Last week, I published my best of 2012 list… here’s what was at the bottom of the barrel for the ‘worst of’ list. Continue reading »
Tag Archives: The Killing season 2
The Killing ‘What I Know’: One More Time
When a show spends multiple seasons building up to a defining moment, its needless to say the moment better pay off. Breaking Bad‘s done it twice – in both the season 3 and 5 finales, to varying successes – and The Wire did it masterfully a number of times, among many others. But after two seasons … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Donnie or Marie’: A Whole Bunch of Nothing
Just when you think The Killing can’t get any more frustratingly convoluted, along comes ‘Donnie or Marie’, an episode full of twists and turns that manages to explain a whole slew of things without really explaining anything at all. Half of the season’s plot lines are thrown away in single scenes, the finger of blame is pointed … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Bulldog’: Walking In Circles
So we’re down to two suspects. Or one. Or forty…. on The Killing, you never take anything at face value, because there’s a good chance its still three or four twists away from a conclusion. But even if we’re not talking about the last five minutes of the episode, ‘Bulldog’ is a mess of an episode, jumping … Continue reading »
The Killing ’72 Hours’: In Sarah’s Head
Back in season 1 when we met Sarah Linden, it was revealed that she’s had a bit of a history getting a little TOO into her own cases, and 20 episodes later, we finally get to find out why…. kind of. ’72 Hours’ continues the ball rolling towards the revelatory season finale, leaving most characters … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Sayonara, Hiawatha’: Angry Sauce
The second season of The Killing is beginning to gain steam towards its finale, something I thought gave the show a lot of momentum in last week’s episode that was missing throughout most of the season. ‘Sayonara, Hiawatha’ wasn’t as strong or coherent, leaning too heavy on its tendencies towards the over-dramatic and outlandish, although a … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Off The Reservation’: Focused and Determined
Let me say this first: ‘Off The Reservation’ was the best episode of The Killing since the pilot. By moving away from the soapier elements of the show like fancy hookers and family secrets and focusing on a few direct plot lines, the show actually revealed some important details, and felt much more like a show … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Openings’: Everybody’s Being Watched
At some point three-quarters of the way through ‘Openings’, I looked down at my three and half pages of scribbled notes, full of arrows and question marks flying all over the place. In an instant, an episode that felt like some real forward movement quickly fell apart: every plot development felt like an exercise in tail-chasing, attempting … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Ghosts of the Past’: Twisting Like A Pretzel
Oh no. Just when an episode full of plot twists started to feel like semi-coherent story advancement, The Killing busted out its most soapy, absolutely ridiculous story line yet: Rosie Larsen is not Stan’s daughter, and as suggested by Alexi’s episode-ending statement, was killed for finding out said information about papa bear. Without even addressing what … Continue reading »
The Killing ‘Ogi Jun’: Keeping It Complex
As the Rosie Larsen case expands in season 2 of The Killing, we’re starting to learn about character’s pasts and their connections to the case, and ‘Ogi Jun’ tried its hardest to make it all matter. I’ll give it some credit: like any basic, color by numbers police procedural, The Killing manages to make vague … Continue reading »
