Killing Eve
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Carolyn Martens has long beenKilling Eves juiciest mystery.
Shes career-obsessed and thrice-divorced.
Carolyn is even more misanthropic and derisive as a young person, but fun, too.
She smiles a lot.
She likes this work and knows shes good at it.
Going by Janice, Carolyn suggests the Twelve, an homage to BeethovensSymphony No.
Lars was called Johan then, and he was the Twelves leader in addition to Janices boyfriend.
Not that Carolyn took the distinction seriously.
The U.K. decriminalized homosexuality in the late 60s, but that doesnt mean it was welcome at Vauxhall.
Present-day Carolyn is also in Berlin, tracking down Lars/Johan and plaintively walking the streets of a past life.
Scattered nearby are photos of him kissing a male lover.
She returns to the living room and invites the bourgeoisie-hating anarchists to trash the place.
This is how she says good-bye to her father, whose eyes twinkled with affection for his daughter.
Now a suburban mom, Karolina assures Carolyn she had no idea Johan was still alive.
Its a depressing reunion, at least for the former spy with dwindling allies and no leads.
When they were young, Karolina confesses she was intimidated by Carolyn envious of her intellect, her swagger.
But from where Karolinas sitting now, Carolyns life doesnt seem so glamorous after all.
Of course, Karolinas lying, and of course, Carolyn knows shes lying.
Karolinas always been a JV operator, and her tells havent evolved in the last 40 years.
That night, Carolyn breaks into her house and finds a suspicious note about Karolinas fathers old cabin.
This, too, compels a flashback to the last time Carolyn spied on Karolina.
Carolyn wasnt the only spy among the Twelve, and she evidently wasnt its sharpest.
That honor belongs to Konstantin, a young KGB agent who infiltrated the Twelve alongside Janice.
Konstantin slept with Carolyn to get close to her father, then blackmailed him to death.
Maybe thats when Carolyn stopped smiling so much.
Theyre the reason Johan was believed dead, and theyre the reason Lars is still alive now.
Carolyn finds Karolinas fathers cabin through Konstantin.
When she gets there, she finds Johan, who allows her inside.
Alas, some people just arent built for happiness.
Take Eve as an example.
She had a whole life she threw away in pursuit of what exactly?
She calls Eve a bird-watcher desperate to fly.
The photographer even lends Eve the Super 8 footage that allows her to ID Carolyn.
Its all coming together now, it seems.
Or its all falling apart.
Eves falling apart or falling away.
Her investigation into the Twelve is progressing, sure, but so is her collapse into evil.
Child abduction, Eve?
Bravo, Eve, Helene spits.
Back in Havana, Villanelle is giving a master class on anticipating the next step.
Its art, really, what Villanelle can manage with a little time and a smoke machine.
Its not just the twisted killing methodologies that set Villanelle apart; its how she gets away with it.
He tries a fairy-godmother makeover, but the haute couture wears Pam.
Villanelle declares the look is tired, but all these trends are cyclical, really.
What hasnt been done before?
They hug before Villanelle goes a long, emphatic hug.
Halfway throughKilling Eves finale season, I wonder if weve just seen our first big good-bye.
Maybe its his irrepressible joviality.
Meanwhile, Helene appears oblivious to the fact that shes both huntress and hunted.
She returns to London, this time without Chloe, to neg Eve to death.
But rather than take revenge on Eve, she seems almost to pity her.
Shes found Lars and invites Eve along to the confrontation.
We never see the shooter.
Not a death blow, and considering the choice of weapon, its not meant to be.
Eves heart doesnt have an off switch.
