List of The Killing episodes

The Killing is an American serial crime drama television series developed by Veena Sud, based on the Danish series of the same name that premiered on AMC on April 3, 2011.^[1] The first two seasons center on the homicide of a young girl, Rosie Larsen, and its ensuing consequences on the police force, the suspects, and her distraught family. The third and fourth seasons focus on separate murder investigations. It stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman as two homicide detectives, as they investigate crimes in Seattle, Washington.

On July 27, 2012, AMC canceled the series after two seasons.^[2] However, on January 15, 2013, AMC and Fox Television Studios announced that the series had been renewed for a third season. On September 10, 2013, AMC canceled the series again after three seasons.^[3] However, on November 15, 2013, Netflix ordered a fourth and final season of six episodes,^[4] which was released on August 1, 2014.^[5] During the course of the series, 44 episodes of The Killing aired.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released	Network
1	13		April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	AMC
2	13		April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)
3	12		June 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)	August 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)
4	6		August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)		Netflix

Episodes

Season 1 (2011)

Main article: The Killing season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Patty Jenkins	Teleplay by : Veena Sud	April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)	BDH179/S179	2.72[6]
2	2	"The Cage"	Ed Bianchi	Veena Sud	April 3, 2011 (2011-04-03)	BDH101/S101	2.72[6]
3	3	"El Diablo"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin	April 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)	BDH102/S102	2.56[7]
4	4	"A Soundless Echo"	Jennifer Getzinger	Soo Hugh	April 17, 2011 (2011-04-17)	BDH103/S103	2.51[8]
5	5	"Super 8"	Phil Abraham	Jeremy Doner	April 24, 2011 (2011-04-24)	BDH104/S104	2.25[9]
6	6	"What You Have Left"	Agnieszka Holland	Nic Pizzolatto	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)	BDH105/S105	1.81[10]
7	7	"Vengeance"	Ed Bianchi	Linda Burstyn	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	BDH106/S106	1.83[11]
8	8	"Stonewalled"	Dan Attias	Aaron Zelman	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	BDH107/S107	1.98[12]
9	9	"Undertow"	Agnieszka Holland	Dan Nowak	May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)	BDH108/S108	1.69[13]
10	10	"I'll Let You Know When I Get There"	Ed Bianchi	Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich	May 29, 2011 (2011-05-29)	BDH109/S109	1.97[14]
11	11	"Missing"	Nicole Kassell	Veena Sud	June 5, 2011 (2011-06-05)	BDH110/S110	1.98[15]
12	12	"Beau Soleil"	Keith Gordon	Jeremy Doner & Soo Hugh	June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12)	BDH111/S111	1.83[16]
13	13	"Orpheus Descending"	Brad Anderson	Veena Sud & Nic Pizzolatto	June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)	BDH112/S112	2.32[17]

Season 2 (2012)

Main article: The Killing season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
14	1	"Reflections"	Agnieszka Holland	Veena Sud	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	BDH201/S201	1.80[18]
15	2	"My Lucky Day"	Dan Attias	Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin	April 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)	BDH202/S202	1.80[18]
16	3	"Numb"	Brad Anderson	Eliza Clark	April 8, 2012 (2012-04-08)	BDH203/S203	1.81[19]
17	4	"Ogi Jun"	Phil Abraham	Jeremy Doner	April 15, 2012 (2012-04-15)	BDH204/S204	1.65[20]
18	5	"Ghosts of the Past"	Ed Bianchi	Wendy Riss	April 22, 2012 (2012-04-22)	BDH205/S205	1.59[21]
19	6	"Openings"	Kevin Bray	Aaron Zelman	April 29, 2012 (2012-04-29)	BDH206/S206	1.35[22]
20	7	"Keylela"	Nicole Kassell	Dan Nowak	May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)	BDH207/S207	1.34[23]
21	8	"Off the Reservation"	Veena Sud	Nathaniel Halpern	May 13, 2012 (2012-05-13)	BDH208/S208	1.61[24]
22	9	"Sayonara, Hiawatha"	Phil Abraham	Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich	May 20, 2012 (2012-05-20)	BDH209/S209	1.31[25]
23	10	"72 Hours"	Nicole Kassell	Eliza Clark	May 27, 2012 (2012-05-27)	BDH210/S210	1.31[26]
24	11	"Bulldog"	Ed Bianchi	Jeremy Doner	June 3, 2012 (2012-06-03)	BDH211/S211	1.67[27]
25	12	"Donnie or Marie"	Keith Gordon	Aaron Zelman & Wendy Riss	June 10, 2012 (2012-06-10)	BDH212/S212	1.84[28]
26	13	"What I Know"	Patty Jenkins	Veena Sud & Dan Nowak	June 17, 2012 (2012-06-17)	BDH213/S213	1.45[29]

