Hello,
Before I get to all the reasons why I was severely disappointed by the "The Killing" this season including that brutally awful finale. There will be a second season, but I predict there won't be a third season.
This is what Ken Tucker says. Tucker is the TV reviewer over at ew.com, he states his ambivalence about "The Killing" much better than I ever will. Read his excellent article at this link, I especially agree with his final paragraph.
http://watching-tv.ew.com/2011/06/20/the-killing-amc-joel-kinnaman-billy-campbell/
This is my list of 15 things I hated about this season and the finale of "The Killing".
1) The whole Larson family story line. Although Rosie was the one that was killed, I think she might have been the most animated character from that family.
2) Stan was the most interesting character in the Larsen family. From his sordid past to his unknowingly talking to Bennet's very pregnant wife in the season finale. His character seems like a decent person although his tendency to violence makes a mockery of that thought. When I think about the whole show, I still think he's most likely the killer.
3) We don't know but it seems like his wife, Mitch, has left him. If I were her I'd leave the show, how many different ways can they have her play sad? I kept on waiting for Mitch's personality to come out, 13 episodes in I'm still waiting. Why did Stan's sister-in-law, Terry, be the one who got him out on bail? I'm sure she has an ulterior motive, but what is it? Terry is certainly hard to peg. This is just one of many things that makes you wonder if the producers and writers know what they are doing.
4) The whole Darren Richmond story line. Maybe it's due to the fact that for the most part politics bores me, but this story line was terrible. It seemed like Richmond and Mayor Adams were trying to out sleaze each other. I just don't care who wins that election. Richmond's sleazy side kicks, Jamie and Gwen, don't help either. I had wondered why the finale of this show was two weeks out from the Seattle's mayoral election. Now we know why.
5) Darren Richmond's undying love for his wife Lilly, she was killed in a car accident. That could have been interesting, but another plot point not fully developed. So why is it introduced in the first place? Then he apparently slept with half of Seattle to fill his emptiness. All the women were Rosie clones, young and brunette. Let's see a politician sleeping with a lot of women. Sarcasm alert: yeah that's not a tired plot point.
6) Also even with him being arrested, I didn't for one moment believe that he was the killer. I had the AMC hype of stay tuned for the final 5 minutes for the shocking conclusion going through my head. What does it say about the show that I never believed that Richmond was the killer? Even after he was arrested for that crime?
7) Sarah Linden's son and ex-husband. We only seem to hear about these characters when they needed to stretch out the story. We never form any sort of attachment to these characters.
8) Also Sarah Linden's whole engagement story line. It's not that I'm a genius, but I never thought that Linden would be taking that flight to California during the whole series. Was that because Linden and Rick had no chemistry? Was it because that was telegraphed? It seems she finally took that flight to California. Although she received the phone call before the flight took off, we know she'll be coming back. Maybe in season 2, to stretch out the story more, we can learn about all the men Linden was with her whole life. This show isn't great at concise story telling, but it's ability for conjuring new characters out of thin air is without question.
9) How this series felt like they it was being stretched out from the original length. Again this would have been so much better a show if it was only 10 episodes. That's not without precedent, the first season of "The Walking Dead" was only 6 episodes. Both are AMC series.
10) The whole Belko character and his over sexed Mom. We didn't need either, but her few appearances were extremely skanky. His Mom's hyper sexuality added to the ick factor of this show. No wonder Belko tried to adopt himself into the Larson family.
11) I wrote about this in my blog yesterday. Belko's hinted at assassination attempt on Richmond felt like a repeat of the earlier Stan Larsen and Bennet plot point. We are lead to believe that Bennet killed Rosie. Larson's temper comes out when he believes Bennet is guilty and then he beats him within an inch of his life. Then we find out that Bennet isn't the killer. Whether Belko killed Richmond or not, who cares? Richmond will probably survive and then we will find out that he's also innocent. Richmond will be back next season, they won't just leave the election story line hanging. Also did anyone else think Belko's assassination attempt was very Jack Rubyesque?
12) The Rain, it was the most annoying character in the series. Yes, I capitalized The Rain, that's what one does for characters in fiction. The Rain is very much a character in this series. Not an interesting character, but a character as much as anyone else is.
13) Just when I finally got to the point that I liked Holder, we now find out that he faked evidence to have Richmond arrested. What is his motive? Who's car did he get into at the end of the finale? Was it Gwen's, Jamie's, or his AA friend? What's Holder gaining out of this and who is he protecting by taking Richmond down? And will anyone care when Season 2 starts?
14) The whole Bennet story line A) kidnapping the Somalian girl to protect her from the female circumcision. B) Did he or didn't he kill Rosie? That was introduced so early in the series it was obvious he didn't do it. C) His sexual love of his students, even marrying one of them. (What is it with old men chasing after young women in this series, especially with a female producer?)
15) Again too many stray story lines. Jasper and his father. The rich guy who gave $5 million dollars to Richmond to sink the mayor. Again his love of young girls. The brief view of Michelle's parents. Stan wanting to buy a house as a surprise for his family. I realized last night that was where the money went that disappeared out of their accounts. On and on.
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