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Mar 3, 2014 · Pilot: Directed by Joe Carnahan. With Chloë Sevigny, James D'Arcy, James Morrison, Bruce Davison. A drama about serial killers: the ultimate violent criminals who are surrounded by fear and mystique. When murders are not grounded in traditional motives and patterns of behavior, it takes a very particular kind of person to catch the serial ...
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Joe Carnahan
- 2014-03-03
- A snooze to a kill.
- Verdict
By Matt Fowler
Posted: Mar 3, 2014 2:08 pm
Advance Review
: This Monday, after the Season 2 premiere of A&E's Bates Motel, comes the debut of the new dark thriller Those Who Kill - starring Chloe Sevigny and based on a Danish series (as many crime shows are these days). And though I offer that it makes for a suitably morbid pairing with Bates, Those Who Kill still fails to resonate, its leads lacking chemistry and its depravity feeling rather rudimentary in comparison to better shows like NBC's Hannibal and BBC's Luther.
The first episode of Those Who Kill seemingly has all the right ingredients. Penned by creator Glen Morgan (The X-Files, Millennium), it's got dirty, rusty Pittsburgh steel town backdrops, an enigmatic homicide detective who spends quiet moments with her cigarettes, and an academic profiler whose mind occasionally gets lost in his "work." The usual things one would expect from a grim, sadistic show about serial killers. Elements that, in the right hands, could actual elevate a show out of the grime and into something a bit more lyrical. But Those Who Kill just sort of sits there, flat, with very little to draw us in other than our own fascination with creepy TV psychos.
By the end of the episode, we're given a somewhat substantial explanation as to why Sevigy's Catherine Jensen is so determined to catch predatory crazies, but her overall lack of characterization leaves her still feeling like a blank. And James D'Arcy (Cloud Atlas), who plays criminology professor Thomas Schaeffer, just wasn't believable to me as this show's "Will Graham." And so, unfortunately, Those Who Kill also suffers due to the fact that other shows have been able to pull off these dark themes in more effective, believable, and scarier ways. James D'Arcy and Chloe Sevigny in Those Who Kill.Those of you who are just looking for an extra touch of "demented" in their television lineup might not be swayed by clunky dialogue and flimsily-defined characters. And if it's a gruesome "killer of the week" show you're looking for, then Those Who Kill might be your cup of arsenic. But you're not going to get much more than that, I'm afraid.
Those Who Kill might be good for a shriek or two, but these are empty calories. Most of the time, I'd say I was a fan of quieter, more contemplative shows about serial killers, but this one just comes off as dull and unengaging. And I don't know if it has to do with the fact that its an adaptation of an overseas series (because some work here and s...
"Those Who Kill" Pilot (TV Episode 2014) - Plot Summary - IMDb. Edit. Those Who Kill (TV Series) Pilot (2014) Plot. Showing all 2 items. Jump to: Summaries (2) A drama about serial killers: the ultimate violent criminals who are surrounded by fear and mystique.
A pilot episode began filming in Pittsburgh in December 2012, produced by Fox 21 and written by Glen Morgan, with Chloë Sevigny starring as Pittsburgh Police homicide detective Catherine Jensen, and James D'Arcy as forensic psychologist Thomas Schaeffer.
No.TitleDirected ByWritten By1"Pilot"2"The Way Home"Glen Morgan3"Rocking the Boat"Chris Levinson4"Sunday"Glen MorganWith Chloë Sevigny, James D'Arcy, James Morrison, Bruce Davison. Follows Catherine Jensen, a recently promoted homicide detective who enlists the help of Thomas Schaeffer, a forensic psychologist, to track down serial killers and relentlessly seeks the truth behind the disappearance of her brother.
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- 2014-03-03
- Action, Crime, Drama
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Frank Bisgaard. Omid Abtahi. Jerry Molbeck. Watchlist. Being a detective in the Pittsburgh Police Department is more than a job for Catherine Jensen -- it's her life's mission, driven as she is by...
Watchlist. TRAILER. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Homicide Detective Catherine Jensen enlists the help of forensic psychologist Thomas Schaeffer in tracking down a serial killer.
