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Season 4 – The Killing

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Based partly on a popular Danish TV series, "The Killing" is a moody, character-driven detective procedural that weaves a murder mystery through a full season or more. The stories unfold through the eyes of Sarah Linden, a detective with the Seattle Police Department and who, at first, must mentor Detective Stephen Holder, a former narcotics cop. While their backgrounds produce investigative styles that clash -- she's by-the-book, he's freewheeling -- they manage to pull together for the case.
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The Killing — Season 4

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Critics Consensus

While its characters still intrigue and its atmosphere remains absorbingly dark, The Killing succumbs to silliness in its fourth season, straying into distractingly overwrought territory.

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Jeffrey Bloomer Slate Nov 19, 2015
The last five minutes are either the wrongest or rightest ending possible (you decide), but no one will disagree that after all its relentless digressions, this show finally has an ending. Go to Full Review Alan Sepinwall HitFix Aug 15, 2014
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Season 4 amps up the misery, assuming that it's inherently the same as profundity. Bleakness doesn't inherently make something deep and compelling, especially not when your central character isn't well-drawn enough to support all this unhappiness. Go to Full Review Josh Modell AV Club Aug 4, 2014
A-
Just in time for its end, The Killing became the show that it promised to be. Go to Full Review Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant Aug 11, 2014
Like its broken characters, this broken drama kept plugging away, trying to achieve that one story that would validate all the bad choices it had made in the past. Go to Full Review Ed Bark Uncle Barky Aug 5, 2014
B-
The Killing still has some pulling power, even if the initial thrill of Season 1 is long since gone. Go to Full Review Noel Kirkpatrick TV.com Aug 4, 2014
It was a show whose parts never added up to a consistently great whole, even though they very well could have if the show had just gotten out of its own way. The Killing was good, sometimes very good, but never as good as it could've been. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Brian J @RT93127578 Jun 25, 2025 One more show where a good idea for a two/three hour show is tortuously stretched into a series season. See more Suson B @RT26032311 Jan 14, 2024 I found "The Killing" tv series endlessly intriguing and atmospheric. A great combination for me. LOVED all the seasons and found the ending of season 4 and the final end of the series (sigh!) one of the most perfect, truly romantic and satisfying endings ever. Brought me to tears with relief and sadness that everything was finally going to give both Linden. Holder, Jack and Kalia a complete and rewarding path forward together. The strengths and weaknesses of both Linden and Holder were complimentary and healing for both. And let's not forget how much Linden's son Jack, now a college student, loved and depended on Holder. An awesome ending to one of my favorite tv series.. See more Mark J @RT13232895 Jan 11, 2024 Really enjoyed the twists of this series. The final season was rushed. Only 6 episodes fell short of the twists and turns of the previous 3 seasons, all of which were very good. Great series just wish they would have taken the time to properly end the series. The last season was very rushed especially being the first 2 are one investigation. See more Kathleen H @kaybenet Feb 12, 2022 Just finished all four seasons. While there were a LOT of inconsistencies, plot holes and just plain illogic throughout, the main actors' powerful performances kept everything aloft. The ending was everything I could have hoped for and, finally, a bit of sun shone through the endless Seattle rain! See more Nov 6, 2021 not credible. sad waste of time See more the s @The_Stranger Sep 30, 2021 Such a horribly written final season of an otherwise average series. Honestly, very little in this season makes sense and the entire plot seemed like an obscure reach. The whole military academy thing? Nothing to do with anything in particular and just introduced a ton of irrelevant characters to complicate an already weak and confusing plot. Once again, incredible acting from a cast working with a script that was so weak it didn't deserve a green light. We would have all been better off if the 4th season was never written or produced. See more Read all reviews
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Mireille Enos

Sarah Linden

Joel Kinnaman

Stephen Holder

Gregg Henry

Carl Reddick

Tyler Ross

Kyle Stansbury

Sterling Beaumon

Lincoln Knopf

Levi Meaden

A.J. Fielding

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 1, 2014 Blood in the Water While covering up Skinner's disappearance, Linden and Holder investigate the brutal murder of a family with ties to a military academy. Details Episode 2 Aired Aug 1, 2014 Unraveling Questioning a neighbor leads to a revelation about one of the victims; Reddick begins to investigate the disappearance of Lt. Skinner. Details Episode 3 Aired Aug 1, 2014 The Good Soldier Reddick digs deeper into Skinner's disappearance; Linden and Holder try to keep their crime a secret and their investigation from going cold. Details Episode 4 Aired Aug 1, 2014 Dream, Baby, Dream Linden and Holder focus their investigation on a student with a sordid past; a tip from an informant leads Reddick to a shocking discovery. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 1, 2014 Truth Asunder Information about the family murders surfaces as Kyle's memory starts to come back; Holder's loyalty is tested when confronted about Skinner's death. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 1, 2014 Eden Linden and Holder's partnership spirals out of control as they are confronted with the shocking truth behind the Stansbury murders. Details

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The Killing — Season 4

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Season Info

Director
Jonathan Demme
Executive Producer
Veena Sud, Mikkel Bondesen
Screenwriter
Veena Sud
Network
AMC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Aug 1, 2014
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