The Killing SPECULATION!

[krickets]

This is my "killer speculation" post. My proper reaction post will be posted directly after this. And here it is.


After this episode I am a mix of "more confused than ever" and "okay maybe I might be getting close to my pick for most-likely-to-be-the-killer." I just can't tie all the threads together.

Going by this episode alone, my gut says that Joe Mills is a patsy. He's been framed. I mean, he's a creepy pedophile, but he's not the killer.

So if I'm following that thread, then who did the framing? Maybe the guy with the box of rings: Carl Reddick? I have suspected him more than once throughout, but if he's the one that planted the rings, then maybe it could work. The actor did have a huge bandage on his hand during the Holder/Reddick fight attack scene at the end, and it was pointed out that Bullet fought back hard during her attack, but it was flesh colored so it could be unimportant and production may have been trying to hide it as much as possible. They obviously weren't trying to make it stand out. The other thing is that Reddick took calls from Bullet, if Bullet spoke to him, not knowing who he was, and told him she knew who the killer was? He may have gone after her. That's why she doesn't fit the MO and that's why she specifically was targeted.

I just can't see Reddick being that... pro-active. This all seems like way too much energy for him. But there's a chance I could still be right and he's not acting alone.

But then there's Becker, and Henderson (unlikely), and Skinner (who I still have my suspicions about), and the P.O. and Joe Mills who wasn't in town for Trisha's death but still could be involved with the others, and Goldie (are we still counting him?) and possibly Dale (somehow) and it's all so confusing. I can't remember if any of those suspects have been ruled out completely as suspects. Skinner did show up just before Reddick came out with the box of rings. Maybe he's the one who planted it? I JUST DON'T KNOW!

Comments

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Me too but I'm grasping at straws here! Haha. KALLIE HAS TO BE ALIVE. That's basically the ONLY thing I am sure of, haha.

Yeah I know Reddick is probably a red herring. It's probably Skinner. I don't know. I didn't read much into Reddick trying to get Holder to have his way with Mills other than, that's the kind of guy Reddick is. But it may mean something. I have a feeling we MIGHT have a better idea of who did it at the end of the next episode. And the two episode finale will be the final takedown and wrap-up and ONE LAST PLOT TWIST, JUST CUZ.

But they may make us wait until the end to know.

Yes, Becker is the bald prison guard. Played by Hugh Dillon. Francis Becker. You're right, there's got to be something to his absences both from work and from home. But who knows what that is. Maybe it's connected to the crimes. But maybe... maybe not? Maybe he's The Killing's "Snape" and it turns out he's really a good guy running a side-investigation of his own, trying to get Seward off because him or one of his many relatives who are also prison guards, have heard rumors from other prisoners. WOW look at that. I just created this whole sub-plot for Becker that is probably SO FAR OFF that it's not funny. How crazy would it be if I were right though?