Eve and Yusuf run a facial recognition system that connects Paris with a potential lead. They find a connection to a possible suspect in Paris, and off they go to investigate.
Helene meets Villanelle in prison and allows her to leave. Just like that. There’s no proper investigation and it seems she’s quite literally getting away with murder. Anyway, Villanelle decides to work for Helene, under the guise that there’s no escaping from The Twelve. She’s also given her new assignment.
Carolyn meets Rustem, a man who’s still alive and very grumpy. His questioning gets nowhere but while she’s out taking a break, Villanelle bags her and drags the woman down onto the beach.
With a wrench in hand, Carolyn scoffs at the unimaginative way Villanelle is intending to kill her and eventually succumbs to a stiff blow across the head. When Carolyn opens her eyes, she’s still alive but mostly because Villanelle has had a change of heart. She wants to know more about her past and Carolyn seems to be a key to this.
Carolyn and Helene quickly form a close bond, and Helene helps Carolyn learn about the Twelve. However, when Villanelle learns that Tall, huge, evil was responsible for coming after him, she decides to take over on torturing duties. She learns that the woman who came after him was “Tall, huge, evil.” and the meet place was located at El Hombre De Dos Caras. Upon learning this, she stabs him in the chest and kills the man.
In Margate, Konstantin flies over from Russia where he meets Pam. After holding up in a hotel, he hands over a phone and new keys, wanting to meet an hour from now at the pier. Pam isn’t ready, at least not to begin with anyway. Eventually she does get her mindset right, and pushes Konstantin in the water when he’s not expecting it. Chuckling delightfully, he’s happy with her progress.
Eve arrives in Paris to meet a photographer who has snapped photos of Lars in the past. The man is someone whom Carolyn knows personally and when he shows up at the hotel while Carolyn and Villanelle are playing truth or dare, he makes a break for it. He’s an old flame of Carolyn’s and he’s also one of The Twelve as well.
Eve and Helene meet up again and the pair engage in some flirting. They eventually do kiss each other, although on can’t help but feel Helene’s larger involvement this season should be Villanelle instead. Anyway, everything is left open for the next step of taking out The Twelve.
The Episode Review
The fourth season of Killing Eve continues to stumble and fumble its way over the finish line, portraying its characters in a completely different light to how we’ve seen them in seasons past. Can someone explain to me how Villanelle was able to get out of prison after murdering two people and being arrested for it?
The biggest problem with the book is that it’s full of characters who are either too boring or not interesting at all.
Villanelle’s internal conflict takes away screen time from Eve on her quest to find The Twelve, while also engaging in questionable behavior with Helene. It may just be me, but I feel like this is a cheap way of trying to manufacture what Eve and Villanelle had all those seasons ago and it just isn’t working. ..
The humour is weak and forced, the subplots and character motivations lack excitement, and this one is slipping further into mediocrity. ..
