The Killing
The Killing Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 | |
| S2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 9.1 | |
| S3 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.6 | ||
| S4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 9.0 |
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"Grief-soaked, slow-burn detective drama that tests your patience"
The Killing follows a haunted Seattle detective and her reluctant new partner as they investigate the murder of a teenage girl, a case whose ripples reach her family, her friends, and the city's political machine. Adapted from a Danish original, the show trades procedural snap for slow-burn atmosphere: perpetual rain, muted grays, and long silences that let grief and suspicion fester. It rewards patience with rich character work, especially the prickly partnership at its center, but its deliberate pace and refusal to wrap things up quickly frustrated many viewers expecting a tidy whodunit.
the moody atmosphere and the slowly deepening partnership between Linden and Holder.
you want a tidy whodunit, since the deliberate pace and stalled resolution frustrated many viewers.
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