The Killing: Season Two (1 Viewer)

[joshEH]

HAH!  Best of your "bonus dialogues," Josh.  I look forward to them, next season.

Thanks, man...and there are actually a couple episodes I missed out on writing about (real-life time-issues, etc.). Think I might end up doing a "bonus-bonus deleted scene" or two sometime this summer...

I know it was the season finale but I just assume that that was the end of the series. With the case being solved, the ratings are likely to drop even lower next season so I don't see it getting renewed. While I'd like to see the show continue, I'm also fine with that being the end. I loved Enos and Kinnaman's performances but they'll be getting movie work from now on.
After the beating the show took last season, Linden and Holder might be solving a murder every episode.

I think Van der Werff at AV Club says a Season 3's not outside the realm of possibility. No announcement of renewal or cancellation yet, BUT: It's apparently a cheap show to produce, AMC has nothing else new on the roster next year, and there's been enough hate-watching (I have to assume) that its numbers have held relatively steady.
I just hope they jump ahead an election-cycle, so we get to see Richmond's scandal-plagued run for governor. Also, Linden can't handle another homicide, so she's transferred to Vice, undercover. And her hooker-outfit consists of her hair in a big sprayed-up bouffant and heavy make-up, but the same baggy jeans and thick wool turtleneck under a windbreaker.

 

[Doug Smith]

What a ride for Linden. Being that the series seemed to be shot in real time, her month was very interesting indeed. In the end she gets a new case but steps out of the car. I can't remember when she was formally reinstated back into the department after all her tribulations?

 

[MarkMel]

Holder gave her badge back to her in one scene.

 

[Garrett Adams]

I'd watch a third season if there was a B story dealing with the taking down that Chief bitch.

 

[joshEH]

There is some hope:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118055745
The writer's room sighs a collective, "...Oh, shit."

 

[WaveCrest]

This second season of The Killing is really getting good now (watched the episode with Linden asking for a police search team to find Holden on the casino's land). The music was very moody and thrilling.

 

[joshEH]

Extended scene from Episode 2.9: "Sayonara, Hiawatha":
CUT TO:
INT. Casino - Night
With Linden in an elevator making her way to cordoned-off 10th floor, Holder wraps up his play-action distraction attempt. He rides an escalator away from the very-annoyed casino security.
Holder: "Sayonara, Hiawatha." (He smiles to himself, so pleased at his successful subterfuge.)
(Holder dials his cell-phone.)
Linden: "Linden."
Holder: "Lindo, ha. You up'der yet? You tenthin' it, girl? You find any evszadance?"
Linden: "I haven't even got on the elevator yet. Thing is slow tonight. Might take the stairs, actually. Maybe Rosie took the stairs...."
Holder: "Shit, Lindo. I just worked majicks for you down in the cashino, woman. Goddamn, Lindo. You slows as your moms."
Linden: "...."
Holder: "Oh. Sorry, Lin-den."
Holder (cont: "Futs. I'm headed back to buy you more clock. You knows I gots your back. Don't sweat."
Linden: "Thanks."
(Holder jumps the rail, takes the down-escalator.)
Holder: (To the slowly dispersing security members) "YO! Miss me, Indy-yans? Ha! More like OUTdians. Not gay 'out,' but like 'check-your-style-and-shit' 'out'."
Holder (sotto voce): "...Actually, gay 'out' works, too. Ha."
(Holder gets to the bottom of the escalator. Runs.)
Distraction events, in order from first-to-last:

• Pretends to jerk off a slot-machine's arm. To completion.
• Screams "I WON! I WON!" while brandishing an Arby's Big Beef 'n Cheddar "Buy One Get One" coupon.
• Throws his shoe. Replaces his missing sneaker with a card shoe.
  3a. Looks at crowd and says, "Get it, yo? Ha."
• Gooses a man in a wheelchair.
  4a. Which is hard.
  4b. Makes "Richmond"-joke about man in wheelchair.
  4c. Apologizes, because he has guilt about that particular paralyzation.
• Mimes eating spaghetti. Mimes turning down a second helping. Mimes "On second thought." Mimes asking for that second helping.
• Slow-dances with a woman that looks like Eric Bogosian.
• Pulls down pants and tries to bet on Roulette by placing his ass on 35 and 36.
  7a. Wins.
• I forget what "8" was for.
  8a. "Violent Femmes" reference.

With security in hot pursuit, Holder backs up the escalator...out of breath. Fleeing, he turns to the rightly-agitated security force.
Holder: "See you later, pilgrim-haters."
(Holder dials his cell-phone)
Linden: "Linden."
Holder (still out of breath): "You up there? What you find, yo? Spill."
Linden: "I got off on the wrong floor. A guest got on."
Holder: "Wha....??"
Linden (cont.): "...And I got nervous. I got out on 8. I'm pretending to get some ice."
Holder: "WHAT THE PRICK, LINDO?!? I'm outta kiss-off** lines!"
Linden (whispers): "...Rosie..."
Holder, head-down, descends once again to the casino floor. As the digital sounds from the slot machines grow louder, Holder straightens up. "Once again into the breach, yo," he thinks. He whispers a quiet prayer as he makes the sign of the cross. Off the escalator, feet firmly planted on the garish carpeting, he looks into the smoky casino with clear eyes...
...And shits huge in the middle of a craps table.
** Continuation of "Violent Femmes" reference.

 

[joshEH]

Aaaannnd...cancelled:

"After much deliberation, we’ve come to the difficult decision not to renew The Killing for a third season," said the network in a statement. "AMC is incredibly proud of the show, and is fortunate to have worked with such a talented team on this project, from showrunner Veena Sud and our terrific partners at Fox Television Studios to the talented, dedicated crew and exceptional cast."

