire arc devoted to them and it's obvious anyone and everyone is a suspect. At least we can eliminate the kids and Bennett (I'm gonna assume Darren as well) from the suspect list, it helps a little, so the mini red herring arcs did do SOMETHING, haha.

[MichaelGL]

Sometimes I forget it's only been 13 days since the murder took place. Sometimes it feels as if it's been longer than that, with all the red herrings lol

I don't mind it really, I have enough interest to tune in for the next season. I think my love for this show will be similar to my affection for Lost while it was still on lol, getting very few answers, having my chain yanked every now and then, but sticking it out because I want some answers.

[Southofnowhere]

A total and complete conjob! Nobody will watch next season!

Last ep felt like writers and actors were laughing at us!

[quartermainefan]

and those murders would not make for good TV shows.

This was set up as a murder mystery straight up. You don't buy an Agatha Christie book and then discover the last chapter is missing and won't be published until next year.

[Juliajms]

Exactly! That's how I feel too. I like Holder and Linden, so I will come back, but I do feel slightly cheated.

[alexisfan07]

Haha, how ironic. Look at what Michelle Forbes says here!

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[quartermainefan]

This show is back, I am surprised the thread was not revived. Anyone watching?

[Wales2004]

This show almost lost me because I didn't like the first season finale and I thought there were a couple of episodes were just "fillers" with no purpose other than to throw out more potential suspects who seemed dead end. I don't know how to express it any better but the plot device worked when they used it to take the viewer on a detour with the teacher as a suspect since it revealed Stan's flaws and Mitch's as well. Plus they've tied that up with Stan's attempt to apologize. The Michael Ames centric episode was without purpose for me but maybe they will tie that up as well. And, also hinting at Yannick came across as a pointless distraction.

I realized that I don't even like any of the characters, although as wretched as Stan is, he might have some redeeming qualities. Anyway the writers regained my interest with the last couple of episodes. I especially liked that they used Yannick's death to "save" Stan.

If this show does get another season, I hope that they devote some time to developing the victim. I know this hinges for the most part on how Rosie Larson's death affected all these individuals but seeing more of her might have helped make her parents more tolerable when they were hard to take.

[jcar03]

Anyone watching Season 3? I decided to give it a try and the first two episodes held my interest. I enjoyed season 1 and wasn't as irked as some about how it ended up I just couldn't get into Season 2.

[Bright Eyes]

I never had a problem with them running the mystery into season two either. This show never weakened to me and the finale of the mystery was amazing.

The first hour was a little odd, but once Sarah clearly started to get pulled back in, I was hooked again. I do absolutely hate the loud mouth girl and hope she ends up dead soon.

[alexisfan07]

I loved the premiere! I hope the constant presence of the kids doesn't annoy me too much. Linden and Holder were brilliant as always and Sarsgaard, Dillon, Koteas, and Seimetz were great.

I love that we got to meet Kallie and get a glimpse into her life before she (presumably) bit it and I think one of the others will probably end up dead too by the end of the season, which is a totally different experience from that of the Rosie Larsen case.