Just Dunk Me
Konstantin is a Russian intelligence officer who is working on a secret project to assassinate President Putin. He has been working on this project for years and has been planning it for months. He is confident that he can do it and that he will get the job done.
Eve shows up to see him though, pointing a gun and demanding to know where Helene is. After firing a warning shot through his hand, she has him write down the details needed. Eve is obsessed, determined to take down The Twelve and she sees Helene as a method to this madness.
Meanwhile, Villanelle is trying to be “good” now, and that includes helping out at a church. She’s also trying in vain to send letters to Eve, but she simply rips them up. Instead, she leans on Yusuf to help her get the intel she needs to track down the shadowy ringleaders. This brings her to the funeral home of Rhian Beven. If you’ll recall, this was the woman who Villanelle pushed in front of a train last season. However, Eve doesn’t get very far. ..
Carolyn is keeping an eye on Jakub Novotny, a guy found in a warehouse outside Prague. He was brutally tortured, which appears to be the work of someone after those in The Twelve.
Hugo shows up and confirms he’s been promoted. He also warns Carolyn about overstepping her boundaries and even threatens to arrest her for Paul’s murder if she’s not careful. Instead, Carolyn has security take him outside.
Villanelle continues to try and act like a “good guy” complete with being baptized and praying to the Lord to let her live a new life. Unfortunately, she accidentally kills her new roommate’s cat, which changes everything.
Villanelle plays it off like she found the feline outside in the road (explaining the CCTV footage of her with a shovel burying it in the graveyard) and continues to prepare for her baptism. She’s reserved a seat for Eve but the vicar exhibits concerns over whether Villanelle actually wants to do this or whether she wants to be seen doing this. And I think it’s obviously the latter.
Carolyn arrives in London and meets up with Eve. Someone has been hatching down members of The Twelve, and three of them have died. Carolyn offers to pay for access to what Eve has discovered, and the two women work together to solve the murders. ..
Eve realizes that Carolyn is playing a strategic game of chess, so she bites back, claiming she wants to throw the chessboard on the floor and burn the pieces. Carolyn eventually leaves.
After her baptism, Villanelle shows up to see Eve, forgiving her for not appearing in church. She also drops to her knees and starts praying for Eve. In retaliation, Eve slaps her in the face and walks away.
Eve has bigger fish to fry though and that comes from following Pam, the woman who works at the funeral home. Eve soon realizes that the girl may well be involved with The Twelve and her suspicions are soon proven correct. Eve is blindsided but does watch as a car leaves the area, holding Helene in the back. ..
Meanwhile, Villanelle finds May in the church. As the two look set to kiss, Villanelle grabs her and douses her in holy water. However, she pulls out at the last second and saves May’s life. When she heads downstairs back home, she sees a vision of herself, complete with a beard and looking like Jesus. ..
The Episode Review
Eve and Villanelle are back in this episode, but their relationship is a little more complicated than it was in the first few episodes. Eve is still hunting down The Twelve, and Villanelle is trying to be good. However, the original dynamic between Eve and Villanelle (the driving point of this whole show) is lost here as the pair head off on their own.
Villanelle’s attempts to be good don’t work, and the plotline falls flat. ..
The Twelve is a show that has gone off the rails from where it started. This season, there are so many changes that it’s almost unrecognizable. The dominant story around The Twelve could be the deciding factor over whether this show can keep things interesting.
Despite Eve’s initial hesitation, the show does a nice job of juxtaposing her and Villanelle, with both of them shooting Konstantin. However, Killing Eve starts off on a shaky note. ..
