Review By Kamal K
We follow detectives Linden (Mireille Enos) and Holder (Joel Kinnaman) right where we left off, after the extrajudicial killing of a murder suspect. As the detectives move to conceal their crime, and begin to unravel, they're assigned a new case involving an affluent military family slaughtered in their own home. The only survivor is the family's son, a troubled student at the academy, who is badly beaten but has no memory of the night.
From there, we're in pretty standard Killing territory: alternately searing and silly scenes of investigation and personal turmoil clipped together with heavy nods to what's coming next. And yet the new six-episode format completely changes how the show unfolds. On a basic level, fewer episodes allow less time for false leads and dead-end subplots.
Kinnaman's Holder retains his quippy, lippy gift of sardonic gab, which is a good thing. Enos' Linden remains stricken-looking and very much in the running for TV's Unfit Mother of the Year.
Holder and Linden track a wide variety of clues while also suffering separate meltdowns. They're in turn being increasingly dogged by bossman Carl Reddick (Gregg Henry), who's investigating what happened to Skinner.
That said, I watched the whole thing in one big gulp, and willingly so. The Killing still has some pulling power, even if the initial thrill of Season 1 is long since gone.
The writers created a perfect and I mean perfect ending to this series. If you like the chemistry between Kinnamon and Enos which I did, it's about as close to a happy ending as possible for their characters.
Postive -
Ending
Performances
Number of Episodes
Negative -
Stretched
Irritating Sometimes.