The story isn't terribly remarkable - so far we know that a pretty typical teen girl has been murdered, that her parents are genuinely crushed with grief, and that the detective who caught the case, Sarah Linden, was due to leave the job and move to San Diego to get married had the case not come up. In the first two episodes I was relieved to find some serious, quality television. Not that there's anything wrong with that, beautiful-girl-murdered is a time-tested premise that makes for a good crime drama. Well it certainly does seem like an updated 'Twin Peaks' so far, minus some of the bizarre twists and turns. 'The Killing' is an adaptation of a Danish TV series, and was billed to me as 'Twin Peaks meets 24'.
