The Killing (AMC)

[JerkFace]

I like the show, and the somewhat disappointing finale will not dissuade me from looking forward to next season.

 

[schutd]

Bah. I'm still totally angry at this show for the way they ended last season. You know, the one that was supposed to be a closure episode? So angry. And I cant believe Im about to let myself get sucked back in. But I am.

Damn me!

 

[azsportsfan01]

Bah. I'm still totally angry at this show for the way they ended last season. You know, the one that was supposed to be a closure episode? So angry. And I cant believe Im about to let myself get sucked back in. But I am.

Damn me!

Thankfully I'm not getting sucked in. I will probably check this thread just so I know who killed Rosie but the show pissed me off in so many other ways that I'm not going to waste my time watching it.

 

[MrYeahBut]

Bah. I'm still totally angry at this show for the way they ended last season. You know, the one that was supposed to be a closure episode? So angry. And I cant believe Im about to let myself get sucked back in. But I am.

Damn me!

If Manning ever watched this show he would never go to the Seahawks.... I think it poured rain in every episode


btw... is it starting again, I haven't seen anything on it?

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[schutd]

April 30th. I get the benefit of early marketing blitz in the form of dozens of subway posters every day...

EDIT: Whoops! April 1.

 

[DiamondBacks5117]

back sunday will anyone be watching? i really liked this show. I liked Joel Kinnamas character.

 

[JerkFace]

back sunday will anyone be watching? i really liked this show. I liked Joel Kinnamas character.

I am definitely tuning in. I was a big fan of the show and I am not going to let the disappointing finale put me off.

 

[MrYeahBut]

I am definitely tuning in. I was a big fan of the show and I am not going to let the disappointing finale put me off.

I was a little bitter over the way it ended last season as I wanted them to solve the murder and set it for for the next season. I got over it and I'll definitely be watching... or at least recording for later.

 

[azsportsfan01]

I was a little bitter over the way it ended last season as I wanted them to solve the murder and set it for for the next season. I got over it and I'll definitely be watching... or at least recording for later.

It wasn't just the finale that ruined this show, at least to me. The horrible red-herrings every episode and the lack of character development outside of Linden and Holder are the big ones. I'll only give it a second shot if I hear it gets better, but I'm not holding my breathe. I really like Joel Kinneman and would feel bad for him if this show is just limping along like it did the 2nd half of last season.

 

[MrYeahBut]

It wasn't just the finale that ruined this show, at least to me. The horrible red-herrings every episode and the lack of character development outside of Linden and Holder are the big ones. I'll only give it a second shot if I hear it gets better, but I'm not holding my breathe. I really like Joel Kinneman and would feel bad for him if this show is just limping along like it did the 2nd half of last season.

I thought they developed the characters of Stan and Mitch pretty well, as I recall. It went fairly deeply into their grief and it gave a fair representation of an emotional detachment by Mitch. jmho

 

[azsportsfan01]

I thought they developed the characters of Stan and Mitch pretty well, as I recall. It went fairly deeply into their grief and it gave a fair representation of an emotional detachment by Mitch. jmho

I don't think they ever really developed Mitch very well outside of the grieving mother. Stan was developed a little, but nowhere near the extent of the main detectives.

 

[azsportsfan01]

Also forgot to add that they have done a really poor job making me care about Rosie. I know she was a teenage girl that got murdered. It is sad but they never made you care about her.

 

[AzStevenCal]

It wasn't just the finale that ruined this show, at least to me. The horrible red-herrings every episode and the lack of character development outside of Linden and Holder are the big ones. I'll only give it a second shot if I hear it gets better, but I'm not holding my breathe. I really like Joel Kinneman and would feel bad for him if this show is just limping along like it did the 2nd half of last season.

I felt like I was being jerked around by the writers. I voted them off my TV island.

Steve

 

[Russ Smith]

I liked the new one last night, no answers yet but you at least get the idea the writers have figured out people are tired of all the games and they want to get to the meat of the show again.

Clearly Holder didn't know he was being used by the bald cop guy so I imagine a large chunk of the show now is going to be relating to that.

 

[azsportsfan01]

Breaking AMC’s ratings hot streak this past year, the two-hour debut averaged 1.8 million viewers. That’s down 33 percent from the show’s first season opener. If you include the show’s repeat, The Killing topped out at 2.5 million viewers for the night, down 47 percent from last year’s trio of premiere-night airings.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/04/02/the-killing-ratings-2/

Ouch. I certainly hope they let you know who killed Rosie this season because there is no way this show gets a third year.

 

[Cheesebeef]

i watched about ten minutes and pretty much came to the conclusion that after last year's screw job, i had no desire to watch a dreary, depressing show for another 13 hours of my life and said "who the **** cares who killed Rosie Larson" and changed the channel.

adios The Killing.

