After being
cancelled with no true conclusion, tried to be picked up by Netflix, then be
picked up again by AMC, and cancelled again with no resolution, The Killing is finally being picked up by
Netflix for one final season with a conclusion to the series.
In this
six-episode season of The Killing,
Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Steven Holder (Joel Kinnaman) work to hide the
events that transpired in the final episode of season three of the series,
while also working on a new case consisting of the murder of a wealthy family
(including the mother and father, an eighteen-year-old daughter, and
six-year-old daughter) that is presumed to be by the seventeen-year-old son,
who looks as if he tried to commit suicide (he died with a gun in his hand).
Like the other cases worked in The
Killing, this one has twists and turns, suspense and intensity, things that
look like they’re one thing but are really something else, and more. Sarah
Linden and Steven Holder have to work this case and try to cover up what they
did.
After
hearing some things about The Killing,
I decided to give a try on Netflix, and it only took a few episodes to hook me.
I watched the first two seasons on Netflix and loved them both. The third
season, however, was not quite as good. It was interesting, no doubt, but not
as good. I thought this season was still not quite as good as the first two,
but definitely an improvement over the third.
Because
there are only six episodes, every second of the show counts for something. There
is no wasted time. The episodes are 60 minutes instead of 45, but there is
still not as much time to explore the third case as there was for the first
two. Whether it be character development or plot progression, something is
always going on.
I was very surprised
by how good the production value was for this show. Every episode is so well
made and it looks very good. The directing on the episodes is also very good.
They all just feel so well done, and the way the film was shot really adds realism
to it. The camerawork done by the director sometimes does cut, but it’s for the
good. These four different directors knew how to add depth with the camera.
They were able to create intensity with the camera a well. There are some long,
panning shots that really interested me. The only problem I have with the
direction is their use of focus. I noticed the three proceeding seasons that
the directors and cinematographers were big fans of focusing and un-focusing on
people or things. It’s not as bit here, but I still didn’t like when it was
used. I didn’t feel that it added anything to the episodes. I found it very
distracting.
This season
is also very, very well written. It felt like all of the scripts were looked
over multiple times, and they were all treated with care because the people whoever
wrote them wanted the episodes to be good. The dialogue is very much like the
dialogue in the first and second seasons. It was realistic, while also being fascinating.
It was very, very compelling and it just made me want to know more about who
was saying it. Some scripts for some episodes are stronger than others, and
there are some weaker points in the scripts that show in some scenes, but
overall, the writing really good.
I also
thought that this was a very well thought-out season with the events of the
narrative and the layout of seasons. As I said earlier, there is always either
character development or plot progression going on in the episode. The script
gave a very large amount of depth to all of the characters, which made the more
intense moments all the more enthralling. With the plot for the case the
detectives are working on, I thought it was very similar to the first case. Sometimes
it does feel that this is somewhat of a remake of the first case, but what I said
is mostly a positive. It was not predictable to me, and I felt that the twists
and turns all added to the episode. The narrative for the case is not
fantastic, but it’s very well thought-out and very well written. As for the
other things going on, they were blended in with the going-ons of the case excellently.
And on their own, they were also very well written.
This is a
very good final season of The Killing.
It’s a very well written season. The dialogue and plot events are great. There is
depth with all the characters. It’s a very well made episode with great
production value and very smart direction. I can’t say that I never felt that there
was a dull moment in the episode, but there are very few. I was very invested
in this season of The Killing and it
is a good conclusion to the series.
This final
season of The Killing is available on
Netflix streaming and DVD, but nothing else. I recommend it.
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