The Killing: Sayonara, Hiawatha
Sayanora, Hiawatha was a terrific episode of The Killing. The more I watch, the more I know that this show really can’t recover from Season 1. I suspect it will just be cancelled. Because during every...
View ArticleThe Killing: 72 Hours
One of the most striking aspects of The Killing has been Detective Sarah Linden’s fragility. There is a standard trope in crime fiction that someone who knows too much is painted as a psych patient in...
View ArticleThe Killing: Bulldog
A politician gives an inspirational speech, a speech he knows is political suicide. He spins it beautifully; it’s constructed so that, instead of being a confession of something shameful, it’s a call...
View ArticleThe Killing: Blog Note
For the season finale and the reveal of Rosie’s murderer, AMC did not offer screeners. Since I was at our Mad Men party I was unable to watch. I’ll get you your S2 finale recap as soon as humanly...
View ArticleAnother in an apparent series of blog notes
(a.k.a. AMC, you screw my pooch.) So, AMC did not make a screener of The Killing‘s season finale available. You know, the one where Rosie Larsen’s killer was finally revealed. And AMC never, as policy,...
View ArticleThe Killing: Donnie or Marie
Well, seems like they’re actually going to reveal a killer. Woo. Look, I’m as frustrated with a two year tease as anyone else, but there’s a simple reality: The Killing is never at its best as a police...
View ArticleSunday Open Thread: So Many Things to Discuss
Tonight is the Season 2 premiere of Falling Skies, which is one of this blog’s shows. TNT has some good catch-up stuff and you can also read our post archives. This year, I’m sharing the Falling Skies...
View ArticleThe Killing: What I Know
It’s sunny in Seattle! I hope you all noticed, above and beyond the plot resolution and the various interesting character moments and twisty-turnys, that it finally stopped raining. I am not the only...
View ArticleFrom the Hilton to HoJo’s
(Note: 7/2/12) I wrote this before the end of Season 5, and SCDP clients have picked up with Jaguar and possibly Firestone, but we still don’t see Connie Hilton anywhere) It is interesting to note...
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