What else needs to get wrapped up on this stupid show? Oh yeah, who killed Rosie Larsen? I’m going to stick with my original prediction of Jamie, just because nearly every other character has already been a suspect by now, and I have played the game of Clue.

I am thankful for Jasper’s father, if only because he was a part of this great exchange: “What ferry?” “The one that goes to that Indian casino.” Ah yes, Michael Ames’ alibi for the night of Rosie Larsen’s murder is that he took the ferry from Queen Anne’s Cove to the Wapi Indian Casino and then took the 1:30 a.m. employee ferry back to the mainland. Which is a terrible alibi since NONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE REAL.

Season 2 episode 4 of The Killing (“Ogi Jun”) starts with Linden and Holder on stakeout, going through Rosie’s backpack, just like I am trying to sort through this mess of a television series.

If you haven’t already, hie thee to the Grantland podcast from last week, which was DEAD ON in their assessment of what exactly is wrong with AMC’s The Killing. Case in point: It’s Day Sixteen–is this forever?–and here we are, with all our previous subjects dead or paralyzed or otherwise cleared of Rosie Larsen’s murder.

When last we left off (June 2011, which is only Day Thirteen in The Killing‘s timeline), Rosie Larsen’s murder remained unsolved due to myriad macguffins, red herrings, double-crosses, and psyche-outs–and television critics, the Twitterverse, and what few fans were left were pissed off at being jerked around and vowed that the show was as dead to them as Rosie. I was hoping that in the interim AMC would think better of it and cancel The Killing entirely, but here we are, with a two-hour premiere (“Reflections”/”My Lucky Day”) to ease us right back into television hell. The episode starts with Detective Linden looking as unhappy about having to do all this again as I am.

Well, at least that’s over. OR IS IT? So, who killed Rosie Larsen? You did, The Killing, with your terrible, horrible, no good, very bad show. Spoilers follow, but really, I’m doing you a favor. Do not watch this awful series. If there is a gun to your head, you take that bullet like a man, and spare your mind from this idiocy.

I am not alone in this opinion, as public sentiment would like The Killing to copulate with itself, while critical opinion is somehow even worse.

For better or for worse, AMC now has all of The Killing‘s episodes available for streaming on their website (with ads). For better or for worse, AMC has just renewed The Killing for a second season. Alright, it’s for worse. Spoiler alert: THIS SHOW WILL KILL ME.

This is the end, friends, as the 37th annual Seattle International Film Festival draws to a close this Sunday evening. Don’t forget to check the updates page to see which films are already sold out or are selling fast, especially since this final weekend brings a couple new films added to the schedule.

The most recent episode of The Killing (“I’ll Let You Know When I Get There”) opened with rumbles of thunder (yes, again) and Bennet Ahmed’s beaten body. This episode was actually decent. New information was meted out in an appropriate fashion and sans red herrings. I suppose it’s about time to get down to business, considering there’s only another three hours remaining until we find out the identity of Rosie Larsen’s murderer.

It seems like most people have given up on The Killing by now. Jon Talton, Seattle Times economics columnist, tweeted his top 5 reasons for doing so this weekend. Maureen Ryan didn’t bother to write a recap of the last episode, and Alan Sepinwall is even more checked out than he was last week: “We’re at the point in the season where I’m just repeating the same complaints over and over again, and that’s a waste of my time as much as it is yours.” But never you worry. I’m still watching. Besides, after Sunday’s episode (“Undertow”), there’s only four hours to go. So we soldier on.