THE KILLING Finale: Did You Like How Season 1 Ended?

[Spoiler alert: If you haven’t watched the season finale of THE KILLING, turn away now. For those of you who have seen “Orpheus Descending,” read on.]

When we last left off, our team realized Richmond’s computer was getting the emails Linden was sending, Holden was sent by a witness to a location where Richmond’s picture was plastered all over the wall and viewers were left wondering whether the show has solved their central murder one episode before the first season ended.

So was Richmond guilty all along?

It certainly appears not. While Richmond was arrested for Rosie’s murder, the final moments of episode revealed that the bridge cameras that allegedly proved that he was on the road the night she died had been broken for months…the pictures were faked. Unfortunately for Richmond, the only one who knew the truth was Linden, who got a call as she was on a plane, about to leave for her much-delayed move.

Even worse? Holder apparently was involved in faking the pictures, as we saw him in a car with an unseen person, saying they bought the pictures. And Belko was about a half-second from shooting Richmond in the chest as he was being transported, presumably so the whole conspiracy (?!) could get away with covering up Rosie’s real murderer. Or something like that. There was a lot of unclear information given to us in about 30 seconds, so there are tons of things we can hopefully look forward to getting answered in season 2.

As a viewer, I have such mixed feelings on this finale. On one hand, I’m happy we’ll be seemingly spending more time with these characters next year. And I’m freaking thrilled it apparently wasn’t Richmond, because that felt like one of the biggest cop outs the show could do.

On the other hand, we have no resolution to who killed Rosie. At this point, I don’t know if we’re any further along in that mystery than we were in episode one, with the exception of being fairly certain Linden and Richmond didn’t do it. (But I think most of us guessed that by the pilot.)

Holder being a bad guy was something I had speculated about to a friend very early in the season, but dismissed because a) it seemed too simple to have the new guy who suddenly popped in out of nowhere be bad, b) how much growth they’ve shown in Holder the past season, and most importantly, c) how much he bonded with Linden. Right now, out of all the “betrayals” of the finale, Holder’s out-of-nowhere inclusion as being part of the group covering up Rosie’s real killer — or at least framing Richmond — is what is stinging the most.

So what did you think? Did you like how season one ended? Vote in our poll below.

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