- Summary: Based on the Danish series, The Killing follows the investigation of the murder of a young girl named Rosie Larsen day by day.
- Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama
- Show Type: Returning Series
- Season 1 premiere date: Apr 3, 2011
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 09:00 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 29
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Mixed: 0 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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100What sets The Killing apart are its steady sense of dread, its dense atmospherics--that feeling that rain may at any moment pour from our sets--and its beautifully drawn characters.
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100A bleak, slow-moving, humorless show that is still so good that you will be angry every time an episode ends.
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91This is no CBS crime procedural, and viewers deserve the chance to delve into this smart mystery for themselves.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 50 out of 69
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Mixed: 9 out of 69
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Negative: 10 out of 69
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