 

[joeshmo]

i watched about ten minutes and pretty much came to the conclusion that after last year's screw job, i had no desire to watch a dreary, depressing show for another 13 hours of my life and said "who the **** cares who killed Rosie Larson" and changed the channel.

adios The Killing.

I am about to where you are at. They didn't answer anything from last season, all they did was add a new mystery with the cover up, which takes you even further away from even caring that Rosie is even dead of which they made it hard in the first place.

They get one more episode out of me then I am probably done as well.

 

[MrYeahBut]

I'm not sure I was ever really engaged with Rosie after the first couple episodes. That doesn't really bother me now because the chase for her killer is what keeps me watching. I find the story interesting to watch and frankly, I like Lindin/Holder and the dreary weather as part of the milieu. Corrupt politicians and Good cop, bad cop stories have been beaten to death over the years, but I find this very watchable.

If it turns into another scam job at the end of this season it'll probably lose me, but for now I enjoy it in spite of its flaws.

 

[Russ Smith]

I'm not sure I was ever really engaged with Rosie after the first couple episodes. That doesn't really bother me now because the chase for her killer is what keeps me watching. I find the story interesting to watch and frankly, I like Lindin/Holder and the dreary weather as part of the milieu. Corrupt politicians and Good cop, bad cop stories have been beaten to death over the years, but I find this very watchable.

If it turns into another scam job at the end of this season it'll probably lose me, but for now I enjoy it in spite of its flaws.

My girlfriend is having a hard time getting back into it but I liked last night so that's 2 good episodes in a row IMO. Still don't entirely know what's going on but it's keeping my interest.

Agreed on Rosie we don't have enough background to have ever really cared about her beyond being a murder victim.

 

[joeshmo]

I am officially done now.

Two episodes in a row now and absolutely nothing has happened.

I literally fast forwarded through half of last nights episode, talked to some guys this morning who watched the whole thing and I didn't miss a thing. Everything they talked about I didn't miss and stayed in the whole conversation without ever being excluded.

 

[Russ Smith]

I am officially done now.

Two episodes in a row now and absolutely nothing has happened.

I literally fast forwarded through half of last nights episode, talked to some guys this morning who watched the whole thing and I didn't miss a thing. Everything they talked about I didn't miss and stayed in the whole conversation without ever being excluded.

I watched the whole thing last night on On demand things definitely happened. We know quite a bit more about the guy with the tattoo and a possible motive for Rosie's killing.

We don't know who did it and that's obviously the central answer we want. They've given us red herrings before. But I think saying nothing happened I'd have to disagree with, plenty happened.

We also learned quite a bit more about Linden which sort of helps explain why she is as she is.

I actually liked last night's episode. But they gotta follow through, they can't go on like Lost did week after week with the next week you're going to understand and then not follow through.

 

[joeshmo]

But they gotta follow through, they can't go on like Lost did week after week with the next week you're going to understand and then not follow through.

But that is every single episode. The tatoo guy is just going to end up as the next boyfriend, teacher, politician. Its the same recycled story every episode. Find one new piece of very weak evidence and over react to it, tells us more just how torched a different character is, rinse and repeat. Just such a poorly constructed show. There is a reason why a quarter of a million people stopped watching the show.

Also everything you just said happened, I knew happened, and I fast forwarded through half of it.

And I get why people do still like it, once your invested you got to stay the course. I do it all the time.

 

[Russ Smith]

But that is every single episode. The tatoo guy is just going to end up as the next boyfriend, teacher, politician. Its the same recycled story every episode. Find one new piece of very weak evidence and over react to it, tells us more just how torched a different character is, rinse and repeat. Just such a poorly constructed show. There is a reason why a quarter of a million people stopped watching the show.

Also everything you just said happened, I knew happened, and I fast forwarded through half of it.

And I get why people do still like it, once your invested you got to stay the course. I do it all the time.

I think they lost viewers because they didn't tell us who killed Rosie by the end of the first season and then had a long break and people gave up.

I do agree the show has a formula, I was just saying things did happen, they didn't drag out the tattoo for weeks we know who has it and we know the connection between him and Rosie's dad. And I'm guessing that will turn out differently too like the dad didn't really do what the kid thinks he did.

There's also a difference between them and Lost, Lost would bring up something make it seem really important, and then just completely abandon it like it never happened. This show doesn't do that they may toss out a red herring, but they at least tell you it was a red herring. Like the teacher or the politician. They don't spend half a season telling you Walt is special or turnip head is special and then never bring it up again for the rest of the show.

I loved Lost but I think that's why I haven't given up on this show yet, they're not quite as bad about not answering questions as Lost was, they actually get that some people really pay close attention and just dropping plot lines annoys them.

 

[Russ Smith]

I'm officially bored. Came back from vacation tried to watch 2 episodes on on demand and didn't make it through either entirely.

They're introducing too much new stuff without resolving the old.

The Native american stuff is just drawing out revealing who did it.

They're losing me fast now.

 

[schutd]

Me too.