Killing Eve never formally answered who killed Kenny Stowton (Sean Delaney) at the start of season 3 but, as Eve told her, Carolyn always knew whodunit. It was never going to end happily for Eve and Villanelle's love story but they got to be together in ways they always hoped, and they saw that their relationship could have indeed worked in their own unique, oddball way. But for the audience, who waited four seasons to see Eve and Villanelle actually together and behaving like it, their road trip was sparkling and fulfilled their irresistible chemistry since Killing Eve season 1. Yet, this is Killing Eve, and those happy moments had an ominous cloud of disaster to come, which Killing Eve's finale foretold after Eve had her tarot read and she received the Death card. For the first time, they acted like a couple and it was perfect. Related: Killing Eve: Why Eve Hates Villanelle In Season 4 (Despite Season 3's Ending)Īfter resisting Villanelle ever since they parted at the end of Killing Eve season 3, Eve also finally gave in to her desire to be with Villanelle. During her 'therapy' in Killing Eve season 4, episode 3, Villanelle said that what she wanted from Eve was to share in the mundane, everyday things most people find boring but Villanelle finds "fascinating because it's Eve." For Villanelle, it was exactly what she wanted from Eve. Slowly, Villanelle and Eve warmed up to each other again as they road-tripped across the UK.
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Plus Eve blinded Gunn, which impressed the Russian and proved to her that Eve was really a lot more like her deep down than she cared to admit. Eve confessed that she came "to be with" Villanelle along with Polastri needing her help to kill The Twelve but, for Villanelle, it was enough of a mea culpa for Eve's tryst with Hélène. There's no denying that Killing Eve season 4 certainly leaves viewers with a lot to process.Īfter escaping Gunn's Scotland island, Eve and Villanelle had a journey to London together that finally crystallized their relationship. Then again, Killing Eve was always a disruptor and it was never intended as comfort food television. But the ending of Killing Eve - while resonant and logical in its key decisions - may understandably leave many viewers unhappy. After a bumpy start involving Villanelle seeing visions of herself as Jesus Christ, Killing Eve season 4 proved to be the strongest overall since that widely-praised original season.
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Showrunner Laura Neal had the daunting task of bringing the entire series to a satisfying conclusion in Killing Eve season 4. The audience's reaction to the next couple of seasons, which were exclusively led by female showrunners Emerald Fennell and Suzanne Heathcote, wasn't as warm as it was for Killing Eve season 1. Killing Eve was a global pop culture phenomenon in its first season when Phoebe Waller-Bridge created the series and served as its first showrunner in 2018. Related: Killing Eve Season 4's Biggest Crime Is Stopping Villanelle's Redemption While Eve danced after she impromptu officiated a wedding, Villanelle descended to the bowels of the ship they were aboard and massacred The Twelve (who the audience never saw). This would be the last stand of the Twelve and of Eve and Villanelle's will-they-or-won't-they relationship. Using Hélène's stolen phone, Eve and Villanelle knew their final destination would be a secret Twelve meeting in London. Meanwhile, Carolyn returned to the United Kingdom as a traitor but she knew she had to play both Eve and Villanelle in order to earn the clout to return to MI6.
Eve realized she needed Villanelle's help and she impressed the Russian killer in Scotland when she fought off and blinded Gunn, who was trying to kill Villanelle after their own tryst went sour. As Killing Eve season 4 systematically eliminated many of the series' remaining characters, such as Hélène and even Konstantin (Kim Bodnia), the final batch of episodes built up to the three leads, Eve, Villanelle, and Carolyn all pursuing their agenda to destroy The Twelve.