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There’s gonna be more Killing!
AMC is ordering a second season of its critically acclaimed series Rain & Murder The Killing.
The first season was about the murder of a teenage girl and was based off a popular Danish series.
The two-hour premiere drew 4.7 million viewers (including encore airings). The show’s ratings have dipped quite a bit since then, now averaging about 2.2 million — still a healthy number for AMC. This marks four out of five AMC dramas to make it to a second season (only Rubicon has been cancelled).
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Yes. More Holder.
absolutely more holder. he’s one of the best charachters i’ve seen on tv in a long time.
Agreed. More Holder. And then some more Holder. And then…. a little more Holder. Please and thank you.
Yep.
could not agree more. Something very sexy about that guy though if I just saw a picture of him I would never think that. Its his essence or something!
Anyone else want the two to get together? Even just once?
hell no
yes! i have grown to love him.
Love Holder!!
Was it EW that referred to him as the White Snoop Dogg? LOL! Because it is SO true! That is all that I can think of when I see his cute self. LOL
LMAO he does remind me of Snoop!
Hmm. I really don’t understand the love for this character. He does nothing for me.
YAY! Love this show!
let’s get him a girlfriend for season two! he’s too hot/awesome to be single for much longer.
Holder is Joel Kinnaman a Swedish actor. I just checked him out on YouTube. He sure has the American thing down.
The actor will be in Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in December.
Ugh. Bad decision. This show turned out to be such a let down.
For You. There’s plenty of people that that like/love the show.
No, the show is still a let-down, but also still interesting. Plus, the AMAZING acting of Joel Kinnaman is worth the many slips of logic and stupid red herrings the show has dealt us.
Jake, really? You like the in between episodes? The pilot was good as was this last episode. Everything else was too 24-ish.
Thanks AMC!!!!! I love this show
Helllllllll yeah!!!!!! So excited to hear of this renewal! Yessssssss!
Yay! I’m waiting for someone to kill Mitch Larsen next because I hate her (and she’s a Maenad, wink wink Truebies).
I agree! Nothing would make me happier than to see her character gone.
I agree too. She is sooo annoying!!
I loved to hate her as MaryAnn, but she’s really awesome as Mitch. Good actress and adds a lot to the show. Entire cast is excellent… except Richmond’s little troll.
The show did pick up a bit the last couple of episodes, but they are really going to have to give a little more life to the show. I don’t mind if it’s somewhat slow paced, but if so, they should make up for it by making the characters more intriguing. There was too much moping around going on in the first half of the season, and I don’t mean only the parents, who would probably get a pass for moping.
Did they pickup Breakout Kings as well?
That’s A&E.
I still can’t forgive AMC for cancelling Rubicon. Such a great show, much more than The Killing. Sorry people, but the unbalanced nature of the show breaks the flow, i admire the pacing and the story they’re trying to tell and Michelle Forbes nails it week in and week out. Mireille Enos is great, but i wish we would get more character development (like in last week’s bubble episode) through all the episodes.
And I’m one who thought last week’s bubble episode was mind-numbingly dull. I missed not seeing the other characters and plotlines (Mitch’s family, the council race). If they had spread that out over two or three episodes … maybe it would have been ok.
That episode seemed a little slow at first, but it stayed with me. In a way, it was refreshing to take a brief break from the boring campaign story and what were excellent but increasingly one-note performances of Mitch and Stan. I do think that a “bubble” episode like this should’ve aired a little earlier in the season, though. I think I might’ve liked Linden’s character better if I’d seen this episode earlier.
Ohmygosh, I loved that episode! I thought it was such a departure and made me rethink my negative feelings about the show lately.
Last week’s was AMAZING. I’m glad it only focussed on Linden and Holder. They’re the best characters, and the actors are incredible. It was more focussed and the writing was really well done.
If you want to blame someone for canceling Rubicon blame at least 1 million plus people that only watch Mad Men on AMC and nothing else. Rubicon aired right after Mad Men weekly and Mad Men watchers didn’t care. This watching of only Mad Men has literally almost had AMC cancel Breaking Bad because of low ratings. When most fans of both shows know Breaking Bad is just as good as Mad Men.
Rubicon actually aired before Mad Men. Breaking Bad is only supposed to run for five seasons iirc so at this point all it needs is one more pick up from AMC but I’m nervous that it’ll happen.
Ignore my Rubicon cmt
@ Michelle
Where did you hear Breaking Bad will end after Season 5? I’ve been wondering how long it will go for a while and wondered until recently that Season 4 might be the last.
I read it on another entertainment blog. It makes sense as the new trailer is talking about the end, etc. It would be horrible for Vince to have had his seasons planned out then AMC cancel it. It’s the best show on TV and the only one winning them acting Emmys. Imo they got a taste of great ratings with TWD and will start producing more programming along those lines.
QUESTION 4 U RUBICON FANS!! What was sop great about it? And can you summarize the season 4 me in a few sentences… Pretty please? Thanks!
I really am enjoying The Killing, but I also miss Rubicon. Brilliant show, and I wish AMC would release it on DVD alreayd…
Every time they run a story about AMC, they talk about how Rubicon was canceled. And I get sad again.
But good news about The Killing.
If it was Sony Pictures Television, don’t count on it. They still haven’t released the second season of Huff.
Me, too. Rubicon’s terrorist/traitor plotline was much more intriguing than the meandering murder plotline and obvious red herrings. As if they would tell us in the previews for next week that it’s the Councilman. My vote goes for his annoying girlfriend, the Senator’s daughter.
I think it’s the annoying girlfriend. She could have motive (knew about his dalliances with young girls or something else) and she would have access (to his email account, among other things).
I would rather see more Rubicon as well. Still, the two series have moderately similar concerns. The Killing has proven over and over again that it’s really not interested in Rosie’s murder very much at all. It’s interested in the class distinctions in the show’s Seattle and how the more common people get rolled over by the elite. Rosie ended up as one of many who get caught in the collision. Murder mystery? Nope. This show is fundamentally about a class struggle.
YES!!!!!!!!!!, especially after yesterday’s episode this is great news, fantastic show!!!
Bout time. Last week was excellent for Linden/Holden backstory.
YAHOO!!!!! One of the best shows in a long time.
yes!
I’m happy The Killing is coming back for S2. The show has certainly meandered at times, particularly with the teacher plotline, though I feel, still has potential to be a solid detective drama. I hope next season we have a payoff to the underlying story of this mayor race. I have a feeling it’s supposed to be significant some how, along with this recent twist of the casino, and the woman who manages it. Either way, I’d like to see more character development and less time trying to ‘trick us up’ with the latest potential killer.
Um wouldn’t the political race and casino thingees be a thing of the past and they’s be on to the next case in season 2.
Hallelujah!! This show is awesome.
great show.
So excited…I love The Killing and I’m anxious to see how they tackle a second season.
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