When we left the killing Eve event at the end of season two, it seemed as if shows title had finally come true. MI6 agent eve Polastri (Sandra oh) was crumpled in a heap on the cobbled ground, the Roman sun beating down on her lifeless body. Her nemesis -cum- obsession villanelle loomed over her, finger still on the trigger of the gun she’d just aimed at the spy.
To kill one of its main protagonists, though, would leave the show without many purposes and, so, Eve survived found by unsuspecting tourists after villanelle ran off without checking her pulse. When we meet again at the top of season three, she’s taken the near-death experience as a wake – up call and wrenched herself out of the world of espionage and contract killers.
Now she wants a normal life and she’s trying to find it by working in the kitchen of a Korean restaurant, getting drunk alone on red wine in her cramped new flat, and visiting husband Niko every few days as he tries to recover from villanelle – induced PTSD.
Without MI6, eve might be out of danger but her existence is full of drudgery. That’s emphasized early on by grey skies, inane conversations as she makes endless stacks of dumplings, and the annoyance of her grocery bags splitting open and sending her incredibly nutritious haul of instant ramen and crisps spilling onto the floor.
It’s no wonder then that, like most addicts, she finds it hard to quite that made her feel so alive – even when it left her for dead. I’m totally fine with her, done with that,” end of story”, she tells former colleague Kenny but her hurried, almost defensive delivery suggests quite the opposite.
KILLING EVE SEASON 3 sees a number of new faces introduced to its thrilling world, most notably Harriet Walters Dasha. The Russian agent is villanelles old mentor and she’s here to get her back in line after the events that unfolded in Rome. For viewers, she provides a new link to the ominous Twelve and gives villanelle a fresh sparring partner.
