By the closing moments of “Beau Soleil” it looks like Linden and Holder might have their killer, but if we’ve learned one thing on AMC’s The Killing it’s that nothing can be assumed.
I said last week that if Rosie turned out to be a hooker on the sly then I was going to toss my television out the window. Thankfully my house is one level so the set was not damaged too badly in the fall. Yes folks, the poor waterlogged Rosie Larsen appears to have been moonlighting as a call girl for a “social introduction service” run out of that stuffy Indian casino. The service is called Beau Soleil and to make things even more interesting Rosie’s saucy aunt Terry works there too which provided a nice nod back to that weird moment when Terry ran into a rich man who gave her the cold shoulder. Chances are he had hired her at one time or another. So why was Rosie dumping all her hard-earned cash into aunt Terry’s account instead of her own? Sounds like Terry was helping keep Rosie’s secret, which won’t sit so well with Mitch.
For the moment Mitch Larsen (Michelle Forbes) has other things to worry about than her sister’s loose morals. Mitch has decided to let Stan (Brent Sexton) rot in jail since he spent all the savings account without telling her. In her fury she also fires Belko (Brendan Sexton) for being creepy and gets into a fight with Terry (Jaime Anne Allman) about her parenting skills. How silly is she going to feel when she finds out that money went to buy them a new house?
Linden (Mireille Enos) and Holder (Joel Kinnaman) zero in on Rosie’s connection to One-Eyed Jacks…I mean Beau Soleil…and tracks down the man who hosts the website where they determine the email address of a man named Orpheus who threatened another one of the girls with drowning. Linden quickly sends the mysterious Orpheus an “I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER” email and waits for a reply that never comes while Holder questions the girl. Linden eventually heads out to question Councilman Richmond (Billy Campbell) again about the friends he keeps and puts one of the junior detectives on watch at her pc.
The final few minutes of this episode were wonderful. The build up of Linden’s partner back at the station sending the emails and the sound of them arriving in…SPOILER…Councilman Richmond’s inbox as she creeps around the house was classic. But the reveal that Richmond was Orpheus didn’t come as a big shock. I mean there aren’t that many people left to point a finger at, and the fact that all the red arrows point at Darren Richmond now means that he most likely didn’t do it. If he did, then I have no idea what season two would be about. If he didn’t, then who did? Terry? I don’t think so, but it’s possible. Belko? Not so much. Jaime? Nah. How about Gwen? Ding ding ding we have a winner. My money is on Gwen because she has a motive and they’ve done a fine job of diverting away from her all season.
If Richmond does turn out to be the killer I’ll eat my shoe and do Dougie on the roof of the Georgia Dome. I just don’t see it. They have picked up this snow globe of rain and mood and shaken it so many times that honestly anything is possible at this point. I just want to ride it out and see where the raindrops fall this time.
The season finale of The Killing airs next Sunday at 10pm on AMC. Tune in because you know you want to know how this plays out.
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I’m sticking with Councilman Richmond’s weasley (weasel-like?) aide, Jamie.
I’m sticking with Councilman Richmond’s weasley (weasel-like?) aide, Jamie.
I’m sticking with Councilman Richmond’s weasley (weasel-like?) aide, Jamie.
Don’t discount Belko. Remember that he heard Rosie making a phone call talking about the Adelle, the fairy that took her to the casino. But now we know Rosie was a regular there, so it’s not like she was calling to get the ferry times. If she was on the phone that night talking about the ferry, she was probably telling someone (her john) to be on it.
Belko could have heard more than he let on. He could have followed her and realized what she was doing. This is a guy who was so desperate to be part of a family that he liked sitting at the Larsen’s kitchen table in the dark when no one was there. How would he react at finding out the family he obsessed over wasn’t so perfect?
And that’s to say nothing of whatever sexual issues his dear old mother put in his head. If he suddenly decided that sweet little Rosie was no better than his creepy mom, that wouldn’t be good.
The main reason I discount Belko is that they’ve made him too obvious. He has been suspicious from the beginning even though the cops have cleared him for now.