Netflix Announces August 1st Premiere Date for 'The Killing' Final Season

The Killing is one of those shows I wish I had watched from its beginning back in 2011.

I remember seeing a preview for it during the first season of The Walking Dead during the fall of 2010 and thinking, "How great does that look?"

Nevertheless, I have never seen a single episode but have heard nothing but great things about the show (except for its apparently dissapointing first season finale).

Over the years, the show has had a bit of a rocky existence, being canceled twice only to be brought back again (once by AMC after season two, and now by Netflix for its fourth and final season).

The streaming service has announced its six-episode final run will be available on August 1st and has released this short teaser video below.

For those unfamilar with the show, here's a short summary:

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. 

Source:  Netflix