'Animal Kingdom' Renewed for Final Season 6, TNT Drama Ending - TVLine

Animal Kingdom is closing its doors: TNT announced Thursday that the crime drama will conclude with the just-ordered sixth season.

Animal Kingdom has been off the air since its Season 4 finale was broadcast in Aug.

Season 4 marked the farewell of embattled leading lady Ellen Barkin, whose alter ego, Smurf, was killed off in the penultimate episode. The actress took to social media following her final episode to seemingly express frustration with how her departure was handled, liking several tweets that took direct aim at EP John Wells for comments he made to TVLine in which he explained why he wrote Barkin off the show.

In the upcoming fifth season, Pope (Shawn Hatosy), Craig (Ben Robson), Deran (Jake Weary) and J (Finn Cole) are “still dealing with the fallout from the events surrounding Smurf’s death, including family members out for revenge.