I was with Killing Eve until half way through series 1 when the narrative started to become subservient to the demands of the final scene page turner. Series 2 continues in this vein with glaring narrative howlers similar to Line of Duty but I'll stick with it just because Comer is, like Stephen Graham, electrifying on screen
5 Reviews
Detailed Note: 8,4
Rodzman27 July 2020
Nice and Neat
Prismark1021 June 2019
Villanelle cannot get a break. Injured and in need of a medicine, she manages to get a stranger to help her but when he offers her shelter, he treats her like a doll.
Villanelle is in a house with a creepy man, his dementia ridden mother and still no medicine. It is a good job she knows how to look after herself.
Eve meanwhile has set her sights on another lethal female assassin called the Ghost. She is still affected by the events in Paris with Eve. At one point she has a near encounter with Eve when Villanelle tries to contact her.
Carolyn Martens has a shocking surprise waiting for Eve and the audience.
This episode flowed much better than first episode of the second series. However Julian Barratt did not stretch himself too much as the kindly but freaky man who came to the rescue of Villanelle. His character was even called Julian.
Villanelle is in a house with a creepy man, his dementia ridden mother and still no medicine. It is a good job she knows how to look after herself.
Eve meanwhile has set her sights on another lethal female assassin called the Ghost. She is still affected by the events in Paris with Eve. At one point she has a near encounter with Eve when Villanelle tries to contact her.
Carolyn Martens has a shocking surprise waiting for Eve and the audience.
This episode flowed much better than first episode of the second series. However Julian Barratt did not stretch himself too much as the kindly but freaky man who came to the rescue of Villanelle. His character was even called Julian.
Starting to rely on lazy cliche and movie luck
fallyhag16 April 2019
The major draw to this programme is the baddie and the chemistry. If you take them away and replace them with cliche and cheesey movie luck then you are left with something totally different.
The reliance on 'the injury' to explain her sudden change is not great. A shadow of her normal character self. But all okay because of 'the injury'. Lazy writing.
The man that helps her is some painful writing. Feeling like we are slipping towards the standard of all the other boring stuff on TV. No imagination. No creativity. No intelligence. Just your worn out cliche change of character from good to sinister.
Then the magic timing at the end to help ensure the story moves along. This sort of lazy writing really irritates me.
And what are we left with? Another female assassin to catch. Really!? Zzzzz...
I'm not sure who is in control of this show now but the signs of a slip in quality are showing. Pity.
The reliance on 'the injury' to explain her sudden change is not great. A shadow of her normal character self. But all okay because of 'the injury'. Lazy writing.
The man that helps her is some painful writing. Feeling like we are slipping towards the standard of all the other boring stuff on TV. No imagination. No creativity. No intelligence. Just your worn out cliche change of character from good to sinister.
Then the magic timing at the end to help ensure the story moves along. This sort of lazy writing really irritates me.
And what are we left with? Another female assassin to catch. Really!? Zzzzz...
I'm not sure who is in control of this show now but the signs of a slip in quality are showing. Pity.
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