The Killing: Season 3

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Season Details & Credits

AMC | Netflix | Season Premiere Date: June 2, 2013

Starring: Mireille Enos, Hugh Dillon, Elias Koteas

Summary: A year later, while working on a runaway girl case, Detective Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) uncovers a series of murders connected to an old murder investigated by his former partner, Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos).

Creator: Veena Sud

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E12. The Road to Hamelin
Air Date: August 4, 2013
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S3:E11. From Up Here
Air Date: August 4, 2013
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S3:E10. Six Minutes
Air Date: July 28, 2013

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Linda Stasi

May 29, 2013

So far, so great. Read full review

Verne Gay

May 29, 2013

Good, compelling, creepy start. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

May 31, 2013

The first episode took a little while to seem real, but, as Holder would say, I was feeling it before long. Like Linden, I was drawn back in. Read full review

Dorothy Rabinowitz

May 31, 2013

The new Killing appears to have taken a sharp turn from the kind of emotional life that enriched the last season, with its drama of a disappeared daughter. In its portrait of family grief, beautifully nuanced to the end, the series landed a dramatic punch more potent than that of the key question, "Who killed Rosie?" Itself a mystery of considerable power, and one that the latest chapter of The Killing will have to go some way to equal. Read full review

Sara Smith

Jun 3, 2013

A year after the Rosie Larsen case ended, this new chapter is compelling enough to earn some fan forgiveness. Read full review

Ellen Gray

May 31, 2013

I'm reluctant to lose my heart again, much less encourage anyone to follow me down what could be a dead end. And yet I'm intrigued. Read full review

Brian Lowry

May 28, 2013

Beyond the central duo’s initially sparsely connected threads and the splendid addition of Peter Sarsgaard as Ray Seward, a hollow-eyed Death Row inmate, much of the narrative meanders--so slow, bleak and dreary, it’s difficult to muster much interest as to when (inevitably) it’s all going to begin to intersect. Read full review

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championdave4

Jun 24, 2013

The third season has gone back to what made the first season so great: suspense. This new season feels fresh and each episode leaves you wanting more. A must watch for all fans of crime thrillers.

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SundraTanakoh

Jul 8, 2013

Even though it moves slow, it is still very engaging. We all know that the last episode or two will bring it all together, so getting in the mood during the build up is well done here. There are a few threads here, and some say the story of the kids is disjointed. However I see that as aEven though it moves slow, it is still very engaging. We all know that the last episode or two will bring it all together, so getting in the mood during the build up is well done here. There are a few threads here, and some say the story of the kids is disjointed. However I see that as a good thing as their lives are disjointed. Nothing moves smoothly in the killing, it frustrates you because it is only an hour long and ya gotta watt for a week or just save it all up for a binge viewing. I binged the first two years it was amazing. The cast is stellar.… Expand

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tvfanatic88

Jun 2, 2013

Excellent premiere that is heading in a far better direction as compared to season 2! Mood remains paramount; it is a very blue show, temperamentally and visually. The Seattle we see here is a kind of parallel Seattle, darker, rainier, more mountainous, less American than the actual city.Excellent premiere that is heading in a far better direction as compared to season 2! Mood remains paramount; it is a very blue show, temperamentally and visually. The Seattle we see here is a kind of parallel Seattle, darker, rainier, more mountainous, less American than the actual city. (Because it is Vancouver, to begin with.) For all the establishing-shot flyovers of the city, whenever we are on the street, we are somewhere else, a fundamentally poetic place whose soggy decrepitude has a vaguely post-apocalyptic feel.… Expand

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Ravens1294

Jun 24, 2014

The best season for sure. It has a more interesting premise since it deals with a serial killer. Secondary characters are way better and more interesting. Sub [plots are better too and it was great.

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MoultonHawk

Jul 7, 2013

The Killing season season 1 & 2 is likely my favorite series of all time, just brilliant, 10/10, and the best finale I've ever seen. Season 3 isn't that, but it's still very enjoyable Holder & Linden are fantastic, but I just think that the victims family in 1 & 2 was so brilliantly castThe Killing season season 1 & 2 is likely my favorite series of all time, just brilliant, 10/10, and the best finale I've ever seen. Season 3 isn't that, but it's still very enjoyable Holder & Linden are fantastic, but I just think that the victims family in 1 & 2 was so brilliantly cast as well as the politicians. The drama was so believable and heart ripping, and eventhough these wayward kids are doing a good job in season 3 it's just not the same drama show to show, However it's still a well done show and more special than 90% of what's on TV.… Expand

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Jhwarfield

Sep 6, 2013

The Killing noticably improved in Season 3. AMC's patience continues to pay dividends. While season 1 was far too slow, and season 2 was a little too complicated, Goldie Locks made an appearance in season 3.

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Tricia356

Jun 17, 2013

Hardly any suspense, street kids subplot is disjointed, characters not so compelling even though their respective situations are hard up and sad. Death row subplot is mostly just there for the gore effect. Not the tension between Holder and Linden, and between Linden's head and heart thatHardly any suspense, street kids subplot is disjointed, characters not so compelling even though their respective situations are hard up and sad. Death row subplot is mostly just there for the gore effect. Not the tension between Holder and Linden, and between Linden's head and heart that were present last season are just missing here.

I'll probably stick with it for next couple episodes to see if it gets more interesting. But, here's my verdict on episode 3: I got up midway thru and finished the dishes in the kitchen. Yawn.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

53
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: August 1, 2014
Season 3

69
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 2, 2013
- tbd
  S3:E12. The Road to Hamelin
  Air Date: August 4, 2013
- tbd
  S3:E11. From Up Here
  Air Date: August 4, 2013
- tbd
  S3:E10. Six Minutes
  Air Date: July 28, 2013
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  S3:E9. Reckoning
  Air Date: July 21, 2013
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  S3:E8. Try
  Air Date: July 14, 2013
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  S3:E7. Hope Kills
  Air Date: July 7, 2013
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  S3:E6. Eminent Domain
  Air Date: June 30, 2013
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  S3:E5. Scared and Running
  Air Date: June 23, 2013
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  S3:E4. Head Shots
  Air Date: June 16, 2013
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  S3:E3. Seventeen
  Air Date: June 9, 2013
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  S3:E2. That You Fear the Most
  Air Date: June 2, 2013
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  S3:E1. The Jungle
  Air Date: June 2, 2013
Season 2

68
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 1, 2012
Season 1

84
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 3, 2011