TV review: The Killing seasons 1 and 2

In the course of being relaxingly lazy, I have watched a number of movies and assorted tv episodes. One movie that I watched starred an actor who I thought had a particularly nice voice. It reminded me of Vincent. It was soft and light. Unsurprisingly, I wanted to watch other things that he has acted in. He meaning the new to me actor, not Vincent. This new actor guy's name is Peter Sarsgaard and there aren't that many things he's acted in on Netflix, unfortunately. However, one of the things that he is in and is also on Netflix is a show called The Killing. Which is kind of an odd title as killing is not usually used as a noun. Maybe it's supposed to be interpreted as a synonym for murder, as in "the murder" that the detectives are trying to solve. Or perhaps it's supposed to mean killing in a broader sense, in a more general way... "the killing" that goes on and that the police have to deal with. I'm not sure. I'm just speculating. It was based of off a Danish show, which I'm not sure of what the title translates to. I think I might have tried to watch that show but I didn't watch it completely. I have watched another Scandinavian crime show in the past which I enjoyed.

In any case, Peter Sarsgaard is in this show but in the third season. Since I thought that there would probably be context that I would need to understand the show, I decided to start from the beginning instead of going right to the third season. 

Seasons 1 and 2 deal with a single murder case, which was different than the ~24 murder cases you get in a season of Law and Order that I'm used to. The first 6 episodes of season 1 were a bit of a drag, but the second half definitely picked up and was fairly riveting. The murder gets solved at the end of season 2. It was an interesting case, but after awhile there were too many details to really keep track of and I felt like I should have taken notes. I wasn't completely lost, but some of the various details from episodes prior were cloudy to me as to how they fit in to the current situation. At first, I didn't particularly like the characters, although later I began to like them somewhat more. The detectives' relationship is unlike the dynamic that the detectives from Law and Order have. In addition, they have a particularly lousy lieutenant, which I think is below captain, which is what 2 out of 3 Law and Orders have. I just did some googling and lieutenant is indeed below captain. Not that it really matters. Anyways, the captains on Law and Order, for the most part, had good relationships with the detectives under their command and cared about them. The lieutenant in The Killing openly has dislike and disdain for the main characters. So that was different.

The male detective reminds me of Mr. Brooks because of his voice. He has kind of a southern accent or something, which is kind of weird and not explained in the show, which takes place in Seattle, which is why the accent is kind of weird. Mr. Brooks is from South Carolina. I wonder if he thinks that he sounds like the guy on this show. 

I have currently begun season 3, which features Peter Sarsgaard and he plays a murderer. I'm glad that he didn't decide to do a menacing accent or something for this character, because that way I can enjoy listening to the things that he says. After the first episode, he kind of reminds me of the Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs mostly due to his haircut in this show. I wish he had more hair because he looks weird nearly bald. The Hannibal from NBC Hannibal is a totally different thing in my mind. As I continue watching the show I'll probably do another blog post about it. For season 3 I am taking notes. I wonder if it'll help keep all the things straight.