Sure I felt their sorrow for the first couples of episodes, but after that it is just so pathetically empty and redundant it has become almost like an intelligent insult. And I really hate those recurring annoying close-ups of Pernille's idiotic trances, which made her the most retarded person in the entire show and bring up nothing but an urge to slap her in the face.
shareThe emptiness you speak of is one of the things I found most heartbreaking (in a good way) about the show.
shareYou are very young?
shareYes I suppose you're right.
When mothers lose their daughters in a brutal unsolved rape and murder, I find in real life they often get over it in a couple of weeks!!
And you think YOUR observations are an astute response to their 'intelligent insult?' Lmao.
JacquesDemy, you're either an adolescent, or perhaps you are just stupid - or maybe a troll, in which case you are both.
I hope you never have to lose a child of yours so that you then live as the Birk Larsen's had to live while the police were arsing about trying to find their daughter's killer.
I thought that the way the 2 actors - who played Theis and Pernille - played their roles was brilliant, and realistic, and for that reason it was painful to watch. Grief just knocks the life out of a person.
The pain and the grief of the Larsen family was one of the best things I've seen, written or interpreted on TV.
The actors were great, especially the mother. Ann Eleonora Jorgensen is a great actress, although I'm not surprised as I remember her from the movie "Italian for Beginners".
So my dear, the only boring and retarded thing here is your comment.
Finished watching it yesterday. Mum did seem to forget sometimes that Theis her husband and the boys had lost a sister too and didn't reach out to them quite as much being wrapped up in her own grief. You knew Theis was feeling it just as much. I really wish the script hadn't had him shoot Vagn (who I suspected all along)it seems so unjust given his suffering. However we like to think he got a suspended sentence or at least I do! I can see why so many people liked this series now, plus the fact that it lasted more than say 4 eps!
sharei just have finished the whole season in few days and have to agree little bit with Jacques. we all feel the sadness, desperation of the family and unstoppable looking for answers. not just Theis was completely and terribly quiet person, his wife Pernille was just rolling her eyes second half of the show making everything much more complicated and crazy... they have secrets to protect each other from the truth in time when they are looking for a killer, accusing police not to do enough?! even considering talking via lawyer with police because they are bored of being questioned because obviously they dont want to find the killer?! how many cases are still unsolved?! the family was real pain for me, especially second half...
shareI'm watching this on Netflix not having watched it first time round. Up to ep 6 but I have to say those two boys how cute are they :)). I did like the bit at the funeral where they put something of their own for Nanna I thought that was lovely and how children might reason in their own unbiased way to an extent. I do think the father is hiding something more than the police have discovered but not sure what and I don't know how much I trust Vagn. Still making my mind up about the policitian and more so his girlfriend not keen on her.
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I have to agree that when you contrast the scenes with Theis and Pernille with the murder investigation scenes that the scenes with Nanna's parents seem to be lacking something. Very little happens; to advance the story or otherwise, and the family's emptiness in the wake of their daughter's murder does become tedious at times.
As a depiction of how it feels to lose a loved one, on the other hand, I think the scenes were a great success. I think Pernille's vacant stare and Theis' bottled up emotions capture the nature of grief pretty well. Because it is boring. And life keeps happening around you, while you feel as if you're suspended in time. You want to move on, but you can't.
It kind of reminded me of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode The Body in its exploration of the difficult theme of grief. TV and films have made us believe that grief consists of beating our chest and howling at the moon or vowing revenge or other equally dramatic displays of sorrow, (probably because, when well-played and well-acted, those are interesting to watch) while in reality the loss is usually dealt with quietly and privately. The Killing's depiction of the slow, crushing grind of grief is what I imagine the experience and the immeasurable pain of losing your child might actually feel like.
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