Killing Eve
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Still, Yusuf is only half right.
But the king of the jungle doesnt rip Eves head off because she isnt careful.
In season four, Eve just doesnt mind the idea of ending up headless.
Having located Helene by way of the mortician, Eve tails her mark all over London.
Eve is not just any spy.
Shes Villanelle, hiding in plain sight in full glamour.
Helene would not sleep with a lion cub.
Helene is a lion.
Yusuf uses the tampon to locate Helenes home in Champ de Mars, which tracks.
The seventh Arrondissement is a classic choice.
As a joke, he suggests a Paris mini-break, but Eve protests the overture toward romance.
Why is shesodetermined to keep this helpful Jason Bourne at arms length?
But maybe, just maybe, rejecting Yusuf is a form of self-preservation.
Hes a reason to live in a moment when reasons to live are inconvenient.
So instead, they plan a strictly business recon trip.
Yusuf proposes a stakeout, but Eve has a more direct approach in mind.
Why not knock on Helenes front door?
Convinced it will work, she tracks down Martin, an expert on psychopaths (I think?)
to ask for his advice.
If you have only the vaguest sense that youve ever seen Martins face before, you are not alone.
He hasnt appeared in several seasons; there areReddit threadsdedicated to his absence.
Im the psychopath now.
Eve is nervous when she gets to Paris.
She has a secret.
Not everyone finds Eve so slippery, though.
Eve recovers from the surprise of her non-surprise.
Eve has Villanelles instincts and some of her bravado, but not years of experience keeping her cool.
She cuts herself before she can even finish prepping the veg.
Helene insists on dropping all pretense immediately, confiding that she would also like to destroy the Twelve.
Just like Eve, just like Carolyn; like Villanelle, like MI6.
Who isnt against the Twelve these days?
Shes chasing the Twelveandthe electric feeling that Villanelle stirred in her.
She gives it up, of course.
Thats why shes here.
Thats the trade-off she has made.
Congenial as the conversation might be, though, Carolyns a traitor, not a Russian teammate.
They wont give her a passport or an office.
Carolyns always lived a solitary life; this is a lonely one.
Defection takes its toll quickly.
Carolyn takes the news hard, excusing herself to cry in the bathroom.
She didnt cry when Bill was killed in season one or after Mos death, did she?
Did we ever see her fall apart when Kenny died?
Carolyn is up against the limits of the life she has chosen.
Shes crying for a nameless agent but mourning herself.
Villanelle, we already know, has pushed all notions of the Twelve aside.
She wants peace now; she wants goodness.
But theres suspicion growing around Nelle, who isnt assigned a tent-mate.
Instead, her own personal savior Villanelle in Jesus drag keeps her company.
More Jodie Comer isnt a bad thing.
The vicar, though, remains suspicious.
She swears Nelle to secrecy, a sacred promise that Nelle keeps for about an hour.
But when she heartlessly tells the entire flock about the vicars misdeeds, its Nelle that ends up ostracized.
Drag Jesus misled her.
The congregation isnt looking for a reason to oust the vicar.
They see through Nelles self-serving spiritual awakening.
Villanelle is definitely, without a doubt, 100 percent irredeemable.
Carolyn, it seems, isnt far behind.
And what about Eve?
Her reckless choices seem bound to produce more carnage.
As we quickly approach the series finale, its worth asking whatKilling Eveis about.
Its about complicated women; its about good and evil.
