Fans are really heating up about the big reveal -- well, lack thereof -- in the season finale of AMC's freshman series The Killing. The episode featured a surprising twist, in that it didn't reveal who exactly killed Rosie Larson. The lack of resolution, which has been running throughout the season, has many fans threatening to quit the show, though showrunner Veena Sud has promised that Larson's killer will be revealed in season two. Star Mireille Enos, who plays detective Sarah Linden on the series, is also defending the finale. "I thought it was awesome," she told TVLine.
“I know there’s lots of controversy about it, but I think a cliffhanger is really smart storytelling. It means audiences will come back."
Enos revealed that she thought solving the mystery in one episode would be "rushed," since there was "too much story to wrap up."
The star did leave doubtful fans with one reassurance: "I think the payoff next season is going to be really worth it.”
What do you think, Killing fans? Have Enos's words moved you? Will you stick around when the show comes back to AMC next year? Or are you done with the series for good? Let us know in the comments section below.
I enjoyed the finale and the season and also liked that it ended in a cliffhanger.
I loved the finale and thought the twist and pacing fit in perfectly with the season as a whole. If it just wrapped up cleanly it would have felt rushed. Ideally, the season would have had 22+ episodes so fans wouldn't need to wait a full year for the storyline to wrap – but such is the design of modern 1hr dramas of this quality.
I thought it was a complete joke, but the finale itself wasn't the main problem. The show had gotten so bad at that point, that the finale was just one last insult for the writers to throw at the audience. Many of us were sticking around just for closure on the mystery, since the show itself had declined steadily in quality since the pilot. The plot twists were inconsistent with character development and often cheap ways of purposely misleading the audience, rather than building genuine layers of mystery in a believable way. The pacing of the show was also inconsistent and plodding at times. I thought they really screwed the pooch with the whole enterprise and have lost more faith in AMC as a result (Rubicon canceled, Walking Dead kind of sucking).