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Investigating The Killing: Episode 10

Good joggers, bad mothers, and a boat called Adela.

By Jessica Voelker May 30, 2011

“No seriously, Rick. I am at the airport buying my ticket even as we speak. Jack’s here, too. He just asked if he could call you dad! Should I tell him you said yes? Ha ha, we’re a family, right? I’ll see you in three hours.R

We all struggle with the work-life balance thing, and detective Sarah Linden is hardly an exception. Finding time to mother her son, for instance, seems to be a challenge. Jogging, however, she manages to squeeze in. And it’s a good thing, too. Because Linden (finally) got a major break in the case this week, and it’s all thanks to the fact that she prioritizes cardio over sleep, parenthood, marriage, friendship, or updating a sweater collection that appears to have been sourced from Dress Barn circa 1997.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. At the top of episode 10, "I’ll Let You Know When I Get There," a bloody-fisted Stan returns home to Mitch. She ruins his night—and let’s face it, it wasn’t the best to begin with—by producing Rosie’s pink T-shirt, pretty much eliminating the only reason to believe Bennet was the killer. (Belko’s boulder remains a plausible suspect.) Stan turns himself in, and the whole thing sends Linden into a shame spiral. Maybe. It’s hard to tell, since all she really does is stare implacably into the distance. Shame spiral or contemplation of last week’s The Voice results? You decide.

Richmond, meanwhile, takes advantage of the opportunity created by Bennet’s now-obvious innocence, regaining his campaign mojo and announcing to his aides Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Jamie and Gwen that he’s going to call for a pay cut for all Seattle City Council members. Apparently he’s forgotten that Rosie Larsen died in one of his campaign cars and maybe this isn’t the best time to be making enemies. Something else he’s apparently forgotten: despite his claims to the contrary, Richmond has met Rosie Larsen. Footage of him shaking hands with our victim is uncovered by an enterprising campaign worker. Upon seeing it, Rosencrantz instructs the staffer to keep her precocious little trap shut. Later, we see Guildenstern reviewing the footage and we are meant to understand by the squintiness of her eyes that she is doubting her candidate/lover. Either that or she’s just reliving Tje’s untimely departure on last week’s The Voice. You decide.

Rick flies all the way from California to sorta break up with Linden, which is boring. Then Linden and Holder, using footage from a taxicab Rosie took home on the night of the murder, figure out someone had been inside the house when she returned. This turns out to be Belko, and Belko turns out to have a supercreepy obsession with family Larsen. He keeps a collage of their photos above his bed in the seedy apartment he shares with his mother, a chain-smoker with a Ms. Hannigan–style affection for silky lingerie. If you hadn’t noticed, bad mothers are epidemic on The Killing.

It all looks bad for Belko, but he is cleared under questioning when he remembers overhearing a phone call Rosie made at the house. He says she mentioned meeting "Adela," the same name written on a note found among Rosie’s possessions.

Finally: the jog. Cantering past a fleet of ferry boats, Linden discovers the word Adela painted on one of them. Adela isn’t a person at all! She’s a boat! The end of the episode finds Linden riding Adela toward an island. We see a sign on that island that reads Wapi Eagle Casino, with a symbol that matches a key chain believed to belong to Rosie.

Boats and island casinos? For the first time since episode one I was reminded of Twin Peaks. But I have a feeling Wapi Eagle is no One Eyed Jack’s.

Most ridiculous fake Seattle thing Did you hear me? I said Wapi Eagle Casino.

Current murder suspect Thank goodness the two obvios—Bennet and Belko—are out of the way. That was so never going to happen. Now that we’re back out on the islands, Rosie’s ex-BF Jasper Ames reemerges as a possible suspect, and let’s not forget about his Dad, Mr. Slappy, and his apparent dalliance with Aunt Terry. Yeah, I’m thinking Autie T is mixed up in this thing somewhere.

The Killing airs Sundays at 10pm on AMC.

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