Comments on: Can AMC’s ‘The Killing’ Get Its Mojo Back In Season 2? And How Season 1 Caught Hollywood’s Attention

By: george

george — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:18 +0000

Maybe Americans just can't handle the slow burn proceedings of this show. I think it's engrossing, and although we all want the answers of a murder mystery, in life not all cases are solved. And, it has only been 2 weeks since Rosie was murdered. There are countless cases worldwide that remain cold for decades+. Americans need everything "now".

By: Ian Ungstad

Ian Ungstad — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:18 +0000

This terrible show started going off the rails after three episodes. The characterization was paper thin and they dragged the plot out with a series of red herrings that made the series a tonal mess. (Especially the whole female circumcision subplot.) I stuck around having invested several hours into the program in hopes ther series would redeem itself. I don't know that I needed to know the identity of the killer but I wanted the season to go out on some kind of high note. Instead it just got worse and had one of the most cringe worthy bad season finales I've ever seen. (This episode also garnered some of the biggest backlash/worst press, I've seen for a television show in recent memory)

I disagree with the acting being good. Joel Kinnamon was indeed good and one of the only savid graces of the series. Mireille was average at best. Billy Campbell and Michelle Forbes were awful.

By: AD

AD — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:18 +0000

I don't get why they put it at 9 pm against HBO Game of Thrones. Not very smart. I know that the 10pm slot is for Mad Men but they shoudl have kept it at 10pm maybe another night!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:17 +0000

–spoilers—

Just watched most of the S2 premiere. Painful…. So Richmond was on a suicide attempt when the murder went down? While he's running for mayor? And his attempt just happens to be when a murder went down that he was implicated in?

Seriously? And now implications of a big police conspiracy?

This is looking a lot like Lost. The writers don't know where it's headed, and the don't really care. The goal is to keep you watching, and the assumption is you'll forget about massive plot holes that were opened up two episodes ago.

Yeah, maybe you can get away with that crap when you have an interesting setting like a tropical island, a few hot actors and actresses, and super weird stuff like time travel. But this is just a badly written mystery show that will almost certainly leave anybody that continues watching sorely disappointed.

I'm cutting my losses now, 2/3 of the way into this premiere.

By: 540now

540now — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:17 +0000

I agree that season 1 of The Killing was very disappointing but not because it moved slowly. The SF chronicle had an article yesterday making the same point – American audiences require action, car chases, etc. They went on to say that is the reason Rubicon (which they claim was significantly "slower" than The Killing) was cancelled and The Killing has "angered" its audience. I really liked Rubicon and was really disappointed by The Killing. It wasn't the speed of the plot development – the writing for Rubicon was high quality and the writing for The Killing is low quality. It's as simple as that.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:17 +0000

My issue with the show is that they say it's a new spin on a detective show. How? If someone is not solving the main case (the main draw of the show), then it's someone solving meaningless small cases that serve no purpose to the main case.
I also hate how it doesn't build to anything. Viewers don't tune into a show to see random shit happen that doesn't amount to much. Yeah, they want some twist and tricks to make them excited but what they did with this show was downright awful.
Veena Sud ranks up there as an horrible showrunner.

By: theConundrumm

theConundrumm — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:17 +0000

i don't get it. i literally gave the screen a high five in the closing minutes of the finale. it was a bold move, an utter joy, and came as no real surprise. the show was always engaging in some way or another, as this article clearly spells out, and to dismiss it without weighing all the things it brought against a tiny moment of overblown ire that it didn't take the typical, to-be-expected route is the only real 'The Killing' related disappointment…

By: jingmei

jingmei — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:17 +0000

Cool critic article in details, I was about to check out this attractive show. And as a TV show instead of a movie, things are supposed to be not that "efficient" though Hollywood would adapt slow European versions into fast speed ones.

By: Dan Trep

Dan Trep — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:45:17 +0000

This show should be an embarrassment to AMC and Veena Sud most certainly has earned herself the contempt of both formerly enthusiastic show viewers and thousands of writers in the industry who've been nursing and unsuccesfully pitching better series ideas for years.

Its obvious AMC didn't want to kill a former critical darling after they declined most of the pilots in production. They feared the story would simply be too awful. "After a charmed first Act, AMC finds itself in creative tailspin…". Yet renewing there most disappointing series for another year will prove to be an extremely expense bit of PR misdirection. The audiences aren't going to come back and give them another 12 episodes to reveal the truth about Larsen's death. Why bother?