EPISODE
SEASON
The Killing - Season 1 [Audio: French]
Following a shocking murder of 17-year-old Rosie Larsen, the lives of the police, suspects and victim's family are intricately woven together. Here comes an addictive crime drama with dark twists.
10 March 1997, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4 April 1978, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
13 October 1963, Sapporo, Japan
8 June 1972
11 May 1952, Milford-on-the-sea, Hampshire, England, UK
22 July 1960, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
10 June 1957, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
April 03, 2011
It's more televised crime novel than traditional TV cop show.
November 19, 2015
From the start of the pilot episode, we can see that The Killing is no ordinary crime drama.
April 03, 2011
The best reason for tuning in to The Killing is that it might re-sensitize those who've seen one too many episodes of Criminal Minds - or overdosed on local news.
April 03, 2011
The Killing is emotionally spare and atmospherically dank.
November 19, 2015
The fact that The Killing is nothing like other crime dramas on American television is a welcome relief. After all, between multi-city franchises and tired formulas, they are beginning to blend woefully together.
April 03, 2011
The disparate detectives of The Killing may have their own means and methods of getting to the bottom of this. But the overall air of believability is palpable from the start. All the better for taking a deep breath and diving right in.
April 03, 2011
The Killing is your basic Law & Order murder mystery - the step-by-step investigation, the list of perps that expands with each new piece of evidence, the "aha!'' and "really?'' twists.
April 03, 2011
The Killing is the least prepossessing, an eerily quiet, yet compelling and complex, tale of the way the murder of a teenager affects the lives of many people.
April 03, 2011
The prologue practically functions as a schematic diagram of all the police procedurals - with their virtuous investigators and their quasi-necrophiliac tone - that The Killing seems to deconstruct and reassemble on a higher plain.
April 03, 2011
The Killing marks another bull's-eye for AMC in presenting complex, literate, well-crafted television.

