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[ImperialBlether]

It's on tonight! Get your herrings and your jumpers and your tattoo of Troels on show and join me on the sofa for series 3 of The Killing.

I really don't like Zeuthen's assistant/butler guy, Reinhardt. I wonder if he's anything to do with the death of Louise? I know that the actors aren't given the heads up on whether they're playing the killer or not until they shoot the final scenes, but there seems to be something very off about his character.

Maybe it's just that he reminds me of Michael Howard

Weeeelll. I am about to find out
I have just discovered that you can play up to episode 10 on Danmarks Radio website (dr.dk). And for me that is fab as I avoid the subtitles. However if you are not a speaker of the language of the Danes then you will have to wait.

To avoid giving anything away, I am going to step away from this thread so I don't ruin anything for the rest of you.

Ooh! Lucky you!

Wasn't that the quickest 2 hours of telly all week?!

I must say I wondered if Stoffer had been abducted but it never crossed my mind Mark was possibly in danger, good idea!

Secondly I thought the scenes showing Nanna Brik Larsen's parents' raw grief was so well done in The Killing series 1 but tonight the staging of shots of Robert, very solitary and crushed were equally moving.

Lund and Borch, crikey. Hope Jutland beds are comfier than Norwegian ones - that young colleague was already curious about their shared history. I hope he's not a rotter he's definitely up to something.

Brix's ex lover Ruth and the PM's gf Rosa didn't stand by their men did they?!

The subtitles used the word "remains" as in, "The girl's remains have been found".
I thought (grasping at straws having refused to believe the kidnapper really shot her) that it was the duffle bag they'd located not Emilie's body. I don't think Brix would be allowed to be first up to examine a body.

I'm still clinging to the belief the Emilie is still alive but it remains to be seen if she still will be by the end of the series. I'm not sure about Mark being in danger either. I think he's just messed up.

The black car was posh? It could have diplomatic plates and be a politician. Maybe Ussing? I'm putting my money on the perp being Louise' absent father but I'm not sure who that could be. The foster dad said they thought he was a sailor.

I will need to watch it again on i-player but...... they were trying to retrieve a duffel bag, but we saw the perpetrator supposedly shoot Emilie. I thought we saw him throw something overboard, but he wouldn't have been able to stuff a body into a duffel bag without the police, watching from the bridge, seeing him.

Borch is up to something dodgy, but I now think it's something to do with some Secret Service cover up, rather than being in league with the perpetrator.

I've been racking my brains, trying to think who could keep nipping off to Jutland without being missed, and so be a candidate for the perpetrator.

I had weird dreams that involved some characters from the Killing, and I've woken up absolutely convinced that Reinhardt is Louise's killer. Posh car, contacts up high, strings to pull because of Zeeland. And creepy as fuck. I thought it was Theis's creepy friend in series 1 from the start, so I'm going with my gut again. It clearly has good instincts

By the way, what happened to the PM's son? I know we're supposed to believe that he committed suicide, but I don't see why the PM would identify so strongly with Zeuthen because of that. Maybe he went missing, presumed dead. Maybe he's not dead?

Maybe he's the kidnapper?!
overthinks>.

I think I really need to evict this baby before I go insane .

Who would drive a smart black car, who'd involve Special Branch?

Why is Lund always investigating in the dark on her own? Ffs Lund wait for back-up!

Take it easy Scrambled think of your blood pressure! Is it close to your EDD? Troels or Sarah would be nice names!

I'm 41+4, hence the insanity!

Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be a character called GM in the credits, played by Thomas W Something (Gabrielson?). Who is he?

Believe Sarah did hear that call and after past events must have had a "For fanden!" moment wondering what Borch was hiding but Asbjorn Juncker seemed to put her mind at ease so she went back to apologise.

I took a while to digest it but presume Borch did phone the school as himself and the 'journalist' was the bad guy who later eavesdropped on Lund and Borch's confrontation over the notebook of car registration numbers (deffo Wallander plot device) at the very end.

There's so much to take in I'll need another viewing too I did suspect Maja's fiance but I think he's just on the defensive when dealing with Robert not a baddie.

Yes fair point that was creepy and needed some measure of know how.

Btw re: GM is that one of the other police officers perhaps?

I've looked up Thomas W. Gabrielsson (GM) and have to say I have completely no idea who he is in this show. I have a horrible feeling that I may have spoiled something for my future viewing of the show, so please everybody - do not google him or GM.

How do you say 'Do Not Google' in Danish, btw?

ScrambledSmegs step away from Google think of babies' tiny hands and feet their little heads smelling so sweetly...

If the fiance is involved then there is more than 1 perpetrator because there is no way he could be in the boat and the police station with Maja at the same time.

I loved the scene with Lund, Borch and Asbjorn in the car, so funny.

And Zeuthen's grief was beautifully acted out, very powerful.

Scrambled. "Lad google vaere"

Interesting theory on the guardian blog; when they said they had the remains of the girl, it could be that they have dug up Louise's body.......

But they had Louise's body. There was a tampered with autopsy report that showed bruising to her body and they talked about self harm scars.

I think the body is a dismembered person who was involved in the Louise cover up.

Exactly, and as they can't trust the autopsy report they may have retrieved Louise's body from her grave for further examination.

It's more that the series are trying to make everyone think they have found Emilie by saying 'they've located the remains of the girl'

YES! Another reason why I find Reinhardt creepy! Thank you Visualarts.

I think the Grauniad may be onto something there. There is a definite possibility that the 'remains' refers to Louise. I would have expected Emilie to be referred to as a body, but maybe that's because I've watched too much CSI.

Why do I find it so hard to refer to the kidnapper as a killer, btw? So far he's murdered the 3 sailors, the DPP and the pathologist. But I refer to him as the kidnapper, and Louise's killer as 'the killer'

Psst - 'Tis I, ScrambledSmegs, under a festive namechange. I have another stashed away too, but found it too hard to lose the 'Smeg' part of my name. Once a Red Dwarf fan...

As a separate issue the Finance Minister is ambitious and quite prepared to ditch PM as party leader to grab power herself. Ussing always has that smug smirk and Rosa is looking self-serving and why does her ex know about secret Prosecutor + Justice Minister meetings?

Why can I never retain the PM's names?

Why was I surprised Stoffer is in a hetero relationship and has a young DS?

Karen is loyal and bright I wish the PM (KK) would recognise her faithfulness.