Get ready for The Killing, AMC's latest TV series, a 13-part adaptation of the hit Danish show, continuing the wave of Scandinavian crime thrillers by writers like Stieg Larsson and Camilla Lackberg.
The Americanized version is set in Seattle and follows detective Sarah Linden (Lund in the Danish version) -- about to leave homicide to get married -- as she is drawn into a case involving the murder of a teenage girl.
The series stars Mireille Enos as Linden, so memorable on Big Love portraying sisters Cathy and Jodean Marquart. By all accounts The Killing does a superb job of translating the melancholy grimness of Denmark to the perpetual rain of the Pacific Northwest. Reviews have been extremely positive and AMC may find this series has more of a Twin Peaks popularity than their recently canceled Rubicon enjoyed. The show is so cultishly popular in Denmark, it's spawned entire blogs about the sweater Linden perpetually wears throughout the series.
Need another reason to watch? The Killing features Michelle Forbes, always a magnet for good material.
The Killing begins this Sunday at 9:00 PM.
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