About halfway through the first season and not sure how much longer I can take it... the fast forward button is getting used more and more often.

I blame the writers - this season could have been told in 8 episodes or less. Every good writer knows that every scene has to accomplish several thing at once - the two most important being character development and advancing the story. This show repeatedly gets bogged down in character development - 5 minutes of two guys talking about guitars and how they met their wives??? - that has nothing to do with the story or plot; so it just sits there, dead in the water.

Don't get me wrong - I loved The Killing, which is also glacially paced, but at least they managed to maintain some tension.

If they're planning a second season, they'd better hire better writers who understand the basics of storytelling.