From Up Here

"From Up Here" is the thirty-seventh episode of the American television drama *The Killing*, first broadcast on August 4, 2013, as the first half of a two-part season finale. Eliza Clark wrote the episode, and Phil Abraham directed it. Detectives Stephen Holder and Sarah Linden are called to a new case that resembles the one they just solved. Holder suspects a police officer is behind all the murders. The detectives uncover evidence leading Linden to conclude that Adrian Seward, not his mother, was the intended target in 2009; Adrian is followed home by a car whose driver he recognizes.

The episode opens with Linden returning from a jog to find James Skinner on her doorstep. He tells her his wife has asked him to leave and that his marriage may be over, having lied to his family about his work to shield them from the case’s horrors. He suggests people like them are meant to be alone, and she kisses him. Holder attends Bullet’s funeral; Danette sits beside him, sharing how she taught Bullet the hide-and-seek game she played with Kallie. Holder says Bullet tried to protect Kallie as best she could. He leaves, and Danette sees Lyric sitting up front. Holder apologizes to Caroline for their argument; they compare their dating lives, and she considers him better than her usual lawyer dates. He is called away to the next case.

At the prison, Evan Henderson packs Ray Seward’s belongings and talks with Francis Becker, who appears to be cleaning out his locker. Becker says he has too much going on at home and has decided to retire with his pension, warning Henderson not to become a “prisoner” to his job. Henderson thinks he will be fine. Holder arrives at a crime scene: a burned-out car with a body inside. Linden explains the details—unknown gender, two shell casings nearby. Danette eats at a fast-food restaurant where Lyric works; they bond over Bullet and Kallie, and Danette offers to style Lyric’s hair for free. At the apartment, Twitch looks for a lighter and finds drugs in his coat pocket.

At the station, Holder apologizes to Reddick for assaulting him. Reddick has requested a new partner and been assigned to Jablonski. He tells Holder his wife filed a complaint with Skinner, but Reddick took care of it. “Cops don’t rat on cops,” he says. Holder thanks him. Skinner tells Linden the district attorney is formally pressing charges against Joe Mills. He mentions