With its fourth and final season fast approaching, I return to Series 1 of Killing Eve for a rewatch
“Your killer is a small-breasted psycho apparently”
Based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings, Killing Eve hits TV screens in 2018 to a rightfully considerable amount of fanfare, showrunner and head writer Phoebe Waller Bridge riding her Fleabag high to further acclaim. And looking back at this first season, it’s not hard to see why.
As it depicts an almighty game of cat-and-mouse between formidable international assassin Villanelle and British intelligence agent Eve Polastri, it shatters preconceptions about spy dramas with its punkish energy, feminist bona fides and a distinctive slightly off-kilter tone which makes it feel oh so fresh. Continue reading “TV Review: Killing Eve Series 1”