# The Killing -- new series on AMC **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 31, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691 "2011-03-31T22:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/121 "2011-04-25T15:28:36Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > The coffin salesman redeemed himself a bit in this episode. > > Somebody tell me – where do the Larsens live? Is it close to Stan’s business? Same building? Next door? I can’t figure out why the boy’s wet jammies ended up in the trash at the moving van place. In some scenes, it looks like they live in an industrial area. > > Also, how is Mireille pronounced? > > I liked this episode. I don’t think Bennet is the killer but they’re sure leading us that way. It’s a French name that I love. Pronounced something like: meer-RAY, but there’s a back of the throat thing with the “R” that is impossible to describe. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/122 "2011-04-25T15:29:06Z")
Anyone else think they’re going to see an image in the handlebar mirror on the bike that Rosie filmed? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/123 "2011-04-25T17:48:23Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Anyone else think they’re going to see an image in the handlebar mirror on the bike that Rosie filmed? Probably, if it’s possible. I’m curious about the image that looked like a graphic. Nitpick: Linden and Holder are talking to the principal, and Linden says she’ll need the name (a student at Bennett’s former school, I think). The principal starts to write something but then they leave without getting the name or the piece of paper. Also, Sepinwall wrote in his review that now Linden suspects she’s on the trail of a serial killer. What did I miss? I heard nothing to indicate that. I changed channels at 10 to catch Game of Thrones. Did I miss a scene? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/124 "2011-04-25T19:44:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Put me down for bugged, if not annoyed with the stereotyping. That guy would never make it on _Six Feet Under_. In fact, he’d make a poor vet. Yes, none of the funeral directors I worked with were ever like that. It’s worse than a stereotype–it’s just someone’s arbitrary imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/125 "2011-04-25T21:00:31Z")
I noticed the failure to get the name also. A procedural thing that bugged me was when the teacher suddenly lunges for a desk drawer and both cops just stand there looking at him. One or both should have hollered “Stop!” or at least unsnapped. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/126 "2011-04-25T22:26:52Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Also, Sepinwall wrote in his review that now Linden suspects she’s on the trail of a serial killer. What did I miss? I heard nothing to indicate that. I changed channels at 10 to catch Game of Thrones. Did I miss a scene? There was a scene where Linden gets back the lab report and finds out that ammonium chloride was all over Rosie’s body. She makes a remark about how they’re probably dealing with a professional who probably killed before. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/127 "2011-04-25T22:34:36Z")
Wasn’t that the same chemical they found in the teacher’s house (next to the floor stain and other stuff)? I think the person who gave her the report even mentioned flooring as a possible use for the stuff. Basically yesterday’s show did everything possible to point the finger of suspicion at that teacher. Which of course means that he didn’t do it, because no way are we getting the identity of the killer this quickly. (Unless this is going to be like the TV series Columbo, where the whole story is about how the detective gets the killer to confess.) ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/128 "2011-04-26T01:12:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wasn’t that the same chemical they found in the teacher’s house (next to the floor stain and other stuff)? I think the person who gave her the report even mentioned flooring as a possible use for the stuff. Yeah, that’s why she told the examiner to look for that chemical on Rosie’s body. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/129 "2011-04-26T01:30:32Z")
Stan sure has something going on! The whole bathroom reaction thing and the curiosity about the guy at the school and the funny money he got from the Russian. They’re painting Stan to be up to something that probably will wind up having nothing to do with the murder. And all this worrying over the leaks in the campaign has to mean something. Right? What? They’re trying hard to have at least three simultaneous mysteries going on each episode and maybe resolving (or tightening the noose on) at least one a week. Fun show! ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/130 "2011-05-03T03:09:02Z")
It’s moving very sloooooowly. This sounds awful, but the grief of the family is getting a bit . . . annoying. I mean, they portray it very realistically but this whole one-day-at-a-time set up of the series doesn’t work well in this aspect. I’m still having fun watching it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/131 "2011-05-03T03:21:41Z")
What the hell was the deal with the sister… i think it’s the sister. She got dissed by someone at the funeral and took it out on Stans coworker then went and smoked pot while having a breakdown. Is this more of the sad family stuff, which yes it is getting very annoying, or is there something more to it? the guy at the funeral very blatantly blew her off. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/132 "2011-05-03T03:37:47Z")
And what’s with Bennet’s wife refusing to answer the door to the detectives, and holding a hammer? It’ll be fun to rewatch the series after it’s over, seeing how all the pieces come together. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/133 "2011-05-03T04:01:47Z")
It’s not going to be the teacher anyway, so this whole angle feels like kind of a jerkoff. Is the politician guy supposed to be unlikable, or is it just me? I find him smarmy, and his affair with the campaign manager to be distasteful. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/134 "2011-05-03T05:48:12Z")
I don’t find him smarmy, but I don’t like how his purity makes him stand out from everyone else. Wouldn’t he have like-minded people in his inner circle? It just seems phony that he’s always arguing with the people closest to him. If they don’t like his honesty (if it’s genuine), why are they working for him? Why does he put up with people telling him to go against his values (if his values are genuine). ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/135 "2011-05-03T06:14:23Z")
I can’t believe the victim drowned, because this show loves treading water. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/136 "2011-05-03T19:16:45Z")
Sad to say, it’s starting to lose me. The pre-credits scene where nothing happened really at all kind of set me off a little - there’s artistically slow, then there’s “why am I watching this”? I’m drifting towards the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/137 "2011-05-03T23:02:11Z")
While the red herrings are starting to annoy me, I’m still enjoying it. Something has to break soon. ---
**Author:** ![Lethal\_Babydoll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@Lethal\_Babydoll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lethal_Babydoll)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/138 "2011-05-05T17:49:00Z")
This is not an official answer. but as someone who has read a lot of mystery fiction and seen mystery shows and movies, i’m 99 percent sure this is the killer: [SPOILER]Rose’s aunt. A character hanging around the fringes for no good reason except to be revealed as the perp at the end.[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/139 "2011-05-05T19:10:55Z")
Here is what it looks like to me at the moment. Bennet’s wife killed Rosie (out of jealousy?) when Bennet wasn’t there and then her and Bennet disposed of the body together when he got home later. Probably another red herring but it’s hard to explain Rosie being seen there by a neighbor during a period for which Bennet had an alibi, Bennet’s reaction to being questioned about it, and the neighbor with the telescope seeing two people apparently moving a body later that night. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691/140 "2011-05-10T15:10:50Z")
This is the slowest moving show I have ever seen. Did \*anything \*happen during the last episode!? There was nothing new added to the plot except in the final second with the FBI agents. This is why Law & Order and all the other cop shows condense these events into one hour. Nothing happens except people staring meaningfully at something out of view! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-killing-new-series-on-amc/576691.md?page=8)