I mean, that could work out. Like, raising a kid on vending machines.

The Killing, on amc, epsd 2 (or, in single vid of two epsd premiere, at ~ 1:05) based on Danish 'Forbrydelsen'.
wh is like for me? Five Days. wh itslf was like wh? I guess said to be British-style 24, suspense without so m melodrama, not concentrated into single incredible day, but five days of investigation ~ sth like, 1st, then 3rd, then after a month, then a few months, then almost a year later?
and then y bcs of girl found, by water, think of Twin Peaks "who killed __" but y right not smlr in tone at all.
tone more like The Wire. in its wide view on detectives, family, and politics (bcs girl found in sunken town car belonging to campaign for mayoral challenger). maybe it's esp the politician scenes th make me think of The Wire, s3, and this may not warrant the comparison, though the orig praised highly, and in just bit of rdg did see two other cmmts saying on or almost par w The Wire.

this may have th personal hook for me in char of side-detective Holder. came here to note this scene wh I delighted:

..after interviews at the high school. two detectives Sarah Linden and her replacement Holder at desks looking at phone records, and Sarah's son Jack sitting waiting in chair on side of office..

-SL: Cell calls to home, parents' phones, Sterling... Not much of a social life.
-H: Till that boyfriend.
-What was she doing with him? Good girl with no secrets.
-She lied to her mom about her costume. And her Fabrizio Bianchis. There's no way she could afford these. We're looking at 2gs easy.
-How do you even know that?
-How do you not?
-Mom shops at Ross. That's why.
/oho! Holden puts out hand for Jasper who eagerly steps up to high five/
/Sarah to Jack/ -Maybe you should go get some chips or something.
/Holden/ -Jasper could have bought these, trying to win her back.
/Sarah calling after her son/-No candy bars. Something healthy, like corn chips!
/Holden, leaning back to call over his shoulder/ -Yeah, funyuns, son! Get your fiber! I mean... I mean, that could work out. Like, raising a kid on vending machines. earnest "I mean.." then cracks big smile. mm.
Don't feel bad, Linden. I mean, y-you really ain't that bad. So, little man and your boyfriend... they get along?
-My fiance. Yeah, they do. That's good, 'cause my mom's boyfriends... whoo! I mean, they had it out for me. They were, like, lions. Like, kill the cub to get the female back in heat. It was like--


AMC is dead on with ‘The Killing’ -by Paige Wiser tv critic pwiser@suntimes.com

With their moody new mystery series “The Killing,” AMC has remade the 2007 Danish series “Forbrydelsen” (“The Crime”), which was an insane hit there. What at first seems like a slow pace turns out to be a permanent steady sense of dread. Teenage Rosie Larsen is horrifically murdered, but it doesn’t feel sensationalistic. It just feels very real.

The most devastating early scenes are centered on the dead girl’s family as they get the news. Michelle Forbes (“True Blood” first seen? in 24 I guess, fmlr enough before True Bl that th just seemed a not esp great note for the actress; and In Treatmt as Paul's wife then ex, just a bit role) and Brent Sexton (“Justified” fmlr to me fr 'Life' as good guy policeman who had been Charlie's partner) will break your heart as Rosie’s parents.
y Forbes as mom Mitch on the phone when husband pulls up to the cops at the lake, hearing him calling 'Rosie'

Mireille Enos (Big Love, did highly praised roles of the twins on th compound, ~Kathy who came across gentle and kind and who married Joey & Wanda and then was killed I think by Roman and the one who came across harder ~Jodean who Frank got to marry and he & Lois took on their bird smuggling expdtn) plays red-haired Sarah, a low-key homicide detective in the tradition of Frances McDormand’s “Fargo” character. hm int good comparison. She’s due to leave Seattle to marry a sweet guy in sunnier Sonoma, but she’s resignedly drawn into the murder investigation.

Sarah is saddled with training her replacement an ex-narc cop played by Joel Kinnaman as sort of a white Snoop Dogg ~ lanky and streetspeaky. You’ll hate him at first sight — and then start looking forward to hating him as a break from all the grief.
d n hate him at all, is that really how most ppl wld, is that how char intended? I'd hv tht somewh as comic relief and anyway as contrast of style ~culture
from th first find him int and funny "you're my ride, Linden!" -- always I like this kind character or personality, what is it -- forceful -- in anger, often, or humorous indignation like Always Sunny "ah, yeah, it is" maintaining something totally wrong with total conviction, like jaime at scarecrow going to th back to get a video for a guy, then having a conversation w a friend back there, then coming back out hvg totally forgotten "no, that wasn't me" (like, that guy's weird!) ~ all-in, wrt own world.

most smlr to how I like Jesse fr BrkgBad, w street speak and so earnest. (Jesse's a sweethrt like Holden is not though) rg: 'you laugh every time he talks' (like, I'm not a good barometer of what's going on & what's funny) said to me orig re Hurley in Lost, v diff character, but also sort of all-in, expressing himself with force: "Michael didn't know about the polar bear!"

emphatic. I like emphatic.
of course here it's how wry. wry is very for me 'made up my mind th I wld live today'.