The Killing

The Killing on AMC is their new series and they are hoping to keep their streak up for intelligent TV.  So far, so good.  Set in seattle, it is the day by day investigation of the murder of a seventeen year old girl.  One detective is all set to leave to sunny California and a new life, but can't leave this last case behind.  I like her a lot.  She's quiet, thoughtful, and the type of person who'd ask "What  would Jesus do," when talking to suspects.  One reason she stays on the case, at least so far, is she obviously doesn't trust the new detective to handle it.  He's been on undercover duty WAAAAaaaay to long and has now a permanent field of scuzziness.  He's the type of cop to get high school girls a hit of marijuana to cultivate trust and information.  Somehow these two do work together and I'll be interested to see how they solve the mystery.

Right now the mystery is deep and murky.  There are a lot of possible suspects including a politician in mid run for office.  No doubt it's going to get nasty political before all is done.  I enjoyed what I saw, and was glad that it was in no way like that other murder mystery set in the North West, you know the one with Agent Cooper.