Reckoning (The Killing)
| "Reckoning" | |
|---|---|
| The Killing episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
| Written by | Dan Nowak |
| Production code | BDH309/S309 |
| Original air date | July 21, 2013 |
"Reckoning" is the thirty-fifth episode of the American television drama series The Killing, which aired on July 21, 2013. The episode is written by Dan Nowak and directed by Jonathan Demme. In the episode, Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) seek out Joe Mills (Ryan Robbins) after he attacks Danette Leeds (Amy Seimetz). Their pursuit proves costly to everyone. With Ray Seward's (Peter Sarsgaard) execution scheduled the next day, he desperately accepts Dale Shannon's (Nicholas Lea) suggestion to pray, only to learn his cellblock mate's true nature.
Early in the morning, Danette puts missing-person flyers of Kallie on cars around the neighborhood. When she gets home, it is ransacked and Mills emerges from the bedroom. Later, a beaten-up Danette tells Linden and Holder that Mills took off with her money and car. She mentions that he frequently camps near the Canada–US border; his camping gear and maps are kept in her storage unit. At the unit, Linden and Holder find a sleeping bag and lit cigarette. Someone was just there. Hearing the elevator, they split up the pursuit. Mills tackles and assaults Linden as she screams for Holder. He knocks Mills off of her then handcuffs him.
As the police investigate the storage unit, Carl Reddick (Gregg Henry) hands Linden a box, which contains the victims' missing rings. As she looks through the box, Linden finds Bullet's necklace. Holder radios an officer near Linden to say they found Mills's cab downstairs with blood on the bumper. Knowing what Holder is about to discover, Linden races downstairs to beg him to not open the trunk. Holder opens it anyway and finds Bullet dead inside.
Linden asks to interrogate Mills but Skinner (Elias Koteas) says he'll only talk to Danette. Linden notes that Kallie's blue ring was not among the rings discovered in the storage unit. Outside, as reporters ask the district attorney about Joe Mills, Caroline Swift (Jewel Staite) talks with Holder in his car, telling him not to blame himself for Bullet's death. When she reminds him of the danger the street kids put themselves in every day, he yells at her, telling her that he was an addict.
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