How The Killing survived two cancellations and ended on its own terms

As the crime drama's final season premieres on Netflix, showrunner Veena Sud reflects on its fascinatingly fractured history

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On Friday, gloomy crime drama The Killing will premiere its final block of episodes. If that sentence sounds familiar, you might be recalling the two other times that The Killing was canceled. This latest revival comes courtesy of Netflix, which plans to release all six episodes of what the streaming service is billing "the final season." Of course, The Killing — which originally premiered on AMC in 2011 — didn't begin life as a Netflix original series; it merely evolved into one, falling into the lap of a company hungry for original content.

In a recent interview with The Week, showrunner Veena Sud expressed her excitement about ending the series on her own terms. "After coming back from the dead twice, it absolutely feels like a victory lap," she said. "Not only were we able to come back twice, but this final season is how I wanted to end the story of Sarah Linden from the very beginning."

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.