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/07/27/killing-canceled/
...Although Fox Television still plans to shop the show around to other interested parties. I bet the two leads are happy, regardless. They got their name out there for bigger things with this show, especially Kinnaman.

 

[ScottH]

That actually sucks. I thought season 3 was already a done deal. They still had plenty of story to tell. I may have seen the finale differently if I knew it was the SERIES finale.

 

[TravisR]

While I wouldn't have minded seeing the show continue, they solved the case so I can't be really be too bummed that it ended. As has been said, a couple of the actors are good enough that they're going on to big things.
The unfortunate lesson that networks and producers learned from this is that a serialized story can't continue one story over one season without a chunk of people pitching a fit. I still can't see how anyone expected the killer to be revealed at the end of S1 when they also knew that there would be a second year. And despite 'internet urban legend', no one associated with the show said that the killer would be revealed by the end of the first season.

 

[Carl Miller]

Not happy about this at all as it was one of the few shows I watched and enjoyed. I never understood why people were upset after season one. I was sort of expecting the killer to be revealed then as well, but was wasn't upset when it wasn't. I just figured I'd have another season of good TV to watch.

 

[Garrett Adams]

Not happy about this at all as it was one of the few shows I watched and enjoyed. I never understood why people were upset after season one. I was sort of expecting the killer to be revealed then as well, but was wasn't upset when it wasn't. I just figured I'd have another season of good TV to watch.

My memory is a little foggy on this but I believe it put out that the killer would be revealed by the end of season one. Then Veena Sud pulled a Lost and stretched things into another season. Viewers do not like to be fooled.

 

[Carl Miller]

Originally Posted by Garrett Adams /t/319673/the-killing-season-two/60#post_3954903
My memory is a little foggy on this but I believe it put out that the killer would be revealed by the end of season one. Then Veena Sud pulled a Lost and stretched things into another season. Viewers do not like to be fooled.

I guess you're right Garrett. I kept away from reading about the show during season one so I never knew or heard about the killer being revealed at the end of the season. I just assumed it would be because it seemed like that's where they were heading. Either way, I'd have been happy about the show continuing as I thought the story, acting and atmosphere of the show were terrific.

 

[TravisR]

My memory is a little foggy on this but I believe it put out that the killer would be revealed by the end of season one.

If you can find any quote from someone who worked on the show saying that they would reveal the killer by the end of the first season, I'll gladly admit that I'm wrong. A significant portion of the audience thought that it would be revealed and when it wasn't, they unfairly decided that they were lied to because of what they thought would happen rather than based on anything said by the creative team.

 

[NeilO]

If you can find any quote from someone who worked on the show saying that they would reveal the killer by the end of the first season, I'll gladly admit that I'm wrong. A significant portion of the audience thought that it would be revealed and when it wasn't, they unfairly decided that they were lied to because of what they thought would happen rather than based on anything said by the creative team.

I remember reading several reviews of the show before it premiered which at least implied that what we were getting in the first season was a more condensed story and it would be wrapped up. Somehow those reviewers got this impression from AMC or people from the show and so passed it on.
An example is this review from the Boston Globe which includes the line:

Like “Damages,’’ Glenn Close’s legal drama, “The Killing’’ will spend the full 13-episode season exploring a single case

which doesn't promise a conclusion but draws a parallel with a show that does wrap things up in a single season.
Then here is one from Zap2It that says, "By the end of the season, we'll only be at day 13, and while we may know who the killer is, it's likely we won't get much past an arrest, let alone a trial or conviction."

 

[TravisR]

I remember reading several reviews of the show before it premiered which at least implied that what we were getting in the first season was a more condensed story and it would be wrapped up. Somehow those reviewers got this impression from AMC or people from the show and so passed it on.

The much more likely explanation is that critics made an incorrect assumption and it was a perfectly natural assumption for them to make at the beginning. When the show started, I certainly assumed it too and I didn't have anyone from the show willfully misdirecting me into thinking that.

 

[Hanson]

The problem wasn't that I was promised a killer and they didn't deliver, it's that the show already felt dragged out as it was. To then not resolve the case and end the series on a cliffhanger burned any goodwill I had for the show. I didn't find season one riveting or even interesting by the second half of the season -- I watched the last few episodes with gritted teeth just to get to the end of the book. Except there was no end. So I quit after season one. I had had enough.

 

[Matt Hough]

The two lead characters had a wonderful chemistry that was sometimes supportive and sometimes prickly, and the show could have continued with them and a change of format. Those two actors were the reason I continued wwatching. By the end, it was hardly important any more who killed Rosie Larsen, and the answer offered up was something of a underwhelming denouement.

 

[joshEH]

Netflix and DirecTV are in competition for bringing this back for Season 3:
http://tvline.com/2012/08/22/the-killing-season-3-netflix-directv/
...And yet, Blood & Chrome still languishes in limbo-hell.
You know what would be hilarious? If Dish bought it.
"The Killing, not available on AMC!"

 

[ScottH]

It's officially back for season 3 (on AMC no less)...
Quote:

'The Killing' revived for Season 3: Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman and Veena Sud return for 12 episodes in 2013 AMC and Fox Television Studios have officially revived "The Killing" for Season 3 with stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman and showrunner Veena Sud all set to return. But the most important news of all: "Season three will focus on a new case, which will be resolved over the course of 12 episodes." It's right there in the official announcement, they swear! The announcement also provides a clue to what that new case will be: "A year after closing the Rosie Larsen case, Sarah Linden is no longer a detective. But when her ex-partner Stephen Holder's search for a runaway girl leads him to discover a gruesome string of murders that connects to a previous murder investigation by Linden, she is drawn back into the life she thought she'd left behind." She tried to get out, and they pulled her back in! Just like "The Killing's" audience. Filming for Season 3 begins Feb.

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni45002995/