TV Review: The Killing (AMC)

The Killing did not live up to the hype for the pilot episode. It is dark and tragic as the executive producer has described and gives the slow-burn of storytelling a full onslaught. AMC should have pushed for a bit more suspense and thriller for this crime drama series. Admittedly, we have only endured the first episode and we are in for the long haul but can the audience be expected to return?
The music has the feel of a movie of the week or a true story theme that Lifetime Networks could replay all weekend long. Understandably it is set in Seattle, Washington where rain is a given and the population often does not even think twice to check the weather forecast. One scene has the two main characters, Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos ) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman ), standing outside in yet another downpour at a crime scene where fog is flowing leaving us to question. It is dark and cold; a car is being dragged from a pond, so where is the fog coming from?