BEVERLY HILLS, Calif – Netflix has ordered a fourth and final limited season that will serve as a conclusion for crime drama The Killing after AMC cancelled the series in September.
The six-episode series finale, from Fox Television Studios, will be available exclusively to Netflix’s 40 million streaming members worldwide. The first three seasons of The Killing, which first aired on AMC in the U.S., are now available globally on Netflix.
Based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen, The Killing follows various murder investigations led by homicide detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman). Seasons one and two chronicled the ‘Rosie Larsen case’, with Linden and Holder investigating the murder of a teenage girl. Picking up one year after the close of that investigation, season three followed the detectives on their search for a runaway girl, leading them to discover a gruesome string of murders that connected to a previous investigation by Linden.
"The rich, serialized storytelling in The Killing thrives on Netflix, and we believe that it is only fitting to give Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder a proper send off," said Cindy Holland, vice president of original content for Netflix, in Monday’s announcement. "We are looking forward to offering fans – both existing and new – a series that we know is perfectly suited for on-demand viewing."
