‘The Killing’ season finale: A great surprise or a silly twist? (TV commentary)

AMC’s “The Killing” has repeat-viewing value that’s rare among crime-solving shows: There’s a certain pleasure in soaking up the pitch-dark murder mystery and the troubled characters the same way the streets of Seattle soak up the rain and wash out the color. But in general, mystery shows don’t have repeat value. The main hook is that we

First episode impressions: ‘The Killing’ (TV review)

“The Killing” (9 p.m. Central Sundays on AMC), which instantly became the best show on TV with its two-hour premiere last Sunday despite the fact that it’s technically a cop show, exposes how we as TV viewers have become jaded by murder. It’s not what you think, though: This show doesn’t shame us by showing the