This is the kind of story that builds over time, so it's difficult to tell--Discovery made only one episode available--whether the rest of the series will stay as compelling as the pilot. But it's a doozy of an episode.

[Rodie Sanchez is] so magnetic you’ll forget that this is an unscripted series.... Discovery sent one episode to critics, but it was enough to suggest that The Killing Fields should appeal to fans of both true-crime documentaries and fictionalized police procedurals.

Fontana and Levinson probably couldn’t write a better TV character than Sanchez or create a better TV setting than Iberville Parish.... What’s really missing is something Serial, The Jinx and Making a Murderer all had: a suspect.... In any case, Killing Fields at least generates anxiety and a desire to see what happens next.

The people are real, the case is real, the place is real, and yet Killing Fields has the veneer of fiction to it--partly due to the natural tendency of human beings to view themselves as characters in their own stories, but also due to some unfortunately heavy-handed production choices.

An interesting mystery is hampered by over-production, scripted interview scenes and other signs of a show trying to please instead of just letting the action unfold.

Killing Fields relies on the kind of obviously staged or at least partly artificial action that typifies the reality-TV end of true crime.

Killing Fields certainly didn't create this [reality TV] environment, but it does exist in it, albeit clumsily. Yes, these are real people, but so much of it feels phony.

My wife and I have watched this show from the very beginning and every episode keeps us on the edge of our chairs. The only thing we hate is having to wait a whole week to watch the next episode. Hopefully Rodie can finally solve this case and begin his retirement. Great show Discovery!!

I would rate this show a 10 if they would quit repeating themselves over and over and over and over and over. If they don't have enough material for the whole season, just shorten the season, quit repeating yourselves and get on with the show. It could be a very interesting show if it was directed right.

This show started off pretty well with the unsolved cold case murder of Eugenie. It starts to get pretty bad when they keep repeating scenes 2 or three times. That's because these Yokel Cops are so incompetent and don't do very much of anything. I doubt if these guys EVER arrested and got convictions of ANYBODY. I'm midway into season two and there is 3 cold case murders. They know who the murderer is,but they sure don't know anything about real police work and arresting the **** only thing that seems real is Rhodie's guilt in not being able to solve the murders, and his getting drunk every night and feeling sorry for his sorry ass.. If they just fired everybody and hired some REAL police officers they just might get some justice.

This is the most worthless show on tv after Oprah and Ellen. The over the hill police are always shown with a drink or a bottle of beer. That really make me confident of their capability. On the new Killing Fields the retired cop almost dropped his beer when he claims is is now looking at the picture of the man who killed Carrie. Wrong you are looking at a composite that may or may not be close to the real person. You already had one wrong person identified. In the case of Big Johnny it just shows how the case was not handled correctly the first time around as it was simple to solve. Also saying how nice Big Johnny was is a joke. A nice person does not sleep with his son's wife. I gave it a chance but will never watch this garbage again. if I want to laugh I will watch a comedian.

Couldn't make it through 20 minutes of this god awful show, the main protagonist is a cop you want to wipe off the bottom of your shoe, and he's supposed to be the hero/good guy. 59? Those people must have gotten a junket to New Orleans with hookers & coke to rate this like that.