The Killing

[Ira500]

Originally Posted by BATCAT

With apologies to Ira's son-in-law, I've found the show (I've made it through three seasons, but I refuse to watch the fourth; can't take it anymore) incredibly frustrating. There are some really good actors, and the show looks great, but the plot and dialog... just ouch.

The positives kept me going (along with heckling the show out loud) until now, but I've had it. I really think it could have been an excellent series. But the endless red herrings and "well ok how bout if THIS random improbable thing turned out to be true" factor is just too much.

When you look at a good, tightly plotted show (like, say Breaking Bad or The Wire), almost everything happens for a reason; you're watching the way a series of events interconnect and spiral, and the satisfaction comes from that alchemy. The Killing is just "this happened then this happened then SURPRISE, THIS HAPPENED!!!!

Ok, enough of my rant. I did get a kick out of the idea of an island off the coast (accessible by ferry) full of plotting Native Americans and a One-Eyes-Jacks-like casino luring in underage girls. I think it would have been more fun if they'd just made it a fictional Northwest city and just gotten creative and weird with it.

I like my son in law. I don't like the show. It's too slow. It's no "Orange Is The new Black."

[Seacove]

Originally Posted by Ira500

I like my son in law. I don't like the show. It's too slow. It's no "Orange Is The new Black."

I thought The Killing's pilot was really good, the challenge is keeping that up after the pilot. Not too many shows can keep it up like True Detective did.

[Dport7674]

They really shht the bed stretching the first 'killing' into two seasons. Turned people off..'specially since this last season was able to wrap up a decent killing story in 6 episodes.

It shows that they coulda had two stories per season..Boom boom, moving right along.