"Six Minutes" is the thirty-sixth episode of the American television drama series The Killing, which aired on July 28, 2013.
The episode is written by series creator Veena Sud and directed by Nicole Kassell.
In the episode, Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) spends Ray Seward's (Peter Sarsgaard) remaining twelve hours with him.
He allows his son Adrian (Rowan Longworth) to visit, but Becker (Hugh Dillon) denies entry.
In the prison waiting room, she calls the state attorney general to request a stay of execution for Seward.
She thinks more evidence could be in the Seward file and calls Holder (Joel Kinnaman) to ask him to bring it to the prison.
While taking a smoke break in the prison courtyard, he sees Adrian, who comments on his intoxication.
Inside, Linden tells Seward the A.G. will soon have a photo of Trisha wearing the identified ring, then again urges him to see his son.
He didn't want his dad to get in trouble again, but adds that Ray is the man he saw in the apartment the night of the murder.
Out in the hall, Becker blocks Adrian and his mother at a gate, then informs Seward and Linden that visiting hours are officially over.
En route, he stops to look out a window and sees Linden standing with Adrian just outside the prison fence.
In an interview about the episode, series creator and writer Veena Sud spoke about how she decided to end Ray Seward's story this way: "We debated a little bit what should be the end of Ray's story, and very quickly realized: Let's tell the truth.
Alan Sepinwall of HitFix thought "Six Minutes" was "largely an illustration of the things that The Killing can do very well, given both its structure and the personnel on-hand.
"[2] Chris King of TVOvermind stated, "For a show as dark and gritty as The Killing, this may have been the show's bleakest episode to date, but the sad tone and difficult material did not take away from the astounding performances...and the expertly written drama that filled 'Six Minutes' from beginning to end.