Michael Oakes, the detectives' boss (season 1–2)

See also: List of The Killing characters Main Actor The complete fourth season was released on Netflix on August 1, 2014. The Killing was again cancelled by AMC in September 2013, but Netflix announced in November 2013 that it had ordered a fourth season consisting of six episodes to conclude the series.

Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden ( Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder ( Joel Kinnaman).ĪMC announced the series's cancellation in July 2012, but picked it up for a third season after a renegotiation with Fox Television Studios and Netflix. The American version was developed by Veena Sud and produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment. The Killing is an American crime drama television series that premiered on April 3, 2011, on AMC, based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen (literal translation The Crime but also widely known as The Killing internationally).