Admittedly I am incredibly late to the Killing Eve party, but I made it and I’m glad I did.
Eve (Sandra Oh) is a security operative and she’s been pulled in to work on apprehending an elusive and extremely effective assassin. Eve’s excited to be working with MI6, hunting a famed assassin, but that initial excitement quickly morphs into an obsession which ultimately deeply affects her job, marriage and even her sanity. Eve fixates not only on helping to apprehend Villanelle (the world famous assassin) she’s obsessed with the woman herself. The extent of that obsession makes up the first couple of seasons and it’s easy to see what pulled Eve in to begin with.
Villanelle (Jodie Comer) isn’t just a killer. She’s cultured, speaks all the languages, is incredibly agile, strong as an ox and as beautiful as a Disney princess. She likes a good chase and makes the job fun. She’ll let Eve get close but always manages to slip through her fingers in the end. Fortunately for Eve, Villanelle underestimates her at first. Eve responds by doing what she knows best and she leans in to get the job done. Unfortunately for her, this unleashes a deadly chain of events that soon spins way out of everyone’s control.
My friend recommended this show to me early on and while I thought the plot interesting, never clicked play. Then the pandemic set in and I started burning through everything on my watch list. Now that I’m fully invested in the story, I can’t believe I was stupid enough to wait so long. If spies, assassins, drama and good laughs do it for you then this show likely will too.