Killing Eve
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Each season ofKilling Evehas had its own distinctive style thanks to its change in showrunners between years.
Yes, the fashion moments are still there.
Yes, whenever Villanelle and Eve cross each others paths, the show is alight with intrigue once more.
Yet Im not here for spy intrigue or plot mechanics.
Lets get one of the most important reveals out of the way: Niko is not dead!
He survived the pitchfork to the throat from Dasha and is currently recuperating in a London hospital.
Is his presence intended to cast light on Eves failures?
Or do the writers not know how to properly tie up his story so theyre letting him languish?
Meanwhile, Villanelle faces her own disappointment.
Villanelle meets her wearing a stunning navy structured suit by Dice Kayek, with broadly extreme shoulders.
But she doesnt seem sleek and in control.
If anything, she looks harried and undone from her encounter with her family thatturned ugly last week.
Helene congratulates Villanelle on becoming a Keeper, but it isnt how the assassin envisioned her promotion.
Shes given an assignment to kill a politician in Romania.
I was told I would be giving orders, Villanelle says, her anger rising to the surface.
Im coming with you.
Your plan to get out?
Im in, she says with frantic energy.
You were supposed to grow up and realize she isnt actually evil.
Shes just insane, Konstantin gruffly advises about her mother.
Irina is annoyed at the sight of Villanelle.
Hes a really shit father; you should run away, Villanelle says to Irina.
The clothes, the apartment, andher, he says, alluding to Eve.
(Of course, when isnt she a sight to behold?)
Villanelle takes Irina on an open course, letting the 14-year-old wildly drive a car.
She learns, all too easily, that its Cuba where Konstantin is planning to run off to.
he asks, trying to be jovial.
Galvanized, she responds curtly.
Shes talking about Kenny, since she was able to get his phone records from a friend, Mike.
(Even more curious, she learns that these phone records were already sent to her desk.
So why didnt she get them?)
Konstantin thinks shes talking about Geraldine, though, and reveals that her daughter kissed him.
Konstantin responds in a panic, He asked if I was his father!
I told him I didnt know.
Can anything Konstantin says be trusted?
Whoever is behind her death is the one who has stolen the $6 million from the Twelve account.
Of course, Paul has no inkling that it is Konstantin behind all this.
Geraldine comes home with groceries to find Carolyn already cooking.
You were your fathers.
And Kenny was mine.
And that was how things were when we were all alive, Carolyn begins.
I cant lie, you see.
I know other parents do.
But I dont have that gene.
Carolyn cuts her finger while chopping vegetables, which brings Geraldine closer to her.
Hands interlock on the wound.
Youre right, Geraldine, all we have left is each other.
So you make your stew and Ill pretend to enjoy it.
Because it seems while Ive been unable to lie to you, youve had no problem lying to me.
After learning about Dasha from Bear, Eve tracks her down at a bowling alley.
Up for a game?
I loved this exchange between the women:
Dasha: So, why you here?
Want to ask about my gold medals?Eve: Oh, I thought it was bronze.
Eve proves to be a natural at not only bowling but also at getting under Dashas skin.
My husbands still alive, she says before Dasha bowls, tripping the former assassin up.
Its a confession in the form of physicality.
Shes a perfect killing machine.
Thats all shes there for, thats all she knows, Dasha says.
I can kill you anytime.
Im done with this shit.
Im done with it.
Im leaving, she says, languishing on her bathroom floor.
