The Killing S2 Finale - Thoughts about the episode & hoping for a 3rd season

Last night was our chance to finally find out who killed Rosie Larsen on AMC's The Killing. If you haven't seen the episode, don't read any further! I don't want to be the one that spoiled it for you.


The episode, titled "What I Know", was part two of the season 2 finale. While I would have preferred a two hour, one night airing, this seemed to work very well for this show.

As you might have read in my previous post, this show likes to point fingers at the likely suspects and then clear their names. I didn't think Jamie did it. Actually, I thought that the writers were trying to trick us again (I wasn't too far off the mark with that particular suspicion). I never imagined Jamie becoming so, for lack of a better phrase, out of control of himself. Jamie appeared to always have it together, other than his little throw down with the Mayor's aide earlier this season. Jamie was able to talk anyone into anything, Again, this is what made me question his part in the murder.
The Jamie I thought I knew would have tried a little harder to calm Rosie down. He hits her in the casino and thinks she is dead. I will never understand why he didn't feel or hear her breathing when he was carrying her out. I guess being in the middle of a freak out will make you not notice the little things.

Jamie reveals to Darren that Rosie managed to get out of the car and run off into the woods. Was he just driving around trying to figure out what to do with her? We know he at least filled the gas tank before Ames met him near the water. We never find out for certain what happened after Jamie chases Rosie and before he gets her into the trunk. Also, wouldn't the panic subsided just a little by this point? I mean, why chase her? Why not yell "Hey! I didn't mean to hurt you! I just need to explain something! I won't hurt you again!"? He had a chance to do exactly that when he was chasing her. Of course, had that happened we wouldn't have a murder to solve in the first place. So, yes, Jamie was partially to blame. He was the one the brutally beat Rosie. He was the one who tied her up and put her in the trunk. But I was right, Jamie wasn't the one who actually killed Rosie Larsen.
Oddly enough, the true murderer was the one person I suspected the least. Aunt Terry had her fair share of skeletons in the closet but I kept looking for a killer with no remorse, no morals and no real ties to the Larsen family. You sneaky writers (along with the spectacular performance by Jamie Anne Allman) had this viewer convinced that Terry's sole part in the case, the one little thing she should feel guilty about, was not informing anyone of her affair with Ames sooner than she did.
Again, The Killing doesn't fail in bringing excellent writing together with superb acting. Terry's confession of not knowing who was in the car when she put it in drive and shoved it into the water was compelling and despairing. Imagine the guilt she had to carry while taking care of Rosie's family after realizing it was Rosie in that car that night. The writers make you feel it in this scene.
There were a few things that need to be clarified for me. I will be re-watching the series from the beginning to look for clues I might have missed because I don't think the writing staff would leave holes in this fantastic story. However, there are a couple of things I would like to revisit. As I do, I will probably do a series recap/review and post it here.
At the end of it all, this viewer was very pleased with this series finale and am thankful the case wasn't solved at the end of last season. I honestly hope we get a third.



What did you think of the finale? Comments are always welcome.