My one big worry with AMC’s “The Killing” from the very beginning was that it wouldn’t have enough material to last an entire season’s worth. And we’re not even talking about network TV season here, we’re talking about basic cable TV season, which is exactly half as long as network TV shows. Surely the show would have enough in its pocket to keep things interesting for 10-12 episodes? As it turns out, even that might have been one or two (or five) episodes too many to fill, as the mystery began to falter badly halfway through the first season. As if to further torture viewers, the show didn’t even have the decency to end its “Who killed Rosie Larsen” mystery by season’s end as it had promised. Nope. Instead, fans got thrown a curveball — the killer’s identity remained hidden in a cliffhanger! Needless to say, fans were outraged, mostly because the show had advertised the mystery as a single-season
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