Season 3 (2013)

Main article: The Killing season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
27	1	"The Jungle"	Ed Bianchi	Veena Sud	June 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)	BDH301/S301	1.76[30]
28	2	"That You Fear the Most"	Lodge Kerrigan	Dan Nowak	June 2, 2013 (2013-06-02)	BDH302/S302	1.76[30]
29	3	"Seventeen"	Kari Skogland	Eliza Clark	June 9, 2013 (2013-06-09)	BDH303/S303	1.47[31]
30	4	"Head Shots"	Michael Rymer	Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin	June 16, 2013 (2013-06-16)	BDH304/S304	1.36[32]
31	5	"Scared and Running"	Dan Attias	Coleman Herbert	June 23, 2013 (2013-06-23)	BDH305/S305	1.67[33]
32	6	"Eminent Domain"	Keith Gordon	David Wiener	June 30, 2013 (2013-06-30)	BDH306/S306	1.37[34]
33	7	"Hope Kills"	Tricia Brock	Brett Conrad	July 7, 2013 (2013-07-07)	BDH307/S307	1.62[35]
34	8	"Try"	Lodge Kerrigan	Nic Sheff & Aaron Slavik	July 14, 2013 (2013-07-14)	BDH308/S308	1.52[36]
35	9	"Reckoning"	Jonathan Demme	Dan Nowak	July 21, 2013 (2013-07-21)	BDH309/S309	1.35[37]
36	10	"Six Minutes"	Nicole Kassell	Veena Sud	July 28, 2013 (2013-07-28)	BDH310/S310	1.47[38]
37	11	"From Up Here"	Phil Abraham	Eliza Clark	August 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)	BDH311/S311	1.48[39]
38	12	"The Road to Hamelin"	Dan Attias	Dawn Prestwich & Nicole Yorkin	August 4, 2013 (2013-08-04)	BDH312/S312	1.48[39]

Season 4 (2014)

Main article: The Killing season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code
39	1	"Blood in the Water"	Nicole Kassell	Veena Sud	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	BDH401
40	2	"Unraveling"	Lodge Kerrigan	Dan Nowak	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	BDH402
41	3	"The Good Soldier"	Ed Bianchi	Nicole Yorkin & Dawn Prestwich	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	BDH403
42	4	"Dream Baby Dream"	Gregory Middleton	Sean Whitesell	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	BDH404
43	5	"Truth Asunder"	Coky Giedroyc	Dan Nowak	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	BDH405
44	6	"Eden"	Jonathan Demme	Veena Sud	August 1, 2014 (2014-08-01)	BDH406

Ratings

Season		Episode number													Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	1	2.72	2.72	2.56	2.51	2.25	1.81	1.83	1.98	1.69	1.97	1.98	1.83	2.32	2.17
	2	1.80	1.80	1.81	1.65	1.59	1.35	1.34	1.61	1.31	1.31	1.67	1.84	1.45	1.58
	3	1.76	1.76	1.47	1.36	1.67	1.37	1.62	1.52	1.35	1.47	1.48	1.48	–	1.52

The Killing : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[40]

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40. For the second season and the average ratings of the first season, see "The Killing: Season Two Ratings". TV Series Finale. June 20, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

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    For the third season, see "The Killing: Season Three Ratings". TV Series Finale. August 6, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2017.

External links

• The Killing at IMDb