Try (The Killing)
| "Try" | |
|---|---|
| The Killing episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 8 |
| Directed by | Lodge Kerrigan |
| Written by | Nic Sheff Aaron Slavick |
| Production code | BDH308/S308 |
| Original air date | July 14, 2013 |
"Try" is the thirty-fourth episode of the American television drama series The Killing, which aired on July 14, 2013. The episode is written by Nic Sheff and Aaron Slavick; directed by Lodge Kerrigan. In the episode, Pastor Mike (Ben Cotton) kidnaps Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos). Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) and the police must listen to the Linden/Pastor conversation via her two-way radio, which she has activated unbeknownst to Pastor Mike. Ray Seward (Peter Sarsgaard) panics as his execution is two days away. Bullet (Bex Taylor-Klaus) roams the streets looking for Lyric (Julia Sarah Stone) and learns about Angie Gower (Laine MacNeil).
In Linden's car, Pastor Mike, holding a knife to her throat, takes her phone and gun then orders her to drive around. She secretly turns on her police radio and tries to talk him down.
At the police station, Bullet tells Holder that Lyric called and that Mike is taking Lyric to the woods where he killed the other girls. Holder relays the news to Skinner (Elias Koteas), who's reluctant to take action. When Holder vouches for his informant, Skinner pulls half the officers searching trains for Mike and redirects them to the woods around the pond. Holder hears Linden's voice over an open radio channel and realizes she's being held hostage. Skinner redirects all resources to find Linden's car. All officers in the room listen intently as Linden talks to Pastor Mike.
Linden tells Mike that she understands his work because she grew up in foster care. He accuses her of trying to humanize herself so that he won't kill her, adding that it won't work. He then opens up about the kidnapping incident in Tempe, Arizona, saying he was wrongly accused and was just trying to help the girl through drug detoxification. Instead, he lost his ministry. He says no one believed him, that they all looked at him as Linden was looking at him at that moment. He directs her to a desolate parking garage, where the radio cuts out. He sits in silence, gun at the ready, and she urges him to tell the police about the girl in Tempe. She then confides about her strained relationship with son Jack. He softens a bit then asks her to take him to the waterfront.
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