# Will you be watching the new season of "The Killing"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005 "2013-01-22T14:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 23, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/21 "2013-01-23T03:42:57Z")
No way. Didn’t tune in to Season 2 b/c I felt I was had. Not helping was the creator saying “I never said it would wrap up!” like some grinning sneaky child. I like the two lead actors. I like them so much I want them to quit the Seattle PD and move to another show. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/22 "2013-01-23T07:15:16Z")
I am going to keep following it, although I am as perplexed as anyone else that the show got a reprieve. It must have made its saving throw or something. ---
**Author:** ![BrokenBriton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@BrokenBriton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrokenBriton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/23 "2013-01-23T11:17:00Z")
I know it’s trite and predictable to say it but it’s so true; this US version is unwatchable - do yourselves a favour and try the original; it’s just so superb. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/24 "2013-01-23T14:07:47Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > No way. Didn’t tune in to Season 2 b/c I felt I was had. Not helping was the creator saying “I never said it would wrap up!” like some grinning sneaky child. I never understood this complaint. Some of the best shows on TV have storylines that stretch unresolved over multiple seasons. Why is anyone familiar with modern television surprised that things weren’t wrapped up in one? I heard ‘Who Killed Rosie?’ and just _assumed_ I was in for a long haul. It _sounded_ that way to me from the start. Like a not-Lynchian Twin Peaks. From the start I expected the point to be its ‘how’ more than the actual ‘who’. I know a lot of smart, savvy people that disagree with me on this, though. But this is one of those times when you’re in a minority and can’t, for the life of you, understand how. I hate those times. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/25 "2013-01-23T14:40:44Z")
I’ll watch it simply because I love the acting - I think it was superb during the first two seasons. Billy Campbell was great in his role - he played it with just enough suspicion so you were never really sure of his character. That and I can’t wait for another season of “Holder-isms.” 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 23, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/26 "2013-01-23T16:13:05Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > I never understood this complaint. Some of the best shows on TV have storylines that stretch unresolved over multiple seasons. Why is anyone familiar with modern television surprised that things weren’t wrapped up in one? I heard ‘Who Killed Rosie?’ and just _assumed_ I was in for a long haul. It _sounded_ that way to me from the start. Like a not-Lynchian Twin Peaks. From the start I expected the point to be its ‘how’ more than the actual ‘who’. > > I know a lot of smart, savvy people that disagree with me on this, though. But this is one of those times when you’re in a minority and can’t, for the life of you, understand how. I hate those times. Because when the show premiered, the promos \*said \*everything would be answered by the end of the season. If it had not been \*promoted \*as a single-season long story, people would have not been as upset. And I will not be tuning in. I saw the first season, and did not return for the second. ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/27 "2013-01-23T16:39:15Z")
This show is wonderfully acted, beautifully shot, and well written. The problem was that they changed their mind about when they wanted to answer the question. So the plot kind of meandered (ok _really_ meandered) around and it became frustrating to watch to the end. I also thought the ratings were terrible at the end, so I’m surprised it’s back. I’ll check it out for a few episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/28 "2013-01-23T17:33:46Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Because when the show premiered, the promos \*said \*everything would be answered by the end of the season. If it had not been \*promoted \*as a single-season long story, people would have not been as upset. And I really think that people would not have been as upset if they were still interested in the story the show was telling. But the first season felt increasingly like a few episodes’ worth of story stretched over an entire season, padded with red herrings and boring/stupid subplots. (Will Linden ever get to Sonoma?!?) So for me, when the first season ended on that cliffhanger, it wasn’t “Hey, those liars, they said they were going to resolve everything!” as much as “Dear God, another whole season of this nonsense?” I’d long since grown dissatisfied with the storytelling, and the non-resolution felt like the show was just flipping me the bird. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/29 "2013-01-23T17:35:40Z")
Other. Never heard of it, so doubt I’ll be watching. But can’t vote for “hated it.” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/30 "2013-01-23T17:48:06Z")
> [@Rollo\_Tomasi](#): > > … I’d long since grown dissatisfied with the storytelling, and the non-resolution felt like the show was just flipping me the bird. That’s how I felt, too. Knowing their attitude then makes me leery of another shot by these same people. That said, based on the majority feeling in this thread (at this moment anyway) I may just have to give the first episode a chance. They better not piss me off, though! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005/31 "2013-01-23T20:51:06Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Because when the show premiered, the promos \*said \*everything would be answered by the end of the season. If it had not been \*promoted \*as a single-season long story, people would have not been as upset. > > And I will not be tuning in. I saw the first season, and did not return for the second. See, I (fortunately, I guess) never heard them promise that. So I didn’t watch it with that expectation. I did go into it assuming that they’d be solving _other_ smaller cases in the meantime while Rosie remained an overarching mystery, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-you-be-watching-the-new-season-of-the-killing/648005.md?page=1)