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The Killing

2010
44 episodes
5 seasons
79user score

The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.

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Seasons
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Season 5

ended

There won't be a season 5, the show has ended.

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Season 4

6 episodes
Aug 1, 2014

Linden and Holder return to probe the brutal murder of a family while confronting their own dark actions in the final season of this crime thriller.

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Season 3

12 episodes
Jun 3, 2013

Ex-detective Sarah Linden returns to a career she thought she'd left behind when her former partner uncovers a string of murders linked to her past.

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Season 2

13 episodes
Apr 1, 2012

Seattle police detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder continue to track a teenage girl's killer after getting it wrong, with tragic consequences.

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Season 1

13 episodes
Apr 3, 2011

A conflicted homicide detective seeking to leave Seattle and start a new life feels compelled to stay and solve the murder of a teenage girl.

Casting
Profile picture of Mireille Enos who plays Sarah Linden
Mireille Enos
Sarah Linden
Profile picture of Joel Kinnaman who plays Stephen Holder
Joel Kinnaman
Stephen Holder
Profile picture of Gregg Henry who plays Carl Reddick
Gregg Henry
Carl Reddick
Profile picture of Joan Allen who plays Margaret O'Neal
Joan Allen
Margaret O'Neal
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Sterling Beaumon
Lincoln Knopf
Profile picture of Levi Meaden who plays AJ Fielding
Levi Meaden
AJ Fielding
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Morten Hauch-Fausbøll
Jarl Frevert
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18+
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G
10
18+
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