Oh Goodie I’m The Winner
In the Season 4 premiere of Killing Eve, Konstantin and Eve are arguing about Villanelle. Eve believes she needs to go to the hospital, but Pam takes the initiative and just rips the arrow out right there and then. ..
Villanelle tells Pam she’s impressed, while Eve contemplates Helene’s motivations. With the room cleared, Eve helps get Villanelle dressed, warning that Helene could well come after her again. There’s a moment between them here, a palpable, sexually charged stare as Eve admits “I thought locking you away would be good for me.”
The reunion between the two antagonists doesn’t last long, as Villanelle lashes out against her old enemy/lover and walks away. Interestingly, she’s stopped by a woman who offers her painkillers to help stave off the shooting pain she’s experiencing. Inside the packet happens to be a note, reading ‘H wants you dead, I don’t… Hotel Staatsman, Berlin’. Signed off by someone called Gunn.
As the action turns over to Berlin, Konstantin continues to guide Pam, who finds herself conflicted after taking out one of her targets. Konstantin encourages her to open up and let loose.
Carolyn meets with Lars in his cabin following the tip-off. She’s there to offer up a deal. In exchange for telling him who the big assassin is that wants him dead, Carolyn wants to know who ordered Kenny’s death. Lars writes it off as collateral damage but for Carolyn, this is personal.
Carolyn eventually tells Lars that she wants Helene, he organizes a meet to catch H off-guard. Lars wants Carolyn to go in his place “to really shock her.” If she does this for him, Lars promises to reveal who killed her son. ..
Helene offers to name Carolyn’s superior in exchange for sparing her life.
Carolyn tells Lars that she killed Kenny, as her actions led to his eventual demise. ..
Eve and Carolyn leave Berlin for a while, but Villanelle and Helene stay. Helene is killed by Villanelle, who tells Eve she’s done with her.
Yusuf rings and reveals to Eve that he has managed to track down Carolyn’s location. He tells her that he has been following her for some time and has finally located her. Eve is relieved and grateful, telling Yusuf that she is grateful for his help.
Eve confronts Carolyn, who urges her to back off, at least for an evening so she can bury the hatchet and get her revenge. Instead, Eve heads into the cabin and shoots Lars. Carolyn despairs, pointing out how they’ll just replace him with another, so it’s hardly the big victory Eve thinks it is. While Lars bleeds out, Eve leaves. When she does, Carolyn takes Lars’ diary and begins sifting through the pages.
The Episode Review
Season four of Killing Eve has been underwhelming so far. Characters continue to teleport between countries at lightning quick speeds, while the subplot involving Konstantin building up a new killer feels redundant this far into the story. ..
The Twelve is a mysterious group that has been around for a while and their origins are still unknown. They have been mentioned before but never fully explained. The group is made up of people who die suddenly, without any warning. This makes them especially mysterious and intriguing to the reader. Carolyn’s mention of how members are just nonchalantly replaced after dying adds to the intrigue.
Last week’s flashback episode definitely helped with adding more context to all of this, while the show finally starts to deliver some compelling action. With Lars dead and Carolyn still on the hunt, Eve is now the focal point of this show while Villanelle is just sorta…here.
Villanelle has been a major part of the success of this show, and this week’s episode was action-packed. Hopefully, the next episode can start to pick up the slack and provide better writing around her character. ..
