NEW YORK – From the first moments of “The Killing,” the mood is foreboding.
The climate for the show’s Seattle setting is wet. Water plays a key role on this series, and you feel you could catch cold just by watching. But you can’t turn away. You’re hooked by the simple spectacle of ordinary people living their lives.
Then, catching you by surprise only by how long it takes to confirm, a murder will disrupt the lives of everyone in sight.
“The Killing,” which premieres April 3 at 9 p.m. EDT, is the latest entry in AMC’s portfolio of original dramas that began, of course, with “Mad Men” four years ago and most recently saw the wildly popular attack last October by “The Walking Dead.”
In keeping with the AMC formula of defying formulas, “The Killing” has little in common with the network’s other dramas (which include “Breaking Bad” and the short-lived “Rubicon”), other than its fierce distinctiveness.
This is a whodunit, unleashing Homicide Detective Sarah Linden (series star Mireille Enos) and her partner Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) on a grisly case — the drowning murder of Seattle teen Rosie Larsen.
This case will drive the narrative at least through the first season, which, episode by
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