Must Watch of Spring: AMC’s The Killing
3 Apr
AMC is know for its excellence in shows that I devour (Breaking Bad) to shows that were gone to soon (Rubicon) to ones that give me goosebumps (The Walking Dead), and to ones that I just keep winning awards (Mad Men). Now, AMC has brought us another “one” of excellence. The Killing, debuts tonight at 9/8c, and is based on a Danish series. It surrounds the mystery of “Who killed Rosie Larsen,” a young girl in Seattle and the grieving parents, and the detectives that solve the case. The show is not a typical procedural, first and foremost, the show is set over 13 days and 13 episodes, and that is not a coincidence. Second, the viewers are show not only the people involved in the crime but they people it affected, from a political candidate (Billy Campbell) to the detective (Mireille Enos) its preventing from moving on. The shows ensemble also grows with Michelle Forbes, Kristin Lehman, and Brent Sexton.
I have seen tonight’s two-hour premiere twice and am going to watch again tonight. It is mesmerizing, compelling, thoughtful, unique, and depressing in the way that makes the tone so stark and dark. It is a home-run on any network, but just another in AMC’s fantastic bullpen of dramatic, dare-I-say, masterpieces.
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