But because of the series' various crimes – primarily bad men, twisted politics and lots of paedophilia – all drawn out against the grey and fierce backdrop of Seattle, it's never seemed too light. I understand the system – the coffee, sexism and legal loopholes. I also like the familiarity of a corrupt and struggling US police force.
I started the US series before the Danish one, which helped, and I was knee-deep in Bron/Broen by the time I got round to Forbrydelsen, so I fancied something a bit easier to chew.
I'm not suggesting the US version is the best TV I've seen or that it's better than Forbrydelsen – I just prefer it.įor me, a lot of this was about timing. I realise that suggesting the two can co-exist, and that I actively prefer the US version, is tantamount to choosing canned peaches over fresh, but what can you do? To me, it depends what you're after in a TV series. Last Friday, the fourth season premiered as a Netflix original. AMC cancelled it before it was adopted by Netflix. Its bleak, tense pilot boded well, but by the end of the series, fans had lost enthusiasm (thanks to the cliffhanger "non-ending") and by the second series, it had lost a third of its viewers. Produced by Fox and aired originally on AMC, the first series of the US The Killing was well-received back in 2011. You've probably heard of the latter and you may have ignored the former. When you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.Nothing tests a TV series like uprooting it to a new country and changing the language, so The Killing, the American remake of the Danish series Forbrydelsen, was never in for an easy ride. Where to watch: Available to buy on Amazon. remake may have achieved strong reviews of its own, but the atmospheric trappings of its Copenhagen setting make the original just as worth watching. With each season following a new murder case and each episode existing as a 24-hour window into the investigation, the first season’s particularly memorable mystery surrounded the murder of a young woman, Nanna Birk Larsen, in a forest outside the city. But if it’s your first time hearing about the Danish version of The Killing-often considered the genesis of the Scandi crime-drama craze after it screened on the BBC in 2011, four years after its initial premiere-then now’s the time to dive in. The Killingīack in 2011, Sofie Gråbøl’s appearance as detective Sarah Lund in the police procedural The Killing sparked an international run on chunky sweaters after it became an overnight sensation in the U.K. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
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