The Killing Season Four Trailer Released -- August 1 Premiere Date Set

The fourth and final season of The Killing will come to Netflix on August 1.

Dealing with the fatal fallout from Season Three (and, yeah, major spoilers below if you haven't seen that yet), the acclaimed crime drama will wrap with six episodes designed to bring closure to the saga of Sarah Liden (World War Z's Mireille Enos) and Steve Holder (RoboCop himself, Joel Kinnaman).

After debuting to big numbers on AMC, the show's first season ended in a disappointing fashion and the second and third seasons both took place completely on the bubble and both ended with a cancellation. When fans mobilized to save it after Season Two and other pilots didn't pan out for the network, AMC brought it back for a third season, then cancelled it again at the end of that, only to see it picked up by Netflix for a shortened fourth and final season.

You can check out the trailer below.

It all comes down to this: the fourth and final season of the critically acclaimed crime thriller is a six-episode Netflix original that wraps up loose ends and reveals long-buried secrets. Detectives Linden and Holder return to investigate both a gruesome mass slaying that exposes a dark family history, as well as a mysterious disappearance within the ranks of their own Seattle Police Department.