Stan’s whacked-out new murder mystery series is one of those shows that made me think: this is a bit silly, this is a bit ridiculous, this is getting out of hand … but stop watching? I cannot.
Pulpy and lurid, The Killings at Parrish Station is loaded with twists and turns, with creator/co-writer Ben Jenkins and director Daniel Nettheim (whose credits include The Tourist, Black Snow and Line of Duty) embracing the modus operandi that it’s better to be loud and bumpy than slow and boring. Sometimes it felt like an episode of The X-Files on steroids, with a juicy mystery reaching in various directions: paranormal phenomena, conspiracies, rituals and some splashes of biblical symbolism.
