![]() ![]() ![]() “Killing Eve” has always been a procedural at heart, first as Eve studied Villanelle’s murders to get closer to her, and then as they teamed up to track down a new, unknown killer. Season 3 wisely stops trying to explain it, but it also simplifies the story to an all-too-comfortable degree. A forbidden romance became a dysfunctional relationship, and the enticement of inexplicable attraction turned into a confounding inability to explain why this cop and this killer are drawn to one another. But such immediacy inevitably mitigated success demanded extending their story, and the plot twisted itself into knots so the cat and mouse could work together (and two award-winning stars could share the screen). ![]() When “ Killing Eve” began, its title’s threat, promise, or intimation (however you want to read it) felt immediate - as if in any episode, at any moment, intelligence officer Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) could fall prey to the inventive assassin Villanelle ( Jodie Comer). ![]()
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