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Mar 30, 2011
100
A bleak, slow-moving, humorless show that is still so good that you will be angry every time an episode ends.
Mar 31, 2011
100
What sets The Killing apart are its steady sense of dread, its dense atmospherics--that feeling that rain may at any moment pour from our sets--and its beautifully drawn characters.
Mar 30, 2012
100
Few television shows are as addictive as this pensive, wonderfully paced suspenser.
Mar 31, 2011
91
The disparate detectives of The Killing may have their own means and methods of getting to the bottom of this. But the overall air of believability is palpable from the start. All the better for taking a deep breath and diving right in.
Apr 4, 2011
91
This is no CBS crime procedural, and viewers deserve the chance to delve into this smart mystery for themselves.
Aug 1, 2014
91
It took a circuitous route, with two cancellations and a move to Netflix, but it sticks the landing with this affecting, impressive final season.
Mar 30, 2011
90
The series is excellent, absorbing and addictive. When each episode ends, you long for the next--a hallmark of great dramas.
