What I’m Watching: Killing Eve

Killing Eve: Season 4, Episode 2 “Don’t Get Eaten” (B)

This show can definitely be strange sometimes, and I think that this is probably the last that we’ll see of that Villanelle-as-Jesus-the-devil device. So much for Villanelle starting over and proving that she had changed, since she instead ended up outing the vicar as having killed his wife while driving drunk and then stabbing both him and his daughter in the tent. I’ve never felt that Villanelle needed to become one of the good guys since it was far likelier than Eve would end up becoming a lot more like her. That journey hasn’t been seamless, with her enthusiasm for eating a steak revealed to be a clumsy attempt to smuggle a steak knife into her bag that her new partner very quickly caught. When Eve met with Martin, he had a good theory for her about Villanelle having suddenly found religion, suggesting that reinvention was merely a form of avoidance. But Eve did show her determination and her strong will when she went into Hélène’s home, allowed her to burn her hand, and then read her daughter a bedtime story. Since this show concluded its third season, I’ve had the chance to see actress Camille Cottin in “Stillwater” and “House of Gucci,” and she seems like a great fit for this role. Carolyn is also intensifying her efforts to get what she wants, though her Russian host isn’t too fond of what she’s trying to do and definitely doesn’t want to give her the access she wants to have.