Johnny Drace I was extremely optimistic about this show. I'm always up for a small town drama. Sundance brought us "Rectify" and that show is a masterpiece. I am only 2 episodes in, but the acting is just plain awful. The main characters are still developing and the dialogue is fairly strong but it is being demolished by this terrible cast. Perhaps it is poor direction? Jason Momoa was great in Game of Thrones... because he merely had to look pretty. His acting here (thus far) is empty and shallow. His style is reminiscent of Paul Walker's contrived and self-aware, clumsy delivery. He hides behind an annoying smirk every single time he delivers a line with any weight. I'm sure the idea is to appear ominous and scary but it comes off as amateurish and annoying. I know we're not allowed to discuss race anymore in society but I have a very hard time seeing a German-Hawaiian mixed man portray a Native American.I'll give Martin Henderson a temporary pass because his character so far seems a bit bland (so I don't think he has much to work with) but he certainly doesn't stand out in this gang of duds. Julianne Nicholson (as Jean) is atrocious. I feel completely removed from each dramatic scene involving her. Instead of being enveloped in Jean's despair, Julianne has me picturing her standing in front of the mirror practicing her lines... never finding a comfortable/ natural way to deliver them. Again though, I'm only 2 episodes in.Allie Gonino as Rachel makes me cringe. I feel embarrassed for her. Kiowa Gordon seems to be reading his lines off a tele-prompter. I wanted so badly to skip over the scenes between them. Clumsy, dispassionate and awkward. As is every scene involving Gordon.Annalise Basso does a great job as the younger daughter but her role thus far is small and not nearly enough to redeem the others.All of that being said, I'm going to watch a couple more episodes and hope for improvement.

lndn-48245 The story line is good, and there is enough action here and there to keep the show interesting. I'll keep watching.The biggest let down is blacks in key rolls, playing natives. It just doesn't work, very unbelievable, especially heard in pronouncing words. They do not look like, or sound like natives on reserves. There are just so many talented native actors that I don't understand why blacks were brought in to play lead rolls as natives. For me this has taken away from authenticity, and realism from the series.Other than the above noted weakness, the show is very enjoyable to watch, and I look forward to seeing how the writers go forward with development.

xhidden99 It's that slow moving. Almost nothing happened in the last 2 eps. What dialog there is is a rehash of what you already saw. "Slow Burn" has become a euphemism for "no writing so we'll just chick TV up the show and have women and girls cry and stare at things. This could easily have been done in 4 eps. The so called dark secrets and glacially slow moving plot points aren't that mysterious or earth shattering. But when most of the characters are angry unhappy women and teenage girls everything is a huge deal. But the biggest problem is that for a show where nothing happens there are too many characters and too many sub plots and side stories that sputter out and go nowhere. The daughter, her boyfriend, his mother, Mike, Phil's dad, the super rich father in law, the missing college boy, the long dead brother, the Albanians, and more. All of these side issues are plot devices to fill in gaps in why things happen so they're all wrapped up neatly in the last minutes leaving it open for a fifth season of the Killing.

Suriname86 The show's plot is a slow burn and lacks gimmicks or quirks; straightforward storytelling with some surprises thrown in the mix, such is life. I gave this a 7 due to the mid season drag between episodes 3 and 5, which caused me to stop watching the show for 4 days. But when I watched the rest of the season, I was not disappointed. The last episode is stunning and has me eagerly awaiting the next season.Jason Momoa is the standout on this show. He's incredibly dynamic: intense, menacing and vulnerable all at the same time. And as a sidenote, he is a physically stunning man: strikingly handsome with an amazing body. But, his performance is so good that he makes you forget how physically beautiful he is, he's really bearing his soul.Tom Sizemore....who would've thought? Quirky, darkly-funny, and terrifying in the way that violent, unpredictable men are.The best thing about this show is that the story lines and characters are believable and and never insults my intelligence. Hopefully they work on the pacing for season 2.